Hey guys,

i just have a small request:

Could anyone of you upload his videogame music collection or link me to one???
I know many of you guys have tons of videogame music on their computers.

I just have the pokemon theme and starcraft songs
(obviously uh o_o)

Please TL, help me to listen to all those epic video game songs !

btw: rapidshare,etc > torrent

incase its illegal to ask for such old songs and great nostalgia feel free to delete this blog, mods

littlechava

United States7219 Posts

October 09 2009 18:19 GMT

http://www.ocremix.org/

genryou

Malaysia390 Posts

October 09 2009 18:26 GMT

http://www.bluelaguna.net

btw: rapidshare,etc > torrent

MasterReY

Germany2708 Posts

October 09 2009 18:29 GMT

thanks for ur replies, but im looking for a complete collection since im too lazy to dl them one by one and i prolly won't remember every good song since there are so many^^

genryou

Malaysia390 Posts

October 09 2009 18:43 GMT

thanks for ur replies, but im looking for a complete collection since im too lazy to dl them one by one and i prolly won't remember every good song since there are so many^^

Beggars cant be chooser. :O

The site that I recommended use their own server for all of those mp3, so the download is pretty fast.

but if you still insist, you can try this website:

http://www.gamemp3s.net/

it use torrent though

mrmin123

Korea (South)2971 Posts

October 09 2009 18:57 GMT

I have an FTP where I have a small collection of video game music but it uses encryption and all that jazz so it might be even more troublesome than torrents for you.

Tenox

Sweden128 Posts

October 09 2009 19:23 GMT

There's this kingdom hearts site that has one of the most comprehensive video game music libraries I've ever stumbled upon, why exactly a kingdom hearts site would have so much videogame music is unknown to me but they do and it's awesome. The thing that sucks though is that you can't get a whole album unless you donate or if you register and get people to click referall links(I think that's still the case, not sure haven't been there for a while). You basically have to click and download each .mp3 manually from the site, which can be sort of tedious if say the game that you want all the music on, contains around 20+ songs or so. Anyways a great source of VG music if you can look past that.

http://downloads.khinsider.com/

Also if you're into videogame remakes there's this japanese band called Saitama Saishuu Heiki (think I spelled that correctly), abbreviated S.S.H that make some awesome metaly/rock -ish covers which is quite awesome. Here are some examples:

Dr.Wily Stage (Mega Man 2)

Bloody Tears (Castlevania)

Super Mario Main Theme

If you want more of this I have some stuff I can upload for you, also you can get some of (not all of) their stuff on their own website for free. http://www.ssh.ne.jp/

Cheers, hope this helped. :D

Myrmidon

United States9452 Posts

October 09 2009 19:52 GMT

Something you should know about is that most of the game music on the web is in mp3 format. However, that's not how the music is stored in the actual game. Instead of storing pre-recorded audio files to play back, games store the instructions for how to make the music. Thus, these source files are both higher fidelity (closer to the original--it is the original) and a lot smaller in size than the converted mp3s.

For popular consoles like NES, GEN, SNES, PS1-2, etc. people have found ways to rip the source from the actual game, and have compiled soundtracks this way. There's special players for these files that have been written, but more conveniently perhaps, there are also WinAmp plugins that will allow you to play these files.

You can find mirrors on the web, but here's a big compilation of soundtracks in this way:
http://www.zophar.net/music.html

edit: Well of course a lot of games have official OSTs and that's what you'll find. But aside from that...

MasterReY

Germany2708 Posts

October 09 2009 20:03 GMT

quite helpful posts here. S.S.H. sounds interesting.
ill also look into these special files/players.
thanks alot guys !!!

