Parasite » BBC Radio 4 http://www.parasite.org.uk Sound Design & Data Manipulation Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:23:40 +0000 en hourly 1 Bleep Bleep Bloop: Music and Video Games http://www.parasite.org.uk/2011/02/bleep-bleep-bloop-music-and-video-games/ http://www.parasite.org.uk/2011/02/bleep-bleep-bloop-music-and-video-games/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:01:38 +0000 parasite http://www.parasite.org.uk/?p=761 bbcradio4-bleepSome music I made for Savage Moon: Waldgeist was featured a BBC Radio 4 programme Bleep Bleep Bloop: Music and Video Games, broadcast on Tuesday 15th February at 13:30.

“Not everything good in games music resembles a film score…” – James Hannigan

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Games Designer Paul Bennun explores the growing popularity and ambition of music composed for video games.

Video games now have the resources to match that of the big Hollywood orchestral film scores. But it’s not just commercially that video game soundtracks are taken seriously. Composers are becoming more interested in it artistically and BAFTA and the Ivor Novellos have recently recognised the form with their own award categories.

Bennun traces the development of this new genre and finds out how it is changing the way music is made and consumed. Has it now left behind bleeps and bloops and arrived at the brink of artistic respectability?

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