> Grish, if you like really strong instrumental,
full orchestral music, two things that I've been
listening to a lot lately are the soundtrack to
Myst 3: Exile and the soundtrack to the anime
series The Vision of Escaflowne. The first is
pretty innovative (IMHO) and uses a lot of
different (often obscure) instruments in a lot of
COOL ways, and the second is more
traditional but still extremely cool. (One song
goes into *bagpipes* halfway through. It
rules.)

You are the second or third person to tell me I
should get the soundtrack to Myst 3. Where
does one find it? I buy most of my music CDs
through BMG music club, but they don't carry
game soundtracks that I know of. Would a
music store in the mall, such as Sam Goody
or Record Town carry it? Or would I have to
buy it on-line from someplace like Amazon or
CDNow? Or do I just have to order it directly
from Cyan? Is there any place where I could try
it before I buy it?

I bet it is pretty nice music. I've only played the
original Myst, but I did enjoy the short music
clips contained in that game enough to
attempt to compose variations on them on my
little Yamaha keyboard years ago. I wish that
keyboard still worked.

Gri"music is an integral part of life"shny