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Writing Game Music  -  The music for a game is very important  -  It sets the mood for the game 


 
 
 
SoMusical

Video Game Composers (98)  |  Competitions (14)  |  Composers (7850)  |  Organizations (10)  | 
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Launch   -  New Virtual Music World Music Mogul Launches  |   ""For the first time," they rave, "social networkers can experience the music lifestyle through a virtual living world," that is "set to alter the face of music engagement"."   |  


 
 
 
Wikipedia

List of video game music


 
 
 
Mi2N  |  Game Soundtrack Composers Launch Dynamic Solution For Videogame Audio

Official launch for new game audio production studio, Game Audio Australia


 
 
 
Game Music Galaxy

A large collection of MIDI, plus many MP3's recorded from video games that can't be found anywhere else! Games include: Bust A Groove, Jet Force Gemini, Zelda 


 
 
 
Gamespot

A History of Video Game Music   -  By Glenn McDonald Design by Collin Oguro. Video game music has come a long way, baby. ... And for some games, sound and music are the point in and of themselves


 
 
 
RabiteMan's Game Music Page

Sheet music


 
 
 
VGMusic

19,000+ Game Music MIDI files  |  Video Game MIDI Music from NES, SNES, N64, Gameboy, Genesis, Master System, Sega Saturn, Sony Playstation, Turbo-Grafx 16, and more  |


 
 
 
Game Music Revolution

Add a CD to the Database  |  browse by   Album Title  Catalogue   Release Date  |  Game Music news and CD information |


 
 
 
GameMusic.com

Game Music  |  Anime Music  |  Sheet Music  |  Books  |  Collectibles  |  Anime DVD  |  Toys  |  New Releases  |  New Arrivals  |  Collectibles  |


 
 
 
The Best Videogame Music of All Time

The Video Game Music Hall of Fame. One of the best things about video game music is that there are so many different kinds


 
 
 
Open Directory

Games: Video Games: Music


 
 
 
Music4Games

News  |  Features  |  Reviews  |  Music  |  Directory  |  Forums  |  Search  |  MP3  |  Charts  |  What's New?  |  Soundtracks  |


 
 
 
Skytopia

Greatest C64 game music  |  Reviews & rankings  |  Reviews of the top Commodore 64 games music
The All-Time Top C64 Game Tunes  |  Definitive listing of the greatest C64 game music ever created!  |


 
 
 
chigo's Sheet Music

Game and Anime Sheet Music

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RPGamers Network

Welcome to RPGN's Game Music Page


 
 
 
X-treme Games Music

Some of the best in video games music from all eras collected and organised in various formats and with players available for download 


 
 
 
GAME MUSIC RING

The place for you to list your game music sites or anime music sites  |  For those who have an Anime or Game music site can freely join this ring  |  Support Anime Music too 


 
 
 
IGN Music

Video Game Music  |  Our music experts examine how each game's music stands on its own as a collection, while our gaming specialists analyze its impact on the game experience


 
 
 
Composers Sascha Dikiciyan & Cris Velasco create dynamic main theme for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 4: Double Agent

 
 
 
234 Free Vintage DOS Games and Playable Demos

 
 
 
Mirsoft  |  World of Game MODs - game music modules for download  |  Big database of videogames, many Amiga and PC game music modules (mods) and midis (mids)  |

 
 
 
vGame

Video game music: not just kid stuff 


 
 
 
OverClocked ReMix

Unofficial Game Music Arrangement Community  |  OverClocked ReMix is a website dedicated to reviving 
the video and computer game music of yesterday, and reinterpreting that of today, with new technology & capabilities. This site's mission is to prove that this music is not disposable or merely just background, 
but is as intricate, innovative, and lasting as any other form  |  Music  |  composers  |  links  |  remixers  |  remixes sound archives (NSF, etc)  |  Community  |  chat/IRC  |  forums  |  faq  |  groups  |  search  |  ReMixing:  |  links  |  remixing forum  |  submission standards  |  tutorials  |  Emulation  |  beginner's guide  |  emulators  |  sound players (NSF, etc)  |  systems  |


