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Okay because I'm in a severe P4 mood and I am being reminded of how awesome the OST is, my vote will go to P4 for now. Really, if there is one thing that makes the game ~not~ boring even though you're tasked to spend a lot of time going around the town and the school, it's because of the awesome music.

Note to self: Must download this.

http://www.imeem.com/people/hJXIC6/play ... -playlist/ ----- > P3 Playlist

http://www.imeem.com/people/hJXIC6/play ... -playlist/ ---- > P4 Playlist

For the curious I loooove both soundtracks.

For OST's P4 is the best I herd so far... Next to Valkyrie Profile 1 & 2...

But my Favorite Goes to Melty Blood Act Cadenza... Solid BGMs While trying to beat each other to pulps

Variety is the name when I listen to game soundtracks. I try not to limit myself in choosing the themes for games, since the games I like doesn't always have to have great music, at least for my ears. For example is that even when I loved Steve Jablonsky's music for Transformers, I didn't like his score for Command and Conquer 3, but then liked it in Gears of War.

Anyway, to answer the question, I have a list of things to put here, but it would take hours rummaging through my stuff to jot them down (because while I don't remember consciously, my ears do). So I'll be populating this with what's on top of my head and updating (or discussing, whatever the case may be) when I remember others. But generally I do prefer orchestral pieces that set mood, instead of vocal tracks that are usually just used for theme or character image songs.

Command and Conquer Red Alert 2
Nobuo Uematsu's composition for Final Fantasy VI, VII, VIII, IX, and X
God of War 2
Ace Combat 4 and 5
Grandia 3
Chaos Legion
Fatal Frame 2

I have to agree with the orchestral tracks. With that in mind, a lot of the soundtracks I like happen to feature an orchestra of some kind in it. However, I have soft spot for a couple of upbeat pop tracks that just help lighten up my mood while playing.

Persona 3 & Persona 4; I like Meguro's upbeat tracks in contrast to the dark tone of the story. When it's school time, it's all bubbly and natural but when it's battle time, the music does well in setting the mood.

Final Fantasy Tactics & Final Fantasy XII; These two games get special mention primarily because they were mostly composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata. Just as these two games stand out from the other titles because of their plot and overall feel, their soundtracks are also quite different from Uematsu's style.

Final Fantasy V to Final Fantasy VIII; I didn't include IX and X mostly because I didn't really notice the music from those games much. Which, at least for me, makes then not really worth including.

Suikoden II; Memorable music which can ring in my head for hours and I'd never get tired of it. That track of Two-River is playing in my head as I type.

Guilty Gear XX; "Let's Rock!" starts every fight and the tracks ring true. With several rock icon references in the game, Ishiwatari's rock tracks are very memorable and well-suited for each character. (Midnight Carnival, Writhe in Pain, Holy Orders (Be Just or Be Dead) being my favorites)

Rockman 2; OKKUSENMAN! OKKUSENMAN! Airman's BGM is also pretty good.

These will do for now. XD

I remembered: Sakimoto also made the pieces for FFXII's extensive soundtrack. It isn't as heartwarming as Uematsu's, but it sure as hell had that Star Wars epic-awesome feel to it.

Can anyone give me links to game songs that you absolutely absolutely love? So I can share the enthusiasm! Also, I completely agree with the Guilty Gear XX music. RAWRRR!! Holy Orders is awesome <3

Try Kingdom Hearts Insider.

www.khinsider.com

Downloads section.

Castlevania and Silent Hill FTW!

Castlevania to the next level - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQuwpcHHLDY

Classic VG music in order

Vampire Killer
Wicked Child
Final Toccata

It's vampire slaying with CLASS!

@Zanyuki: Khinsider dl to pc is not available for a long time... 1 or 2 years give or take a few months... to bad cause they have a full MBAC album I wanna download...

Here are some of the BGM's of Melty Blood TQ... Though My favorite would be Beat from Mety Blood

Beat from Melty Blood
http://www.imeem.com/people/uqQHh/music/ZE5jVbfT/type-moon-beat-from-melty-blood-qxew/

For Crimson Air
http://www.imeem.com/people/7r7yQU/music/woHlgGF4/raito-for-crimson-air-ivcegj/

Theme Of Arucueid
http://www.imeem.com/people/DdaOsm/music/cKCMd3Bf/type-moonxu-the-theme-of-arcueid-y/

Blood Heat
http://www.imeem.com/meltyblood17/music/HOYifi1Z/kishima-koumas-theme/

@Riderman , astig talaga Toccata. Orchestra music is the standard for "epic"

@TypoQueen eto favorite version ko ng The Battle for Everyone's Souls :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdMhTL5bZrs << in my top 3 battle themes list... the intro makes me wanna walk in slow motion LOL
Finished P3 playlist, will listen to P4 later. Shoji Meguro tracks win.

Ys Origins boss battle - didn't actually play the game, nahanap ko lang sa youtube hehehe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpkQHhdT ... 8&index=98

A theory of mine is that you get to appreciate the music more when you can connect it with a scene in a game, specially when you play that game a lot.
Sometimes we get carried away either by the excellent gameplay that makes the music seem to sound a bit better or by the epic music that gives the boring game a boost... like my biased opinion for Tenchu: Shadow Assassins for the PSP (syempre ninja e di trip ko na... not!) it seemed to have great gameplay and music but with proper comparison, both the game and the soundtracks suck.

here's something awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssGdJNe2PHE

it's FF7's battle theme "Those Who Fight".

For me this is one of the most awesome OST I've ever heard.