Whenever I see my inspirations start to feed into my music, I write them up here so other people can see what I'm drawing from.
Xenoblade Main Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNR-wsFAfiU
Stop what you're doing and listen to this song. Then listen to it again. I'd tell you to do it again, but I'm sure that you would listen again even if I didn't. It's sooooo gorgeous and melancholy.
Inspection (Check One) by Leftfield: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbCLbLmO40U
The baseline is so groovy my GOD. The whole song is centered around one repeating baseline. How does that even work?