i put in my own dont like most game sountracks, but put on evanescence, ozzy, sum 41, hoobastank, good charlotte, simple plan...... and the list goes on.

And which games are those in?

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Well, the Xbox lets you rip tracks from CDs and play them instead of the soundtrack on some games.

Or maybe he just turns the TV down and plays them instead. But thats missing out on a lot of great music.

Final Fantasies probably have the best music cuz there epic and their great scores. Some songs ring similarily to Hans Zimmer.

Vice City kicks ass too

I like the Vice City soundtrack, Parasite Eve 2 and Final Fantasy.

i like the soundtrack of mortal combat and metal gear solid..
but i dont play anymore.

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... you have my attention. ill have to look into those. anything specific i should check for?
problem is there are a lot of ripoffs of his style. then again, i think he also teaches rising composers, so naturaly they tend to mimick the style of their teacher. could be theyre the ones i keep hearing. hes getting to be kind of a Rembrant of the music industry.
the theme to metal gear solid is a good example of ripping him off. its close, but the dead giveaway is the lack of electric guitars. every time he goes for that kind of militant mood, he always uses the guitars somewhere. if i remember correctly, MGS2 (i think it was 2) didnt have that.
another great score that's been ripped off countless times is that if Crimson Tide. if i had a nickle for very trailer or commercial that had a butchered attempt to sound like CT, id make Bill Gates look like a pauper.

back to the video game music, the trailer music to Devil May Cry 3 was great. i usualy cant stand anything that boarders on rap or punk, but for some reason that broke that taboo and made a fast trip to my favorites list.

I love all of the Final Fantasy soundtrack.... the guy who compose them is a genius! Those songs are so beautiful and easy to listen, it's the only music without lyrics that I listen to!

And I also love the soundtrack of Castlevania Symphony of the Night and all the soundtrack from Zelda.

i agree, i think final fantasy has by far, the best soundtrack. i have the actual instrumental songs downloaded, and they are all so beautiful. btw, the composer for the final fantasy soundtracks is named Nobuo Uematsu

Well, Metal Gear Solid 2's theme was composed by Henry Gregson Williams, a lot of his stuff his really reminiscent of Zimmer's and I could hear the similaritys far more in MGS2 than in MGS.

Also, if you're looking for a Final Fantasy soundtrack to look for, I'd recommend the Grand Finale disc of Final Fantasy 6. It's selected tracks from the overall soundtrack, but done with full orchestra, friggin beautiful stuff. NOTHING Uematsu has done since has surpassed that.
You may also want to look into Yasunari Mitsudas work. He composed the soundtracks to Xenogears and Xenosaga among others. His names been thrown around this thread A LOT. IMO he's superior to Uematsu, but thats me.