That sounds like a pretty good idea.
Are there any specific type of game or genre to look into first?

I'll just start off with recommending these five:
1. Jet Set Radio OST
2. Mad Maestro! (if one exists for it)
3. The World Ends with You Original Soundtrack
4. Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean OST
5. Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Chapter of the Holy Demon War Original Soundtrack

I want to throw in ones of Shoji Meguro's from the Megaten franchise but I seriously cannot pick just one.

the Ace Combat series

It's got to have Banjo-Kazooie.
S'all I have to say.

Katamari Damacy

Planetary Pieces. That is, the Sonic Unleashed soundtrack.

Little Big Planet has an excellent, very diverse soundtrack.

1. Final Fantasy X
2. Kingdom Hearts
3. Spyro the Dragon

Sonic 3 & Knuckles

Skies of Arcadia, please.
And maybe Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.

I'll also throw in Ar Tonelico, although the series itself is shit. The music is indredible though.

Intelligent Qube
Klonoa
Viewtiful Joe
G-Darius
Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, anything composed by Hitoshi Sakamoto
Gitarooman
Metal Slug X
Phoenix Wright
Metal Gear Solid 1

Ahem.

>>27046

My Grandma still has that ACER system for a computer. I play that game every time I go to Arizona.

Xenosaga had a great OST.

Although I'm wondering what the general setup of this is going to be.

Thunder Force 4

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>essential vidya music
>No Mega Man
>only one Nintendo game

But to be fair, all the Nintendo games are covered by the Super Smash Bros. soundtracks.

>>27321
True.
The SSBB OST contains all the remade music as well as ones from Melee and some older stuff to, like Sonic. It's also massive, I had to burn it on 12 discs.

The best soundtrack in a series known for its great music.

Should probably provide actual artwork for whoever is putting the chart together.

Also, Sonic Rush.

The entire Heroes of Might and Magic franchise has very good music.

Heroes 4 has the weirdest and most unique music I've ever heard from any game of that particular setting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ZKfgvhB6I&feature=related

Crappy youtube quality doesnt really do it justice but the uploader was kind enough to give out a download link in the description

oh, this thread is perfect. been wanting to get into more vidya music lately regardless if I've played it. my contributions:

Klonoa 2
the Mario RPGs, specifically Paper Mario TTYD
the Pokemon DS games
EarthBound & Mother 3
Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams
Odin Sphere
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Braid
Super Smash Bros. Brawl

I'm just going to list franchises of cd's I own.

BlazBlue
Castle Crashers
Castlevania
Chrono Cross
Devil May Cry
Donkey Kong Country
Final Fantasy
God Hand
GoldenEye 64
Guilty Gear
Ikaruga
Madworld
Mass Effect
Metal Gear Solid
Metroid Prime
Silent Hill
Tales of
The Legend of Zelda
TimeSplitters
Zone of the Enders