EDIT:

@Myrmidon

i searched around on the site you linked me to and downloaded a .gbs file (gameboy music file)
and the winamp plugin "meridian": http://www.zophar.net/utilities/gbs.html
but its just a .dll
i put the .dll into the winamp directory, but the .gbs file wont work.

how to get it working?^^

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

October 09 2009 20:07 GMT

#10

Tenox wtf is that shit
OP go look for the gen theads on good video game music or 8bit game music

Myrmidon

United States9452 Posts

October 09 2009 20:30 GMT

#11

On October 10 2009 05:03 MasterReY wrote:
@Myrmidon

i searched around on the site you linked me to and downloaded a .gbs file (gameboy music file)
and the winamp plugin "meridian": http://www.zophar.net/utilities/gbs.html
but its just a .dll
i put the .dll into the winamp directory, but the .gbs file wont work.

how to get it working?^^

Well, I didn't have any gbs (all I have are the SNES and PS1-2 plugins), so I did what you did and downloaded the plugin. The .dll is in_gbs.dll, and I put it in ~/Winamp/Plugins along with all the other in_XXX.dll files. Did you just put it in ~/Winamp? That would be the problem.

edit: also, just in case, I think it needs to be Winamp version 2.x or 5.x (not 3.x).

MasterReY

Germany2708 Posts

October 09 2009 20:55 GMT

#12

ye lol i suck^^
was winamp/ not /plugins

Tenox

Sweden128 Posts

October 09 2009 20:59 GMT

#13

On October 10 2009 05:07 CharlieMurphy wrote:
Tenox wtf is that shit
OP go look for the gen theads on good video game music or 8bit game music

Taste is subjective.:D Just sayin that that kingdom hearts site with all that stuff covers anything from 8-bit to the latest consoles of today, so for those who, might have liked the FF X music could've gotten it there as well and correct me if I'm wrong but they're not really 8bit.

My bad though, should've read the OP abit more thouroughly. Seeing as he wanted to get nostalgic with some old VG music I should've assumed what he was looking was more or less towards the NES/SNES etc. era of videogame music.:D

DoctorHelvetica

United States15034 Posts

October 09 2009 21:00 GMT

#14

This is a good collection:

[url blocked]

3 volumes of good vidya game music.

MasterReY

Germany2708 Posts

October 09 2009 21:38 GMT

#15

actually, now that im into it again, i not only want GBC/GBA/NES/SNES songs but also newer songs.

Bring it on guys.

Post ur best PS/PS2/PC songs !

littlechava

United States7219 Posts

October 09 2009 22:36 GMT

#16

On October 10 2009 03:29 MasterReY wrote:
thanks for ur replies, but im looking for a complete collection since im too lazy to dl them one by one and i prolly won't remember every good song since there are so many^^

on ocremix there's remix collections for quite a few games here
just click which one you want, and there'll be a link to it's homepage on the right. all of them are available through torrents, but most you can dl individually from the sites as well.
examples:
FF4 collection
Chrono Trigger collection
Sonic 2 collection
etc.

Boblion

France8043 Posts

October 09 2009 22:43 GMT

#17

Ut99 ost

Alexander Brandon, Michiel van den Bos, Andrew Sega, and Dan Gardopée at their best.
I love mechanism8 / foregone destruction / botpack #9 / Skyward Fire / Phantom / Run

you can dl songs one by one here:
http://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/unreal-tournament-original-soundtrack

too lazy to make a pack sry #_#

I would also recommand BG/Torment/IwD/Dx soundtracks if you have played and enjoyed the games.

nofAcedAgent

United States952 Posts

October 09 2009 22:48 GMT

#18

OH!.. a few of my favorites:

http://www.minibosses.com/

Milton Friedman

98 Posts

October 09 2009 23:04 GMT

#19

I'm a huge Baldur's Gate II fan. The first time I fought Sendai in the expansion, ToB, I was so immersed I didn't even notice this music start playing - that's how natural and appropriate it is. When I did explicitly take notice half way through the battle I thought: "this is awesome" and it's been with me ever since. A truly epic track:

I also like the Final Fantasy series, with FFVI being my favorite. The first time I heard Terra's theme I loved it and for me nothing beats the original 16-bit version that you got from the SNES. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find it on YouTube so here's a piano version that is nearly as nice:

Finally, I present the intro music to two games I played the hell out of as a kid: Streets of Rage and Lotus Turbo Challenge. I still have my Genesis and boxed games in excellent condition, although I think I could only ever bring myself to sell it if I was facing material destitution. I remember just putting in the cartridge and letting them run, so I could enjoy the music. I prefer Streets of Rage but they both invoke a lot of nostalgia: