The Greatest MP3 Player, EVER.

This.
Is why I need that red 120 GB Zune I've been eyeing.

Hey David,

Uncharted 1 has a great soundtrack! Definitely a must add.

Dunno if you saw the Final Fantasy Advent Children Complete trailer that was on the Japanese PSN, but the song in it by Kyosuke Himuro (same singer who sung Calling in the ending for the original Advent Children) duos up with Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance for the song "Safe and Sound". Definitely one of my favorites (it's all in english o_O).

I also really like the Zone of the Enders 2 soundtrack, especially the theme "Beyond the Bounds".

Not exactly Final Fantasy, but on that note, Xenogears and Xenosaga Episode 1 were quite well done. Xenosaga II and III are good as well if you like work from composer Yuki Kajuira.

I also quite like the soundtrack from Wild Arms XF, the tactical RPG on the PSP.

Hope this helps!

Wow, I really like anime girls with headphones on. I gotta get me one of them Sony MDR-XB300's

Anyway, I really enjoyed listening to the Halo 3: ODST soundtrack, thats pretty much the only game soundtrack I listened to recently. "Light At The End" is my favorite song from the ODST soundtrack.

That's all I can suggest.

P.S. Chrono Trigger's World Revolution is the best boss music EVER.

good videogame music. well, im sure you probably already know of the touhou series. if not, let me tell you that game series has some of the greatest game soundtracks ive ever heard.
youtube playllist of some of them.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=9C39A7253AB8B5E9

here are my personal favorites

Satori Maiden ~ 3rd eye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12AHLzW4kks&fmt=18

Locked Girl ~ The Girl's Secret Room
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Q5Oq-cBn4

U.N. Owen Was Her?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdice9x0xcU&fmt=18

other games.
others, obviously the megaman series. how can anyone not like the theme to dr. wily's theme from megaman 2?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJRoRt155mA

Get the songs from the flash games Music Catch, and Music Catch 2. Yes, it's a FLASH game but the music is amazing.

Sorry, you can download the songs at www.isaacshepard.com

The Chrono Cross soundtrack from the ps1 is one of the most amazing soundtracks I've ever heard in a video game, you should check it out too :)

It might be nostalgia talking more than anything, but ... Earthbound. I remember that game having some pretty awesome music. I'd also suggest digging around on OCRemix (http://www.ocremix.org/) to see what you can find. The whole site is hit and miss, but there are some incredibly talented people there turning crappy songs good, and good songs even better.

Some more specific examples of what you can find:

Metal Gear Solid Medley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA5dyJevpiY&feature=player_embedded

Daydreaming Again (Making me like anything from the FF7 soundtrack decent again after my childhood spent playing it is a gift in my book ): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC6kFXn5zcw

Oh, and I have to agree with ScoutHood. ODST had a surprisingly good soundtrack.

Dark Cloud 2. You have got to put some of that on there. Fuck yeah nostalgia.

I'm not sure what Tales of games you've played and I don't know any aside from Tales of Symphonia (I know, I'm sad) but some of that music is pretty great too.

(dot)Hack//Sign has a beautiful OST.

skies of arcadia had a good sound track. all have an adventurous feel to them.
the golden sun games also have descent songs. the main theme is amazing.

I think my vote would be for Eternal Sonata. The game was decent, but the real driving force for me finishing the game was the music imo.

Good looks with Dark Cloud 2, NekTM.

I would definitely suggest Brave Fencer Musashi.

Have five recommendations with the best representative songs for each:

1. Tales of Legendia
The Tales series in general usually has mediocre soundtracks to accompany their games, but Legendia is the diamond in the rough. Go Shiina composes very powerful and emotional pieces, and he's created quite possibly my favorite video game OST ever, so I hope you at least give a few tracks a chance.
http://tinyurl.com/yc4allb
http://tinyurl.com/ydnanxa
http://tinyurl.com/ydfupuu

2. Persona 3/Persona 4
If it isn't Go Shiina, then it's Shoji Meguro who's captivating my heart with his music. Both 3 and 4 have amazing tracks, with the later having the superior OST in my opinion.
http://tinyurl.com/ya2bbol
http://tinyurl.com/nk33qu
http://tinyurl.com/mwess5

