When we say “Dubstep” most people think of hard drops and grinding wubs. But there is a lot more to the genre than that.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, video game publishers and their cohorts in the marketing world thought it would be a good idea to use rap in their commercials. It was not.
Aah, just listen to it. It’s a theme we’ve heard many times, in many different games. These days, when I hear it, it’s chanted by a choir of (I’m assuming here) girthy nords in horned helmets.
A little while back, Jimmy “Big Giant Circles” Hinsen released an album of music that he’d written for Mass Effect 2 but that didn’t make the cut.
When a game gets as many things right as Trials Evolution, it’s all the more noticeable when it gets something wrong. And man, this game’s soundtrack is all wrong.
The moody, desolate affair that is Journey isn’t an obvious choice for a hip-hop remix, but it’s got one anyway. Don’t worry. It’s been tastefully done.
I think we’ve all seen our fair share of “guy with instruments playing video game music” videos on YouTube.
A good number of my friends attended the Video Games Unplugged: Symphony of Legends event in Melbourne last weekend, and our very own Logan Booker put together a nice write up, but what about those of you who couldn’t make it — like myself? We’ve managed to find some cool pics of the event. Protip: just imagine you’re hearing the swelling, intricate sounds of an orchestra in full swing. Ahhhhhhhh bliss…