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I find that what really makes me like a song is not the song itself, but rather the feelings and memories associated with the song. For example, even the grandest of orchestral concertos have nothing on Innocence (from Katawa Shoujo) because of the epic scenes it evokes. At this point in time i look at my iPod and realise pretty much half my whole library of songs on it come from VNs because of this. Its hard to pick favourites but here are the ones i really like:

*WARNING* Some of the videos, even if they are but picture backgrounds, may contain major plot spoilers - you may just want to listen to the audio and not look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y6DNQdlxNo, Katawa Shoujo
KS is full of beautiful songs. Nothing like chilling in the school library with the KS soundtrack playing.

Songs of Distant Earth, Muv-Luv Unlimited
I didn't really like the 'Muv-Luv' song (Alternative's ending) so this is basically the 'Muv-Luv series theme song' to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ywI2bSscl8, Symphonic Rain
A very aptly named song, and an extremely beautiful way to end off one of my favourite visual novels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLLrDE69UW4, Symphonic Rain
It's a beautiful song, even though it's associated ending is likely to cause you to destroy something out of rage and grief.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIleIBSm_zc, Tsukihime
Poor song, doesn't even have a proper name. Despite its simplicity, it's really beautiful the way its used in-game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHIJz0Op6sc, Ever17
I'm one of those who prefer the newer version over the original.


Saya no Uta Beautiful song to end a... not-sure-if-beautiful game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EmhlYh-bLU, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S4HvWRrsQU, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly5NiKQqJvc, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prOdAOZ6jWA, Little Busters!
LB! has one of the nicest collection of ending songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nbj4UUzoas, Narcissu Side 2nd
A song that perfectly captures the sadness and despair of the whole VN.

Unmei no Farfalla, Steins;Gate
A really epic ending song. This is quite possibly my 2nd favourite song ever, i always have this urge to sing along, especially at the chorus.


At the end of it all though i think you will have to play a VN to the finish to fully appreciate its music. It just isn't the same, listening to a song and just hearing the song, and listening to a song while recalling all the feelings. This is why i love VNs.

My personal recommendations:
Muv-Luv Alternative, my favourite anything ever. You need to sit through Muv-Luv Extra+Unlimited first though, which might turn some people off.
Katawa Shoujo, as far as slice-of-life VNs are concerned this is one of the best.
Fate/Stay Night + Tsukihime, where fantasy is concerned Type-Moon kicks ass.
Ever17, this is a classic and a must-read for its great plot.
Steins;Gate, while the start is meh it builds up to an excellent, thrilling ending.
True Remembrance, my favourite of short-story VNs, pound-for-pound this is as good as any of the above.

As far as Little Busters is concerned imo there's no need to wait for the EX/ME translation, the additional routes all require you to complete the original true end to unlock anyway. Plus given the slow progress i think Rewrite will end up being finished first.

Here you go: http://vndb.org/g880
There are quite a few translated ones, but all not very high up on the popularity/rating scale except for Symphonic Rain.