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Download The Portal 2 Soundtrack For Free From Valve

By
Andy Yen
– Posted on June 6, 2011Posted in: Music, Video Games

Being the nice people that they are, Valve is offering up the soundtrack score to Portal 2 on their website for free. They’ve also got up some ringtones in both Android and iPhone audio formats along with some previews to boot.

I can’t say I’m enamored with any of those ringtones to actually use them since they’re a bit noisy for me, but if you’re into any of them, they’re there for you. What I really need is a great short SMS notification sound clip because the iPhone comes with the worst noises possible.

The soundtrack itself is innocuous enough to use as background noise while you work, although some people might find the tracks with high pitched beeping and pew pews a little annoying.

You can hit up the direct link for the ZIP file for the soundtrack here.

via Official Portal 2 Website – Music.

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How The Grand Theft Auto IV Soundtrack Came About

By
Andy Yen
– Posted on May 5, 2008Posted in: Video Games

grand theft auto 4 IV logo

Stephen Tolito (of Multiplayer fame) over at MTV has an interesting interview/feature with Ivan Pavlovich, music supervisor for Grand Theft Auto IV, on putting together the game’s soundtrack.

If you’re Pavlovich, one of two soundtrack supervisors for the game and a guy with about 4,000 records back in his mom’s basement (not to mention a few more hidden behind the couch at home), you wind up with a list of 850 songs you’d like to consider including in “GTA IV.” You put in requests with more than 2,000 people. And you try not to give away that you’re asking for these songs for “GTA.”

GTA games have always had phenomenal soundtracks, IV definitely continues that streak.  There are a staggering 214 songs included within the game across numerous genres.   They’ve essentially programmed 18 radio stations for the game.  Since you’re spending a large majority of the 50+ hour long game driving around the city, you’re bound to hear and discover a lot of music.

With the decline of real terrestrial radio due to video games and other entertainment sources, it’s a bit ironic that we’ve come full circle by listening to radio stations inside of a video game to discover new music.

Read the GTA IV soundtrack feature [mtv.com]

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