Video game music you use for non-video game purposes

[Deleted]

And vice versa!

The Unreal Tournament '99 soundtrack is a favorite of mine for workout routines. Relaxing, helps me focus, but still high energy.

As for non-video game music used in video games...My helicopter music for Metal Gear Solid 5 currently includes Dethklok's "Hatredcopter" and The Dead Kennedy's "Holiday in Cambodia".

[Weasel]

The soundtracks for L.A. Noire, Gunpoint, and Grim Fandango are perfect for a lot of my writing, especially where that has anything to do with mystery and noir settings. When I go for walks, I like to queue up marching songs from JRPG soundtracks, because they're usually just slightly faster than my usual walking pace. "Shinra Army Wages a Full Scale Attack" from Final Fantasy VII is great for that determined hike through the rain to the bus stop. =P

[sogetsu]

I used to study while playing POTION: Relaxin' with Final Fantasy in the background. Also, back in the day, when I was hooked on Ridge Racer Type 4 I dreamed of driving a car with the game's music on. A few years later, when I finally got a car, one of the first things I did was to copy the game's soundtrack on a memory storage device and play it while driving.

[Weasel]

Dec 7, 2015 4:22:30 GMT -5 sogetsu said:

I used to study while playing POTION: Relaxin' with Final Fantasy in the background.

Hey, not a bad choice! Speaking of studying, I find "hideout" and "save room" songs from various games to be oddly relaxing. I mean, there's the ones where that's intentional:

But then you get into ones where you're only there as a momentary break from the chaos:


And then Resident Evil's various ones that basically tell you, "Things will get MUCH worse if you ever leave this room.":

[magic89]

2 years ago my older bro got brithsday and asking me to put some Rock music while ive searching something on my laptop.
So ive launch whole Radio X from GTA San Andreas, and when DJ said, "Hello, I'm Sage, and yes, that is my real name and if you don't believe me, you can go f.ck yourself!"

My brother girlfriend said OMG Did she really said that on air?
Ive laughed and explain everything that radio are fictional etc

[SonnieSlim1]

I could pop in any of the Halo soundtracks at any time. Marty O'Donnell is a great composer.

[1983parrothead]

Most of the time, walking. Occasionally, cooking and other projects.

[SandiGummy]

If you like the song you will listen to it doing other things anyway, who cares if it is from a video game

[mikemacdee]

Dec 7, 2015 3:16:18 GMT -5 Weasel said:

The soundtracks for L.A. Noire, Gunpoint, and Grim Fandango are perfect for a lot of my writing, especially where that has anything to do with mystery and noir settings. When I go for walks, I like to queue up marching songs from JRPG soundtracks, because they're usually just slightly faster than my usual walking pace. "Shinra Army Wages a Full Scale Attack" from Final Fantasy VII is great for that determined hike through the rain to the bus stop. =P

I do the same thing, but it depends what I'm writing, and it won't always be game music. Often when I was editing horror stories I would play the soundtracks to Quake, PS1 Doom, or Silent Hill.

[SandiGummy]

You should try the soundtrack for Forbidden Siren! xDD I learnt about the game from a let's play and it is really scary, the music is even scarier than the game owo

[Chezni]

Top Gear soundtrack + driving my car.

[nerdybat]

I really adore SH2 soundtrack, especially for driving and (strangely enough) sleeping. It's a legitimately great ambient album, even outside of the game. It says a lot that folks at RateYourMusic place it on par with SAW vol. 2 and The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid, classic releases and milestones of the genre. When your soundtrack is that good, you may as well leave video games behind and go into music industry full-time.