3. Castle Crashers
Simply awesome. The soundtrack is very heavy on the techno and the trance, but it does have quite a few varying songs as well.
http://tinyurl.com/y9fkag9
http://tinyurl.com/bc3mtl

4. BlazBlue
I could also easily add the entirety of Guilty Gear here, but I would never be able to stop if I did that so I'll limit myself to plugging just BlazBlue for now. Has a great soundtrack made up of heavy rock, and if you do enjoy the BlazBlue soundtrack then you have a whole mountain of treasure to climb up with Guilty Gear as well. Win-win situation.
http://tinyurl.com/y8k2dhj
http://tinyurl.com/ydjfnw9

5. Umineko no Naku Koro ni
Saving the best for last, though I have no idea if you will even consider this to be legible. :P It technically can be labeled as a "game" (visual novel, to be exact), so take that as you will; however, I feel that I should expose you to the music of Umineko regardless of whether it fits your criteria or not. If anything is to compete with Legendia, then it's the Umineko soundtrack which has been composed by various Japanese doujin artists. ((I really think you should give the games a try too, as you seem to like games with really good stories.))
http://tinyurl.com/mbdptm
http://tinyurl.com/ye4l84s
http://tinyurl.com/y96tl3b
http://tinyurl.com/y95xkwd

Well that's all I got. If you end up liking any of these soundtracks, then I'm glad I could help. If not, then I'm sorry for wasting your time. Either way, thanks for the lovely images. :9

hey david. have you tried getting the rare and sought after tracks in the "Orchestra Game Concert" series? there are 5 all together and it was one of the first concerts to orchestrate and arrange nostalgic and classic themes you have herd throughout video game history. more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestral_Game_Music_Concerts

other goodies are
Play! A Video Game Symphony- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play!
Tour de Japon- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_Japon#Tour_de_Japon

also, you didn't mention any bioware games. they make great music for all their games. also, the fable soundtracks are very good as well. and surprisingly the soul caliber series has some great themes in it.

GO ZUNE!!!

It's already been mentioned, but you can't have a soundtrack collection without Chrono Cross. Get it, or fail in your quest.

Also: Zune rocks.

In my opinion, all the Devil May Cry games have fantastic music. Silent Hill 3 and 4. The Mega Man series has really good stage songs too, 2 and 3 being my personal favorites music wise. Super Smash Bros. Brawl theme is absolutely gorgeous so that's a must in the collection. Thats really all I can think of since you're downloading the mass majority I was going to say. ^^; So I hope this helps out a bit.

Oh and I failed to mention the entire soundtrack for Advent Rising

all the songs from Project Diva (a.k.a THE Hatsune Miku PSP game) are awesome, but that's maybe I just love vocaloid original songs.......XD

I would definitely add the Tales of Legendia soundtrack and the opening song of Tales of Abyss to the list, because they're just beautiful.

I think the soundtrack from Lost Odyssey was fantastic, another great composition of music from Nobuo.

Also to add, the soundtrack from the PSN game Shatter is great too.

Definitely check out Persona 4

You should get the DJ MAX soundtracks. it has some great music.

Here is the link to all the DJ MAX soundtracks

http://djmax123.my-place.us/index2.php

Well, I've got lot off video game music on my pc too, so here some that you didn't list that I find fit with the other:
Grandia II (granas sanctuary , despair and hope) , The Bounce (love is a gift), Devil May Cry (ghost ship) , Little Big Planet (to much of them XD) , Infamous (the theme song), Armored core (good techno song, even more the NEXUS intro song) , Silent Hill series ( SH3 - when you're not here)...and that's about it, but you're already gonna get some of Nobuo Uematsu work in too. My favorite collection of him is from the FFX, I really love is work there and how he put feeling in them.

Y's Book I and II. Old game, but you wouldn't know it by listening to the music.

im going to be the obvious one and say the halo soundtrack, that shit is amazing

World of Goo soundtrack: http://2dboy.com/category/music/
I started listening to it half a year ago and it still gives me the same amount of enjoyment.

