So as a very brief, quick followup to last night's post on battle music, I'm going to put up a little bit about the way victory fanfares are constructed (in my view) as well. It's not a long post but many YouTube example links, so brave the cut... if you dare. Alright. So victory themes.… Continue reading Musica Mundana — Victory Themes For Real This Time
Month: May 2013
Musica Mundana — On battle themes
(Edit: I was gonna talk about victory fanfares but that got cut. Maybe next time!) So, I really like game music. My tastes tend to run more toward Japanese game music, if only because most U.S. game soundtracks are, in my opinion, bland atmospheric drones punctuated by loud brassy Hollywood-style action movie riffs. Not that… Continue reading Musica Mundana — On battle themes
Why I’m A Mass-market Sellout Whore
Right, so Aevee Bee wrote a very interesting short blog post on "The Case for Never Talking About AAA Games." I read it and I think in many ways she is spot on, but there's a couple of places where I disagree, and have been urged to do so by various Twitterati I am going… Continue reading Why I’m A Mass-market Sellout Whore