LACED WITH WAX

Contributors from the video game music community highlight some especially memorable moments from smaller-scale games where music elevated the experience. By Thomas Quillfeldt and contributors

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Writer Mat Ombler and Laced community manager Tom Quillfeldt pick their favourite original and licensed video game soundtracks from the Teens.

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Chatting with Chris Christodoulou is fun for several reasons: his music kicks ass; he’s worked on unique and innovative projects including Risk of Rain and The Sea Will Claim Everything; and the guy has opinions to spare about the state of game music.

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2019 has been a HUGE year for Laced Records, seeing OST releases for the Resident Evil series, Devil May Cry 5, Bloodborne, Wolfenstein, Mega Man, Warhammer, Borderlands, Gears 5, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and more.

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We got our groove on and slapped together some of the finest, funkiest tunes ever to grace a video game. 

By Thomas Quillfeldt

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We briefly ponder whether a strand of music found in video games, particularly soundtracks from the ‘golden age of indie’, deserves its own subgenre.

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Laced With Wax chats to the composition duo behind PSVR shooter Blood & Truth, about being experimental pioneers in music for VR, how orchestral grime was the obvious fit for a blockbuster action story set in London, and their hopes for the future of audio on the next-gen PlayStation. By Thomas Quillfeldt

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We wanted to serve up some simple, quick, and digestible musical recipes for video game music staples. This time, we take a look at what goes into creating the serene atmosphere of the typical sleepy village in Japanese role-playing games.

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We chat to Diggin in the Carts’ Nick Dwyer — documentarian, radio and TV presenter, promoter, DJ, tastemaker, and probably the world’s foremost expert on classic Japanese video game chiptune. By Thomas Quillfeldt

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We chatted to Inon Zur — composer for Fallout 3, Dragon Age: Origins, and many more — about his new solo work, how video game composition has changed over 20+ years, and what the far future of game music might look like. By Thomas Quillfeldt

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We asked some leading game journos to describe their favourite video game scores — whilst being as economical with their words as possible. By Thomas Quillfeldt

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To celebrate Resident Evil music coming to vinyl, we explore the anxiety-inducing — yet strangely soothing — save room themes; tracks so distinct and well-loved that they, along with similar cues from other games, constitute their own musical subgenre.

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We spoke to music supervisor Lauren Wilson of sync agency Record-Play about using licensed music to push Pro Evolution Soccer forward.

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Veteran video game composer James Hannigan talks us through his orchestral music for RuneScape, reimagining classics like “Harmony”, recording the Philharmonia at Abbey Road Studios, and hearing his work on vinyl.

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A round-up of Laced Records' 2018 vinyl, CD, and digital video game music releases, including DOOM, Dead Cells, RuneScape, and Warhammer 40,000 titles.

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