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Why is there a pronounced (stereotypical) dichotomy between listening music and gaming music? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 10 months ago by j4k3 to c/[email protected]

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Not talking about less than macro scales so don't get pedantic about some exception. The early days were limited by silicon tech and memory storage, but those don't exist any more. So why is it that game music and pop cultural music have not seemingly cross pollinated? Micro genres? Other?

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[–] distantsounds 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think the big one is the goal or pursuit of the music. VG music is background music there to lend to the game. Most other music does not have that as the reason for its creation, and may be distracting in a game.

I also think that the storage and tech that drove the sound VG is not that far in the past. Wouldn’t it just make sense to just lay into what’s been working and expand on? We are conditioned by certain sounds and there are expectations when we are in certain environments. IMO, VG music to me is sonically distilled dopamine that works best as a supporting role to the task at hand.