You’ve heard about them in theory in trendy music business blogs and conferences, in theory. But for that rate or just the few-dollar rate, these are the true fans. In a sign of just how much love listeners of these records feel, there’s a competition to get into the top 20, top 10, and top-paying spots, which with days left in the contest is already pushing well into the hundreds of dollars. You just have to do it before the deal ends (five days from this posting), at which point the bundle is gone forever. Pay what you want, and get hours of music. They reject the usual expectations of what game music might be, sometimes tending to the cinematic, sometimes to the retro, sometimes unapologetically embracing magical, sentimental, childlike worlds.Īnd now, defying music’s typical business models as well as its genre expectations, you can get a whole big bundle of games for almost no money. Fueled by word-of-mouth, these go viral in enthusiast communities largely ignored by either music or game reportage.įar from the big-budget blockbuster war game, these scores – like the games for which they’re composed – are quirky and eccentric. Indeed, the download and purchase charts on Bandcamp are often dominated by game scores. Independent game publishing and independent music composition – from truly unsigned, unknown artists – go hand in hand. Lovers of games have taken up a growing passion for game music, and in particular the indie score for indie games. As musical old-timers repeatedly sing the sad song of the supposed demise of the full-length album, a funny thing has happened.
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