Somewhere between the bleeps of Pac-Man and the orchestral swells of The Last of Us, video game music stopped being background noise and became a cultural force. We hum the Super Mario Bros. theme ...

15 years ago, visionary developer Playdead burst onto the indie game scene with the puzzle-platformer Limbo. Wordless and monochromatic, Limbo was more than just a mood piece; its thick atmosphere and ...

Music is an essential part of video games now. And as the video game market becomes populated with new releases, developers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 1990s video game soundtracks epitomize creativity and innovation, birthing timeless tunes still cherished today. In the early to ...

Video games easily suck us into the vortex of the virtual world, and it can be difficult not to get enthralled in a game for hours on end. There's so much about these games that captivates players, ...

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You may think it odd, dedicating a festival to live music that isn’t, really, designed to be played live. Video game, film, and TV music, by definition, is designed to be recorded under very strict ...

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 ...

Game music is more important than we ever probably stop to consider. Thebest game soundtracks bring out emotions from us that visual images and pressing X can’t. They give us a frame of reference - ...