KyleKatarn: I'm the same. Is there an explanation for it? Maybe blips take up less space in my brain or something.
Arteveld: For me, it's because it sounded so, hm, generic and bland. Maybe it's because i'm not that much a soundtrack man and the only one that stuck out for me was number 6, because of those low trombones [probably not trombones, aren't they?]. With midis, sids and mods, music was made to stand out a bit more i guess, today 'epicness' is enough.
I like your explanation. It seems to fit how I feel about the epicness.
I've played all of these games, hundreds of hours put into them (although most of them not recently) and they still didn't ring a bell for me :( They all sounded vaguely familiar (I was pretty sure about the ToEE track) but I didn't even feel like listening to the soundtracks to see if I could guess them. That's just my taste though I guess.
Good contest anyway!