Why video game music is different from every other kind of soundtrack

Re:Why video game music is different from every other kind o... by alabut on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @08:10AM (#493016)

I've found that video game music can make fantastic background music while working - there's hardly ever any distracting vocals and it feels like you're attacking something mythic.

Movie soundtracks have a similar effect on me: The Incredibles, Dark Knight, Primer.

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Re:Why video game music is different from every other kind o... by kenver on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @08:44AM (#493031)

I've done the same. I think the best group of game soundtracks I've heard are by Jon Hallur Haraldsson, for Eve online. They really help to immerse you in the game universe. I think you can listen to some of the composers stuff on last.fm

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Re:Why video game music is different from every other kind o... by unalone on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @10:08AM (#493105)

Eve Online's music is hauntingly beautiful. Definitely one of the things that makes Eve so addicting: the music feels as vast as the game itself.

If anybody feels like importing the CD/torrenting it, Shadow of the Colossus's soundtrack (Roar of the Earth in English) is superb. I'd put it above most movie soundtracks. It's very subtle and very thrilling in all the right places.

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Re:Why video game music is different from every other kind o... by nopassrecover on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @09:19AM (#493053)

Frank Klepacki's C&C music is great for that

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