 
 
 
Capowski's Li'l Game Music Review Corner

Reviews  |  "Welcome to my humble mini-website devoted to one of my favorite hobbies, game music - RPG game music in particular"  |


 
 
 
Mi2N

The Grammy Foundation And EA Announce Grammy Pro Session: Video Game Music And Sound Design  |  Groundbreaking Partnership Introduces High School Students to Careers in Interactive Music Composition and Sound 


 
 
 
Home of the Underdogs

How to Listen to Game Music 


 
 
 
Kohina

Old school game and demo music  |  mp3 stream 


 
 
 
Play-Asia.com

Music/Japanese Version/Video Game Soundtracks


 
 
 
Retro Game Music Streaming Radio

Japan: above link tranlates to English


 
 
 
Zophar's Domain: Game Music Archives

Music soundtracks of Nintendo games  |  Music soundtracks of Sega Master System and Game Gear games 


 
 
 
Game Music Home Page

Welcome to the first home page on the net dedicated to game music, opened in summer 1994, hence the antique design 


 
 
 
Yahoo Directory

Video Games: Music


 
 
Game Studies

Play Along - An Approach to Videogame Music  |  This essay builds on a small body of critical writing dealing with videogame music including Mathew Belinkie's (1999) useful history of game music  |


 
 
Bjorn Lynne game soundtracks

Siege of Avalon PC All in-game music by Bjorn Lynne in General MIDI format. 8 MIDI songs  |  MP3.com  |  Composing Music Good Enough for Games  |


 
 
Tweak Town

Game Music Extraction Guide


 
 
 
Red Dragon Productions

Video Game Music and Sound Studio   -   weblog


 
 
 
RingtoneJukebox

Video Game Music Ringtones  |  Choose your favorite genre of music. We have thousands of polyphonic ringtones, phone games and wallpapers for your cell phone  |


 
 
 
game girl advance

Music archives


 
 
 
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Games : Halo 2 : AudioVideo : GameMusic


 
 
 
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games #071: game music


 
 
 
Merregnon.com

Game music of Hollywood quality  |


 
 
 
Music.Download.com

Game soundtracks


 
 
 
The MIDI Shrine

Game Music MIDI files


 
 
 
BananaNetwork

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VideoGamesLive

Video-game composer plugs into the world of orchestral music


 
 
 
Wired

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edgen.com

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Musicdish  |  The Voice Behind The FIFA 2006 Virtual Game

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GamePlanet / NZ    -    World's first MP3 5.1, harmony recognition program

Music and video editing software company Magix' Music Maker 11 Deluxe is the world's first consumer software to recognise musical harmonies and display them onscreen automatically as guitar chords.


 
 
 
ComputerAndVideoGames   -   Harmonix readies Rock Band

Cambridge (Massachusetts)-based developer Harmonix has teamed up with EA and MTV to develop Rock Band, a new music game that takes Guitar Hero to the next level. Guitar, Bass, Drums and Vocals will all be available to give you the full band experience. Sounds awesome


 
 
 
Adventure Loves Game Music, Not Games

Wired   -   By Scott Thill


 
 
 
GAMES REVIEW: Rhythm nation

From hard rock to orchestral classics, music games rule
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First Videogame Music Recorded in 1951

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Music Creation Toolkit Assembled for Nintendo DS

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New Music The Gameboy Madrigals

Suite 101   -   "Composer and guitar teacher Joey Mariano has released the Gameboy Madrigals as a free download. The music combines psuedo-medieval polyphony with video bleeps and buzz"


 
 
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The Free Lance-Star, VA   -   "Even those who have never picked up an instrument before can begin making music. But what impact have these games really had on the music industry?" 

