While a gamer can easily list his or her favorite video game soundtracks, it’s to no surprise that the majority of people still dismiss game music as annoying background noise. This ignorant attitude is about to change however, as for the first time ever the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards of London will dedicate an entire category out of 6 total towards video game musical excellence.

With the growing recognition of the immense detail and complex music compositions that are dedicated to video games, it seemed only a matter of time until game music was given some rightful spotlight.
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    Blackfalcon Jan 18, 10
    That is actually brilliant, AT LAST! I'm actually so pleased to hear this, hopefully people will be surprised by what wins. As said in the article VG music is generally seen as something to fill the silence, but some games have better music than movies. Today the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards of London, tomorrow the world.

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