($1,000 to $2,500 per minute) x (80 to 100 minutes) = Oh God, have we ever chosen the absolute wrong part of the video game industry to be involved in.
[Via Kotaku]
($1,000 to $2,500 per minute) x (80 to 100 minutes) = Oh God, have we ever chosen the absolute wrong part of the video game industry to be involved in.
[Via Kotaku]
Reader Comments (9)
Posted: Apr 21st 2009 2:13PM Brett from Atlanta said
Justin, your rendition of "girlfriend" could have made you a lot of money.
Posted: Apr 21st 2009 2:14PM (Unverified) said
I just wanted to put in a plug for Video Games Live. Great show but please, shower and dress up when you go.
Posted: Apr 21st 2009 2:19PM The Wicker Man said
I love that movie.
Posted: Apr 21st 2009 2:43PM MystileArmor said
lol I like the tags you gave that article, Justin.
Posted: Apr 21st 2009 2:51PM Nier said
It took me a while to notice that the headline didn't say "Valkyrie Profile video game composers"... I got really excited for a moment thinking that this was a Valkyrie Profile centric post, but then my vision unblurred.
Also, thank you Joystiq for making much more sense with this article than on Kotaku. They have the time as 80-100 hours and when I calculated that, it came to over 15 million dollars per game. Then again, I failed math when I was in high school...
Also, thank you Joystiq for making much more sense with this article than on Kotaku. They have the time as 80-100 hours and when I calculated that, it came to over 15 million dollars per game. Then again, I failed math when I was in high school...
Posted: Apr 21st 2009 3:18PM chargen said
The next sentence in the article is "There is no backend royalty as in film or TV scores because games do not generate 'public performances' as defined by the performing-rights societies collecting that money."
That's... not a good thing. They damn well better be paid a good bit up front. That's all they will see.
That's... not a good thing. They damn well better be paid a good bit up front. That's all they will see.
Posted: Apr 21st 2009 3:22PM thesimplicity said
An important thing to note is that the majority of contractual (not in-house) game composers receive only an initial stipend and then the balance of their invoice when a game ships (either to retail or a certain number of copies). This absolutely, totally can suck. If a game gets canceled mid-cycle, after all the incidental music is done, you can wind up having spent hundreds of hours on music that you don't own the rights to and only getting paid about five grand.
Posted: Apr 21st 2009 7:23PM Tye El Czar said
Variety didn't profile the more famous composers! In the style of AngryVideoGameNerd I must say: ASS!
Where's the Tommys, the Nobuos, the Kondos and MOST ESPECIALLY:
Kirby composer Jun Ishikawa and Touhou composer ZUN?
Never heard of ZUN? He's hands down one of the best game composers, right along with all the others we consider great, perhaps even BETTER. Here's the kicker now...not only do his songs inspire a shit load of remixes(with lyrics- a music group called Iosys is famous just for doing this; see Marisa Stole The Precious Thing) on youtube... he makes the Touhou games(programming, art assets, killer character design, sounds) along with the music - all by himself.
Now all of you go to touhou.wikia.com and learn - find out WHY THE FUCK has nobody brought this series to America (besides the fact he's a total indie).
Where's the Tommys, the Nobuos, the Kondos and MOST ESPECIALLY:
Kirby composer Jun Ishikawa and Touhou composer ZUN?
Never heard of ZUN? He's hands down one of the best game composers, right along with all the others we consider great, perhaps even BETTER. Here's the kicker now...not only do his songs inspire a shit load of remixes(with lyrics- a music group called Iosys is famous just for doing this; see Marisa Stole The Precious Thing) on youtube... he makes the Touhou games(programming, art assets, killer character design, sounds) along with the music - all by himself.
Now all of you go to touhou.wikia.com and learn - find out WHY THE FUCK has nobody brought this series to America (besides the fact he's a total indie).
Posted: Apr 21st 2009 9:42PM (Unverified) said
*quickly changes career choice*
