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> Game music and classical are the same genre, right? I know that was meant facetiously, but the music in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for one is quite beautifu
by rendall 3y ago
> Game music and classical are the same genre, right?
I know that was meant facetiously, but the music in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for one is quite beautiful and made with actual instruments like piano, oboe, violin, guitar. Interactivity is one direction for true innovation in contemporary classical.
- davidgerard 3y agoThis is the sort of thing I meant, yes :-) My kid loves (a) game music (b) classical (c) complicated metal, and I will absolutely hold that these are different faces of the same thing.
- vsnf 3y agoThe large orchestral scores of many games certainly have deep ties to classical. Parts of the Zelda, Final Fantasy, Dark Souls, etc. But, and this is likely obvious to all involved but said for posterity anyway, not all game music is classical derived. Metroid Prime is electrosynth, Paper Mario is pretty jazzy, and Persona is supremely jazzy with dashes of rock.
- davidgerard 3y agoof course. But cut scenes with orchestral instruments (even synthesized as they frequently are) are soundtrack music in classical style. That's the stuff I mean.
- vintermann 3y agoWell, I'm already annoyed that Spotify thinks that because I listened to music that was used in a game once, I must love game soundtracks in general. I'm pretty sure they'd annoy even more people if they thought, "Oh so you liked Wagner, you must love Zelda".