Posts Tagged: Chris Redfearn-Murray

*Press A* 2025 ~ The Year’s Best Videogame Soundtracks

In 2024 we identified a great wave of equalizing conditions in terms of production values between large corporate actors and the independent scene. In 2025 that continues and indeed seems to now be the norm. The trend seems to be

*Press A* 2025 ~ The Year’s Best Videogame Soundtracks

In 2024 we identified a great wave of equalizing conditions in terms of production values between large corporate actors and the independent scene. In 2025 that continues and indeed seems to now be the norm. The trend seems to be

*Press A* 2024 ~ The Year’s Best Videogame Soundtracks

While the long tail of the 2023 videogame industry crisis seems to have no end, musical talent and creativity have flourished. Last year’s trend among the bigger (AAA) developers of renovating old musical formulas continued, from Reynatis to Metaphor Refantazio.

*Press A* 2024 ~ The Year’s Best Videogame Soundtracks

While the long tail of the 2023 videogame industry crisis seems to have no end, musical talent and creativity have flourished. Last year’s trend among the bigger (AAA) developers of renovating old musical formulas continued, from Reynatis to Metaphor Refantazio.

Cover of Toechter's LP Epic Wonder

toechter ~ Epic Wonder

The demarcation between pop and experimental is less a border between uneasy nations, with a DMZ to confirm the gulf between, and more the line where sea meets beach, ebbing and flowing to gravity’s pull. Berlin-based Toechter return to our

Cover of Toechter's LP Epic Wonder

toechter ~ Epic Wonder

The demarcation between pop and experimental is less a border between uneasy nations, with a DMZ to confirm the gulf between, and more the line where sea meets beach, ebbing and flowing to gravity’s pull. Berlin-based Toechter return to our

*Press A* 2023 ~ The Year’s Best Videogame Soundtracks

In a year full of horror and tragedy, the videogame industry was not spared. Great websites went dark, forcing journalists to move writing homes, and countless studios were shuttered or forced to endure substantial workforce reductions while executives and investors

*Press A* 2023 ~ The Year’s Best Videogame Soundtracks

In a year full of horror and tragedy, the videogame industry was not spared. Great websites went dark, forcing journalists to move writing homes, and countless studios were shuttered or forced to endure substantial workforce reductions while executives and investors

SP* Episode 29: CRITICAL POSITIVITY – with ACL [podcast]

Happy (very belated) birthday to us! Back in January of 2022 we celebrated the tenth anniversary of our blog. To celebrate, in this episode, we pull the curtain back a bit to talk with ten of the writers who have

SP* Episode 29: CRITICAL POSITIVITY – with ACL [podcast]

Happy (very belated) birthday to us! Back in January of 2022 we celebrated the tenth anniversary of our blog. To celebrate, in this episode, we pull the curtain back a bit to talk with ten of the writers who have

The Best Film & TV Soundtracks of All Time ~ Part Two

Welcome back to Part Deux of our list of the Best Film & TV Soundtracks of All Time! We hope you liked the first half; it’s worth a look over there to start if this is your first visit. One

The Best Film & TV Soundtracks of All Time ~ Part Two

Welcome back to Part Deux of our list of the Best Film & TV Soundtracks of All Time! We hope you liked the first half; it’s worth a look over there to start if this is your first visit. One

The Best Film & TV Soundtracks of All Time ~ Part One

“Remove [the] score from any scene, and it becomes nearly unrecognizable. Something has instantaneously and fundamentally gone, like the soul of the piece.” JJ Abrams said this about John Williams’ work on Star Wars, but it’s equally applicable to the

The Best Film & TV Soundtracks of All Time ~ Part One

“Remove [the] score from any scene, and it becomes nearly unrecognizable. Something has instantaneously and fundamentally gone, like the soul of the piece.” JJ Abrams said this about John Williams’ work on Star Wars, but it’s equally applicable to the

*Press A* 2022 ~ The Year’s Best Videogame Soundtracks

This year, the soundtrack world reflected the videogame industry’s predilection for safe(r) bets, with almost half of our list consisting of sequels. But it also pointed at a more established, regularized field in which house names such as Olivier Deriviere,

*Press A* 2022 ~ The Year’s Best Videogame Soundtracks

This year, the soundtrack world reflected the videogame industry’s predilection for safe(r) bets, with almost half of our list consisting of sequels. But it also pointed at a more established, regularized field in which house names such as Olivier Deriviere,