Video Game Music

[surendipity]

WHERE CAN I GET SOME IN SHEET MUSIC..
ANY IDEAS..

IT'S ONE THE BEST IDEA'S I'M SURPRISED I NEVER THOUGHT OF.

NEED INFO

[squiggly_girl]

I wouldn't have a clue where to get video game sheet music, apart from the link that alvaro_galvez posted over at "Easiest, Yet Greatest..."

I would love to see the sheet music for the Tomb Raider theme by Nathan McCree. It's quite lovely. Strings and harps rather than piano, though.

[willcowskitz]

Music for games is easy to get from the Internet.  Search for midis and open them in a notation software that supports clever printing.

[squiggly_girl]

Come again?

[Spatula]

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!

HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO PUT THE COMPOSER:

NOBOU UEMATSU, composing a majority of the Final Fantasy Series music?!?!?!?!?!? SERIOUSLY!

go to www.gamingforce.com and into the forums and search for Final Fantasy Sheet Music in the thread for pete sakes ( I AM THE not a very nice person AT DIRECTIONS)

SO FOR GODS SAKES GET IT! MAKE A BLOODY USERNAME AND PW AND GO GET IT!!!

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you, and have a nice day  

[rlefebvr]

Did not know Final Fantasy was the only Gaming music out there or am I missing something. It certainly the only one I can ever seem to find and I find it all very very boring.


Now, the music from Fantasmagoria or Grim Fandago or half a dozen other RPG's.

[willcowskitz]

NES 8bit MegaMan series!  

Btw,
Chrono Trigger > Final Fantasy

[surendipity]

Thank again huge Spatula.

Tomb Raider music.  That would be cool too.

I made a username, PW.  
Will return now to look up Final Fantasy music.

Now, what about video games that little kids play.

I don't know what's popular.  

[squiggly_girl]

Music for games is easy to get from the Internet.  Search for midis and open them in a notation software that supports clever printing.

I know I'm inviting derision here but....

*deep breath*

What do midis have to do with sheet music and what do you mean by notation software that supposts clever printing?

SPATULA

I just did a search for "Nobou" and "Spatula". In the last month you've mentioned this composer 4 times. Might I say only in passing 2 out of 4 of those times. Furthermore each of these 4 posts was on a different board. You obviously expect us all to (a) visit every board and (b) have a photographic memory about everything we read here.

[surendipity]

Don't push it Squig...
I need these people.

Just take the duh's and the sighs and the grrrrrrrrr's with a grain of salt and take the bones of the topic.

I need AC/DC sheet music if anyone knows where to find it.  Not guitar.  I need keyboard stuff.
And again thanks for the info.
This is going to be so much fun.
And the Gaminforce people are huge interesting and diverse and well, just another world in my internet landscape.

Anyother sites or suggestions highly apprecieated.
I'm an avid research nut.....  Will spend the time.


Thanks

[willcowskitz]

Midis can be converted to sheet music.

By "clever printing" I mean that the layout of the notation will be arranged correct on paper, there being as many clefs as you want, etc.


Try this: https://www.mp3-converter.biz/download.php?id=midinotate

Open midi files in it and it shows the notes (and plays them, showing which notes are being played at time), simple as that.  You can arrange and edit them (midis), add or subtract clefs, alter tempo, and stuff.

[alvaro_galvez]

See!! I told you this was a great genre that was rarely used!
The best composer in my opinion is Nobuo Uematsu. Damm that guy just inspires me.
Hey if youre still looking for sheet music I can give you a hand, but I think you got your answer.
If you still need em just message me and IŽll post em up.

[Spatula]

NES 8bit MegaMan series!  

Btw,
Chrono Trigger > Final Fantasy

I still wanna try Chrono cross...looks okay

[Spatula]

I know I'm inviting derision here but....

*deep breath*

What do midis have to do with sheet music and what do you mean by notation software that supposts clever printing?

