Soundtracking Progress

Technology in gaming has evolved over the years, from its humble beginnings as many houses had Pong in their living rooms (the game not the smell) to having teenagers locked in their bedrooms playing their Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 'til 4 in the morning (my record is 3:30am) as with other aspects in video games, one thing has remained constant. Music.

Every single game has to have a soundtrack whether it is just a single track played during every fight scene or car chase etc., all games must have one. But the funny thing is, the game doesn't have to be good in order for the soundtrack to be good, it helps but it isn't always the case.

Now, with a sensitive topic like video game music, people are going to be divided on what they think is the best, in my opinion Sonic 2&3 have the best music ever but there other games that have brilliant soundtracks.

Why is Sonic the Hedgehog 10th?

While I don't agree with some of the choices on the list, they have some classics there anybody who has played games as long as I have can appreciate the choices on the list. But what about the games that are music orientated Guitar Hero and Rock Band and their various sequels and spin-offs, they actually have popular songs released to the public but DJ Hero (my favourite game that I can't play) takes it a step further by using these tracks and remixing them together and some are not even the same genre.

Now you can see why I can't play that game.

With the recent increase of celebrity tie-ins with these music games you would be forgiven for thinking that this is a recent trend especially for the musicians who are releasing music anymore (see The Beatles: Rock Band for proof), but unbelievably the king of pop started it all off. Michael Jackson released a little known game called Moonwalker in the early 90's at the height of his popularity. But what wasn't well known was that he was drafted in by SEGA to help with Sonic 3 soundtrack (which was why it was big, meaning good) but due to allegations of his private life, SEGA withdrew from the deal but released copies of his work in the game (well done SEGA) but remade and re-released the game with a different soundtrack (boo, hiss).

By the way, Who Is It is my favourite MJ song because of Ice Cap Zone

So, Michael Jackson wasn't just the king of pop but was the king of video game soundtracks as well, who would of thought it? Also there so many videos like this on youtube, you would think that these people have so much time on their hands.

P.S. SEGA backwards is ages, I played my Sega Mega-Drive for nearly 6 years and didn't notice.