Sort of on-topic - I disable the music in most first person open world RPGs.

It started with Oblivion. I first disabled it because I didn’t like that the combat music is triggered as soon as you’re detected by an enemy - it feels like a cheat. But the thing I discovered was that it did wonders for immersion, because suddenly the only sounds I heard were actual in-universe sounds - footsteps, wind, flowing water, animals etc.

After playing like that for a couple of years, I got the urge to listen to the music again, so I re-enabled it. And it was very weird, because I had gotten so used to only hearing in-universe sounds that I kept subconsciously trying to place the music in the world - like there was a symphony orchestra in a forest clearing nearby or something. I had to turn it off and have never turned it back on.

I’ve never even heard the Skyrim music - I disabled it right from the start.

The only exceptions are game music that actually is in-universe, like the music played over your Pip-Boy in Fallout or over a car radio in GTA.

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The soundtrack to Lisa the Painful is really well done. The music is reminiscent of the 16-bit era but is haunting, weird, intense, and sometimes wistful. I would liken it to Hotline: Miami meets Requiem for a Dream having a chiptune collab.

The game itself was just a little too bleak though for a re-listen though.

Final Fantasy fight music, if I never hear it again, I’m good.

No, only positive feels bro. Make happy memories, not sad.

I’m an akleptic lover of music. I find most video game music lacking. In my 30 years of gaming, I usually turn off the in game music, leave the sound effects on, and use that opportunity to explore new music. That’s just me though. To each their own .

I enjoy playing video game music in the background while I’m at work, and not once have I ever felt the way you are describing.

I’ve not liked songs because they just weren’t very good, but never for any bad connotations.