Dienstag, 26. September 2017

Music to my ears: live improvised soundtracks

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Game music that responds to your actions can be a magical thing. I’m talking about sneaking through enemy lines accompanied by an eerie string quartet, or cresting a hill while the scenery and music swell around you. Joost van Dongen, the man behind Proun and Cello Fortress, recently did an experiment with live soundtrack improvisation that makes for interesting reading.

With Dongen on his cello and fellow improviser Rene Derks on a djembe drum, they set up shop at the Abunai convention in the Netherlands and invited people to come in and play any of 40 games. With the in-game soundtracks turned off, Dongen and Derks improvised their own in response to whatever was happening on-screen.

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