I love Video Game Music.

I like because it's original and well composed. It blows my mind that the older generations have no idea that tones of mellifluous music is out there.

I rank Koji Kondo and Nobuo Uematsu right up there with Beethoven and Mozart.

Early VGM was criticized for it's limitations but I like because of it's limitations. I love the sound of 8-bit sine-waves and the quintessentially Japanese A-B-A melodies. The electronic pulses and dashes imbue the music with it's own unique feeling and of course, because I was young when I first heard those tunes, they will always be associated with childhood quaintness. I also find it impressive that with a limited capacity and a maximum of four notes at once, some of the early VGM can evoke such emotion and depth and really add to the games.

I find that the core Japanese emotion of melancholy is best expressed musically by the genius Nobuo Uematsu.

Koji Kondo is the Chopin of VGM. His music is catchy without being insubstantial, it truly is impressive to recall all the games he has scored; none of the them could possibly be the same without his music.

It is a shame that in North America, VGM is not taken seriously. I look forward to the day when VGM will be as commonly played on radio and television as any other genre. Perhaps with more industry composers like Harry Gregson-Williams composing for Games will it be noticed more by non-gamers, you don't have to play Video Games to enjoy the music, I have music from games I don't even know.

In my opinion VGM is some of the best music being produced right now and you can bet your last BFG that I will to travel to Japan, a nation that knows how to appreciate VGM and attend a live, orchestrated VGM concert and stock up on Soundtracks I could never find here.

What's some of your favorite VGM?