How did you discover video game music existed outside of video games?

I've had a great love for game music almost all my life, especially boss battle themes. I always loved the dramatic quality of it. It really started on the Sega Genesis, with Sonic the Hedgehog 2. I loved Robotnik's theme, the Chemical Plant Zone theme, Emerald Hill, and so on. I would listen to the sound test as I fell asleep most nights. My lullaby was the Aquatic Ruin Zone theme. But there was one song from one game that awoke my love of game music: Ice Cap Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog 3. It was possibly the most beautiful song I had ever heard at the time. I would drive myself insane trying to successfully input the debug code for the game so as to access the sound test. My obsession with that song knew no bounds. Then one fateful day, my friend got a new computer with a free 1-year internet subscription. Through this, I discovered the wonderful virus-ridden whore that was Kazaa, and though that found mp3s of the song I loved so much. Time passed, and I found more songs to love from games such as Super Mario RPG, Super Metroid, Megaman 8, Wild Arms, FFVII & VIII, and many more. Though it wasn't until I found the Gamingforce forums that I realized the possibility of downloading game soundtracks en masse. Mesmerized by this idea, I immediately downloaded a trial version of WS_FTP and made myself known on the forums (my first true forum experience, to be honest). In fact, I can honestly say that this forum paved the road for me to truly experience what the internet has to offer. A little cheesy sounding, but true.

Viva la Gamingforce.

Jam it back in, in the dark.