The best use of licensed music in video games

Summary

• The brutal rock metal legend complements its open world aesthetics and stone.

• Using Gears of War “Mad World” in the trailer effectively conveys the atmosphere and tone.

• Rayman Legends has musical levels that resemble a platform version of Guitar Hero.

The video game soundtrack is absolutely vital for the installation of the work atmosphere. From how the game sells its audience, first of all to the introductory track, down to the loans. While all the games have their own audio, clearly for the game, many also use already licensed tracks with great effect. There is an undervalued art in this matchmaker of two environments.

In an attempt to reach a little more variations, certain franchises such as Grand Theft Auto and Holy row Were left over, because if they are undoubtedly excellent when choosing licensed music according to games, there is so much diversity that the way it is, fully reduced to the preference of the player. While choosing for this list, though still diverse, have a much more directed network.

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Legend butil

You can't kill metal

A tough legend This is a game that you needed to do or break the soundtrack. Fortunately, not only succeeded A tough legend There is a solid rock -metallic compositions to read, because players who were adventures in the open world of RTS – an open world that has nailed the aesthetics of the fantastic cover for rock/metal albums – but he also had a lot of legends of the genre as heroes in history.

The presence of Ozzy Osbourne acts as a shop in the underground den-is some point in the mind, which must all be grateful and now preserved in history for our experience.

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Transfer of war

Tears fill the glasses

If the first in the story of the trailer for Transfer of war In 2006, it fell, it changed things. Naturally, it created a huge excitement around the game, it increased the popularity of Harry Jules's cover “Crazy World”, but it did much more. He conveyed changes in the video game environment both from the inside and outside. There are little valuable activities for the trailer of combat games. Instead, it focuses on the delivery of the atmosphere and the tone.

Having a song from the first moment – and becoming an informal topic – it also made it possible to create a huge impact in the third game, where the instrumental version was used in the climax point of the character's history, and many tears spilled in return.

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Legends of Rayman

Sharp feelings of fighting

Rayman Origins He felt the perfect revival of the series, and at the time it was difficult to imagine how it could be improved. Then came Legends of Rayman With the whole spectrum, he answered this question. Musical levels Legends of Rayman This is an absolute pleasure to win by playing as a platformer version of Guitar Hero.

Thematic covers are well made and pleasant to listen on their own, although they will play with the level so many times that the players will probably instinctively press the buttons in their mind near it.

5

Death

Don't suffer alone

Hideo Kojima games always have a great soundtrack, and most often will be presented at least one -two licensed tracks, posted only at the perfect moment to turn the scene with great to unforgettable. Yes, the whole list could be taken with its games. The reason this Death This choice of heaps is associated with a unique setting nature and a gameplay, and how well it corresponds to its soundtrack for this.

On paper the game is primarily about slowly and clumsily passing the blank landscape to deliver the packages, should not have much emotional resonance, but at the moment when Port Knot City enters the sight when Sam breaks the hill and “refuge for feelings”, begins to play in the hearts, but experience.

4

Life is amazing

We were younger

If Life is amazing Came out, there were not so many games Twin peaks and Paper cities. Although in this episodic game there was a lot to enjoy, the soundtrack became a special moment, which really helped with the establishment of a bizarre, nostalgic tone and basic sorrow of life in Arcadia.

A special wonderful moment was the re -use of the early track in the episode 1, but played back, deftly playing on the topic of the game and the moments that have survived the repetition in the mind, wanting everything to be different.

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SPEC OPS: Row

You will still miss me if I'm not?

From the first moment, before the shots are fired or the first steps are made, the twisted version of “The Star Spanned Banner” acts as a musical notification of the player that everything is not as it seems.

Spec Ops Has a brilliant original soundtrack, and several licensed tracks throughout the whole – perfect accompaniment to create an atmosphere, but also continue to promote the topics of the game through each aspect of its delivery.

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Hot Line Miami

Gameplay with adrenaline with a soundtrack that matches

Behind the high exposure of the 2011 movie Ride came the hit -game Hot Line MiamiThe sensory experience of highly-active and rapid violence, a kaleidoscope of colors and tons of amazing music from hard drums and bass, inspired by the 80s/90s, and the most difficult disco-melodies that the mind can handle.

Hot Line Miami It is an absolute whirlwind of experience, and it is reflected in music when the player reduces the Russian mafia with a dull weapon, as well as a track that acts as a hypoman, and then the next moment they can rest back into their place as a combo and goes out at the rack level, and the music of the laziness stones takes the front.

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Tales from border areas

So show me why you're strong

Prolong Border The tradition of a series of fantastic opening sequences is accompanied by knocking, Tales from border areas It applies to each of its five episodes, and each of them exceeded the main colleagues.

Not what the main series makes them bad but Tales from border areas just so good that narrative and stylistically that is blowing the rest Border Franchise from the water. Each selection of songs is a barng, choreographed entry strange, and she waited when the next episode issue passed from the tough.