"I can't listen to this. It's Video Game music and needs to be in a game"

Originally Posted by Rydia

[...] if I know that I'm going to play the game first, I tend to avoid listening to the soundtrack, if possible. It seems to make the game a little more interesting and memorable when all the music is unfamiliar.

Yep, dito. Currently I'm playing Tales of Symphonia on my GameCube and I love the Desians and Renegades themes so I downloaded the whole soundtrack but at the moment I only listen to the first two CDs and don't touch CD 3 and 4.

To the topic: I have no problems with listening VGM outside of its game. Why I should? Of course there are tracks they will be "better" if you see the scene ingame but good's good and music's music. I agree with other posters who say most VGM is good enough to standalone (look at the Merregnon project!).

Jam it back in, in the dark.