Music in video games

Music in video games

Any mention of the game Star Quest instantly triggers the resounding opening bars of the game score, which signals the arrival of an enemy. But can you call to (9) ________ who wrote the music? (10) ________ to the celebrated game designer Mara Wells, music accounts (11) ________ half the work in a game, mostly (12) ________ the audience even knowing the composer’s name. The cruellest (13) ________ of it for the composer is that, in a good game, that is how it should be. If the art of dressing well is to all intents and purposes to dress in such a way that others do (14) ________ notice your elegance, the art of a great music score is to fuse so perfectly with what happens on the screen that audiences are unconsciously sucked (15) ________ the world of the game. For this reason, even great game music brings very (16) ________ recognition to composers.