SPATULA

I just did a search for "Nobou" and "Spatula". In the last month you've mentioned this composer 4 times. Might I say only in passing 2 out of 4 of those times. Furthermore each of these 4 posts was on a different board. You obviously expect us all to (a) visit every board and (b) have a photographic memory about everything we read here.

Yo.  does the name Nobuo Uematsu LOOK ANYTHING CLOSE TO beethoven, chopin etc??? GOD NO!

SO IT SHOULD STICK OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB!!!! quit complaining and be happy I bothered to get the link for you guys  .....  (another bad day oh my)

[Spatula]

At least surendipity is thankful  

[surendipity]

Oh yes, very thankful.  You people are very smart.
That and you make me laugh.

That's a good mix in my eyes

Surendipity

[rlefebvr]

Yo.  does the name Nobuo Uematsu LOOK ANYTHING CLOSE TO beethoven, chopin etc??? GOD NO!

SO IT SHOULD STICK OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB!!!! quit complaining and be happy I bothered to get the link for you guys  .....  (another bad day oh my)

Maybe you simply should not bother....or is this just a very bad day. Is it the weather or what that is making people so disrespectful in this forum lately.

[surendipity]

Spatula  - mmmm -  Wooden spoon.

I had an art teacher who was the grumpiest old troll I've ever met.  We got along fine and we laughed too.
His personality was loud but harmless.
He was also a great person underneath that thick skin.
He also was a great teacher.  

No, he never kicked us, or degraded us.

But he'd hem and haw if he had to repeat himself.

He just always thought we'd hear him the first time.
Forgetting that not everyone is listening all of the time.

He would repeat it again though, thankfully......

The weather is strange lately.  Nina, Nano, Nemo.
Whatever.  But Weather or Not.... still enjoy all the reading and info.

Surendipity

[Spatula]

Maybe you simply should not bother....or is this just a very bad day. Is it the weather or what that is making people so disrespectful in this forum lately.

Got up on wrong side of bed and someone pissed in my cheerios

[rlefebvr]

Got up on wrong side of bed and someone pissed in my cheerios

[Spatula]

tell me a funny joke to cheer me up...  that'd be nice   :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

[surendipity]

A man travels to Spain and goes to a Madrid restaurant for a late dinner. He orders the house special and he is brought a plate with potatoes, corn, and two large meaty objects.



"What's this?" he asks.



"Cojones, senor," the waiter replies.



"What are cojones?" the man asks.



"Cojones," the waiter explains, "are the testicles of the bull who lost at the arena this afternoon."



At first the man is disgusted, but being the adventurous type, he decides to try this local delicacy. To his amazement, it is quite delicious. In fact, it is so good that he decides to come back again the next night and order it again. This time, the waiter brings out the plate, but the meaty objects are much smaller.



"What's this?" he asks the waiter.



"Cojones, senor," the waiter replies.



"No, no," the man objects. "I had cojones yesterday and they were much bigger than these."



"Senor," the waiter explains, "the bull does not lose every time."

[surendipity]

Bill worked in a pickle factory. He had been employed there for a number of years when he came home one day to confess to his wife that he had a terrible compulsion. He had an urge to stick his penis into the pickle slicer.



His wife suggested that he should see a sex therapist to talk about it, but Bill indicated that he'd be too embarrassed. He vowed to overcome the compulsion on his own.



One day a few weeks later, Bill came home absolutely ashen. His wife could see at once that something was seriously wrong.



"What's wrong, Bill?" she asked.



"Do you remember that I told you how I had this tremendous urge to put my penis into the pickle slicer?"



"Oh, Bill, you didn't."



"Yes, I did."



"My God, Bill, what happened?"



"I got fired."



"No, Bill. I mean, what happened with the pickle slicer?"



"Oh...she got fired too."

[Spatula]

[squiggly_girl]

Willcowskitz!!

THANKYOU

Very much.

And as for those jokes...

