Great games aren’t built on graphics alone. Music shapes how players feel, react, and remember a game long after they stop ...
Ten years later, the fun and peppy tune that plays as I design my own video game avatar still makes me want to do a little dance in my seat — it’s upbeat, the perfect vibe for the opening of XSEED’s ...
Video game music was long regarded as an afterthought to the action on screen , mere ear candy rather than a serious art form ...
Christopher Larkin, the classically trained composer who wrote the soundtracks for Hollow Knight, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and, more recently, Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault, believes all those ...
Since the earliest days of gaming, music has helped create a sense of immersion and worldbuilding. From composer Koji Kondo’s Super Mario Bros. theme, to the infectious earworm of Tetris’ “Korobeiniki ...
From the rising triumph of Snake Eater to the emotional heft of Unshaken in Red Dead Redemption 2, video game music has progressed far beyond the wildest dreams of the bleep and bloop pioneers. But a ...
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Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A controller will direct a conductor’s baton during live performances of Journey at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. By Annie Aguiar For each music cue ...