I have friends like this. DIEHARD gamers to the core; Zelda for EVER, have been playing games since they were in grade school (now adults), etc, you know all the trappings and yet have no interest in the music whatsoever outside of the games in terms of listening to it or any sort of attachment. I just find this weird, especially when they LOVE music as well, just not THIS music - game music! I CRAVE the music to a game I love, which typically has great music as well... don't know where these friends of mine are coming from...

I find that most casual gamers hardly care for the music. It's a shame, really.

I can even understand the casuals but I find it strange when the hardcore gamers are totally indifferent to the music almost like it doesn't exist or isn't a HUGE part of the experience, which for me it is.

I can even understand the casuals but I find it strange when the hardcore gamers are totally indifferent to the music almost like it doesn't exist or isn't a HUGE part of the experience, which for me it is.

Ditto. It's a shame especially when dedicated ethusiasts of a series overlook the music, but it just might not register as appealing. For instance, one might like a game, but despise the music, or contrariwise.

Well I guess it's because generally, VG music is shit .

I generally enjoy game music. What really bothers me is when themes to certain series get used over and over and over again... It gets on my nerves that I buy a new game but get to hear the same music, just remixed.

Well I guess it's because generally, VG music is shit .

I wouldn't say that. Rather, underappreciated or just generally overlooked.

Well, if a hardcore gamer is a guy who sits playing some FPS or MMO shit for 24 hours a day of course it doesn`t care for the music, because MMO and FPS music is total SHIT!

But if you`re playing something like Final Fantasy I`m sure that it`s totally impossible to do not notice what is playing...

MorgothErmis: In my opinion you`re absolutely WRONG!

To me music is a really important part of the game... I tired to play Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler`s green last night... But the music was so ugly and repeeating, so after several hours of play I turned of the game and forgot the track, the game was FPS of course... But anyway, IT IS A CRIME TO DO NOT NOTICE THE MUSIC THAT PLAYS IN A VIDEO GAME, like the game wasn`t created to be unnoticed by anyone, so the music for the game wasn`t composed just to be "unheard" by anyone...

Well I guess it's because generally, VG music is shit .
90% of it is, yes. Then you find games with music that the composers actually put effort into. And then with the countless FPS and racing games with music that will make you throw up, which is where the 90% comes in handy.

It's ridiculously funny how easy it is to produce little melodies on a midi synthesizer, you do realize that, right? Anyone can do it -simply jumble up random notes and edit them until you like what you hear- it's an easy task and, unfortunately, a lot of the composers nowadays probably do that.

I miss the good days where you would pause the game to listen to a fantastic track. Donkey Kong Country 2's beehive levels come to mind.

I generally enjoy the music to most of the games I play, which are usually all RPGS or Action-Adventure. For example the FF series hasn't really let me down yet, and Silent Hill's music is perfect for creeping the sh*t out a person. I'd have to say though that playing Smackdown Here comes the pain was a bitter experience for the music. The BGM was horrible, loud screaming every other track, it sounded like the TV was going to explode. After a while it got annoying so every time I played I would have to mute it.

Not all FPS VG music is shit.

Check out

Painkiller
Infernal
Quake 3 arena
Halo

I'm really starting to appreciate older game music now:

"The SNES chip held 64k in memory which contained all the samples for the soundtrack and sfx. Also midi wasn't an option in those days either. The tunes were written in HEX code. A note had one number for pitch and one for its length and there were 8 mono channels max."

It's amazing how much work the composers did in the NES and the SNES days. Nowadays on the Wii, PSP and 360, for example, anyone could use a keyboard or a program to create notes and etc. more than writing the tunes in hex code, which is time-consuming and difficult.

are you kidding?
music games the best :)

especialy final fantasy...man :( so sad

i agree with fainaru fantanji.

I know EVERYTHING about the games. And of course, I know EVERTHING about the music too. ^_^ I always download soundtracks of them. Seriously. It's good for some future reminiscing and most the the music is beautiful. Nobou? LEGENDARY. Koji? THE MAN! Seriously. Dude. lol. XD

I'm really starting to appreciate older game music now:

"The SNES chip held 64k in memory which contained all the samples for the soundtrack and sfx. Also midi wasn't an option in those days either. The tunes were written in HEX code. A note had one number for pitch and one for its length and there were 8 mono channels max."

It's amazing how much work the composers did in the NES and the SNES days. Nowadays on the Wii, PSP and 360, for example, anyone could use a keyboard or a program to create notes and etc. more than writing the tunes in hex code, which is time-consuming and difficult.

Yes. Some of the early music contained not only technical skill in terms of the composition, but creative genius in working within the strict limitations of the technology.

I think the music is part of the whole game experience - to me it is the most important thing in a game.


I generally enjoy game music. What really bothers me is when themes to certain series get used over and over and over again... It gets on my nerves that I buy a new game but get to hear the same music, just remixed.
I disagree with that - in some cases it can be annoying when the differences between different versions of the same piece are limited, but with pieces like Vampire Killer from Castlevania (though admittedly that piece is becoming tiresome) I find it interesting to hear how it has progressed from beeps on a NES to a classical orchestra version (in the Dracula New Classical album), a techno version (Castlevania Chronicles), rock versions (various titles), etc, because it reminds me of how good the series is, and also is a big part of the series, so when I hear a track from the past (like when I found out Iron-Blue Intention was being used in Portrait of Ruin, a piece I hadn't heard since Castlevania Bloodlines I'd had since 10 years ago, or when I heard music from the original Grandia in a tralier for Grandia online) it pleases me and makes the game more exciting (but only if the remix is good). I really want a newer version of Calling from Heaven or The Prayer of a Tragic Queen to be used in another Castlevania.

So yeah, the music is pretty important. People seem to think that its just there, and don't consider that someone has composed it. You can hardly ignore good game music.