Here is a list of my favorite bands/artists/composers. Most of the names are followed by some midis, some aren't.
Absolute Favorites
(These are the ones I obsess over)
Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat * Let's Make the Water Turn Black * Strictly Genteel * It Must Be a Camel * Pedro's Dowry * G-Spot Tornado * Alien Orifice (I practically worship this guy. I like him so much it's scary)
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man * Moonchild * Red
Bjork - Human Behavior * Joga
Tangerine Dream - Canyon Voices
Yes - The Heart of the Sunrise * Our Song
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Endless Enigma * Lucky Man
Danny Elfman - Edward Scissorhands * Beetlejuice * Batman * The Simpsons * Breakfast Machine (from "Pee Wee's Big Adventure")
Mannheim Steamroller - Amber * The Carol of the Bells (if anyone knows where I can find more non-christmas midis for Mannheim Steamroller, I'd be grateful)
Tom Waits - Tango Till They're Sore (I made it myself from a songbook, so it's a little stripped down compared to the original)
Monty Python - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Tori Amos - Blood Roses * Cornflake Girl * The Happy Phantom
Cat Stevens - Wild World
Vangelis - Pulstar
The Muppets - The Rainbow Connection
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever * While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Philip Glass - Dance no. VIII
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Chick Corea - Spain
Beethoven - Fur Elise * The Moonlight Sonata
Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King
Stravinsky - The Firebird Finale * The Infernal Dance of the Firebird * The Rites of Spring
"Weird Al" Yanchovic - Dare to Be Stupid (actually, I hardly ever listen to him anymore, but he has still a been a big influence on my own work)
Genesis (when Peter Gabriel was singin') - Can Utility and the Coast Liners
Pink Floyd - Welcome to the Machine * Goodbye Blue Sky * The Trial
(if anyone knows where I can get some midis for these people please tell me)
Captain Beefheart
The Bonzo Dog (Doo Dah) Band
Paul Winter
Edgard Varese
Harry Partch