Video game OSTs

[Tankenstein]

Vampire the masquerade, it had many great songs such as:

Spoiler: Vesuvius

Which was playing in a nightclub called vesuvius.

Spoiler: Downtown theme

Which was (as the name suggests) the music when you were in downtown LA, really brings out the atmosphere of the games.

 

[ethaninja]

Ah man there was an awesome fantasy styled game I used to play that had the best main menu song. Either that game or the Baldur's Gate song.

 

[Vuljatar]

Morrowind
MGS3
World of Warcraft
Halo 2
Total Annihilation


And possibly most of all, Freelancer. If you have not played this game, you should.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o36TtNZO5Y0[/youtube]

 

[Mackie Stingray]

Chrono Cross (...) Xenogears. JRPG's always have the best composers.

You may want to consider that these two games share a very important feature. Yasunori Mitsuda wrote the music for Chrono Trigger, Radical Dreamers*, Chrono Cross, and Xenogears. I believe also Xenosaga, though I'm too lazy to verify.
So yes, Japanese RPG companies tend to put a lot of effort into their soundtracks, but credit where credit is due. Mitsuda's brilliant.

* If you haven't played this, it means you haven't heard the music. You may cry now.