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Narrow-minded? Moi?? Just confused.
Narrow-minded? Moi?? Just confused.
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As discussed earlier, ardy:
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I think that it's easy to mock music for gaming (not that I'm suggesting you are, ardy!), but the industry is providing a platform as well as cash for composers and musicians. I suppose that if one doesn't like it then just avoid it.Comment
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Sorry..I missed out on the earlier (much earlier) thread. No doubt teenage/young adult gamers are glued to R3 on a Saturday afternoon.Comment
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? Started last October?Originally posted by ardcarp View Post[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Probably not, but others are enjoying it, including me - and a 68 year old lady who took the trouble to write in and say she knew nothing about gaming but was very much enjoying the music. At the risk of being considered provocative(not the intention) I think it's better use of airtime than the Jess Gillam slot. Whether it belongs on R3 has already been discussed.Originally posted by ardcarp View PostComment
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That would be easier to do if it weren't on Radio 3! I suspect that it's the BBC motives for including the 'new' varieties of music on Radio 3 that are questionable - certainly not the music itself.Originally posted by pastoralguy View PostComment
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It seems to me like a fairly logical extension from film music, which has long been a feature of the Radio 3 schedules (and indeed Sound of Gaming is in the Sound of Cinema slot).Originally posted by Andy Freude View Post
I caught some of Saturday's programme, and was impressed by the quality of a lot of the music. The programme made a strong argument for young (and indeed older) composers writing for the medium - it's a booming industry, a lot of money appears to be spent on the music, and apparently there is a lot more freedom than when writing for films or TV. So it's attracting serious composers from a wide spectrum of genres.
I wasn't terribly taken by the music of the composer who was interviewed in the show, so on a couple of occasions I switched over to Radio 5 to see how the FA Cup was going. But overall I thought it was a very worthwhile programme, and that R3 seemed like a natural home for it.Comment
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Careful now, you are going to upset the Buftons with that sort of argumentOriginally posted by underthecountertenor View Post
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Wouldn't be the first time.Originally posted by MrGongGong View PostCareful now, you are going to upset the Buftons with that sort of argument
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I am steadied.
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Sound of gaming
Of all the wastes of air time foisted by R3 on their listeners over the last few years, this has got to be the worst.
It's very rare that I play video games - but one of the first things that I tend to do is to find a way to disable the music or turn the music volume down to 0. Now I know what I've been missing. Come back, "Sound of cinema" - all is forgiven.
(BTW - I did try to find an existing thread about this, but couldn't find one. If there is one, please could this be moved onto it?)Comment
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It is a Marmite topic. I didn't listen this week as it was listed as an award centred episode, but I have listened to most of the others. There has been virtually nothing I really disliked to the point of not listening, some I found so-so or not that interesting, most was perfectly acceptable, and some stand-out, written on a list to follow up, pieces. Learning more about how the music is written and what the particular challenges are has in some cases been quite an eye-opener. Given the choice I would rather listen to Sound of Gaming than Sound of Cinema now.
I have never played a video game so don't know whether I would feel the same about the music if it was the soundtrack to such an activity.Comment
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