Wednesday, August 26, 2009

The incredible word of Game Music - tracksounds.com


Excellent work gathering reviews and interviews as well as CD info and sound clips on the ever-expanding and fascinating world of GAME MUSIC, over at tracksounds.com.

Check it out:

"High Score: The New Era of Video Game Music"

The days of the stunted, electronic, jingles which cued up with the drop of each quarter or token into those hungry, little, metal slots seem like a century ago. As the world of video games has become increasingly sophisticated (not to mention lucrative), so has the music associated with it. While the musical jingles from Donkey Kong, Dig Dug, or Ms. Pac Man have become icons themselves, an increasing amount of today's video game music is sharing more in common with many of the iconic film scores of the last thirty years."

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