Video game music goes mainstream - Aug 10, 2005
CNN.com - Video game�music goes mainstream - Aug 10, 2005
Quotes from the CNN article:
A composer for video games is typically paid from $700 to $1,500 for each minute of music -- more if it's being produced for an orchestra, he said.
It's all a sonic leap from the blips and beeps of "Pong" and "Asteroids" -- so memorably annoying they've come to define game audio for decades.
Orchestra concerts of music from "Final Fantasy" games -- a long-running role-playing series with a cult-like following -- have sold out venues nationwide.
Video games with their rising budgets are now attracting serious composing talent. Scoring for traditional television may soon enough be playing second fiddle.
those of you who know me, know that this is an important article to me. i've felt for awhile that vid game composers are under appreciated. my fave, of course, is Nobuo Uematsu who has written so much of the "Final Fantasy" music.
anyway...just wanted to share...
dro out!
Quotes from the CNN article:
A composer for video games is typically paid from $700 to $1,500 for each minute of music -- more if it's being produced for an orchestra, he said.
It's all a sonic leap from the blips and beeps of "Pong" and "Asteroids" -- so memorably annoying they've come to define game audio for decades.
Orchestra concerts of music from "Final Fantasy" games -- a long-running role-playing series with a cult-like following -- have sold out venues nationwide.
Video games with their rising budgets are now attracting serious composing talent. Scoring for traditional television may soon enough be playing second fiddle.
those of you who know me, know that this is an important article to me. i've felt for awhile that vid game composers are under appreciated. my fave, of course, is Nobuo Uematsu who has written so much of the "Final Fantasy" music.
anyway...just wanted to share...
dro out!
posted by Drolar | 8/16/2005 08:27:00 PM
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