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{{Infobox Website

| name = Music4Games

| url = http://www.music4games.net

| type = Video Game Music

| owner = Music4Games, Inc.

| author = Greg O'Connor-Read

| launch date = 1999

'''Music4Games''' was launched in 1999 as a resource for video game music information.<ref>{{cite web | author= | date= | url=http://www.gignews.com/biz/oct0310sites.htm | title=10 Game Industry Sites We Like | publisher=GIGnews | accessdate=2007-10-25}}</ref> Music4Games.Net focuses on the video game soundtrack industry and claims to target dedicated gamers, game music fans, audiophiles, students, composers, developers, publishers, producers, audio directors and music executives as a consumer and industry website.<ref>{{cite web | author= | date= | url=http://www.music4games.net/AboutUs_Profile.aspx | title=Music4Games: About Us | publisher=Music4Games | accessdate=2007-10-25}}</ref>

'''Music4Games''' is a media partner for industry events and organizations including The Composer Expo,<ref>{{cite web | author= | date= | url=http://www.soniccontrol.com/university/article.php?category=gamescoringnews&ID=355 | title=Music4Games Signs on as Sponsor For Composer Expo | publisher=Sonic Control University | accessdate=2007-10-25}}</ref> Develop Conference (Audio Track); [[MIDEM]] Music For Images Conference;<ref>{{cite web | author= | date= | url=http://http://www.midem.com/midem2007_conferences_programme.pdf | title=MIDEM 2007 | publisher=MIDEM 2007 | accessdate=2007-10-25}}</ref> [[Game_Developers_Conference]];<ref>{{cite web | author= | date= | url=http://www.music4games.net/AboutUs_Profile.aspx | title=Greg O'Connor-Read Profile on GDC | publisher=CMP | accessdate=2007-10-25}}</ref> Game Audio Conference; The Game Audio Network Guild; GC Symphonic Game Music concert in Leipzig, Germany; [[Play!]] A Videogame Symphony concert series, [[Video Games Live]] (Official concert tour program), Mutek Festival, Arcadia Festival; media supporter for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards for best ‘Original Music’ and best ‘Sound’ in a video game.<ref>{{cite web | author= | date= | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_Sept_1/ai_n6177902 | title=Music4Games to Support BAFTA Awards | publisher=Business Wire | accessdate=2007-10-25}}</ref>

==History==

In [[1999]], Greg O'Connor-Read established '''Music4Games''' due to the emerging popularity of music in games. It was started to specifically highlight the use of licensed music in games, and to cover commercial artists who were recording music solely for the use in games.

However, when Editor Greg O'Connor-Read was invited to an orchestral recording session by long-time friend, [[Richard Jacques]], he was so impressed that he decided to shift the site's focus from licensed music and commercial artists to encompass all gaming audio. Since that time, '''Music4Games''' has attempted to cover game music all around the world by interviewing game composers and audio directors as well as providing reviews for soundtracks and audio software/hardware to aid consumers interested in game music.<ref>{{cite web | author= | date= | url=http://www.garritan.com/reviews.html | title=Garritan Review Page | publisher=Garritan | accessdate=2007-10-25}}</ref>

==Contributions==

While [[Music4Games]] has interviewed prominent video game music composers including [[Tommy Tallarico]], [[Bill Brown]], [[Akira Yamaoka]], and [[Jeremy Soule]], a number of exclusive interviews have been featured on the site:

* [[Koji Kondo]] and [[Mahito Yokota]] from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''

* Yuichi Asami from ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]''

* [[Kenji Yamamoto]] from ''[[Metroid]]''

* [[Tomoko Sasaki]] and [[Naofumi Hataya]] from ''[[Nights into Dreams...]]''

* [[MASA]] from ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]''

* [[Norihiki Hibino]] from ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''

These are, in many instances, the first time these composers have been interviewed by Western media.

Other contributions include coverage of game music concerts from around the world which are not covered by other media outlets, including Video Games Live.<ref>{{cite web | author= | date= | url=http://www.mymym.com/en/news/8915.html | title=BlizzCon 2007 Coverage | publisher=MyMYM | accessdate=2007-11-20}}</ref>, PLAY!, Eminence Destiny -Reunion- (Australia), Press Start (Japan), and others, as well as interviews with sound teams from all over the industry, including a recent interview with [[Nintendo]] second party developer [[Retro Studios]].

Finally, [[Music4Games]] teamed up with [[OverClocked ReMix]] recently to publish an advance review of the [[Final Fantasy VII]] remix project, [[Voices of the Lifestream]].<ref>{{cite web | author= | date= | url=http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11848 | title=OCremix Official Announcement | publisher=OCremix | accessdate=2007-11-20}}</ref> It was the first time this type of coverage had been provided to a fan-arrangement project at OCR.

==Staff==

Editor - Greg O'Connor-Read<br />

Director - Valerie Vickers<br />

Staff Writer / Forum Administrator - Tony Porter<br />

Staff Writer - Jayson Napolitano

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==See also==

*[[List of video game musicians]]

*[[PC games]]

*[[Console games]]

*[http://www.myspace.com/music4gamesdotnet Music4Games [[MySpace]]]

*[http://www.ocremix.org/info/Press Music4Games on [[OverClocked ReMix]]]

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