Big-band jazz and video games normally come from different eras, if not different universes. It took Charlie Rosen — Berklee graduate, Broadway composer, lifelong gamer and leader of the 8-Bit Big ...

A. Video game music is similar to generalized bodies of music in the past, such as the Great American Songbook, top 40, and jazz standards. Because there was a collective experience of consuming video ...

Ever wonder how the main theme from The Mandalorian would sound if it was part of an arcade game's soundtrack? Well, one fan took it upon themselves to find out in the most creative way possible. In a ...

Japanese artist and developer Riki Iwasaki last month released 8-Bit Music Power, a chiptune album that as of now can only be played on Nintendo's original home console. Adam Bolton is a contributor ...

The 8-Bit Big Band, under the direction of Tony-nominee Charlie Rosen, has released their third full length album, Backwards Compatible. An exploration of the "Great Video Game Songbook'', this ...

Earlier this year, the Digital Culture Beat had the pleasure of attending the “8-bit Music Exhibit” for the Digital Studies Institute, planned by Toni Bushner and Norah Vulpes — a digital scholarship ...

You’ve got to love that 8-bit sound. Blips and bloops and beeps magically merge together to create choppy, nostalgic melodies that remind us how far we’ve come since the first personal computers. But ...

When Soccer Mommy dropped her sophomore record, color theory earlier this year, she was looking forward to playing it live for everyone. But then the coronavirus pandemic hit. So she had to think of ...

Made in 2011, original made in 2007. Both versions made in fl studio. This is a remake of my old song 8bit clouds! :D as requested from quite a number of people on youtube. I got a bit carried away, ...

"Low-bit secret agents from around the world convene at The Tank for an unprecedented micromusic mega-event. Sounds and setups built around the focal point of timeless video game hardware provide the ...

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Metallica played a concert to kick off BlizzCon on Twitch, but apparently not everyone got to actually hear the music they were playing at the online event. The first day of the annual Blizzard event ...