Music4Games
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| Music4Games | |
|---|---|
| URL | http://www.music4games.net |
| Type of site | Video Game Music |
| Owner | Music4Games, Inc. |
| Created by | Greg O'Connor-Read |
| Launched | 1999 |
Music4Games was launched in 1999 as a resource for video game music information.[1] Music4Games.Net focuses on the video game soundtrack industry and claims to target dedicated gamers, game music fans, audiophiles, students, composers, developers, publishers, producers, audio directors and music executives as a consumer and industry website.[2]
Music4Games is a media partner for industry events and organizations including The Composer Expo,[3] Develop Conference (Audio Track); MIDEM Music For Images Conference;[4] Game Developers Conference;[5] Game Audio Conference; The Game Audio Network Guild; GC Symphonic Game Music concert in Leipzig, Germany; Play! A Videogame Symphony concert series, Video Games Live (Official concert tour program), Mutek Festival, Arcadia Festival; media supporter for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards for best ‘Original Music’ and best ‘Sound’ in a video game.[6]
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[edit] History
In 1999, Greg O'Connor-Read established Music4Games due to the emerging popularity of music in games. It was started to specifically highlight the use of licensed music in games, and to cover commercial artists who were recording music solely for the use in games.
However, when Editor Greg O'Connor-Read was invited to an orchestral recording session by long-time friend, Richard Jacques, he was so impressed that he decided to shift the site's focus from licensed music and commercial artists to encompass all gaming audio. Since that time, Music4Games has attempted to cover game music all around the world by interviewing game composers and audio directors as well as providing reviews for soundtracks and audio software/hardware to aid consumers interested in game music.[7]
[edit] Contributions
While Music4Games has interviewed prominent video game music composers including Tommy Tallarico, Bill Brown, Akira Yamaoka, and Jeremy Soule, a number of exclusive interviews have been featured on the site:
- Koji Kondo and Mahito Yokota from Super Mario Galaxy
- Yuichi Asami from Dance Dance Revolution
- Kenji Yamamoto from Metroid
- Tomoko Sasaki and Naofumi Hataya from Nights into Dreams...
- MASA from Dynasty Warriors
- Norihiko Hibino from Metal Gear Solid
- Hitoshi Sakimoto from Final Fantasy XII
- Masafumi Takada from No More Heroes
- Granado Espada sound team
- Vince DiCola from Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and Transformers: The Movie
- Yoko Shimomura from Kingdom Hearts
These are, in many instances, the first time these composers have been interviewed by Western media.
Other contributions include coverage of game music concerts from around the world which are not covered by other media outlets, including Video Games Live.[8], PLAY!, Eminence Destiny -Reunion- (Australia), Press Start (Japan), and others, as well as interviews with sound teams from all over the industry, including a recent interview with Nintendo second party developer Retro Studios.
Finally, Music4Games teamed up with OverClocked ReMix recently to publish an advance review of the Final Fantasy VII remix project, Voices of the Lifestream.[9] It was the first time this type of coverage had been provided to a fan-arrangement project at OCR.
[edit] Staff
- Editor
- Greg O'Connor-Read
- Director
- Valerie Vickers
- Staff Writer
- Tony Porter
[edit] References
- ^ 10 Game Industry Sites We Like. GIGnews. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
- ^ Music4Games: About Us. Music4Games. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
- ^ Music4Games Signs on as Sponsor For Composer Expo. Sonic Control University. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
- ^ MIDEM 2007. MIDEM 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
- ^ Greg O'Connor-Read Profile on GDC. CMP. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
- ^ Music4Games to Support BAFTA Awards. Business Wire. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
- ^ Garritan Review Page. Garritan. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
- ^ BlizzCon 2007 Coverage. MyMYM. Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
- ^ OCremix Official Announcement. OCremix. Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
