Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads

[veti]

That's not...a "modern music" thing though, that's background music. That is what it is specifically designed to do because it is going to play through the whole game.

Game music is much different from movie soundtracks. You're going to be there, longer, listening to the same sounds, longer. That's the nature of the beast.

Try playing a game with the soundtrack turned off but other sounds left intact. It is eerie and off-putting.

But the soundtracks have spread their influence beyond their sphere of origin. Yes, game music is different from movie soundtracks, but they both suffer from the same kind of ossification, the same allergy to form and meaning. And people hear this kind of music - a lot - and can't help but be influenced by it.

Games without music - well, for the games I play, they're far better that way. I turned the music off in Skyrim years ago, and never regretted it for a second. Minecraft ditto.