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Rock Band 2 free DLC tracks revealed  |  ArsTechnica   -   by Andrew Webster  |  "Harmonix has revealed the 20 free downloadable songs that owners of Rock Band 2 can expect soon, though the selection of songs leaves something to be desired."  | 

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The Nintendo DS is your instrument: the Korg DS-10  |  ArsTechnica   -   by Ben Kuchera  |  "The Korg DS-10 is a very odd beast for the Nintendo DS: a $40 piece of software that turns your gaming hardware into a robust music creation tool. We talk to the DS-10's producer and see if we can create the next electronic masterpiece."  | 

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Musicians tap new revenue model  |  BBC  -  By Maggie Shiels  |  Tapulous has developed a game for the iPhone that introduces tunes to the player  | 
We Track Down The Composer of Contra NES  |  1up.com  | 
Turning Game Boys Into Synthesizers  |   "In the early hours of Friday morning, a Paris musician named Sidabitball stood onstage in a converted warehouse in Brooklyn, thumbs flying furiously over a Nintendo Game Boy. Blasting over the sound system was a cross between a pop medley and a video-game soundtrack on fast-forward."   -   NY Times   -   Jenna Wortham 

Why Berklee is teaching its students to compose scores for video games

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X-treme Games Music

Only the best game MIDI, MOD, MP3, SID, SPC


 
 
 
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GameMusic.com


 
 
 
TweakTown

Console game music created by fans  |  for the Nintendo 64  Playstation and Gameboy


 
 
 
Red Dragon Productions

Video Game Music  |  Sound Studio


 
 
 
CGMD

Console Game Music Direct


 
 
 
video-game-music.co.uk

Video Game Music  |  Amiga MODS  |  game music  |


 
 
 
Sigma's Video Game Music

 
 
 
Skytopia

Greatest C64 game music  |  Reviews & rankings  |


 
 
 
Emula Zone

Music Section


 
 
 
happynote.com

Learn music theory lessons with computer games


 
 
 
gamenoise.com

video game music, sound designer, experienced sound designer


 
 
 
website.lineone.net/~terrirob

game music section  |  here you can find some of the most catchy game tunes in midi format  |


 
 
 
Amazon.com

A Glance  |  Game Music


 
 
 
Sierra Game Music

Sierra Classics


 
 
 
BladeZone

The Online Blade Runner Fan Club & Museum


 
 
 
Richies Organ Page

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UnExoticA

Browse by format  |  Game Music Creator


 
 
 
Skytopia

"Greatest Nintendo SNES music"


 
 
 
World of Game MODs

game music modules for download


 
 
 
Google Directory

Games > Video Games > Music


 
 
 
GameDev.net

Music & Sound


 
 
 
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    Composing Music For Video Games (Game Development Series)

    by Andrew Clark

    PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

    Video game music is a new and unique challenge in the history of music making. The composer is faced with the unprecedented challenge of organizing musical ideas that play and respond to the ever-changing action and player choices in a game. And due to notoriously tight game development schedules, low (or no) audio research budgets, limited published knowledge on the topic, and communication barriers between programmers and composers the possibility of poor audio development is a serious problem for the industry. Composing Music for Video Games examines the practical challenges of implementing a dynamic video game soundtrack that works, and presents a unified framework for approaching game audio production problems effectively. It shows that no matter how different the demands of various adaptive scoring problems may seem on the surface, they all share certain underlying characteristics. The book demonstrates how the basic principles of game music composition can be applied to the production of increasingly complex creative and effective soundtracks for virtually any imaginable game scenario.
     
