Acoustic fable worlds

INTRO

1 Basics

One thing is clear: Game music follows different rules than dance sound. Where a theme is set up in the club in order to finally make the dancers freak out after the breakdown, soundtracks work more subtle and serve as support for the imagery that captivates viewers and players. And unlike in films, where the music is linked to scenes, game music must be able to run almost indefinitely.

2 Atmosphere

It is never known how long a player stays in a level or a scene. Even more: If the final boss comes into play, the music changes with it in the best case and announces impending doom to the player. But let‘s start from the beginning: A soundtrack puts an environment and its atmosphere in music that carries the player along. Such a scene is easy to