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Heya Ross, happy birthday! Here's a few game soundtracks from the early 2000s that I like and don't see mentioned online much, or at all. I'm including youtube playlists as a preview, as I couldn't find them for sale anywhere. Discworld: Noir - adventure game from 2001 based on the Discworld series of novels by Terry Pratchett, with film noir aesthetic and atmosphere. The soundtrack consists of short looping environment themes, but also features a few jazz/blues tracks. I mean, obviously, it's right there in the name. I can't find the game new on sale anywhere, and the same goes for the soundtrack. Soundtrack's by Paul Weir, in case you like it or if anyone wants to get in touch with him, maybe he has a way to get a legit copy or something, Iunno how these things work. If not, a short google search shows MP3's available around. Favourites: Lewton's Office, Cafe Ankh, The Streets of Ankh-Morpork. I like these: Temple of the Small Gods, Main Title, Casino "Saturnalia", The Octarine Parrot. The rest of the tracks don't work outside of the game scenes. Hell, I'd say some of them don't work even in those scenes. Knights of Honor - realtime medieval grand strategy game (like Crusader Kings 2) with RTS battles (like the Total War series). When on the world map the are what I imagine would play in a medieval ruler's courtroom while they're plotting to take over a neighbouring kingdom or something (reminds me of the ), while in battle things get . Soundtrack's by Borislav Slavov, who's worked on a few games, like Crysis 2/3 and Two Worlds II. Original War - modern day (and distant past) RTS with lite RPG elements: choises on how to complete missions, units level up and persist through the campaign, once dead they're gone forever, can't just make new dudes. The soundtrack for each faction (fictional Russia and USA) has its own feel, but overall it's like an imitation of the Starcraft themes, at least to me. Still, it's nice background music. The soundtrack was available as a bonus from GOG, but the game got removed from the catalog on June 22nd, 2014. I don't know if the Steam version has it. Part of it is available for download at https://original-war.net/files.php?c=17 (and the game's currently a dollar on Steam). of faction tracks, video featuring other tracks.