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 Member 4057 Level 31.90 Mar 2006 
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The way I see it, I get a soundtrack either before or never playing a game (eg Chrono Cross, which never made it to Europe...correct me if I'm wrong)
Or I get a soundtrack after I play a game with great music (Unlimited Saga - dull game, great music!!) I find VGM very inspiring as I am designing my own series of video games - and each chapter has it's own genre of music that inspired it. So many tracks have inspired some of my character designs and stories it's not true  I also have my favourite composers - and I'll make it my best to hear as much of their work as possible to gain new inspirations! Kirite is a gold brick in my collection! I also tend to find that if I play a game then listen to it's soundtrack, it kinda doesn't have the same effect on me - it's more nostalgic than inspiring - and I look for that when I get VGM. Final Fantasy is a classic example - almost all of the time you what track is from where in the games. But I haven't played most of the games that I have soundtracks to - so yeah, I think they stand fine on there own, however, I find that some of non-video gamers find VGM boring. They preferr arranged albums or soundtracks that have a really good sound quality. There's only about two or three people I know who really like VGM in person. That's why this place is so great!  Jam it back in, in the dark.
Last edited by Argentis; May 26, 2006 at 10:22 AM.
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Member 4057 Level 31.90 Mar 2006
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I haven't been playing a lot of video games as I used to, but sometimes playing game helps me appreciate it - Star Ocean 3 for example - I manages to get a hold of both soundtracks when they came out, but I never actually appreciated it properly until I played the game last year - I hardly touched it before then!
I found that with a lot of Sakuraba's works, but now I find I love Baten Kaitos (without playing the game) but yet again I still find it hard to properly appreciate Valkyrie Profile (another game that never made it to Europe) though find more favourites everytime I go through it ^^ And I have found that I have lost track with the mainstream music chart - I find it really embarrassing when I first meet someone, and almost everytime I get asked "So, what kind of music are you into?" I hate being asked that due to the impopularity of VGM...especially in Britain There's nowhere I can't reach.
Last edited by Argentis; May 26, 2006 at 02:14 PM.
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