A key difference remains though, regarding the origin and purpose of human music: it is created by and forsentient beings. And this relationship alone has enormous intrinsic value.
DEVELOP Magazine’s first ever audio-related cover feature (April 2004) Do games really need music? Yes, suggests James Hannigan, but the music must become as dynamic and interactive as the rest of the game, rather than simply echoing film scores… ...
What started out as a half-hearted attempt to give my studio “a bit of an arcade theme” spiralled further out of control last year, leaving me with what I can only describe as an “arcade with a bit of a music studio theme”. I lay the blame for my cavalier ...