Game Music Continuing To Gain Recognition

Thanks to Yahoo/Chicago Tribune for their article charting the continued rise in popularity of videogame music. The piece quotes a music agent as saying: "Record companies are realizing that this is the new radio", and another commentator points out: "Consumers would rather download than pay $15 for a CD, leaving the record industry scrambling for revenue. How do they monetize music? License to video games." However, when it comes to stand-alone game soundtrack CDs, "sales aren't earth-shattering yet", and specific numbers are referenced for the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City soundtrack, of which "...the most popular CD, 'V-Rock,' sold 42,300 copies."

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Game Inspired Bands?

[Gothic_Walrus]

Just a heads up for those of you who don't know...there are plenty of great bands that do covers of video game music.

The Neskimos do punk rock covers of NES songs

Te Minibossses are more of a ska band. Like the Neskimos, they mainly cover NES era game music.

Hard rock more your style? Try Game Over, a self-described "Nintendo Metal" band. Not very much up for download on their site, but what's there is good.

And let's not forget OC Remix, the unofficial hub for remixes of game music.

The cool thing is, a lot of this music is actually quite good. Give it a shot. And by the way...yes, all of the MP3s on these pages are legal to download. Enjoy. :)