Video game soundtracks are commonly perceived as functional music glued tight to it’s medium, taking the spotlight usually on gaming festivals in the form of orchestral overtures and medleys. Tunes that accompany boss fights or the -all too common- sewer level, menu music, or game-over screens are deeply embedded in the gameplay. From the Depths of the Arcade is an attempt to loosen this coupling between video games and their sounds, rediscovering the soundtracks and spotting oddities, curios and obscurities, straight from the back corner of the arcade.
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