This Part of Video Game Music Existed Before Video Games

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Are you familiar with adaptive music in video games? You might be, but did you know that the core concept of how adaptive music functions existed long before video games were even a thing? In this week's video we talk about aleatoric music, or chance music if you prefer, and compare it to adaptive music in video games. What are both of these concepts? How much do they have in common? The answer just might surprise you!

Music Used
Papov - Yung Logos
Sunday Rain - Cheel
Blue Dream - Cheel
Nilly Willy - Yung Logos

References
“Adaptive Music.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, January 8, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_music.
MasterClass. “Aleatoric Music Explained: 5 Examples of Indeterminate Music - 2022.” MasterClass. MasterClass, June 3, 2021. https://www.masterclass.com/articles/aleatoric-music-explained#what-is-aleatoric-music.
Sadie, Stanley, and John Tyrrell. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 1. Vol. 1. London: Distributed by Macmillan, 2001.
https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmusi0002unse/page/340/mode/2up?view=theater

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