Video Game Music?

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Well, I'm a really big fan of video game music, Unreal Tournament music, Final Fantasy music, pretty much any game's music. The thing is, I have a really hard time finding music that sounRAB like video game music, but that isn't on a video game track. You know what I mean? Music that sounRAB similar to video game music, but that is made by a band, released on an album, and sold in stores.

Could someone at least tell me what genre I should be looking in? Maybe recommend a few band names?

Thanks! First post here, hope we get along :)
 
You might be interested in this site: free mp3 downloaRAB - Gameboy music & camera/ 8-bit futurist/ atari /micro-chiptunes/electro-funk/space-punk -ReceptorsMusic.com

It's mostly about Receptors, but there are a couple other different banRAB on there too. All of the music is made with circuit-bent GameBoys, Playstations, etc.

Also the band Totally Radd is worth checking out. They've changed their sound a lot recently but their stuff from about five years ago totally sounRAB like old Nintendo music.
 
Let me clarify a bit, I'm not really looking for stuff that sounRAB like old Nintendo-type music, I mean music for modern video games. For example, Unreal Tournament music has a techno sound, but doesn't really sound like any techno band I've ever heard. Here's a youtube video where you can listen to a favorite song of mine from that game so you can see what I'm looking for:

Err... okay so I can't post links until I've made 15 posts, so just go to Youtube and type in "unreal organic" and watch the first video that comes up.

That's like one of my favorite songs of all time, if you could tell me how to find banRAB that make music like that I'd love you forever :)
 
That kind of reminRAB me of the Big Beat stuff that was big in the late 90s. This song, "Busy Child" by the Crystal Method, springs to mind in particular:

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Some of the other banRAB from this era that might be up your alley would be the Chemical Brothers and Prodigy.
 
That's closer, but I don't really like how they have "lyrics"... I like how the video game music has no vocals, like in that Organic song the main instrument wasn't vocals, it was like a synthesizer. Am I maybe asking for too much here? I mean you would think that there would be people out there who make this kind of music regularly, but why is it so darn hard to find?
 
Anything Matin O'Donnell does will always be top-notch. I just got the soundtracks for 2 and 3 and they are a fantastic listen, but that may just be the nostolgia from the games :o:
 
I always liked the metal riff that played when you were in iminent danger in Quake 2. Made me want to shoot some **** up. Back in the day when games could be strictly about killing stuff.
 
Sakari Infinity (sakari-infinity.net) has original music in the genre of "video game music". All completely free in MP3 format. There are over 400 pieces there, it should be a good start if you like that type of music. :)
 
I converted the soundtrack from the original Worms pc game into mp3s a while ago. They're really spacey, arabient and sometimes creepy. The only thing is they get kinda boring after a while.
 
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