Gaming and music have always been close cousins, but the recent addition of "Visual Media" to three Grammy categories, an arena previously open only to television and film entries, solidifies a connection that's long been loose but well acknowledged.

When a rock star signs onto a game, it's likely to translate into more press coverage, but not necessarily into anything that enhances gameplay or is even aurally pleasing. While all the games that compose our TenSpot have excellent (some admittedly, more dated than others) music, none are from well-known names in the music industry. While music won't make or break a game, the best music, at least in the case of the following ten, takes you one step further into total immersion.

Narrowing down the list only to ten was a difficult task. Games like Command & Conquer and X-Com have soundtracks that are worthy of a mention, but ten means ten. So here they are in alphabetical order. At the end, you'll have a chance to write back to GameSpot and celebrate or heckle our choices and add your own feedback. (We've included sound files for our picks, so you can draw your own conclusions.)
 

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