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>And when I say "there's exceptions" I dont know how you can say i make a blanket statement. Honestly, calling most videogame music crap is a bit ignorant imo
by Morgawr 13y ago
>And when I say "there's exceptions" I dont know how you can say i make a blanket statement.
Honestly, calling most videogame music crap is a bit ignorant imo (even though you mention "exceptions"). A lot of videogames, even minor ones and some indies, have amazing music and OST. This is because sound is one of the most important aspects of game development, even though most people don't really understand that.
It is up there, style-wise, with graphics and gameplay. A good OST can make or break a game and it's surprising how unnoticed this goes until you find a game with actual crap/out of place music, and then you notice.
I often listen to several game soundtracks and I own a few albums just of pure videogame music, there is a huge market from fans (and even non-fans) directly buying music CDs of videogame OSTs. Plus they are often sold with collector's editions and similar.
Let's give a few examples of games with great music (great, not just "good", for most of them are at least good and far from "crap"):
Final Fantasy, Halo, Monkey Island, Zelda, Civilization, Silent Hill (by far my favorite), Castlevania, Portal, The Elders Scrolls, Metal Gear...
I could go on, but you get the point[1]. As a musician I can say for sure that game soundtracks are among the most entertaining and fun to play, there's a lot of people on youtube recording covers and re-arrangements of famous game OSTs.
Really, claiming that "most videogame music is crap" is just being ignorant.
[1] http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/nine-legitimately-awesome-video-game-soundtracks-20131004 http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/nine-legitimately-a...
- ekianjo 13y ago> Really, claiming that "most videogame music is crap" is just being ignorant. It just means I have probably higher standards than you have when it comes to appreciating music. I've been playing video games for 30 years+, so I wouldn't consider myself ignorant, I just find most video games music very dull and uninspiring.
- Morgawr 13y agoYes, definitely dull and uninspiring /sarcasm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_music http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_music But yeah, to each their own I guess. I'm just a bit riled up because calling it "crap" is a very offensive and ignorant statement. I've seen much much worse dull and uninspiring "crap" being sold commercially as pop music, and that's a huge industry nowadays. Anyhow to lighten up the mood, here, have some great music that might (hopefully) make you change idea. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlNhwnssA8g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlNhwnssA8g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88_PGUa69aE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88_PGUa69aE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4BP42FzKRI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4BP42FzKRI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LB7LZZGpkw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LB7LZZGpkw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMhcyzQ7mKw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMhcyzQ7mKw (I could go on for hours, better not spam the thread though)
- SamReidHughes 13y agoWhat's ignorant is your belief that the videos you've linked would change the parent's mind. It's all competent derivative tripe or sub-competent derivative tripe. It's not offensive to call crap music crap. You should stop trying to be offended at things and try growing up and accepting that the universe is full of people with opinions you don't like.