What's your favorite genre of music?
Popular music: Soundtracks.
When I listen to music, I let my imagination take charge and visualize some kind of drama that fits in with the music (in effect, I take the music I'm listening to and base a narrative scene off of it, making the piece into a soundtrack piece).
This makes pre-existing soundtracks easier for me as I have often seen the film or played the game they're from (or know of them sufficiently) to connect memories with that music. For example, the theme pieces of The Legend of Zelda series bring out the emotions I felt toward and the memory of playing those games, sitting in front of the TV and feeling the excitement of playing Link's adventures.
I'm rarely able to simply listen to music; in my mind, I must do something with it, it must accompany something.
