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Pixel Melodies
The Greatest Video Game Soundtracks
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Pixel Melodies actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Pixel Melodies reads strongest on Cliffhanger Intensity, Tension and World Building.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Video game music is a world of its own. Its composers have drawn inspiration from great classical masters such as Beethoven and Wagner, while also echoing the styles of Erik Satie and Francis Poulenc. Why does the theme from Tetris fit its ever-accelerating gameplay so perfectly? What makes the music accompanying the dungeons in The Legend of Zelda so distinctive? Max Dozolme explores the stories, influences, and musical ideas behind some of the most iconic soundtracks in video game history.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Louis LaguensExecutive Producer
Writing
- Max DozolmeWriter
Direction
- Jérôme PyDirector
Cinematography
- Olivier CalauttiDirector of Photography
Where to watch
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