https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAdeqyGTyxg
For years we've been bemoaning the death of classic video game melodies. So what happened? The answer, as it turns out, is not that simple.--Support Game Sco

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-gaming-lists/best-video-game-soundtracks-1235005941/
Fucking. Crazy.". And crazy it is, with songs accompanying menus, mini-games, and climactic battles that range from hits like Toni Basil's "Hey Mickey" and The Chordettes' "Lollipop

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1hbh5r/what_has_happened_to_video_game_music_melodies/
That is very well recognized and stands out clearly from music in other games. Look at Halo 4, and the completely forgettable soundtrack. It wasn't bad music, it was simply very forgettable because it wasn't inspiring. Very memorable music connects with players and inspires them. It isn't merely convenient themed sounds there to assist the game

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/composing-classics-a-history-of-video-game-music-the-strong/yQVh0uNkq_X8IQ?hl=en
Music sets the tone for video games. From computer-generated blips and boops to fully orchestrated scores, music provides video games with a sonic backdrop that inspires smiles, laughter, and even tears. This exhibit explores the history of video game music through 13 of its most influential composers.

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1fh059/video_game_music_then_and_now/
Video game music was the way it was primarily due to restrictions in both technology and storage. This led to some great music, sure, but quantitatively, the amount of great music to good music and terrible music was about the same. ... and while I am sure this has happened in some games, I think it's a conscious decision to shift the focus to

https://orangepixel.net/2023/07/31/what-happened-to-game-music/
But somewhere, as games became bigger and more movie-like, the game music changed from these stand alone tunes to music scores that covered the whole game and were one big continuous epic piece played by orchestra's (or made to sound like for games with smaller budgets) without ever taking the main stage of the game. Memorable scenes. I love

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/qzf1n/what_has_happened_to_the_games_soundtracks/
There are definitely games that still feature fantastic music that remains memorable (think Bastion). But by and large, music doesn't seem to be given as much importance anymore. When things are not of utmost importance, you tend to save on your budget by hiring people to get the job done, not to create art.

https://www.grammy.com/news/past-present-future-of-video-game-music-new-grammy-award-category-industry-experts-weigh-in
From the introduction of the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1985, video games have proliferated global markets — from massive, online interactive worlds to free smartphone apps. Like music, video games have become an integral part of daily lives, while sound and music are an increasingly important aspect of gaming.

https://www.factmag.com/2015/04/28/the-100-greatest-video-game-soundtracks-best-ost/
The original Amiga version's the one (the addition of FMV sequences on later versions actually managed to ruin the game, somehow), and Ken Melville's dusty John Carpenter-esque soundtrack adds

https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938398/arcade-stream-classical-california-video-game-music
The effort eventually led to Arcade, a free, 24-hour streaming channel, which launched around a month ago.Listeners tune in to Hammel hosting and curating a medley of video game music from the 1980s to the present — including marquee series like Final Fantasy and Fallout alongside lesser known indie darlings — interspersed with classical music featured in games.

http://divergencepress.net/2014/06/02/2016-11-3-a-direct-link-to-the-past-nostalgia-and-semiotics-in-video-game-music/
Bastion (2011), an indie game for PC, Xbox 360, and iOS, manipulates the player into feeling a nostalgia for a lost in-game world. Fallout 3 (2008), a role-playing game developed and published by Bethesda for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, uses the player's existing understanding of music to effect a nostalgia for the past in the real world which the

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/game-show/game-show-history-of-game-music/101756472
To celebrate the launch of 2022's Classic 100: Music for the Screen on ABC Classic, Meena Shamaly takes you on a historical tour of video game soundtracks: from the bleeps of the 1970s and the

https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/video-game-songs-timeline-9424270/#!
Charli XCX's 2017 bouncy, summer-ready hit — which also boasted a memorable, star-filled music video — samples a coin-collecting sound effect from 1985 classic game Super Mario Bros. throughout.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_music
Video game music (VGM) is the soundtrack that accompanies video games.Early video game music was once limited to sounds of early sound chips, such as programmable sound generators (PSG) or FM synthesis chips. These limitations have led to the style of music known as chiptune, which became the sound of the first video games.. With technological advances, video game music has grown to include a

https://medium.com/musings-on-ministration/the-history-of-video-game-music-e64b0ec7e380
Famous composers (e.g., Hans Zimmer) often write for video game music4, and video game music now sells records on its own and as genres, such as bitcore, bithop, and micromusic1, but the academic

