Innovative use of music in games

[Nysuatro]

Hello all,

I am doing some research about innovative use of Music in games.

I have started with searching some games about the subject.

I already have some games on my list :

- Everyday Shooter

- Singstar

- Rock Band

- Guitar Hero

Did I missed some games ?

[ShaDoW]

Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan & Elite Beat Agents on the Nintendo DS. <3

You've got loads of Japanese rhythm arcade games as well.

[Nysuatro]

Aight, thank you for those titles

[Taylor]

Vib Ribbon, Bust-a-Groove and Gitaroo Man are other games where the gameplay is directly derived from the music.

Shadow mentioned things like Dance Dance Revolution and the thousands of other games that followed in his wake. But maybe Audition Online deserves a mention for breaking the mold somewhat - it's also a MMO.

If you could be more specific about what you're looking for it could help. A lot of games use music as a kind of feedback or reward (Ex: Super Mario World's Yoshi), or as en excellent tool for suspence and horror (Silent Hill without the music would suck).

[Nysuatro]

Well, I search games where music playes a big role in the gameplay.

I don't mean sound effects, like footsteps for hearing you enemy to kill him.

Games who make originel use of music in there gameplay.

[Vinny Testaverde]

PaRappa the Rapper for ps1 of course, think it was the first advanced one for the console of its kind

But also music in all games in very important in creating an immersive experience, it can really make or break the game, so I'd make sure you touch on that somewhat

[jaboo224]

Mario Paint for the super nintendo enabled you to have a mouse and make your own songs

[e-freak]

I would check out games like Gothic 3. I read a pretty interesting article from Kai Rosenkrantz (in german) where he told how they had the gameplay sourrunded by the fitting music with data sets in theyr soundtrack wich allowed the game to mix the various themes and tracks depending on how you play and what scene you are experiencing.

[Nysuatro]

Aight, thanks for the replys

[zaphod]

what about Rez

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rez

[Izuno]

what about Rez

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rez

lol...forgot about this one. Rez gets an A+ for innovative use of music.

[Sentura]

http://www.gamegirladvance.com/archives ... rator.html

.... what

[zaphod]

thats the only reason I remembered it

[Izuno]

....well yeah...exactly.

[Zacker]

I think SharCry should be on the list even though it's an indie. It's a game where you control your character purely with a microphone and your voice. It's a really fun experience in multiplayer when you are 50+ people.

http://www.zebab.dk/