Irish Music: The Video Game Connection
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Interesting article from Wired.com on how Irish traditional music has infiltrated the most unusual medium - the modern video game!
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Irish Music for Videogame Music Fans
By Chris Kohler August 22, 2008
There’s a significant amount of crossover between Irish traditional music and videogame soundtracks.
Some game composers cite Celtic musicians and musical groups as direct influences on their styles, for one. Their videogame soundtracks occasionally actually go so far as to feature performances by world-class Irish musicians.
Why? Certainly there are many different genres of music from which game composers have borrowed to create musical accompaniments to videogame action. But there’s no mistaking the clear similarity between the forms, especially when we’re talking about music from older videogames. Irish traditional tunes are simple, often unaccompanied melody lines that are brief, easy to remember and loop back upon themselves infinitely.
