One of Sony’s biggest productions ever, the musical score to God of War III covered hours of orchestral and choral recording at Skywalker Sound and remotely in Prague. This video gives a behind the scenes look at how the process worked, from theme concepts to MIDI mockups to final product.

Via wired.com

In the future, all our auditory enjoyment will be created by one (or maybe a combination) of three parties: robots, Asian video game makers, or 8-year-old Guitar Hero prodigies

Video games are becoming a major player in the music industry.  The obvious culprits are games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero, which revolutionized the marriage between the music and video games industries.  Dig a little deeper and you find games like Tony Hawk Pro Skater, which helped usher in an era in which underground music was used as a soundtrack for a video game.  Go further and you have games like the Call of Duty franchises, which have stepped up to such a level of cinematic quality that the most recent game in the franchise has signed Academy Award winning composer Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, The Dark Knight, etc.) to scoring duties.

On all levels, the merger between the video game and music industries is growing strong and stronger.  Music + Video Games explores this merger and the future impact it will have on both the industry and the artists.