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From concert to console: How musicians are making melodies for video games

Sep 06, 2024 03:49 PM IST

Homegrown video games are adding a local musical touch to match the play. Sitar riffs, chants, choruses – it’s a new level of immersion

It’s the first day of summer vacation, but your father’s crops need tending. Bummer. This wasn’t how you wanted the holidays to go. You head to the market for supplies, expecting the soundtrack to your life to be a sombre melody, to match your mood. Instead, a playful, jaunty, uplifting tune plays. There are Indian classical instruments, but with contemporary touch. You know what? You got this!

Musician Neelabh Pandey was told to craft indofuturistic-sounding scores for Indus Battle Royale.
Musician Neelabh Pandey was told to craft indofuturistic-sounding scores for Indus Battle Royale.
Indian Ocean guitarist Nikhil Rao worked on the music for the game Detective Dotson.
Indian Ocean guitarist Nikhil Rao worked on the music for the game Detective Dotson.
To gamers, Tzelos’s original music feels both Indian and global. (AFRODITI ZARDELI)
To gamers, Tzelos’s original music feels both Indian and global. (AFRODITI ZARDELI)
Sushant Kulkarni created a cinematic feel for FAU-G: Domination. (ALOK KATKAR AND DINESH BHATLAVANDE)
Sushant Kulkarni created a cinematic feel for FAU-G: Domination. (ALOK KATKAR AND DINESH BHATLAVANDE)
Srikant Krishna used a veena and a sitar in the soundscape for The Palace on the Hill.
Srikant Krishna used a veena and a sitar in the soundscape for The Palace on the Hill.
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