From the options menu to bonus content screen, as well as during the entire gameplay. The music is now heard everywhere – as soon as you turn the game on, basically. The simple synthesizer is still present, but games now include orchestral pieces and pop music. As the technology advanced, video game music has matured to include the same texture as television and film scores.
This inspired its own style of music known as chiptunes – a style of synthesized electronic music made using the PSG sound chips in vintage arcade machines, computers and video game consoles. Music in video games were once limited to synthesizers supplying simple melodies. Video game soundtracks – a bit of a history
