Introduction

"There was once a time when the music in a game was almost non-existent, or cringe-worthy at best. Most of the time it was electronic muzak of some kind and either you tuned it out mentally or turned it off it was so monotonous. There have been a few games which did have nice tunes, but nothing you'd really want to burn to CD and play repeatedly.

Nowadays computer games are getting more and more like Hollywood movies. Game developers are throwing large sums of money into making sure all aspects of a game, not just the graphics engine or the packaging and manual are highly professional. This translates into much better voice acting, better quality in-game videos, and of course much, much better music. Some of it is so good now, it's released as a separate retail soundtrack on Audio CD."

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