Classic Gaming with Classical Music?
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When I was a kid and wanted to play video games past my bedtime I would sneak downstairs and play the game muted. As I did this sometimes musical pieces would play in my head and seem to fit the game as I played. Most of the music I was aware of was from Looney Tunes episodes that used classical music that I watched at the time. This is one of the combinations that I decided to put together. Do you ever play music with a game muted? If so what game and music?
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I have wondered about this topic for a while, ever since playing the Activision collection for PC a few years ago. I missed the Atari growing up, and with it the age of games without music. The collection CD has an awesome '80s sountrack that plays behind the games, and it fits so well. At first I was kind of surprised, having never played Atari games before (shame, I know) and thinking that it detracted from the experience in some way, but at some point it dawned on me that people likely would have had something playing in the background. I picture a lot of wood paneling, beanbag chairs, pizza boxes, and cassette tapes strewn about. In the end I ended up really liking the addition of non-game music to accompany these games. Nothing like playing Pitfall and listening to Eye in the Sky and Hungry Like the Wolf! The songs on the CD just fit so well, lots of good running music. I think that if I played more earlier games I'd definitely need to find something to go with them. Either something semi-period correct or something that fits thematically. I don't really listen to music (no radio, no TV hooked up to anything but consoles; grocery stores and coffee shops are about my only interaction with music these days), so it is tough to tell. Missile Command and Mozart? I don't know...
Nomolos uses classical music, so no need to mute there .
I have wondered about this topic for a while, ever since playing the Activision collection for PC a few years ago. I missed the Atari growing up, and with it the age of games without music. The collection CD has an awesome '80s sountrack that plays behind the games, and it fits so well. At first I was kind of surprised, having never played Atari games before (shame, I know) and thinking that it detracted from the experience in some way, but at some point it dawned on me that people likely would have had something playing in the background. I picture a lot of wood paneling, beanbag chairs, pizza boxes, and cassette tapes strewn about. In the end I ended up really liking the addition of non-game music to accompany these games. Nothing like playing Pitfall and listening to Eye in the Sky and Hungry Like the Wolf! The songs on the CD just fit so well, lots of good running music. I think that if I played more earlier games I'd definitely need to find something to go with them. Either something semi-period correct or something that fits thematically. I don't really listen to music (no radio, no TV hooked up to anything but consoles; grocery stores and coffee shops are about my only interaction with music these days), so it is tough to tell. Missile Command and Mozart? I don't know...
I really like the picture you painted back in the day with pizza boxes, cassette tapes, and wood paneling as far as the eye can see. I never really thought about how great of a candidate the Atari 2600 really was until you brought it up. I never played a single game long enough to feel the need for music since the majority of the games I played were very short. I am sure many people had the vinyls spinning while playing that console though. Mozart and Missle Command sounds like a win!
Contra III with Iron Maiden's Brave New World album
The shadow of the Wicker Man is rising up and you have to follow the Ghosts of Navigators into a savage Brave New World. It is up to two Blood Brothers who are also Mercenaries to rise up. They fall into a Dream of Mirrors and battle the Fallen Angel and Nomad (or maybe they are the Nomads.) By the end they go Out of the Silent Planet to fight aliens and learn that there is a Thin Line Between Love and Hate.
Nomolos uses classical music, so no need to mute there .
I have wondered about this topic for a while, ever since playing the Activision collection for PC a few years ago. I missed the Atari growing up, and with it the age of games without music. The collection CD has an awesome '80s sountrack that plays behind the games, and it fits so well. At first I was kind of surprised, having never played Atari games before (shame, I know) and thinking that it detracted from the experience in some way, but at some point it dawned on me that people likely would have had something playing in the background. I picture a lot of wood paneling, beanbag chairs, pizza boxes, and cassette tapes strewn about. In the end I ended up really liking the addition of non-game music to accompany these games. Nothing like playing Pitfall and listening to Eye in the Sky and Hungry Like the Wolf! The songs on the CD just fit so well, lots of good running music. I think that if I played more earlier games I'd definitely need to find something to go with them. Either something semi-period correct or something that fits thematically. I don't really listen to music (no radio, no TV hooked up to anything but consoles; grocery stores and coffee shops are about my only interaction with music these days), so it is tough to tell. Missile Command and Mozart? I don't know...
How about Wagner and Missile Command?
(for the record I am speaking purely of the music, not the man)
Oh man, Wagner would go great with that. Epic, potentially world ending music, yes please .
Apocalypse Now at it's best. I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
Contra III with Iron Maiden's Brave New World album
The shadow of the Wicker Man is rising up and you have to follow the Ghosts of Navigators into a savage Brave New World. It is up to two Blood Brothers who are also Mercenaries to rise up. They fall into a Dream of Mirrors and battle the Fallen Angel and Nomad (or maybe they are the Nomads.) By the end they go Out of the Silent Planet to fight aliens and learn that there is a Thin Line Between Love and Hate.
Man I love Brave New World, I wish they would play more if it on tour.
The Battle of Olympus - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Earthworm Jim - Night on Bald Mountain
Earthworm Jim 2 - Tarantella Napoletana, Moonliaght Sonata
Mega Man Legends - several
Mega Man Legends 2 - Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Spring
Return Fire - The Ride of the Valkyries, Flight of the Bumblebee, Mars the Bringer of War, Dies Irae e Tuba Mirum, William Tell Overture - Final, In the Hall of the Mountain Kind
I originally thought this topic was going to be about games that had classical music in them.
I did too. Captain Comic is full of well-known classical tunes, though there are some wrong notes in In the Hall of the Mountain King. Thunder Castle for Intellivision also uses several classical melodies, including the first movement of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and a piece by Henry Purcell.
Classical is best enjoyed by itself, when doing things around the house, or when you're trying to fall asleep. They say it's the best music for our brains too.
Originally posted by: ToxieRules
Man I love Brave New World, I wish they would play more if it on tour.
They get a lot of flak when they play newer material because many fans just want to hear the older stuff, which is why every other tour seems to be a greatest hits or flashback album tour. I know they had one tour they only played 2000s material (Brave New World, Dance of Death, AMOLAD) but I don't think that tour stopped by here.
I was familiar with some of Maiden's stuff before, but Brave New World really is what got me into the band so that album holds a special place for me. It's also a d@mn fine album and I'd easily place it in my top 5 albums of all time.