Do you like videogame music as something to listen to on its own? (Question of the Day 1-21-11)

Of course! There's plenty of variety^^

Ab-so-LUTELY!

Not really.

Zelda or Final Fantasy music. Those are the only ones I can remember listening to separately.

Nope. When I was younger I listened to a lot of video game music, but that was before I discovered that really good music exists (keep in mind, kids my age at the time were listening to The Spice Girls, N SYNC and the Backstreet Boys)

Yes, yes I do.

yup, pacman ce dx, pretty much anything by Jesper Kyd, etc.  

Video game music definitely beats the shitty rap and autotuned voices we constantly hear on the radio.
 
Nice to just kick back and listen to great melodic pieces by Nobuo, etc. etc.

Of course, it's rare that I'll download a video game album to keep though.. only game albums I have at the moment are:  
 
Sonic 2, Donkey Kong Country 2, X-men & X-men 2 (Genesis),  
Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Mass Effect, Halo... 
The Legend of Zelda, Xenogears, Shatter
 
Oh and if you don't know, Jak X Racing Soundtrack is done by A Perfect Circle's Billy Howerdel and drummer Josh Freese, Nine Inch Nail's Danny Lohner, one or two members of Queens of the Stone Age...it's pretty badass, especially for a videogame soundtrack

Fuck yeah.

More and more recently :o

Absolutely.  I've got the entirety of the Jazz Jackrabbit and Duke Nukem 2 soundtracks in my favorites on Youtube, for example.  Good listenin'.

Mass Effect soundtrack. Exceptional on its own.

No, but sometimes I hear normal songs on them that I then check out later. That's how I discovered NIN.

I am gonna listen to 3rd Strike soundtrack right now.

I don't go out of my way to get it, I have a few sound tracks that come with copies of the game. I do have the Bayonetta sound track on my iPod and  iPhone right now though.

Nah,never went out of my way to listen to an OST...dont know why.

" Not really. "

Definitely! Unlike normal songs, video game music can actually contain music.

" Definitely! Unlike normal songs, video game music can actually contain music. "

A large proportion of my music collection is VGM. 

Of course! Final Fantasy, Zelda, Elder Scrolls, Warcraft, Halo, etc. Not only do a lot games contain a lot of great music on its own, but it reminds me of specific moments in the games. 
 
And to fans of Final Fantasy music, you owe it to yourself to check out Distant Worlds, in case you haven't already. Some awesome orchestrated versions of classic Final Fantasy music!

I'm listening to the Silent Hill 4 OST right now.

Yep.  I regularly listen to some video game soundtracks I have on CD.

The Orange Box soundtrack is a personal favourite, creepy ambient techno music for the win!

Ayup.

Definitely do.  Examples such as Pacman CE DX or some Persona 4 songs.  Oh, and Super Meat Boy too contains some great tracks I listen to from time to time.

Depends. I rarely do it, but it can be nice on occasion.

" Ab-so-LUTELY! "

The Mother series is proof that video game music rocks. Now add every Zelda song, every Blizzard song, Jesper Kyd exists. It's almost all I listen to.

Definitely. I like to listen to Nobuo Uematsu's Final Fantasy OSTs, especially the piano versions of the songs. That man is a genious.

 O Yeah!!

C: Some of it. I got a couple of the songs from Deadly Premonition that I play from time to time, but generally no I don't.

I never take videogame music out of context... its good if it fits its purpose and I enjoy it within the game itself, but with all the incredible music there is out there I´ve no time to just sit and listen to a videogame (or movie for that matter) soundtrack.

Been listening to the Super Meat Boy OST and the Duke Nukem and Morrowind themes a lot lately.

No

That Bayonetta song is pretty rad 

Of course. I think Sonic Unleashed is one of the best soundtracks to come out for a very long time, despite the Video Game being quite bad.

Only some. Really digging Ghost Trick OST. Really memorable IMO

I have the Silent Hill 3 and 4 soundtrack and I just bought the Scott Pilgrim Soundtrack. I ride around listening to Lazlow.

At least half of the music on my fairly full ipod is videogame soundtracks. Music is one of the aspects of  games that can really resonate with me. 

yeah, some of the music can be listened to alone. i sometimes listen to music from video games. there are other songs from video games that aren't exactly video game music.

Yeah, there's some good music from video games. Sometimes them Japanese people know how to make some good metal... 
 
  

Hell-the-fuck-yes. 
 
Right now I'm listening to music from the first Sonic the Hedgehog, VVVVVV, Pacman Championship Edition: DX, etc...