If we're going to bring those composers into the discussion as well, a few of the more prominent ones whose music is almost guaranteed to please:

David Wise
Grant Kirkhope
Koji Kondo
Nobuo Uematsu
Yasunori Mitsuda

Basically the only five names you REALLY need to know to have a lifetime's worth of awesome video game music at your fingertips.

On this note, Mathew Valente re-did a bunch of Chrono trigger music, and I'd really recommend it if you can find it. I have all of it, for some reason (I have the originals, too).

Mike Oldfield is your man ;P

Yes!

look to trackers they make some damn good music thats why im learning tracking, sadly i suck right now as ive been doing it for one half day...

edit: http://download.modplug.com/index.php?action=downloads&id=2086&license=0

link to some nice orchestral tracked stuff.

edit2: Check out erik mongrain, canadian guitarist he rocks, he has his own play style so it always sounds unique, it often sounds like there are multiple instruments at once
I like his cd 'fates' over what ive heard from his newer one equilibrium but its all good

Post has been edited 3 time(s), last time on Feb 28 2009, 3:04 pm by Lt.Church.

Modules are pretty cool, but the most awesome tracker out there is most definitely FamiTracker, which emulates the NES 2a03 sound chip.


EDIT: HOLY SHIT IT SUPPORTS VRC6 NOW *downloads immediately*

Btw, get the album "Guitars" from Mike Oldfield, it's pure ambiance music made EXCLUSIVELY with guitars