They can be a joy to experience, touching the player with vivid, unseen worlds and confronting them with challenging perspectives and situations. Looking from afar, it seems fair enough: contemporary games can be mammoth productions with breathtaking cinematic storylines, eye-catching visuals and memorable musical accompaniments. It’s easy to see why some avid gamers are eager for video games to be recognized as a valid art form. But in a world of endless reissues, John Twells wonders if video game soundtracks can ever be more than nostalgia. Released this month on vinyl for the first time by Data Discs, Yuzo Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima’s Streets of Rage 3 soundtrack blends innovative generative programming with serious techno innovation and accidentally pre-empted trance.
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