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Category: Video Game Music

Video game music, or VGM, is a term used to describe the music used on video games. This genre has inspired many musicians in a variety of other genres, most notably hip hop and electronic music.

Originally, VGM comprised of short tunes made from programmable sound generators or FM synthesis chips. But as the video game technology advance, more composers started including more complex melodies into their games and the genre began to blossom.

Nintendo / Video Game Music

f4mi made music music using a DS, and then played it on a Floppy Disk boombox

Because sure why the hell not?

By Luke Davis

May 28, 2025
PlayStation / Video Game Music

Jonwayne makes a beat sampling Ape Escape

This beat is bananas (B-A-N-A-N-A-S)

By Luke Davis

May 12, 2025
Game Boy / Nintendo / Video Game Music

Vincent TheLego recreated Steely Dan's Aja using the Golden Sun soundfont

Motoi Sakuraba would be so proud if he heard this.

By Luke Davis

March 29, 2025
Game Boy / Nintendo / Video Game Music

The music of Golden Sun

Thank You Based Sakuraba.

By Luke Davis

January 21, 2025
Nintendo / Video Game Music

A Very Zelda Christmas: a collection of Christmas-themed Zelda songs

A great soundtrack just got a Christmas upgrade.

By Luke Davis

December 27, 2024
Nintendo / PC / PlayStation / Video Game Music / Xbox

Chris Person on Disney Speedstorm and its remarkably good OST

For Aftermath, Chris Person wrote about Disney Speedstorm and its remarkably good soundtrack: What is more important than the game itself, however, is the soundtrack, which is one of the strangest things I have ever heard in my life.

By Luke Davis

December 8, 2024
Nintendo / Video Game Music

TIL: The Legend of Zelda series used samples from 90s sample CDs

Now you’re sampling with power!

By Luke Davis

September 26, 2024

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