When games have introduced me to new favourite music artists...

Article by Matt S.

In most cases, game developers get original musical scores made for their games. It makes sense, of course - an original musical score can be crafted with the specific game in mind, and that in turn means the music can better support the narrative and gameplay context.

But sometimes games license music, or use popular artists for some of the soundtrack and sometimes, I get introduced to new favourite music artists from those licenses or performances. And by "new favourite artists" I do mean that I've moseyed on over to Apple Music and added the entire catalogue to my play list. Just for the heck of it, I thought I'd share a couple of notable examples of this happening to me over the years.

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