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Mar 19, 2017 - 7:46 PM
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GreatGonzo
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I was wondering ...
... seeing as a lot of great music is composed for video games these days, and seeing how not a lot of it is released on disc (if it is, then primarily with special collector's editions of the game) -
is this not an area established soundtrack labels could pursue more? Or is the market for this a fraction of a fraction of an already tiny fraction?
I know La-La-Land has dipped their toes in the water with Lair, Sorcery, Uncharted 3 & 4, the fantastic Medal of Honor box set and a number of others, but what about Intrada or Varese? No interest at all?
Intrada: Pixar tie-in games (UP, Wall-E, and the magnificent Incredibles and Rise of the Underminer scores)?
HORIZON ZERO DAWN is a fantastic ambient score, but currently only available on Spotify; where's my four disc set?
SKYRIM, surely one of the most beloved game scores of recent memory, is horribly OOP - who would re-release it, perhaps with an added disc of cover versions of some of the songs?
Uncharted box set? God of War box set? A set with original music from the many Star Wars games?
And almost anything by Lennertz and Tilton would be nice...
I understand a lot of Japanese game scores get CD releases, is there a bigger fanbase for this sort of thing there?
Just thinking out loud...
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Mar 19, 2017 - 8:10 PM
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mastadge
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I suspect a combination of things. Yeah, different niche markets. Plus with the tie-in games there might be licensing issues from companies wanting to avoid confusion between their own products. Plus game soundtrack labels like Sumthing Else or whatever it's called. Plus different licensing situations than movies, probably. And who knows what else.
Not to mention which, though with the sheer number of video game scores there are certainly many individual exceptions, video game scores often don't make the most compelling albums, at least to my ears. The demands of gameplay are different than the narrative and emotional demands of most film scores, and thus vg scores often (though, again, far from always) lack a narrative structure that may be found in many film scores.
Anyway.
I'd certainly be very happy to see more video game scores released. But I've kind of become resigned to the way things are in that department. Besides. Most of them get some sort of release, even if it's just an in-the-box promo, that can be tracked down if needs must.
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Mar 20, 2017 - 3:59 AM
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Ny
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Judging from the amount of favorable reactions that score music gets from thousands of viewers on Twitch streams, I would say that the market for scores looks very promising. Because games require a much longer, and more involved, time investment than movies, more young people are becoming emotionally attached to the music.
The future of compact discs, on the other hand, is less apparent.
But, if there was a centralized hub online, for high quality downloads, arranged and produced to the standards of our labels, including liner notes and everything else, promoted with the composers in mind, I think it would do very well.
As mentioned above, album presentations are probably more relevant here than C&C, as much of the music is designed to play in a loop, and there is generally far too much of it to get through in a listen. I think a return to a 45 minute selection of edits might be a good call, and perhaps double it for the epic likes of Skyrim, and provide a box set package for composers like Jeremy Soule. Having his work, which is spread out over so many games, unified by specialist label sound quality, would be KreyGasm.
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Mar 20, 2017 - 8:43 AM
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Khan
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I was wondering ...
... seeing as a lot of great music is composed for video games these days, and seeing how not a lot of it is released on disc (if it is, then primarily with special collector's editions of the game) -
is this not an area established soundtrack labels could pursue more? Or is the market for this a fraction of a fraction of an already tiny fraction?
I know La-La-Land has dipped their toes in the water with Lair, Sorcery, Uncharted 3 & 4, the fantastic Medal of Honor box set and a number of others, but what about Intrada or Varese? No interest at all?
Intrada: Pixar tie-in games (UP, Wall-E, and the magnificent Incredibles and Rise of the Underminer scores)?
HORIZON ZERO DAWN is a fantastic ambient score, but currently only available on Spotify; where's my four disc set?
SKYRIM, surely one of the most beloved game scores of recent memory, is horribly OOP - who would re-release it, perhaps with an added disc of cover versions of some of the songs?
Uncharted box set? God of War box set? A set with original music from the many Star Wars games?
And almost anything by Lennertz and Tilton would be nice...
I understand a lot of Japanese game scores get CD releases, is there a bigger fanbase for this sort of thing there?
Just thinking out loud...
You can find most major game scores on Spotify these days with the copyright on the music being the game publisher/developer, so there's probably a bunch of rights issues involved to get it beyond a digital release. Which is probably what most people who are big into games want anyway.
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