How many of us have switched on Pandora’s Classical for Work station in our cubicles, hoping that the Mozart effect will kick in, only to nearly nod off? While Debussy might coax some workers into ...

There’s a popular theory that video game soundtracks make great background music when you need to work or study. The idea is that the music is designed to motivate you without being distracting, but ...

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After 10 years working from home, I've noticed some strange correlations in my productivity. In particular, I am far more sluggish and unmotivated when I forget to put on some music (and when I forget ...

You may have heard of Distant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy, Video Games Live, or Play! A Video Game Symphony, where a concert tour highlights some of your favorite pieces from video games from the ...

Visuals in video games have improved drastically over the past few decades, with characters and environments inching ever closer to realism, and it can make the graphics in older Nintendo or ...

Hello and welcome to the second installment of Video Game Music Spotlight. For those who didn't see the first one, this is an article series focused on highlighting some of the best video game music, ...

Chris Parsons and Joel Baer of Blueshift Big Band talk Joystick Jazz, the best video game soundtracks, and our generation's ...

“The images tell the story, but the music tells you how to feel,” video game composer Grant Kirkhope said in a phone call with Mashable. Video games consist of three components. The first two, visuals ...

Over the last half a decade, video game soundtracks have evolved from the bleeps and bloops of 8-bit ingenuity to full-scale virtuosic orchestral tracks. And, as the genre has become more beloved by ...