Games featuring music - an IFDB Poll
by Karl Ove Hufthammer
RSS FeedI have always thought that music has a huge potential for enhancing IF, more so than graphics has. So what are the best examples of IF games that use music? Note that this poll does not include games with only sound effects; they have to feature (audible) music, to a greater or lesser extent. (They may or may not feature graphics or sound effects too.)
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| The King of Shreds and Patches, by Jimmy Maher 4 votes "One puzzle..." [+]"One puzzle involves organising fragments of music into a familiar musical phrase." ( ) --Sam Kabo Ashwell... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Victor Gijsbers... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Felix Pleșoianu... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...  Vote for this game | |
| Final Girl, by Hanon Ondricek 2 votes "Has a good atmospheric suspense-horror score" [+]"Has a good atmospheric suspense-horror score" ( - Full review) --Wade Clarke... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Hanon Ondricek... Vote for this game | |
| Cryptozookeeper, by Robb Sherwin 2 votes "Comes with an..." [+]"Comes with an extensive soundtrack." ( - Full review) --Sam Kabo Ashwell... "One of the more..." [+]"One of the more successful examples of music in IF on a large scale, especially surprising as it uses a randomized soundtrack." --Jonathan Blask... Vote for this game | |
| Guilty Bastards, by Kent Tessman 2 votes "Fun,..." [+]"Fun, genre-appropriate music." --Jonathan Blask... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Karl Ove Hufthammer... Vote for this game | |
| Six, by Wade Clarke 2 votes "Theme tune and..." [+]"Theme tune and event-related in game musics." --Wade Clarke... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Karl Ove Hufthammer... Vote for this game | |
| With Those We Love Alive, by Porpentine and Brenda Neotenomie 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Edward Lacey... Vote for this game | |
| The Hobbit, by Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler 1 vote "Not relevant for all versions" [+]"Not relevant for all versions: The disk version of the Commodore 64 version of the game featured several pieces of music which played constantly in the background, and which changed with the current location. I always thought it was very nice (considering the limitations of the hardware) and added some atmosphere." ( ) --Fredrik... Vote for this game | |
| The Art of Fugue, by Victor Gijsbers, Jimmy Maher, Dorte Lassen, and Johan 1 vote "Contains a rendition of Beethoven's Grosse Fuge on electric guitar." [+]"Contains a rendition of Beethoven's Grosse Fuge on electric guitar." --Victor Gijsbers... Vote for this game | |
| A Martian Odyssey, by Horatiu Romosan 1 vote "Contains a bunch of music" [+]"Contains a bunch of music: That's about all it has going for it though." --Molly... Vote for this game | |
| The Delusion Dilemna, by Nathaniel Holle 1 vote "A bit of..." [+]"A bit of shameless self-promotion, but The Dream Dilemna contains 5 different custom theme songs, made in MuseScore, which I think fit their respective themes pretty well." --Nathaniel... Vote for this game | |
| Tass Times in Tonetown, by Michael Berlyn and Muffy Berlyn 1 vote "Totally tass main..." [+]"Totally tass main theme." --Jonathan Blask... Vote for this game | |
| Commander, by Nathaniel Holle 1 vote "A bit of..." [+]"A bit of shameless self-promotion, but I made 5 custom songs for it which I think really add to the theme." --Nathaniel... Vote for this game | |
| Kaged, by Ian Finley 1 vote "Brief pieces of music are played during important scenes" [+]"Brief pieces of music are played during important scenes" --Molly... Vote for this game | |
| Dream Zone, by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin 1 vote "Dream Zone has an..." [+]"Dream Zone has an excellent, quirky original soundtrack which plays throughout, with different tracks for different locations. Sometimes hectic and sometimes weird-sounding, the music gives the game a really strong atmosphere in combination with its colourful graphics." ( ) --Wade Clarke... Vote for this game | |
| Dragon Hunt, by Joachim Froholt and Markus Merilainen 1 vote "A nice example of..." [+]"A nice example of how even a small game can use atmospheric music to its advantage." ( ) --Jonathan Blask... Vote for this game | |
| ANDROMEDA 1983, by Marco Innocenti 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| Not Quite a Sunset - a hypertext opera, by Kyle Rowan 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| Trading Punches, by Mike Snyder 1 vote "Several original tunes." [+]"Several original tunes.: Original MIDI tracks recorded to MP3. In retrospect, it should have been optional, or not included at all. While fun to create, the songs end up being kind of repetitive and annoying." --Merk... Vote for this game | |
| Fusillade, by Mike Duncan 1 vote "Consists of brief scenes, each accompanied by a piece of original music." [+]"Consists of brief scenes, each accompanied by a piece of original music." ( - Full review) --Victor Gijsbers... Vote for this game | |