     

    KEY FEATURES

    * Provides an insightful, unified framework for approaching game audio production effectively
    * Covers the underlying challenges and ideas of the field, and provides solid insights and examples of current technology and its strengths and weaknesses
    * Provides a clear, reader-friendly guide to complex technology
    * Uses working examples that readers can play with while learning the concepts, providing a tactile experience
    * Explores what’s possible with the current generation of technology tools, with an emphasis on Microsoft’s powerful and freely downloadable DirectMusic SDK
    * Discusses the issues and differences with midi-based audio and streaming audio
    * Includes a companion CD-ROM (Win) with all the demos and tools covered in the book
     
     
     


     
     
     
     
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    The era of no-compromises handheld gaming has arrived. Get ready for immersive, 3D gaming on a console that is poised to change the way we think about portable devices. With wireless internet, video and digital music playback, and incredible data storage and connectivity options, the Sony PSP--or PlayStation Portable--is a complete solution for the mobile digital lifestyle. Sony has hit the mark by combining both horsepower and groundbreaking features into a package that weighs just a hair more than half a pound. 
     

    Design

    The PSP's exceptional performance comes from a 333 MHz processor that dwarfs the speed of competing handheld consoles. Add this polygon-pushing muscle to 4 MB of fast DRAM and 32 MB of embedded RAM, and you've got a device with graphics rendering capabilities close to that of the PlayStation2. And because no game is complete without audio, the PSP is generously appointed with built-in stereo speakers, as well Dolby Digital 7.1 surround sound capability. Sony has also pulled out all the stops with the PSP display. The bright, 4.3-inch LCD sports a 16:9 aspect ratio and 480 x 272 pixel resolution--plenty of real estate for heavy gaming action and widescreen-format movies. All of this is powered by a removable, and rechargeable, lithium-ion battery.

    From a controls perspective, the PSP is made for gaming. If you're familiar with a PlayStation controller, you'll be a pro at the PSP's controls in no time. Directional buttons, as well as an analog stick are provided. Meanwhile, the familiar left and right shoulder buttons, as well as triangle, circle, cross and square buttons are integrated into the device's slim case. Finally, home, select, and start buttons give you quick access and control over the PSP's important functions.
     

    Supported Media

    At the heart of the PSP is a new, proprietary media format known as the Universal Media Disc, or UMD. Each UMD can hold 1.8 GB of data, enough room for rich and complex games. UMDs, which are housed in a protective cover, slide into the rear of the PSP. Sony has declared the UMD an open format for developers and media content owners, so movies, music and other media are on the horizon from third parties. Sony has also signed on many popular game developers for the platform, so a deep library of titles is on tap.

    While the UMD is great for read-only media such as games and movies, Sony solves the problem of data storage with the addition of a Memory Stick Duo slot. With Memory Stick Duo media, you can store your saved games, downloaded online content, personal video and audio files, and more. When you want access to these files from your PC, simply use the PSP's USB 2.0 port to turn the device into a fast portable media drive. Then, drag and drop files such as your photos, MP3s, and videos onto the PSP, just as you would any other removable storage device. The PSP ships with a 32 MB Memory Stick Duo, and additional media with higher storage capacities are available.
     

    Connectivity

    The PSP blows away the competition in the connectivity department. Indeed, the PSP's ability to connect to the internet, and to other PSPs and USB-based peripherals, is a real advantage. At the top of the list is Wifi connectivity, or IEEE 801.11b. Use this wireless internet standard to connect to other gamers around the world for hot multiplayer action--all from your couch, or your local Wifi hotspot. As mentioned, the PSP's USB 2.0 port is great for PC connectivity, but it also opens the PSP up for a whole range of future peripherals. Sony has plans for the PSP in other ways, too; the unit's infrared port speaks of remote control capabilities in the near future.

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    The Society of Composers & Lyricists

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    The Concise History and Principal Genres  of Video Game Music


     
     
     
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    Music4Games has a new feature about the live orchestra session for Lineage II: Chronicle 1 - 
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    An Yong Jin the Sound Director for the game and Stacey Yoon the Executive Creative Director on the experience.


     
     
     
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    Music to "Ten Plants," a compilation of works by game music composers


     
     
     
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    one of the most successful video game composers in history 


     
     
     
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