Musings on game soundtracks and music

I really have a soft spot for game music. For example, there is a kind of music that will always make me think of the Descent series - and if I hear something of that style, or something from the Descent soundtracks, I can almost hear “Good luck Material Defender” again… Or when i listen to some mp3s taken out of Wow, I can tell where I am within seconds of the tune starting. Not to forget mentioning the sweeping music of Guild Wars, and so many more… Years later you are suddenly back in the game. There’s a few sounds that put me right in magic carpet again, even when i hear them used in other games…

So I decided it would be fun to have a couple tunes and maybe a ringtone or two from some games I liked, see if anyone ever ticks, too…. so I set out in search for buyable, downloadable or any version of the soundtracks of games

Here are a couple sites I found

Big archives:
http://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks & http://gh.ffshrine.org/  both have a strong asian/anime bias since soundtracks are big there, released on CDs etc.
http://www.thealmightyguru.com/VGMPF/Index.html - the video game music preservation foundation. Has older titles
http://www.vgmusic.com/
http://www.ocremix.org/ - remixed game music

Composers who offer some music
http://www.billbrownmusic.com/musicmain.htm

Publisher related pages who offer some music
http://queststudios.com/
http://soundtracks.mixnmojo.com/

news & reviews sites
http://uk.music.ign.com/index/gamemusic.html
http://www.music4games.net/Index.aspx

I’ll update this as I find more.
So far I have found the Descent games, Terminal Velocity, several of my favorite RPG soundtracks, and I suspect those tunes will make me want to revisit the games