In 2014, “ Baba Yetu” by Christoper Tin received a Grammy and this year, Charlie Rosen and Jake Silverman’s big-band arrangement of “ Meta Knight’s Revenge” won a prestigious Grammy as well. However, in the past, video game music did already receive some, albeit little recognition. Recently, the Grammy Awards announced that it will include awards for the best video game soundtrack. Lately, the video game music branch has been gaining more and more recognition. It’s the same for summer! Music that’s composed for highly specific settings captures the imagination pretty easily. The music captures the imagination – you’re in a high-stakes battle on which everything depends! For the extra dramatic fights, some games even choose to feature an organ or a choir (looking at you, Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Galaxy). A battle theme for Bowser in the Mario games will (almost) always feature some sense of intimidation, drama, and sometimes even eeriness or horror. In your average game, there are going to be a bunch of characteristic settings that need tunes to accompany them. The music fits a bunch of scenarios and settings that happen to fit the summer theme.
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