Video Game Music Links
Video game music is one of the most obscure genre that hasn’t gained significant attention. I’m a lover of VGM and I think internet helps to spread the goodness of VGM to the entire world. If you are wondering how good video game music is, try Final Fantasy albums first. It’s a good introduction to non-gamers to wonderful world of video game music. 60% of my albums is VGM. Call me otaku or geek or whatever, but I love VGM.
If you are classical lover, you must listen Dragon Quest scores composed by Koichi Sugiyama. They are equal to Beethoven’s nine symphonies. Magnum opus that shouldn’t be missed only because they haven’t gained wide attention.
This list is taken and compiled from various sites. Leave me a message if you have more sites to add.
Purchasing Video Game Music
Play-Asia.com - Your One-Stop-Shop for Asian Entertainment
Video Game Music Albums Download Links
http://bluelaguna.net/pages/selectmp3.php
Various mainstream VGM albums
http://gh.ffshrine.org/soundtracks.php
One of the most complete resource to download video game music. No longer updated.
http://lazarus.thehawkonline.com/music.html
Ultima V Music downloads
http://rcfiles.free.fr/PianoPiecesSF2/MP3/
Saga Frontier II Piano Rhapsody
http://realitylapse.com/pages/selectmp3.php
Various anime OST.
http://www.animeillusion.com/
French site. Host random album for limited time. (dead?)
http://www.circleofdeth.com/
Hosting various VGM and listings to dozens of FULL osts for Anime and VGM
http://www.ffdream.com/?cat=downld&rub=musiques
Final Fantasy Music/Square Enic Music albums. Pretty Good!
http://www.goldeneye-gamesoundtrack.de.vu/
Golden Eye OST (James Bond Game for N64)
http://www.omganime.net/index.php?main=media/osts.php
Various Anime OST, must register first
http://www.stseiya.com/music.htm
All Saint Seiya Soundtracks. Very Recommended.
http://www.gendou.com
Various individual anime/game songs. Go here if you are only looking for OP/ED songs.
http://www.Lib.verycd.com -
Has eDonkey links, if you could pass the language barrier, it’s pretty promising site
http://www.protoman.com
Rockman music archive. Good
http://myffpiano.free.fr/
Final Fantasy Piano Arrangement, not official version. Good
http://shm.dustfungo.com
For everything audio from Silent Hill 1, 2, 3, and 4: The Room: Silent Hill Media
http://soundtracks.mixnmojo.com/
Lucasart games Soundtrack
www.zelda.com.br
Nice collection of Zelda soundtracks: Wind Wakers, Ocarina of Time, and several rare Zelda OST.
http://blue-bomber.jvmwriter.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
Rockman Music downloads. Recommended
http://www.evilunleashed.com/v2/index.php?section=misc&page=soundtracks-re
Complete Resident Evil series OST Download. Very Recommended.
http://hk.geocities.com/hkdigimonf/download.htm
Digimon OSTs. Recommended.
http://www.sonicstrike.net/users/sonicroms/music/
All Sonic OSTs. Very Recommended
http://www.geocities.com/ray_meter2/dkmusic.htm
Donkey Kong Country 3 music. Rename the .txt into .mp3.
http://www.houseofwacks.org/ogre/
Ogre Battle music (PSX Version). Not tagged, missing few tracks.
http://kirby.classicgaming.gamespy.com/multimedia/sounds/animeost/
All kirby soundtracks 128 CBR 
http://rpgmm.mopoo.com/user1/rpgmm/index.html -
Newest video game music, http. Chinese. All files are protected with password “rpgmm” (sans quotes)
http://darkstalkers.confusticated.com/frames.html
Dalk Stalkers OSTs. Good.
http://pheonixwright.free.fr
The most complete resource of Phoenix Wright, hosts three soundtracks, manga, roms, etc. Good.
http://www.levelup.cn/download/
Chinese site. use string 音楽 (ongaku, means song) to find song.
http://simcity.ea.com/coolstuff/music_index.php
SimCity 3 and 4 music
http://rfonline.x2game.com/RFPDS/MediaBox/OST.asp
RFOnline Official OST (10 Tracks only though)
Doujinshi Music（同人誌音楽) Sites/Arrangement Sites (Under construction)
Search Engine/ Database
http://www.musicdata.jp/
http://www.ffsengen.org/cgi-bin/search/yomi.cgi?mode=kt&kt=05_01
http://www.sclear.com/
http://63factory.jp/~creator_backer/
http://oddb.main.jp/
http://game9.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/gamemusic/1115445605/
http://http//www4.ocn.ne.jp/~tomo1109/link.htm
Artists
Azu Piano
Black Magic Orchestra
Dorothy Cafe
Labyrinth of the Lily Innocence -Twin Aperture-
Last Leaf
MintJam
Mu Prism
MTR Midi
New White
Sapporo Electric Brain Room
Spelunker
S.S.H.
Symphony Zero
Venus Cord
ViViX/Godspeed
English-speaking Community
http://www.ocremix.org/
One of the best VGM arrangement site out there.
http://www.fantasyreborn.com
Michael Huang’s arrangement for various FF themes. Good.
English-speaking Community
Official Sites
http://www.bandainamcogames.co.jp/aa/am/vg/timecrisis4/special/special/index.php
Bandai-Namco Site. Time Crisis 4 OST.
Community/References Sites
http://www.squareenixmusic.com
One of my favorite spot. Latest news of general game music or square enix music related news.
http://www.gamingforce.org/
The best place in internet to find and request video game music. Get the latest vgm release here.
http://rpgfan.com/
Also a very good VGM album reviews site.
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