The past couple months i have been spending all my music time listening to game soundtracks. Now i'm a member of the Escapist and on the forums a thread was started about how video game music is generic and can't stand on it's own. (the OP went as far as saying that video games would be better with pop music being used instead, like in a lot of shitty teen movies)
Now of course i disagreed with a massive size post but it did make me curious about whether or not VGM OST's could really sell as well as mainstream music. I listen to a lot of OST's, some of my favorites being from:-Ys Seven-Star Ocean: Till The End of Time-Chrono Cross-Vomitron (cover band)and of course tons of chiptunes as well.So my question is, how often do gamers listen to VGM when not playing games? And would you be willing to pay money for VGM OSTs? Or go to a kickass concert like this?
Some of my fav soundtracks:
BioshockThe older sonic games were heavily influenced by pop.
Touhou is a very good example because albums for that come out nearly every six months and do very well in other countries. Considering the indie value.It's just a matter of preference.Soundtracks would probably sell more if they featured popular music, which is what led EA to introduce EA-TRAX (which is a incredibly retarded name.) and then eventually just started adding the pop and junk by default.thank you sirXemic, for reminding me of the Jazz Jackrabbit soundtrack, so much nostalgia
mk question. where would the Kingdom Hearts theme song fall in this spectrum? it's a "video game song" technically, but it's also a pop/dance remix.
A topic featuring youtube videos?
You would listen to Parappa Rappa?
I'd listen to UmJammer Lammy.
Charlie's comment should end with a period, not a question mark.