soundtrack
Battle Bards Episode 72: Listeners’ request anniversary
Can you believe it -- it's the third anniversary of Battle Bards already! Three years ago, Steff, Syp, and Syl joined forces to create...
Jukebox Heroes: MMO tracks to make your heart happy
Music doesn't just speak to emotion; it often evokes it, conjuring it out of thin air with notes and tones and those squiggly lines...
Battle Bards Episode 71: Ragnarok Online 2
Let's get this out of the way up front: No, Ragnarok Online 2 isn't the type of game that you'd think would have a...
Battle Bards Episode 70: MMO Ambience
While loud and brash music might be what often grabs our attention, the astute soundhound will keep an ear out for beautiful low-key pieces...
Jukebox Heroes: ARK: Survival Evolved’s soundtrack
If you've been hiding in a cave on Mars with your fingers in your ears and your social media feeds on the fritz, you...
Worlds Adrift’s composer shares a morsel of the soundtrack
Even if you're the type of player who switches off the music and doesn't give it another thought, it's hard to deny that a...
The Division’s soundtrack is available for pre-order
Do you like The Division and want to take a piece of it with you all over the place? Do you just particularly care...
Final Fantasy XIV takes a look behind the magic of its sound design
Are you a fan of Final Fantasy XIV? Are you not a fan of Final Fantasy XIV while still feeling a great deal of...
Battle Bards Episode 69: FFXIV Heavensward
The Battle Bards are taking an airship back to Eorzea to cover the soundtrack to the first expansion to Final Fantasy XIV, Heavensward. How...
Elder Scrolls Online releases a second soundtrack album
The Elder Scrolls franchise is well-known for its musical legacy, and while Elder Scrolls Online doesn't have the efforts of Jeremy Soule (aside from...
Jukebox Heroes: Six forgettable MMOs with unforgettable soundtracks
I have often thought it grossly unfair that a video game soundtrack is linked, for better and for worse, with the popularity of the...
Battle Bards podcast listens to housing music
When an MMO player gets cozy in his or her in-game home, the sound is as essential to the ambiance as the decor. Not...
EverQuesting: Music makes EverQuest II’s Terrors of Thalumbra complete
Music has been on my mind a lot lately. OK, so it is always on my mind! From skipping down the streets belting out...
Jukebox Heroes: Six soundtracks from MMOs that never launched
As an MMO fan, there are few things as sad as a promising game being killed in development without seeing the light of a...
Online RTS Grey Goo releases free Descent of the Shroud DLC
It's been a tough year for online RTS Grey Goo, which released in January 2015 to less than stellar reception. The game promises classic RTS gameplay and...
Battle Bards podcast listens to Age of Wushu’s score
This week on the Battle Bards podcast, the crew visits the far east to evaluate the merits of Age of Wushu's soundtrack. With strong Chinese themes...
Jukebox Heroes: The top 10 EVE Online music themes
One of the great things about the EVE Online soundtrack, other than its perplexing popularity despite being mostly an ambient synth score, is that...
League of Legends releases free EDM album
Believe it or not, League of Legends is a source for really incredible music (as we've noted this week), and just last year Riot...
Dogma: Eternal Night puts up new pre-order page
Dogma: Eternal Night is not about to let a flopped Kickstarter campaign get in the way of its money. Er, dreams. Well, probably dreams...
Battle Bards Episode 66: The best of MOBA music
This week on the Battle Bards podcast, the crew branches out from the familiar territory of MMO soundtracks and into the wild, untamed regions of...