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Read More »The sounds of… Cris Velasco
Keywords bolsters its music and audio services with three new acquisitions
Cord Worldwide, Laced Music and Maximal Studio brought into the Keywords stable
Read More »All Your Bass music festival to launch in January at the National Videogame Arcade
New music festival will feature Japanese composer Masaya Matsuura and UK composer Rob Hubbard
Read More »Interview: Jason Graves on composing Friday 13th The Game
The composer has become a regular feature in video game music and he returns to the horror genre to recreate the iconic sound of Friday 13th
Read More »Nintendo promotes Super Mario Odyssey with live action music video ahead of release
Just when you thought game trailers couldn’t get any weirder than the all-singing, all-dancing Japanese promo for Destiny 2, Nintendo has released a musical video ahead of the release of Super Mario Odyssey (see below). The song has been a key component of Nintendo’s marketing material ever since the platform holder …
Read More »Microsoft to close Groove music and move to Spotify
New partnership with Spotify signals the end for the music streaming service on Windows and Xbox, terminating at the end of the year
Read More »Dear Esther Live goes on tour around the UK
The concert showcasing the game from The Chinese Room and the live score from Jessica Curry will go around the country over 2017/18
Read More »Behind the music of Horizon Zero Dawn
We speak with composer Joris de Man, composer/production duo The Flight and Guerrilla music supervisor Lucas van Tol.
Read More »Heard About: WipEout Omega Collection
John Broomhall talks with supervising sound designer Loic Couthier about re-imagining the soundtrack of an iconic franchise
Read More »Opinion: Musically Mature
Sean Cleaver looks at Classic FM’s new show and shares his view on how far video game music has come
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