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Video Game Music

Video Game Music is a genre. Video Game Music grew out of Film Score and Soundtrack. Its influence carried into Chiptune, Gamecore, Synthwave and Nerdcore, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 6 connections around Video Game Music. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Video Game Music came from and where it led.

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Video Game Music connections

Video Game Music grew out of Film Score and Soundtrack, went on to shape Chiptune, Gamecore, Synthwave and Nerdcore. 6 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

What influenced Video Game Music

Roots2

Sounds and acts that shaped Video Game Music.

What Video Game Music shaped

Legacy4

Where the influence of Video Game Music travelled next.

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