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It's hard to imagine playing your favorite game without background music or sound effects.
Music is an important element in any game as it enhances every gamer's experience.
Recently, this aspect of games has come to the forefront (and it continues to grow faster).
Some video games today even revolve around music (e.g. Guitar Hero).
In Japan, game music has been selling for years and now the western market is catching up.
The choice of music that will best fit a game is essential to success.
To ensure this, game developers now have many choices in procuring music including enlisting the services of music composers and even pop artists.
Here is a great music library for licensing music.
When it comes tolicensing music for games, the procurement process is very much similar to that ofgetting a license for music in film and tv.
When using pre-existing music,licensing music for games will also depend much on the intended use and/or purpose.
There are two ways oflicensing music for games.
First, thesynchronization license, is a right allowing the license holder to re-record music by synchronizing it to a visual, in this case to the game graphics.
The second kind of license is themaster use license that includes the right to use the recording of a song.
Whenlicensing music for games, artists should take note that they will most probably be dealing with the game developer.
The developer, in turn, will also likely sign both a master use and a sync license to allow the game distributor place the game in stores.
For Game Producers
Themusic libraryof Audio-Sounds.com is a one-stop shop where convenience and quality are top priorities.
If you are looking for unique, original pieces to go with your project, then you've come to the right place.
We have a fast-growingmusic catalog that is easy and convenient to use helping you find the music you want faster.
Themusic library also has a search and download feature through which browsing the collection becomes fast and easy. Aside from this, licensing is also simplified and is done with just a few mouse clicks.
