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Zeratul
12-02-2002, 11:00 AM
What's some VGM, albums or specific songs, that upon listening to once becomes very hard to stop playing for you?

For me, right now, it's the "Harkonnen" themes from "Emperor: Battle for Dune", because the techno-rock is easily some of the most complex VGM I've ever heard. There is so much depth and so many layers to each song that there's always something really cool to discover in them no matter how much I listen to it. The songs also have a lot of variety in their compositions, which them lots of replay value.

Xenosaga is another album that I'm addicted to, because it has some of the best orchestrated music I've ever heard, and even surpasses the Lord of the Rings OST for me. Songs like Battle, Life or Death, Kookai Foundation, Margulis, The Miracle, Proto Merkabah, Omega, and Last Battle make every listen to the OST something that will be very tough to surpass by anything new releases in the future. I've set "Last Battle" on repeat for an hour to an hour and a half and haven't gotten bored with it, which is a testament to how great that song is.

I've also gotten hooked on Hiroshi Tamawari's Vandal Hearts 2 OST. The Two Trains Travel Side by Side is easily one of the best battle themes I've ever heard, and the rest of the songs are very cool as well.

Front Mission 3 gets played often because the excellent combinations of techno and orchestral make every song very dynamic and fun to listen to. Base Invasion, Infiltration, Aggression, Fort Invasion, and Vs. Mercenaries are almost worth the price of the OST alone.

So, what are your and why?

Zephyrin
12-02-2002, 04:11 PM
I would say something from Lentium's metal collection, which I've become harshly addicted to...but that's not VGM.

For me, almost any good song would qualify. I'll listen to it a few times, then listen to another song a few more times, and so on.
I can't really so I've been addicted to solely one song one and on.

Things that come to mind though are...

The Bouncer - Sion Barzahd
MegaMan X (the arrange album and the OSV) - Armored Armadillo. That one had me for a long time
Kingdom Hearts - Hikari short edit, and the orchestral version
Beatmania/DDR - End of the Century
Guitly Gear X - Awe of She, Fatal Duel
Final Fantasy 2 PSX arrange - Castle PandemoniumF-Zero X Guitar Arrange - Crazy Call At Cry

This is just from what I currently have stored on my computer that I skimmed over my playlist of.

But then again, this is just basically asking, "what's your favorite VGM?" Cuz it's only obvious that our favorites are the ones we listen to over and over again.