Music is usually an integral part of games. What game(s) soundtracks do you enjoy most?

I'll have to think on this. Where I certainly have favorite composers and soundtracks for film and tv, I tend to have less of a direct connection to music during games. But...

... tonight I started listening to a soundtrack for a game I've never played, and it's blowing me away (although I've heard it's a "divisive" soundtrack). It's making me want to buy and play the game ASAP.

The game/soundtrack?

The Temple of Elemental Evil

Arcanum
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

That's all I can think of atm. Sleepy...

Funny, I really don't like the ToEE soundtrack very much. It doesn't help that most tracks are much longer than they would have to be because they are looped four times or so (at least that is the case in the soundtrack that is included in the GOG version, I don't know which version you listen to).

A few ones I like (although there are many more):

Assassin's Creed 2 (never played it)
Beyond Divinity (awful game, but great music)
Dear Esther
The Dig
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Gothic 3
Outcast
Planescape: Torment (the best soundtrack from the best game)
Portal Stories: Mel (amazing fan game with fantastic soundtrack)
Quake
Shadow Warrior 2013

Secret of Mana
Super Mario RPG
Pictionary
Rondo of Blood
Sim Earth (SNES)
Treasure Master

I mean, most of the music I listen to is raw VGM OSTs.

Probably my favorite game soundtrack was made by Bill Elm, the founding member of a western/lounge/experimental group from Tucson, Arizona -- The Friends of Dean Martinez. Elm was tasked with making the soundtrack to --

Red Dead Redemption

I didn't particularly care for his work on RDR II but I think his RDR soundtrack was a brilliant mix of western, 60's Spaghetti Western, and jazz. I could listen to this soundtrack every day and not get tired of it.

Syndicate Wars

The Secret of Monkey Island
Age of Empires
Gemini Rue

Best main theme: Baba Yetu from Civilization IV

I hear you. I did shuttle through the tracks a bit... so didn't get too tired of any one track.

Having no relation to the game and doing other things at the time, I quite enjoyed it. It's rare that I like electronica for a medieval setting, but this "felt good" to me. We'll see if I feel the same after playing the game...?

It's not a "bad" soundtrack per se (whatever that means) and it did work in the game (which I've played) for me, but it's not one I enjoyed listening to outside the game. If you like it, good for you!

Here's a list with some of my favorites, but it's mostly about single tracks, not the whole soundtrack album, and many of those are popular songs used to effect in videogames, but there are also lots of songs specifically composed for the games, be they instrumentals or with singing.

If I had to name a soundtrack in its entirety, I don't know, maybe Planescape Torment, Gothic or Botanicula, off the top of my head?

I feel like you should be working for video game media... or a YouTube channel?!

I might lose some of the passion if I turn it into a job, but it's true that I spend a lot of unpaid time with silly stuff like that. XD

Too many to list. Games are my main source of music...

But the soundtrack in "The I of the Dragon" surprised me with it's almost movie like quality. Some of the tracks could easily fit into Lord of the Rings for example.

A couple of my absolute favourites:

Icewind Dale - by Jeremy Soule
Wasteland (remastered) - by Edwin Montgomery

A few i often play for background music :

Aquaria
Anodyne
Soul Reaver
Superbrothers - Sword & Sworcery EP