Music has the power to bring people together, and video game music is no different!
Melanie Fritsch, author and junior professor of game music and cultural studies at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, joins us to explain why hundreds of academics and game music fanatics travel from all over the world to discuss and dissect video game music every year, what these meet-ups tell us about the power of music fandoms surrounding video games, and the fascinating link between club culture and video games.
00:14:22 - News
00:24:20 - Topic introduction
00:25:48 - Topic interview -
00:59:20 - 60 Seconds recommendations
In the news…
Via Pitchfork, The Best Indie Video Game Scores of 2023
Via VGC, Pokemon DLC features an Ed Sheeran song remixed by Undertale dev Toby Fox
Via VG247, Bandai Namco announces Elden Ring concert in UK following sell-out France date
Via Naughty Dog, The Last of Us Part II Remastered's Guitar Free Play mode
Listen to…
White All Around Us by Yasunori Mitsuda (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
Esto Gaza [Winter Remix - Unknown] by Nobuo Uematsu
We're GXM (Games X Music), a fortnightly podcast exploring video game music and the intersection of video games and the music industry. Your hosts are freelancer Tom Quillfeldt (also Laced Records community manager + A&R) and journalist Mat Ombler (also Laced Head of Music and Game Partnerships.)
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Produced by Tom Quillfeldt and Mat Ombler
Edited by Tom Quillfeldt
Music by Zak Foster
Show artwork by Joshua Klein
GXM #19: Forging communities through video game music ft. Melanie Fritsch