Donkey Kong Country 2, Terranigma, Megaman 2, Dark Cloud 1&2 and Doom come to mind. If you get bored with OSTs I would recommend browsing through some OC remixes.

Final Fantasy X and Mega Man Legends 2 OST

I would recomend the soundtrak of chrono cross, persona 3 and Persona 4. Pretty good musics.

I know there's an amazing Orchestral rendition of the soundtrack of Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time. I know this, because I own it. The text is in Japanese (yes, import) but I think the name of the orchestra that recorded it was called the "Hyrule Orchestra" or something. Maybe Nintendo has some info on it.

Anyway, check that out if you can. If Bioshock has a soundtrack, maybe check that out for some good ol' 50s style music.

Silent Hill 3 OST is a must download.

hmm...Jet Set Radio had some good tunes. Also Capcom vs SNK 2.

glad to see We Love Katamari is already on there, did the Katamari Damacy's soundtrack differ?

I noticed a lot of people suggest Chrono Cross.

I thought it'd be a fairly obvious one.

However, if you are into Chrono Cross' great soundtrack, I advise any music by Yasunori Mitsuda, the composer, who also composed Xenogears and Xenosaga Episode I.

I'm not sure what other games he has worked on, just that every game I've played that he has worked on is bloody brilliant stuff.

Oh geez. I can't believe I forgot...

I know Tekken has some catchy tunes, Tekken 5's soundtrack might be a decent choice.

I'd definitely add BlazBlue's soundtrack too. However, the themes for the game, such as Ao-iconoclast by kotoko or even Bang's theme by Hironbu Kageyama are not on the soundtrack sadly. You'll have to find the singles, to get those tracks, which are unfornately, my favorites of the game.

oh yeah and some soundtracks on Bust a Groove

Definitely Persona 3 and 4 music.

So i've skimmed through these comments but i dont believe anyone has mentioned the Mass Effect soundtrack, one i find to be truly beautiful. There is also God of War 1+2 (PS2), Shatter (PSN), Pixel Junk Eden (PSN?), Most of the Silent Hills also have great soundtracks, umm..ill keep thinking but thats waht ive got for now ^_^

Here's a good list for you:
- Metal Gear Solid
- God of War
- Beyond Good & Evil
- Civilization IV
- Final Fantasy
- Metroid
- Zelda
- Kingdom Hearts
- Warcraft
- Starcraft II
- Monkey Island
- Halo 1 & 2
- Halo 3
Enjoy ;)

My suggestions:
Wild Arms 1, 2, 3 - I found the games overall to be pretty average, but I absolutely adored the soundtracks to each of them. Michiko Naruke is the music composer to the games. She also happen to contribute some work to Smash Bros. Brawl and the recent Wizard of Oz RPG on the DS.

And now for the rest of my suggestion:
-Any MegaTen game
-Legend of the Mystical Ninja
-Mystical Ninja 64
-Pop N' Twinbee
-King of Fighters 97'
-Streets of Rage 2
-Super Double Dragon
-Brave Fencer Musashi
-Street Fighter III (Second Impact)
-Hotel Dusk
-Grandia
-Rocket Knight Adventures

I'd highly recommend the Xenosaga series, episode 3 especially has an amazing soundtrack. Suikoden 1, 2 and 5 also have great music, as do the Valkyrie Profile games.

id strongly recomend the soundtracks to the touhou seires.

Underwater exploration from mario sunshine. ChuggaaConroy mentioned it on one of his videos and it is just too relaxing

Add the fallout 3, silent hill series, madworld and bomberman heroes soundtracks are fantastic and you should add them to that mp3 player right away. Also maybe the piano collections for the final fantasies too.

