Is it weird if you listen to just video game soundtracks?

[DarkBat]

I like a couple actual songs, but music for me is basically just listening to video game osts

[Johnny-Boy]

Well..... being normal is boring, anyways.
It hurts me when I see these masterpieces with only like 27k views on youtube and then I see
trash mainstream music with half a billion+ views.

[Reepus Vanguard]

Publicado originalmente por dcsant:

I not just listen, but also PURCHASE video game music for my personal collection.

Me too

[Reepus Vanguard]

Publicado originalmente por Ketchup:

Well..... being normal is boring, anyways.
It hurts me when I see these masterpieces with only like 27k views on youtube and then I see
trash mainstream music with half a billion+ views. :feeling:

True

[mellow]

i like all music. dubstep and classical :=)

[PsydeFX]

Publicado originalmente por Ketchup:

Well..... being normal is boring, anyways.
It hurts me when I see these masterpieces with only like 27k views on youtube and then I see
trash mainstream music with half a billion+ views. :feeling:

This. Game music can be really composed well, much better than regular music. Thinking about it, listening to game OST's is probably akin to listening to classical because of their composition.

And I have an ost for something out another that sounded really good. I can enjoy game music, although I don't listen to it outside of games, but I remember loving the music of the first 2 halo games and used it for some school projects back in the day.

[Midnight Sky ✨🌙✨]

Some people think that's all I listen to.

Also, consider the following:
https://www.google.com/search?q=game+soundtracks&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=game+soundtracks&newwindow=1&tbm=shop

[Sparse Dunes]

I used to be like that, I never found it weird and still don't. In fact it actually helped me find genre of music that I ended up liking. Video Games gave me a whole new respect for the Jazz genre, a genre I hated as a kid because my father would always play it.

[76561198205901381]

Publicado originalmente por Ketchup:

Well..... being normal is boring, anyways.
It hurts me when I see these masterpieces with only like 27k views on youtube and then I see
trash mainstream music with half a billion+ views. :feeling:

Define normal.

[Lusus Symphonia]

It's not weird..
I prefer rhythm and sound tracks that fit the situation, it's weird.
An example would be that I don't like progressive metal but if I'm playing a game that has a dark style like skyrim then I will play with some progressive metal as I slash stuff.

[僕の名前 (仮)]

pop songs and rock ruined by words in them. Remove words, many pop music is actually good. I'm sure many of those songs become popular because of good music, not because of singer. But singer is one who get all the fame and nobody ever remember the composer.

Game music is better because it don't have words in them.

[Johnny-Boy]

Publicado originalmente por Pork Eating Crusader:

Publicado originalmente por Ketchup:

Well..... being normal is boring, anyways.
It hurts me when I see these masterpieces with only like 27k views on youtube and then I see
trash mainstream music with half a billion+ views.

Define normal.

No personality disorders, dull and grey personality overall, tries very hard to fit in with the majority... it mostly revolves around being part of the 'coolness' of the world as we "progress" further wherever the hell we're going.
And in this case, you'd have to be NOT normal to enjoy the not popular music.
I was laughed at by my bonus cousin for listening to Epic Music VN while he blarred ghetto rap
with powerful profanity. He was 13 when he started with it.
He also tried to start smoking, (which he didn't like) just to fit in. He still tries it in secret.
To be normal.

[BanOphobia My Struggle]

I listern too my game OST all the time. Mass Effect series and Skyrim are my faves en mass with individual tracks from other games. I think that is why OST are bieng sold seperately. People want this stuff.

[100% lob juice]

For me it's about 50/50

Videogame soundtracks have certainly been a big influence on my music tastes though

[Tito Shivan]

Publicado originalmente por PsydeFX:

I never understand why people think being weird is bad.

It's not like having a certain musical taste is weird either... As much as some people like to make it weird.

The stigma of 'listening video game music' comes from a forgotten era when 'game music' was just a bunch of silly notes that sounded like...well...a videogame (Funny it now has evolved into it's own musical sub-genre: Chiptunes)

I've always been a fan of Movie Soundtracks. Which is a nice music to listen while you concentrate on something different. Of course I have a big collection of game soundtracks (Have to thank Humble for that.) I also have a vast music collection of many styles (From Classical to Dubstep, from 60's Rock to Speed Metal...)

And nowadays the big boys also make soundtracks for video games. When you have people like Hans Zimmer (Days of thunder, Red tide, Gladiator...) Working on the soundtracks of CoD MW2 or Crysis 2 you know 'video game music' means business.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy4iQvJo24U
Tell me you can't imagine that as the soundtrack for a big budget movie trailer.

And then we have the games that predate 'real world' music for their soundtracks (Saint's Row, GTA...) Does that count as 'listening to video game music' too? ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEvDmeXUCJE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1_iuHsToFU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJNwkJL7-fE

As many other things... Music genres are not so 'black and white'. And no one is weirder for liking one over another. And you can listen to a lot of different music within one genre.

[Zireth]

No

I do listen to real songs from actual bands when I'm not gaming, but when that game is on I'm ether listening to instrumental or no music