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…
So is Smithy the Sword or What: The Music of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars November 10, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder that this post may contain spoilers. This will be a RPG length post. I have decided to call them that. [...]
A Boy, His Horse, His Sword, and 50 Foot Monsters: The Music of Shadow of the Colossus November 9, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder that this post may contain spoilers Shadow of the Colossus probably has one of my favorite game ideas of all [...]
A Stitch in Time: The Music of Chrono Trigger November 8, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder that this post may contain spoilers. Long-ish post ahead… Aside from the Super Mario RPG, Chrono Trigger is the only [...]
Waiting for Godot…to finish his point: The Music of Ace Attorney 3: Trials and Tribulations November 7, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder that this post may contain spoilers. See that warning up there? The one that says that this post may contain [...]
Praise The Sun [T]/: The Music of Dark Souls November 6, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder that this post may contain spoilers. Dark Souls was one of my most anticipated releases ever when it came out. [...]
8 Bits? Hell No, Let’s Turn It Up to 11: Composer Spotlight on Tim Follin November 5, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder that this post may contain spoilers. The post for today is going to be a short one. If you haven’t [...]
I Should Go: The Music of Mass Effect November 4, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder that this post will contain spoilers. In the week spanning November 13th-20th, 2007, I had 3 games reserved at Gamestop: [...]
The Brilliant Ballad of the Bear and Bird: The music of Banjo-Kazooie November 3, 2013 - As always, a friendly reminder this post will contain spoilers. Made by Rare in 1998, Banjo-Kazooie was an awesome platformer that created a craze in [...]
Lets Kick Shell: The Music of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (SNES) November 2, 2013 - As always, a friendly warning, this post will contain spoilers. Many a day were spent playing Turtles in Time with my older brother. I wouldn’t [...]
Gamer Grooves: A Retrospective on great Video Game Music by Alex McVeigh November 1, 2013 - Video Game Music and Me: Intro Ah, video game music. Video game music (or VGM) goes back with me as far as I can remember. [...]