Some of my favorite soundtracks lately come from:

Eternal Sonata - It's a game about a composer, so the music is just outstanding
All 3 Xenosagas - especially the first one, my favorite track is "Zarathustra"
All 3 .hack//GUs - especially the third game, Redemption
All 4 .hack//Classics - special note on the final battle tracks and the special area tracks
Final Fantasy X - disregarding Otherworld, it's music to my ears (if you'll excuse the pun)
Rogue Galaxy - Overall only decent, but it has some hidden jewels if you're willing to look.
LittleBigPlanet - when you're feeling in the mood for some happy or just classy music, consult LBP. You have to put together the soundtrack for yourself, though, since it's from a bunch of different artists.
Fallout 3 - obvious choice if you're into 50's music. Dur.

Last but not least, Folklore (PS3 exclusive) has a wonderful soundtrack. It's a "hidden jewel" game, and very short, but the soundtrack is one of the things that makes up for the teeny length in my eyes. Some of the later tracks, especially the ones from later boss battles and areas, are especially good. Check it out if you can find it.

A little bit obvious but i'll say it anyway

Brutal legend maybe, I guess it would be better if you were Nick... or me

that came out wrong, the music choice would be better for Nick is what i meant to say

Mirror's Edge *the full soundtrack, not just the remixes*. I have it if you want me to share it with you. Sonic 2 and Sonic Adventure soundtracks are good, and FF Crystal Chronicles was good, too.

If you're into remixes, there's a Square-games remix collection called Project Majestic Mix which is pretty good as well.

Shadow of the Colossus Sountrack
PixelJunk Eden's Soundtrack
flOw/Flower's Soundtrack

They're easy on the ears, sir.

Personally I believe that you dont get any better than the Dynasty warriors Soundtrack, but games such as Halo and Brutal Legend are also quite fantastic

I can't believe no one has said The World Ends With You soundtrack...it is amazing!
Umm Afro Samurai is very entertaining, Prince of Persia, BloodRayne 1 & 2, Soul Calibur, Mad World, Chibi Robo, Ghost in the Shell and Gungrave anime and game soundtracks are reallllly good as well.

You should net the sound tracks from MGS 1-3 as well.
Extra points for the MSX Soundtrack.

oh shi- you people have MP3 players above 1G? mine is 500KB...

anyway, shatter had some kickass music.

Conkers Bad Fur Day: Originally for the nintendo 64. They now have CBFD Live and Reloaded for the xbox original. Nothings like the old one. Their main song for Conker is very catchy and cool to listen to. That's what I would put!

Cowboy Bebops theme "Tank",Rurouni Kenshin themes,MGS "Encounter",Viewtiful Joe 1 & 2,Megaman,Halo 3 ODST Rookie like the noir detective music,Fist Of The North Star,G Gundam the theme that plays whenever Domon uses shining finger,Metroid Prime series music,FMA,,Parappa The Rapper,The World Ends With You,Mad World,Killer 7, JSR & JSRF,and a lot more i just can't think of them right now.I just keep thinking of some FF music.

But i'll most likey leave more if i remember.

I felt these had some pretty memorable soundtracks even if they weren't the best of games. Haven't seen them listed here:

-Odin Sphere
-Riviera the promised land (arranged soundtrack)
-Klonoa 2
-Radiata Stories

Little Big Planet had an intresting soundtrack

Oh David. You and your Jap music.

Oh, I forgot, you should get soundtrack from rougue galaxy and metal gear series. And some of tekken, good rock music there

also conkers bad fur day had some intresting music

Jet Grind/Set RadioooOoOoOOoOoo

Xenogears, Phoenix Wright, Mega Man 9, Saga Frontier 2,Vagrant Story, Suikoden 1, 2, And 3. Tales of Vesperia, River City Ransom, Double Dragon, Contra, Star Fox, Golden Eye, Dragon Quest, Sonic the Hedgehog, God of War. Thinking outside the box :), Maybe those will help.

Any of the Legacy of Kain games
Resident Evil Outbreak series has good music
Any resident evil game.

Wild Guns
Journey to Silius
Ducktales - The Moon stage just had great music
Rush N Attack

There's probably some more.

Why stop with MGS 1-3? Why not go for 4, and Portable Ops also?

Preaty much any Zelda game

Metroid games ( epecialy Prime 1-3)

yup, there is a good chunk of awesome music right there.