Video game composer | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-22

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00:03:16 1 History
00:03:25 1.1 Early video game technology and computer chip music
00:12:54 1.2 Early digital synthesis and sampling
00:29:44 1.3 MIDI on the PC
00:34:40 1.4 Pre-recorded and streaming music
00:43:41 1.5 Personalized soundtracks
00:48:36 1.6 Developments in the 2000s
00:51:38 2 Impact and importance
00:53:28 3 Game music as a genre
00:58:48 4 Outside of video games
00:59:30 4.1 CDs and sheet music
01:02:46 4.2 Public performance
01:09:08 4.3 In popular music
01:12:03 5 Video game music education
01:15:14 6 Academic study
01:20:44 7 Composers
01:25:36 8 Awards
01:30:14 9 Fan culture
01:31:27 10 See also



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Video game music is the soundtrack that accompanies video games. Early video game music was once limited to simple melodies of early sound synthesizer technology. These limitations inspired the style of music known as chiptunes, which combines simple melodic styles with more complex patterns or traditional music styles, and became the most popular sound of the first video games.
With advances in technology, video game music has grown to include the same breadth and complexity associated with television and film scores, allowing for much more creative freedom. While simple synthesizer pieces are still common, game music now includes full orchestral pieces and popular music. Music in video games can be heard over a game’s title screen, options menu, and bonus content, as well as during the entire gameplay. Modern soundtracks can also change depending on a player's actions or situation, such as indicating missed actions in rhythm games.
Video game music can be one of two options: original or licensed. In order to create or collect this music, teams of composers, music directors, and music supervisors must work with the game developers and game publishers.With its rich history and legacy of video game music, Japan has been and continues to be home to many prolific and accomplished composers. Some of them include Nobuo Uematsu, Koji Kondo, Yuzo Koshiro, Yoko Shimomura, Junichi Masuda, Hip Tanaka, Masato Nakamura, Koichi Sugiyama, Yasunori Mitsuda, Michiru Yamane, Yuu Miyake, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Manabu Namiki, Shinji Hosoe, Jun Senoue and Hiroshi Kawaguchi. In the West, there are also many popular, well known composers. Most notable of these are Jeremy Soule, David Wise, Jesper Kyd, Marty O' Donnell, Jason Graves, Austin Wintory, James Hannigan, Garry Schyman, and Peter McConnell, some of whom also work in film and television alongside video games. Today, original composition has included the work of film composers Harry Gregson-Williams, Trent Reznor, Hans Zimmer, Mark Rutherford, Josh Mancell, Steve Jablonsky, and Michael Giacchino.The popularity of video game music has expanded education and job opportunities, generated awards, and allowed video game soundtracks to be commercially sold and performed in concert's.