Classical music has formed the bedrock of videogame soundtracks since developers could shove something vaguely Chopinesque onto a three-channel sound chip. Philippe Vachey worked in compositions of ...

As a fan of the manga and rhythm games like Ouendan I’ve been excited ever since I heard Nodame Cantabile was being made into a game (PS2/DS), Instead of pop songs and frantic images, you tap along ...

Although I’m primarily known as a world music and jazz aficionado, I have also loved classical music for a long time. I was a teenager when I first heard Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun ...

Fan-favorite Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! developer iNis is laying it on thick with iOS Square Enix collaborations these days, first with Demon’s Score and now Symphonica, available now for iPhone and iPad.

They didn't start behind a stage - they started on the street. Clarinet in hand, a piano on a Paris sidewalk, and within hours thousands of strangers stopped, listened, and shared. For Raphaël and ...

Rhythm games exist for all sorts of instruments, but rarely do they let us play with a piano and in classical style. Happy Pianist is a smartphone title published by Netmarble that fills that niche.

This is the second in a series of posts about appreciating classical music. Catch up on where the series began here and follow up on the next post here When I was a teenager, my music tastes were ...

It isnt often that I stray into the world of modern music, but what is happening lately really deserved the dedication of one of my columns. Why? Because this phenomenon is so innovative that I would ...