[pseudopianist]

Check out this site for a lot of midis... A LOT! www.vgmusic.com

THEY EVEN HAVE MY NES FAVORITES!! YAY

[Spatula]

Check out this site for a lot of midis... A LOT! www.vgmusic.com

THEY EVEN HAVE MY NES FAVORITES!! YAY

yuck I hate midis..sound so damn .... bad

[allchopin]

Hey avid gamers,
I've chosen to research video game music for an undergraduate research scholarship I'm pursuing.  Im still debating an actual topic/proposal however, and would love to hear what you all want to know about video game music or just any ideas for a more specific topic. 
For those interested, I got this link from a friend that is all about producing video game music.  Might be of interest for some of you.
www.fatman.com
Thx

[goansongo]

https://www.squaresound.com
Squaresoft games and stuff.

[Spatula]

www.gamingforce.net or something in that effect

search up final fantasy or what have you.

[liszt1022]

I've recorded a lot of Nintendo 8 bit music on piano- they're at

https://www.geocities.com/meplayingmorestuff

if you want to hear them. I'm actually more proud of those than many of my classical recordings. Also, let me know if you want any scores from them and I'll see what I can do.

[Daniel_piano]

I've recorded a lot of Nintendo 8 bit music on piano- they're at

https://www.geocities.com/meplayingmorestuff

if you want to hear them. I'm actually more proud of those than many of my classical recordings. Also, let me know if you want any scores from them and I'll see what I can do.

That's really cool
I like your recording of Super Mario !!
I love anti academic-snobbism   
Are you a teacher, a student or a concert pianist?
What do you mean by Nintendo 8 bit?
Is that Super Nintendo?
There are a lot of wonderful music in Super Nintendo games
I liked Zelda music a lot, but also Harvest Moon, World Of Illusion, Rainbow Island, Arkanoid, Legend Of Kirandia, Sleepwalker (now, that were games!!)
Does anyone remember an old videogames for IBM (26 colours) called Alley Cat?
There were that cat that has to enter on different windows and each window leads the cat to a different room with different puzzles to solve


Now, the music of that game was superb

I'm really interested in every score you have to offer
Are you still writing and recordings video games music, if so maybe you would be interested in the music of the games I've proposed (Zelda rules!!)

Daniel

[rachlisztchopin]

wow im happy to see so many video game and piano lovers at the same time
im a major computer gamer

[Sketchee]

One student performed Uematsu's To Zanarkand from FFX at my school's last recital!

[Daniel_piano]

wow im happy to see so many video game and piano lovers at the same time
im a major computer gamer

Yes, but I'm a fan of old games and I'm tired of this 3D is better mentality
It seems I'm not the only one since old Amiga600 and Sega Master Systems are selling like crazy among the young players that like many other don't believe that bidemensional game are less good than tridimensional one
The same for animation
CG is not better than hand drawn, just different
3D games make me sick after few minutes because of the fast camera movements and uneven movement
Now, wasn't the semplicity of Bubble Bubble, New Zeland Story, Kirby, Bomberman, Eco the Dolphin, Lion King, Snow Brothers, Super Frog, Bugsy, Worms, Civilization and many others a lot better??

And weren't adventure games like Day of the Tentacles, Sam and Max, Space Ace 6, King Quest 7, Guilty, Legend of Kyrandia, Simon the Sorcerer, the Dig, Monkey Islands, Goblins, Woodruf, Loom, Comic Spacehead, Broken Sword a lot better than their 3D counterparts?

Daniel

[glBelgedin]

Amen, Daniel.

[rachlisztchopin]

lol im quite the opposite about video games daniel

[Sketchee]

I agree that 3D games really shouldn't replace the hand drawn and animated older games.  Playing a platformer in 3D takes what was intuitive in the old games like mario into making them often frustrating when you can't even jump simply from one platform to another.  There are some really good games in both styles though.

Kingdom Hearts made me really sick every time I've played it. It's motion sickness from that awful virtual camera movement and I don't think I've ever had motion sickness from anything. Maybe Blair Witch.  I haven't been able to enjoy or finish KH because of that 

[liszt1022]

I'm a student at VCU.

Many scores of nintendo stuff I play are here:

https://photobucket.com/albums/v191/kareshi/

but oft times, I don't have written down exactly what I play.

