Here’s Jan Hammer in an 80s power suit rocking his Miami Vice theme on the Fairlight CMI

I swear this isn’t a parody. It’s just Jan Hammer going full-on Miami Vice to his own theme. There are still gratuitous swimwear shots, but now the camera lingers over the Fairlight CMI interface.

Stop what you’re doing to listen game music going very wrong and very polytonal

2021 needs an anthem, and clearly, it’s bitonal Nintendo Switch paused game racing music in chaotic dissonance. “Nothing’s gonna stop me now.”

Peter Kirn - April 16, 2021

Animals and Synthesizers is reason to love the Internet again

It was the worst of times, it was … the worst of times. The Internet and social media has doled out hate and trolls, democracy-crushing propaganda and tribalist fragmentation. But then, an Internet Christmas miracle happened.

Peter Kirn - December 19, 2018

Virtuoso Commodore 64 composer Martin Walker is back

Peter Kirn - March 14, 2018

Sakamoto and Alva Noto again create electronics, scoring masterpiece

Peter Kirn - February 4, 2016

The Player Piano with Drums and Gunshots: An Oddity of the Silent Film Era [Videos]

- April 2, 2014

Learn from the Master: Diego Stocco Makes Music with Sound Design, Then Shows You How

- February 11, 2014

DRON-E Creates Ambiences, Cinematic Sounds – Now Free for Reaktor [Sounds, Tutorial]

- December 12, 2013

Sword & Sworcery, Remixed By Japanese Game Music Legends [Preview]

Peter Kirn - May 25, 2012

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