Writer Mat Ombler and Laced community manager Tom Quillfeldt pick their favourite original and licensed video game soundtracks from the Teens.
Posts tagged: Horizon Zero Dawn
VGM Subgenres: The secretive sound of stealth
With the help of composers David Housden and The Flight’s Joe Henson, we tiptoe around the topic of stealth music in video games — teasing out common musical elements, and highlighting furtive favourites for skulking in the shadows. By Thomas Quillfeldt
Take a hike: An ode to the great (video game) outdoors
Video games — especially open-world titles — allow us to travel a thousand miles without leaving the couch. Here’s to the artists and designers creating ever more vast, beautiful and nature-filled virtual worlds.
Melody maker: Horizon Zero Dawn co-composer on odd samples, scoring tricks and teamwork
Horizon Zero Dawn co-composer and long-time Guerrilla collaborator Joris de Man talks Atari music trackers, getting intimate with Aloy’s theme and how to score music in a pseudo-interactive way for the win. By Thomas Quillfeldt ...
Point and shoot: Bringing video game photo modes into focus
Photographer Gary Dutton, podcaster Jay Taylor and Laced With Wax editor Tom Quillfeldt chat about their favourite fad in video games: photo modes. By Thomas Quillfeldt Unless you’ve been playing with your eyes shut, you’ll have noticed that modern video games are bloody gorgeous. Open-world, action-adventure and driving games in...