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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://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==

Music4Games.Net is an award-winning resource for the video game music industry. Music4Games.Net delivers an invaluable spotlight on today’s emerging video game soundtrack industry and is a leading provider of game music infotainment for dedicated gamers, developers, publishers, producers, audio directors, composers, game music fans, audiophiles, students and music industry executives. Music4Games.Net is regularly consulted, quoted, referenced and utilized as a reliable resource for media articles, conferences, seminars and market studies on the artform and business of music for video games. The Music4Games.Net Newsletter is widley recognized as the premier music tip sheet for the video games industry.

"Music4Games offers the latest news on audio for video gaming, and does it in a newsworthy and informative manner. If you're not receiving the Music4Games Newsletter, you're nowhere, check your pulse, you're probably dead."

Peter Noble PR

Music4Games.Net is the media partner for several industry calendar events, prestigious organizations and pioneering companies including: Develop Conference (Audio Track), MIDEM Music For Images Conference, The Hollywood Reporter / Billboard Film & TV Music Conference, The Composer Expo (NYC &LA), Game Audio Conference, The Game Audio Network Guild, Video Games Live, GC Symphonic Game Music concert in Leipzig, Germany, PLAY! A Videogame Symphony concert series, Sumthing Else Music Works & Sumthing Distribution, MusicTank, 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. Strategic partnerships also include: Computer Music Magazine (Future Publishing) featuring the monthly game music column "Game Overture"; Mary-Margaret Recruiting & Business Services – Leading Recruitment in Entertainment and Technology; synSONIQ Records, Europe's premier online retail store for video game soundtracks.

==Contributions==

[[Music4Games]] has interviewed numerous video game music composers including [[Akira Yamaoka]], [[Marty O'Donnell]], [[Frank Klepacki]], [[Richard Jacques]], [[Steve Jablonsky]], [[Laura Karpman]], [[Tyler Bates]], [[Garry Schyman]], [[Nobuo Uematsu]], [[Harry Gregson-Williams]], [[Stephen Barton]], [[Justin Burnett]], [[Russell Brower]], [[Clint Bajakian]], [[Inon Zur]], [[Jesper Kyd]], [[Jack Wall]], [[Tommy Tallarico]], [[George Sanger]], [[Bill Brown]], [[Alexander Brandon]], [[BT]], [[Rom Di Prisco]], [[Ron Jones]], [[Keith Arem]], [[Danny Pelfrey]], [[Shawn Lee]], [[Lennie Moore]], [[Nithin Sawhney]], [[Tom Salta]], [[Nile Rodgers]], [[Paul Oakenfold]], [[Christopher Lennertz]], [[Timothy Michael Wynn]], [[Jeremy Soule]], [[Koji Kondo]], [[Mahito Yokota]], [[Yuichi Asami]], [[Bootsy Collins]], [[Tim Larkin]], [[Kenji Yamamoto]], [[Kevin Riepl]], [[Robin Beanland]], [[David Clynick]], [[James Hannigan]], [[Jamie Christopherson]], [[Tomoko Sasaki]], [[Naofumi Hataya]], [[Kirill Pokrovsky]], [[Alastair Lindsay]], [[Troels Folmann]], [[MASA]], [[Norihiko Hibino]], [[Masafumi Takada]], [[Grant Kirkhope]], [[Rod Abernethy]], [[Jason Graves]], [[Colin O'Malley]],[[Yoko Shimomura]], [[Wataru Hokoyama]], [[Kyle Richards]], [[Steve Henifin]], [[Christian Marcussen]], [[Hitoshi Sakimoto]], [[Cris Velasco]], [[Sascha Dikiciyan]], [[Graeme Norgate]], [[Mark Griskey]], [[Keith Power]], [[Olivier Deriviere]], [[Brian Schmidt]], [[Gerard Marino]], [[Trevor Morris]], [[Sam Hulick]], [[David Kates]], [[Pierre Langer]], [[Tillman Sillescu]], [[Tracey W. Bush]], [[Steve Duckworth]], [[Chris Huelsbeck]], [[Stan LePard]], [[Tim Follin]], [[Marc Canham]], [[Doyle Donehoo]], [[Michael Giacchino]], [[Chris Tilton]], [[Daniel Sadowski]], [[Michael McCann]], [[Pinar Toprak]], [[Laurie Robinson]], [[Emmanuel Fratianni]], [[Gustaf Grefberg]], [[Bjorn Lynne]], [[Zak Belica]], [[Tom Bible]], [[Will Loconto]], [[Christophe Heral]], [[Tim Wright]], [[Alistair Cooper]], [[Stephen Rippy]], [[Steve Burke]], [[Dave Wise]], [[Rob Hubbard]], [[Andrew Barnabas]], [[Graeme Revell]], [[Paul Haslinger]], [[Stephen Harwood]], [[Ed Lima]], [[Aaron Marks]], [[James Dooley]], [[Peter McConnell]], [[Russell Shaw]], [[Craig Beattie]], [[Joris De Man]], [[Andrew Boyd]], [[Rob Mills]], [[Fumitaka Shibata]], [[Steve Kirk]], [[Darryl Duncan]], [[Paul Weir]], [[Dave Levison]], [[Don Davis]], [[Erik Lundborg]], [[Kevin Manthei]], [[Michael McCuistion]], [[Jason Page]], [[Nathan McCree]], [[Peter Connelly]], [[Ged Grimes]], [[Andy Brick]], [[Tetsuya Shibata]].

==Staff==

*Editor

:Greg O'Connor-Read

*Director

:Valerie Vickers

*Staff Writer

:Tony Porter

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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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