September 30 at 7:49 am
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Unlike in Japan, where videogame soundtracks like Final Fantasy VII are made into top-selling albums, US fans who want to hear their favorite scores have to dig their old cartridges out of storage. And for many Americans, videogame scores were the soundtrack of their youth — so a live performance holds the same nostalgic wallop that a Who reunion tour holds for a baby boomer. Everyone at these shows can probably remember where they were when they first heard the theme to The Legend of Zelda. - Chris Makarsky