While there are great streaming services out there that provide music on the go, such as Spotify and Amazon Music, none quite compare to the more personalised listening experience that is vinyl. Something about owning a cover sleeve with carefully curated art before placing the well-pressed disk onto the turntable just ups the level of enjoyment for an album you’ve invested in. With how much the gaming industry has grown over the years, the talent behind the music rivals the […]

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One of the best parts of growing up as a gamer was being introduced to so many new kinds of musical genres and artists, thanks in no small part to the licensed soundtracks of games like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, the FIFA series, Burnout, Def Jam, SSX and countless others. Granted, most of those mentioned games were published by EA, but they were far from the only musical connoisseurs out there. These days though, gaming music has become even more […]

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Asobo Studio’s A Plague Tale: Requiem is one of the best-reviewed games of 2022 – and critics and fans alike agree that Olivier Deriviere’s score played a key role in the title’s success. Deriviere even earned a “Best Score and Music” nomination at this year’s Game Awards for his work on A Plague Tale: Requiem, the latest of several accolades the French composer has racked up across a career spanning nearly two decades. Cultured Vultures recently sat down with Deriviere […]

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Two highly anticipated recent film releases (David Gordon Green’s Halloween Ends and Andrew Dominik’s Blonde) have divided audiences and suffered poor reviews, yet each film is accompanied by an outstanding score. When the score’s good but the movie’s bad, the accomplishments of the composer are neglected and forever overshadowed by the film’s poor reception. Here are 10 scores that surpass the less-than-perfect films they were written for.   1. The Mummy (2017) | Brian Tyler Where did it all go […]

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Boss battles are some of the most crucial elements of a good game. After a grueling level, navigating endless enemies, traps, and hazards, you finally face down your enemy and confront them for all the marbles. But what good is a climactic battle without some climactic jams? A great song to set the mood can elevate an average boss fight into a memorable set piece, and kick an exciting fight up into the stratosphere of thrilling gaming moments. Here are […]

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Any three part documentary totaling over four hours needs to be a simultaneously wide ranging and deep diving affair to fully succeed. Jeen-Yuhs, the new three-part documentary on Ye (the artist formerly known as Kanye West) from directing team Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah, is transcendent as a deep dive on the beginning of Ye’s career, but disappointing as a consideration of his career as a whole. The first two parts, titled “Vision” and “Purpose” respectively, chronicle his early career […]

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WWE 2K22‘s release date is a matter of two weeks away and it certainly looks like it’ll be hitting us a little differently than usual. Included in this year’s game is a fresh, new soundtrack, tailored by none other than hit musician, Machine Gun Kelly. MGK has been a regular hit for WWE, appearing in the past as a guest host for Monday Night RAW where he ended up being powerbombed off the stage by Kevin Owens. In 2022 however, […]

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It’s that time of year again where we break out our favourite sweaters we like to wear until March while the local village goth has an extra spring in their nu-rock boots. It’s Halloween, the time of year we purposely sacrifice having heart conditions to find a good scare. Whether we’re watching some horror classics, or breaking out the Lovecraft, we live for cheap scares and cheaper Halloween themed cocktails. Of course, video games like to cash in on that […]

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As the 1990s drew to a close, we saw a glimpse of where gaming and, most importantly, its musical direction was taking us. The inclusion of MP3 and technological advancements allowed many genres in the medium to thrive. They all had a hand in laying out the blueprint for the first decade of the new millennium. The first 5 years alone saw the 5th generation take its final bows, the 6th generation creating new and beloved franchises and by decade’s […]

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It’s no exaggeration to say that behind a great video game lies a great soundtrack. A soundtrack is integral alongside graphics and mechanics because the soundtrack needs to audibly set the pace and theme of the video game. As amusing as it would be to mash up a Silent Hill style game with Spyro the Dragon style music, the immersion would be lost, effectively harming the experience. The 1990s is debatably one of the most, if not the most, important […]

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Just in case you needed any more proof that Fortnite is embracing the metaverse more and more with each passing season, it looks like a viral dance on TikTok to Doja Cat’s ‘Say So’ will be coming to Fortnite as an emote. Discovered in the new season update, the emote licenses the dance as well as the music, so beware if you’re a streamer or content creator as there’s a high chance of the music industry being the music industry […]

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I have always maintained that I am not a Swiftie, despite the fact that I have already written two articles about Taylor Swift prior to this – a review of Miss Americana and a dissection of Lover’s potency as a love song. It could be a deep sense of denial, of a refusal to leap onto a screeching ‘Queen!’ bandwagon, but with Folklore, I am unable to stick to this refrain any longer. So yes, I’ll say it, I am […]

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The Disney animated version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, despite the many flaws, is and always will be my favourite Disney movie. Someone with a galaxy brain back in the early 90s thought that Victor Hugo’s frankly miserable novel, full of death and hardship and two entire chapters on the architecture of Notre Dame would make a good movie – and they were right! A lot of people tend to agree that although the film has some issues with […]

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A wrestler’s entrance can do wonders in getting a superstar over with the fans. In the past, we’ve seen superstars go from being a bit of a chump to becoming the most over thing in the industry and that’s been all down to their entrance music alone. But for every Bobby Roode or Fandango, there’s an equally uninspired track that doesn’t quite make their respective superstar seem like the modern-day attraction that they deserve to be. In an era where […]

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If you are a Broadway fan, you would have heard the news that The Phantom of the Opera was available for viewing over the weekend on YouTube. I think even people who are lackadaisical about musical theatre would have heard the news, and might have even been tempted to catch it to see what the fuss was all about. Nothing beats watching a piece of musical theatre like The Phantom of the Opera in the flesh, but a filmed version […]

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