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/a-history-of-video-game-music/1100-6092391/
The game boasts many memorable sound and music elements. ... but Sportstalk was the first game to feature an announcer describing the action on the field as it happened. The Madden football

https://www.jeromeleroy.com/complog-content/2023/3/19/how-video-games-and-their-music-impacted-my-life
Video games didn't arise from a need to tell stories either—rather, their first goal was quick amusement—but within ten to fifteen years the storytelling capabilities of the medium seemed infinite. Music, for its part, has always been an important and critical force in supporting how stories are told to people.

https://pressforsound.com/history-of-video-game-music/
The history of video game music is actually a look into the history of computing itself. The earliest video games were silent. The first was Pong in 1972. As a function of a computer, playing a tone requires energy from the CPU…the motherboard. In the early days, like in the Apple II in the late 70's, computers had very limited processing

https://nypost.com/article/how-mtv-stopped-playing-music-and-lost-its-relevance/
6. Nirvana staged a memorable "MTV Unplugged" in 1993. Getty Images. Still, Alex believes that MTV could one day come back to relevance — and music: "Of course there's a way to bring it

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-08/abc-classic-100-tracks-classical-music-s-changing-audience/103945816
Over the last two decades, something has happened to classical music. It has become deeply popular with a brand new audience. Classical music — with roots in the 16th and 17th centuries, and a

https://screenrant.com/doctor-who-cherry-sunday-season-15-more-important/
Doctor Who season 15 will give one seemingly minor character from season 14 an important role. Season 14 focused on new companion Ruby Sunday's search for her birth family. Like every Doctor Who companion in the post-2005 continuation of the long-running sci-fi series, Ruby was torn between staying with her family and traveling with the Doctor and occasionally came home when a story demanded it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Gaming4Gamers/comments/di3y7o/what_happened_to_music_in_games/
When I was a kid, games always pulled me in, and music was a key factor in that. Squaresoft had all these RPGs with brilliant music. Capcom had those killer rock tracks in Mega Man games, Konami had Castlevania, MGS and Suikoden, there were so many games on the market with outstanding scores, but these days, music is minimal, and what there is is usually pretty boring.

https://www.si.com/mlb/mariners/news/one-of-the-most-memorable-games-in-seattle-mariners-history-happened-on-this-day-in-1997-as-randu-johnson-surrenders-538-foot-home-run-01j15bwy44n8
In addition to the McGwire home run, that was one of the most memorable games in Johnson's career with the M's. Though the M's lost 4-1, he threw all nine innings, throwing 142 pitches and

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/06/26/taylor-swift-visited-cincinnati-1-year-ago-5-fav-memories/74196934007/
Taylor Swift gave Cincinnati not 2, but 3 surprise songs. Swifties across the globe went wild during the July 1 show, as Swift performed three surprise songs for the Cincinnati audience, a

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2024/06/24/pirates-of-the-caribbean-actor-and-pro-surfer-killed-by-shark-in-hawaii-what-we-know/
An actor known for his roles in seaside films like "Blue Crush" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" died in Hawaii Sunday.

https://www.si.com/mlb/mariners/news/seattle-mariners-catcher-cal-raleigh-continuing-to-climb-impressive-list-in-baseball-history-01j19dqskffb
The Seattle Mariners lost on Tuesday night to the Tampa Bay Rays and have now dropped six of eight games on this current nine-game road trip.. Catcher Cal Raleigh had a single in that loss, but he

https://www.si.com/mlb/mariners/news/milwaukee-brewers-rookie-jackson-chourio-does-something-not-done-in-history-since-seattle-mariners-legend-ken-griffey-jr-01j1dafn3mdp
However, each time we see a historical note like this, it's just a reminder of how good Junior was. ... One of the Most Memorable Games in Seattle Mariners' History Happened on This Day in 1997.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2024/06/20/donald-sutherland-dead/9126944002/
After turning 80, Sutherland took on the role of his most famous villain, President Snow, in "The Hunger Games" - the arch-nemesis to Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen for four box office

https://www.reddit.com/r/The10thDentist/comments/qzq5wv/catchy_video_game_music_is_bad_in_most_cases_less/
Catchy video game music is bad in most cases. Less memorable tunes are better. I've noticed a lot of critiques of modern games not having "memorable" music lately, but I actually think it's great when I can't remember a song very well, provided it's a good mood-setting song otherwise. I realized I had this preference recently when I was playing

https://www.si.com/mlb/mariners/news/trent-thornton-makes-personal-history-in-seattle-mariners-win-over-rays-on-wednesday-01j1b429cx30
The Seattle Mariners beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 on Wednesday afternoon to move to 46-37 on the season. With the win, the M's halted a three-game losing streak and ended a dreary 3-6 roadtrip with