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  • Music Men – Video Game Music is Important Dammit

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    October 12, 2012

    Let’s talk about why I write video game soundtracks. Go online and type “Indie game Music” in a search engine.  Hell, type in “video game soundtracks“!  What do you find?  A strange mix, indeed, of various video game related links, shopping sites, and Wikipedia articles related to game music in general.  What you don’t find?  Information, or any other broad form of knowledge on ...

  • Songsmith of Sword and Sworcery – Jim Guthrie

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    September 22, 2012

    Sword and Sworcery Okay, we’ve got swords, we’ve got s(w)orcery, what do we need?  A killer soundtrack that combines both the nostalgic synthetics and simplicity of early game soundtracks with the modern turn of atmospheric and catchy computer pop of today!  First thing is first.  Go to SuperBrothers and pick up a copy of Sword and Sworcery by them, Jim Guthrie, and Capy Games.  Why?  Because t...

  • Bastion’s SuperGiant Composer – Darren Korb

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    September 14, 2012

    Do you play video games?  Did you know someone that plays video games?  I’d bet my salary you could hum one or more of the level themes from Super Mario Brothers.  But who makes the music of the games we play today?  How did they get there?  What do they have to do, learn, and know to be a video game composer?  That’s what this series is about.  To start us off right this first feature is abo...