https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydeV1_8pM4o
Do I get it? …no.
Did I have fun? …yeah!
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hah! That’s about the most perfectly concise explanation imaginable. I feel like Glenn Danzig would fit in at the beach in a Hawaiian shirt about as well as Noho Hank does.
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Ooo SWFG got an instrumental version:
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I swear I don’t only listen to metal and it’s derivatives.
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You know what day it is …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2amXB3yVWw
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Really addicted to this for the past week or so. 
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The truth is, quite a lot of my favorite music I first discovered through video games.
Rattling some off the dome in no order whatsoever: Pitchshifter, KMFDM, Makeup And Vanity Set, Savant, Electric Eel Shock, Deadmau5, The Cinematic Orchestra (albeit unlicensed), UNKLE, CoLD SToRAGE, Junkie XL, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers…
…and oddly enough, Antonín Dvořák.
Specifically, Symphony No.9 - From the New World.
Here are its four parts, each performed by a different orchestra:
I. Adagio, Allegro Molto
The Philadelphia Orchestra
II. Largo
Berliner Philharmoniker
III. Scherzo, Molto Vivace
Wiener Philharmoniker
IV. Finale: Allegro Fon Fuoco
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
At least half of this symphony shows up in Test Drive: Unlimited - and gosh darn, if it doesn’t jive with hurtling down the roads of a tropical island at wholly irresponsible speeds, cresting mountains as the sun peeks into view and illuminates the grand terrain before you. It doesn’t hold up to today’s open-world racing games but it was pretty righteous at the time.
The one used in the game is a different recording with a different vibe; if you like these, I’d encourage you to check out some of the other performances as well - there are a lot and they really do each have their own feel. Listening to string-section cadence is starting to remind me of force-curve graphs… Performances of the full symphony range from around 40 minutes to well over an hour, if that gives you any idea.
In writing this post, which I initially intended to spend about three minutes on and am now two hours deep combing through different versions of this piece, I’m coming to realize that classical music is something like fine aged whisky. You may have a favorite distiller’s product, but each barrel brings its own character, and no two are exactly alike. I’m learning the same goes for compositions, orchestras, conductors, on down to individual performances. Some of the finest notes are the most fleeting, and all that.
I think the composition itself, and specific recordings of it have a fair share of influence rippling through the musical landscape. I can’t help but think of John Williams (and apparently I’m not alone). I also found this article. Not really sure how to feel about that one, but I suppose it speaks to the point. 
If you’re into nerding-out over variations of things in any way like I am, here are some more flavors of Dvorak’s #9:
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Japan - NHK Symphony Orchestra (a great example of subtle but definite distinction from the above)
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Amsterdam - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (conductor is fun to watch on this one… so are most of the chairs)
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Berlin again - Bundesjugendorchester (because this conductor is fun to watch, too)
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Palm Beach, Florida - James Last (the world is full of strange things I struggle to describe, and this is one of them)
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Some Guy’s Basement, USA - Jackson Parodi (I mean… it’s on an accordion - beyond this there are metal covers and all sorts of shenanigans)
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Heck it, 39 minutes of Hatsune Miku
Groove Armada
Edge of the Horizon
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A different kind of noisy plastic.
Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman
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Lice
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Lice Two • Still Buggin’
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Triple Fat Lice
MP3 versions of all three are available for free download on Aesop Rock’s website here, or there’s good ol’ youtube:
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Enjoying this record I got for my birthday - didn’t even realize it was a limited run. 
If you’re not familiar, Cut Chemist is somewhere between DJ Shadow and Kid Koala. If those names also might as well be aliens, just think sample-salad from the 90’s and you’ll be in the ballpark.
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That vinyl looks amazing
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Deep house mix of Adriatique.
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Cory Wong - Motivational Music for the Syncopated Soul
Saw them a few weeks ago - astonishing.