"8 bit" is the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES.) The Super Nintendo was 16 bit, and had more channels for sound, so the music had more parts.

I'm working on more things all the time, Zelda music among them. So eventually I'll get more recordings up, but it might be a month or two.

(what's anti-academic snobbism?)

also, my name's Daniel.

[Daniel_piano]

I'm a student at VCU.

The schhol of art?
What piano grade are you ?

Many scores of nintendo stuff I play are here:

https://photobucket.com/albums/v191/kareshi/

but oft times, I don't have written down exactly what I play.

Thanks a lot

I'm working on more things all the time, Zelda music among them. So eventually I'll get more recordings up, but it might be a month or two.

I'll look forward to it

(what's anti-academic snobbism?)

Accademic snobbism refers to the mentality of 1900 century music accademies
It has been a "holier than thou" mentality where accademic music despite lacking ideas: burnin pianos, breaking instruments, thowing the scores towatd the audience, spilling water while playing, hit an harp with a bat, playing dust bins and that sort of thing known as avant-gard music (this is surely a misnomer), was considered "high art" while all the rest outside (jazz, popular and folk music) was considered crap
So, accademic music shut themselves in their ivory tower and when the world listen to something else they said that it was because they were more intelligent and people out there listening to Mozart and jazz was idiot
This snobbism and manneris at its best
Most music was composed for the sake of it and not because the author anything to convey (this became clear when it was discovered that there were a lot of economics affair behind the avant-garde music meaning a lot of lp and concerts already in program, and that's why accademies held so much their mentality in order to have all their contracts with their publishers fulfilled)
"the holier than thou" mentality can be found on a lot of things peculiar of the 1900 that are well known among teachers and students and were cause of malcomptent for a lot of musicians and composers uncluding a lot of famous teachers and wannabe musicians
Among these things: the theory that only accademic music is "art music" (in fact "artistic music as a term was founded in 1920), the idea that everything behind accademic music is stupid and puerile including jazz, folk, pop, minimalism and soundtracks, the banning of folk theme of folk influnces in accademic music,  the theory that there were such a thing as taste and that is the audience didn't liked an avnt-gard work it was because audience is ignorant and stupid, the banning of tonality from concerto, composition and new works (to the point that a lot of composers had to wait 1989 before some of they atonal work could be executed, the hideous theory that the author musr always full his/her score with a lot of interpretation notation and the destruction of the personal interpretation ideas, the banning of improvisation, utilization of biased book on harmony, the destruction of classical orchestration courses ... and a lot more than that
Accadedemic mentality became snob as it gets it with THEY as the gods and the people outside the accademies as stupid ignorant assholes
music was not snob in the romanticism, there were not an holier than thou mentality  and as strange as this may sound music was so alive and within the contect that it was allowed to dance and screan in theater while listening a Liszt performance
Today strict seriousity and stillness is required while attending a concerto performance still making the distance between popular instinctive emotional approach to music and the manneristic snobbism attitude toward music of accademies even larger
As I said accademic snobbism of the avant-garde era is fading and we're returning to a post-romantic approach to music and with a less "holier than thou" attitude toward popular music
Playing video-games music is highly anti-snob and anti-manneristic 

also, my name's Daniel.

Wow, that's so cool, there few Daniels out there that play piano
Now, we're a rare species 

Daniel

[liszt1022]

I'm grade... let's see...
my junior recital was last semester, so I guess I'm grade 6. I have to take a jury to make grade 7, then give a senior recital to get grade 8. and that's the last grade one needs as a piano major.

[Daniel_piano]

I'm grade... let's see...
my junior recital was last semester, so I guess I'm grade 6. I have to take a jury to make grade 7, then give a senior recital to get grade 8. and that's the last grade one needs as a piano major.

How did you learn to write the scores of the music you play, without studying harmony and counterpoint ?

