Gamer Grooves

A Non-Productive.com Mini Series about Video Game Music

The soundtrack to a good video game is like a story that carries you through an adventure, ratchets up the intensity, or lures you into a narrative made more immersive by its mere presence.

In this series, Alex McVeigh walks us through some of the music he found most influential, from the classics to modern games and everything in between…


Revel in the Power of Nature: The Music of Okami November 30, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder that this post may contain spoilers. Okami is amazing, so you should play it. If you feel like you’re playing [...]
Command the Winds, Command Your Destiny: The Music of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker November 29, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder that this post may contain spoilers. As I mentioned at the end of the Majora’s Mask post, there’s one Zelda [...]
Defender of Dream Land and Consumer of Everything Else: The Music of Kirby Super Star November 28, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder that this post may contain spoilers. Since today is Thanksgiving, I figured that it might be a good time to [...]
The Final Day Of The Three Day Paper Mario Extravaganza: The Music of Super Paper Mario November 27, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder that this post may (does) contain spoilers. I was really shocked when I heard a lot of the negative things [...]
Day 2 of The Three Day Paper Mario Extravaganza: The Music of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door November 26, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder that this post may contain spoilers (it will definitely). All it took was a demo from an FYE in a [...]
Day One of The Three Day Paper Mario Extravaganza: The Music of Paper Mario (N64) November 25, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder that this post WILL contain spoilers (see what I did there) This is gonna be a Paper Mario length post. [...]
Pop, Rock, and Shamisens: The Music of Mystical Ninja: Starring Goemon November 24, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder that this post may contain spoilers I can’t say for sure when we purchased Mystical Ninja for the N64. All [...]
Kept You Waiting, Huh?: The Music of the Metal Gear Solid Series November 23, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder that this post may contain spoilers. Metal Gear Solid is one of my most beloved series. Now that I think [...]
The Bear and Bird Sequel That’s Not Screwy, So Let’s Talk About: The Music of Banjo-Tooie November 22, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder that this post may contain spoilers, and no, I’m not apologizing for the rhyme. That’s right. I talked about it [...]
Bring On the Dragons: Composer Spotlight on Jeremy Soule November 21, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder that this post may contain spoilers. Today’s post isn’t going to be very long at all, but it’s one I’ve [...]