vgm
what it is
VGM stands for video game music. It has many worshippers even today. Includes the early traditional 8-bit and 16-bit chiptunes made with a console's soundchips where the sounds are created from a mixture of square waves, triangle waves and controlled static noise, or the more modern pieces made with a variety of instrumentation.
✦ start here: albums
✦ who's making it, level by level
level 2 · the door
big names with a sharper edge
level 3 · one step out
cult favorites and indie darlings
level 4 · further
art pop, hyperpop, and the underground
level 5 · all the way
deep experimental
✦ make vgm a playlist
turn these 21 artists into something you can press play on.
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questions
What is vgm?
VGM stands for video game music. It has many worshippers even today. Includes the early traditional 8-bit and 16-bit chiptunes made with a console's soundchips where the sounds are created from a mixture of square waves, triangle waves and controlled static noise, or the more modern pieces made with a variety of instrumentation.
What are good vgm albums to start with?
Try Atebite and the Warring Nations by Disasterpeace, E.X.TROOPERS - The Bounded Soundtrack by Capcom Sound Team, BattleBlock Theater: Stamper's Tracks (Original Game Soundtrack) by Stamper, and Versus Video Games by Daniel Tidwell.
Who are some women making vgm?
musicisforgirls.com/genres/vgm/girls lists women, non-binary artists, and bands with women making vgm, from mainstream to underground.
genre notes from last.fm listeners · artists and albums from last.fm, updated 2026-10-20