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Video games playlistBuilding a video games playlist composed of music from popular video games can be a good way to find what tracks to listen to. You may have heard of some of the tracks before, but may not have known that some of them originated from a video game.
One of the first video game music to become really popular was from the Wipeout game series on the PlayStation, which featured tracks from artist like Chemical Brothers, and Daft Punk. Video games are becoming the place for hot and new bands to get attention, as music is becoming more a part of the latest games.
Not only is music becoming part of the games, music from video games is starting to get noticed by the music world. You can see example of this at popular music awards, where games with music are getting nominated for the best video game soundtrack. An example of this is music from the PlayStation 2 game Dance Dance Revolution Extreme, which was awarded for having the best video games soundtrack at the 2005 MTV music awards.
Video games like Dance Dance Revolution are getting noticed for their music.
| The game continues the dance revolution on the games scene. Games that have matched play with music and dance have been made before, but DDR extreme is one of the the coolest music game yet. Just like most movies have music that adds to the experience of watching movies. Music adds to the experience of playing a game. Listening to your own music can also add and make the experience of playing games more enjoyable. Today more and more tracks are re-inventing themselves in games like Grand Theft Auto:Vice City, which features songs like Ozzy Osbourne´s "Bark at the Wood", and Herbie Hancock "Rockit", that were popular in the 80´s which is when the game takes place.
One in-game device that is affecting the way we listen to music in video games is the in-game radio. The in-game radio allows you to listen to some of the games radio stations or to select from a list of your own tracks. This is a major feature that allows you to listen to your own music in the game, and can even download music off the web using a program like Itunes.
Using the program you can easily find and sample different tracks to your computer, for your in game playlist. To listen to the soundtracks on the video games playlist you can download the Itunes from the apple.com website. Another way to always have your list of tracks handy is with the Ipod, which allows you to store your mp-3 tracks and take your video game playlist with you.
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The Ipod is simply a revolution in the way people can download and listen to music. To build a video games playlist, we are going to look at some of the tracks that are making headlines in today's games, and you might have heard of before.From action to adventure games, it does not matter what the genre, we are going to look at music that is making the hits we are listening to.
Here are some of our favorite video game soundtracks on the video game playlist, and they come from a variety of games. Video games playlist | No | Track | Artist | video game | Listen | | 01 | "Bark at The Moon" | Ozzy Osbourne | Grand Theft Auto:Vice City |  | | 02 | "Rockit" | Herbie Hancock | Grand Theft Auto:Vice City | | | 03 | "Loops of Fury" | Chemical Brothers | Wipeout XL | | | 04 | "World is yours" | Nas | Tony Hawks Underground | | | 05 | "Minerva" | Deftones | True Crime:Streets of L.A. | | | 06 | "Here We Go Again" | Bhusta Rhymes | NBA Live 2003 | | | 07 | "American Idiot" | Green Day | Madden NFL 2005 | | | 08 | Album | Howard Shore | Lord of the Rings, The Third Age | | | 09 | Lord of the Rings:Return of the King | Howard Shore | Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King | | | 10 | A fistful of sounds | Ennio Morricone | Read Dead Revolver | | | 11 | "Go West" | Pet Shop Boys | Dance Dance Revolution Extreme | | | 12 | "What you waiting for" | Gwen Stefani | Kameo:Elements of fire | | | 13 | "Internationally Known" | Supernatural | Tony Hawks Underground | | | 14 | "In The End" | Linkin Park | Halo 2 | | | 15 | "Downfall" | Trust Company | BMX XXX | | | 16 | "You wouldn´t know" | HELLYEAH | Madden NFL 08 | | | 17 | "The Sims 2 theme" | Mark Mothersbaugh | Sims 2 | | | 18 | "Gerudo Valley" | Koji Kondo | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | | | 19 | "Test drive" | | Test drive | | | 20 | "Super Mario Bros" | Koji Kondo | Super Mario Bros | | | 21 | "Constantine" | | Constantine | | | 22 | "Santa Monica" | Theory of a Deadman | Fahrenheit | | | 23 | "The Movies soundtrack" | | The Movies | | | 24 | "Axelay" | Taro | Axelay | |
Some of the video game soundtrack making it to the video games playlist, have already been mentioned, while others have not. We are always looking for new soundtracks to add to our video games playlist, and keep updating it as we find new tunes to play. If you know of a video game tune that you think belongs on the video games playlist you can submit it using the form below.
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