Pikachu Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 https://qz.com/quartzy/1403524/video-games-introduced-electronic-music-to-a-generation-almost-subconsciously/ Quote As with the best film scores, the best video-game soundtracks can be easy to overlook until you hear them again. But whether it’s a melody from the Final Fantasy series or the theme to Super Mario Bros., it only takes a few bars to transport you back to the console or arcade where it all began. Video games are also how an entire generation of ‘80s and ‘90s kids first heard electronic music. And while brands like Sony, Nintendo, and Xbox are no strangers to nostalgia, there’s another company capitalizing on the cultural impact of early video-game scores: Red Bull. The third season of Red Bull Radio’s show, Diggin in the Carts, launches tonight (Sept. 27), and centers on composers of video-game music around the world. (The first two seasons focused specifically on Japanese composers.) The eight-episode season includes interviews with Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, pioneering UK composer Ben Daglish, and C418, the musician behind Minecraft, and covers just how influential video-game music still is today. “Young kids would be stuck playing Mario, and that music would just be looping and looping,” says Diggin host Nick Dwyer, a Tokyo-based radio personality who wrote and directed the Red Bull Music Academy documentary series that inspired Diggin (and with which it shares its name). The games’ musical refrains varied in length, and were crucial because they would “energize and motivate the player,” and keep them hooked for hours, Dwyer says. “This is the mid ‘80s and early 90’s,” he adds, “It was prepping a generation of kids around the world for a future of listening to electronic beats and loops.” (Dwyer’s own introduction to electronic music came from playing Ninja on a Commodore 64 home computer). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxEvil AshxX Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Too bad it didn't stay in the video games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 I wonder if Dwyer was thinking of The Last Ninja.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Remember this song in Need for Speed 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 eh ive never really payed attention to it besides the hotline miami games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Final Fantasy is pseudo-orchestral. I wonder what this author would think about the uproar over the DQXI soundtrack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 This would explain why I’ve always liked electronic music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Firewithin said: eh ive never really payed attention to it besides the hotline miami games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Yes videogames did... the same way movies introduced classical music to the youth. Don't know if the article mentions that... I didn't read the O.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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