Daniel

[liszt1022]

who said I didn't study harmony and counterpoint?
I've finished 6 semseters of theory classes (all of them) and 5 of ear training (also all of them), and I'm in a counterpoint class now with another one next semester.

also, people can write scores without studying those. my scores are usually written for myself, who has heard the tunes many times. my castlevania 1 scores are like that, they are missing notes I just assumed I could figure out.

I just realized it's very hard to tell what the scores are for on the photobucket page, well try to find the filenames somewhere.

[Daniel_piano]

who said I didn't study harmony and counterpoint?

It's just that they're not usually taught with piano at accademies
In fact I known many pianists with dilpoma but they sucks at theory and know anything about harmony since there's only 1 semester of harmony with piano courses
Here you have to study harmony and counterpoint as a different course if you do piano and you want to study them

I've finished 6 semseters of theory classes (all of them) and 5 of ear training (also all of them), and I'm in a counterpoint class now with another one next semester.

Wow, that's a lot of semesters for theory and ear training/intervals recognition
It's four semesters here and I'll get my ear training and theory dilpomas the nest year

I just realized it's very hard to tell what the scores are for on the photobucket page, well try to find the filenames somewhere.

Yes thanks, I'll find them

Daniel

[rachlisztchopin]

who else likes the music in rome total war?

[Daniel_piano]

who else likes the music in rome total war?

I don't remember this game
Could you make a midi/mp3 out of it so we can listen and judge?
I like majority of videogames music, but I like more fantasy and puzzle music games compared to war and beat'em up games music

Daniel

[rachlisztchopin]

3D games are usually more realistic though....thats what i like about them
take DOOM 3 for example...that game achieves the affect its known for...it scares the hell out of me!!! mostly because of its lighting affects and great graphics
or take far cry for example...probably the best graphics game ever...now no game that made from drawing pictures on paper and animating it could achieve that affect...also you have to take into account that 3D games are usually more advanced engine wise and therefore they are more complex and fun...like far cry has a stealth engine where you can hide from enemies and enemies act like real people! its amazing stuff

[Daniel_piano]

3D games are usually more realistic though....thats what i like about them
take DOOM 3 for example...that game achieves the affect its known for...it scares the *** out of me!!! mostly because of its lighting affects and great graphics
or take far cry for example...probably the best graphics game ever...now no game that made from drawing pictures on paper and animating it could achieve that affect...also you have to take into account that 3D games are usually more advanced engine wise and therefore they are more complex and fun...like far cry has a stealth engine where you can hide from enemies and enemies act like real people! its amazing stuff

I don't like realism in fanatsy device
What the point of it if it's like the real life
it's fake, it's a fantasy world and that's the beauty of it
Actually, I'm not saying I don't like realism in video games but there not only realism
In fact, this is something I've never understood, not in the video games but in the whole world and human mind
But, what the reason to "substitute" something with something else
It's simply absurd
We evolve because we mix something from the past and something from the future
Avolution should be like adding a new tool to your bag of tool you collected from the past
Now, just because someone invented Westerns it didn't mean that they had to substitute comedies
The world "coexisting" seems like extraneous to this world
Every fight in order for it to be either or either instead of both !!
There's enough room for every taste, for every theory, for every style and also a lot of room to collect unvaluable things from the past instead of substituting them with something new
What's the point of substituting 2D with 3D?
Wouldn't be more logical to have both?
Wouldn't having both make gain more money to video games producers?
Wouldn't be a real evolution if 3D were considered something new to add to the already 2D established fortune instead of substituing one with the other?
I like some realistic games but I can't live happily without always changing my style
I like sad music but I don't want to listen only to that, how limitating it would be !!
I like sci-fi movies, but I don't want to see only them, there's also fantasy, comedy, animation and action
I like 3D games but I don't want to just limit myself this way, and after a lot of realism and first person visual I also like some simple and easy games like bubble bubble or super frog or world of illusion
Substituing is just something that limit the variety of your life
Anytime we invent something new it should be added to the variety of the world and not be used to substitute something
Whatever...

Daniel
 

 

[rachlisztchopin]

well i never really said i didn't like the simple 2d games...i think at least