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"How Important Is A Games Soundtrack?"

How important is a soundtrack to a game. How much can it alter your gaming experience? I think music can is a fundemental part of the ideal gaming atmosphere. It can serve to create suspense or really make you get into those action sequences. The first real soundtrack with any real feeling was the music from Gameboy hit Tetris its repetitive but brilliant music made you really get into the game and really suited the frenzied pace of the game in the later levels. Another good example of a sound track that helps improve a game is the soundtrack from the N64 zelda games the music really gave the feel of the one man epic one against the world adventure and really helped you settle in to the game quickly. On the other hand you some times come across a game with a severly awful soundtrack, the kind of game that forces you to hit the mute but and grab the nearest cd. These games can really lose atmosphere and fun through monotomous and infuriating music. If a game can mak a soundtrack to match the feel of a game they can help to draw the gamer into the game's world and make them feel a part of it and enjoy it more. If a game is to be truly great it must have a soundtrack to match it as this can often be the difference between a reasonable game and a classic.

I agree - although this has been discussed MANY times before!!

How important is a soundtrack to a game. How much can it alter your gaming experience? I think music can is a fundemental part of the ideal gaming atmosphere. It can serve to create suspense or really make you get into those action sequences. The first real soundtrack with any real feeling was the music from Gameboy hit Tetris its repetitive but brilliant music made you really get into the game and really suited the frenzied pace of the game in the later levels. Another good example of a sound track that helps improve a game is the soundtrack from the N64 zelda games the music really gave the feel of the one man epic one against the world adventure and really helped you settle in to the game quickly. On the other hand you some times come across a game with a severly awful soundtrack, the kind of game that forces you to hit the mute but and grab the nearest cd. These games can really lose atmosphere and fun through monotomous and infuriating music. If a game can mak a soundtrack to match the feel of a game they can help to draw the gamer into the game's world and make them feel a part of it and enjoy it more. If a game is to be truly great it must have a soundtrack to match it as this can often be the difference between a reasonable game and a classic.