Old-school heads out there may remember Iron Helix, a sci-fi CD-ROM game that did survival horror in the FMV format that was all the rage then. If you played it, you'll remember how the music tweaked your nerves with a tense layering of synthesizer chords. Read… 10/24/11 9:00am 10/24/11 9:00am

Hot on the heels of the game's "Peer Review" DLC, Valve has made available the third and final volume of "Songs to Test By," free of charge (as usual) through the game's official publicity site. There are 24 tracks, including the closing credits theme "Want You Gone," plus another six snippets for ringtones. The Volume 3… Read… 9/30/11 11:00pm 9/30/11 11:00pm

It's hard explaining why syndicated dance party shows like American Bandstand and Soul Train were compelling television, unless you grew up in that analog era that predated VCRs, cable TV (in some stubborn households) and goddamn for sure the Internet. Read… 6/16/11 7:30pm 6/16/11 7:30pm

For your listening pleasure, Rockstar Games has uploaded nine cuts from the L.A. Noire soundtrack, including the game's title theme (embedded below) and two other original compositions. The tracks are hosted at the social music site SoundCloud. Read… 5/15/11 2:00pm 5/15/11 2:00pm

This is Gillian Grassie, a Philadelphia-area harpist. That's not the sort of instrument that gets a record deal; harpists typically fund their recordings by playing weddings, dining rooms and the like. To raise money for her next album, Grassie took requests, and found that video game patrons are very willing to… Read… 5/12/11 10:00pm 5/12/11 10:00pm

This month's Mortal Kombat reboot will be accompanied by an all-new collection of electronic music inspired by the bloody, fatality-filled fighting game. You can listen to it right now, if you're looking for some new MK-inspired jams from the likes of MSTRKRFT, Skrillex and Congorock. Read… 4/04/11 7:30pm 4/04/11 7:30pm

It's an appropriate opening for a song placed in a game that begins in prison. "You know you fucked up, right?" begins "The Loser Wins," by Atmosphere. In another sports game, this would have to be blanked out, or just not used. Read… 2/17/11 6:00pm 2/17/11 6:00pm

If you have fond memories of Mortal Kombat music by Belgian techno specialists The Immortals, the people behind the new Mortal Kombat have something just for you: an all-new album of thumping electronic music inspired by the gory fighting game reboot. Read… 2/11/11 8:30pm 2/11/11 8:30pm

The next Silent Hill won't feature the musical stylings of series mainstay Akira Yamaoka. Dexter composer Daniel Licht is filling the void in Silent Hill: Downpour... and doing a pretty good job of delivering the same musical vibe. Read… 1/25/11 4:30pm 1/25/11 4:30pm

The opening theme for Civilization IV is the first original composition associated with a video game to be a finalist nominee for a Grammy. The track, "Baba Yetu," is in the "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists" category. Read… 12/04/10 1:00am 12/04/10 1:00am

Sure you can download the Red Dead Redemption soundtrack - get it on CD even! But if you want authentic pop, crackle and hiss coming over your wild west soundtrack, only Rockstar has what you need, a double vinyl LP. Read… 11/20/10 7:00pm 11/20/10 7:00pm

Per its name, The Billboard 200 is a weekly list of the 200 highest-selling albums in the U.S. The official soundtrack for Halo: Reach debuted at No. 157 for the past week, the best mark ever for the franchise. Read… 9/23/10 10:30pm 9/23/10 10:30pm

Seven NFL teams' fight songs are included for the first time this year in the Madden NFL soundtrack - unfortunately (from my perspective) the best one is MIA. Probably because they didn't want the thing sounding like a porn movie. Read… 7/26/10 6:20pm 7/26/10 6:20pm

EA Sports promised a list of "classic arena anthems" for its NHL offerings and one in particular makes it mission freaking accomplished on that score: The Final Countdown, by Europe, part of both NHL 11 and NHL Slapshot's soundtracks. Read… 7/19/10 8:30pm 7/19/10 8:30pm

Someone's uploading tracks from the Super Mario Galaxy 2 soundtrack to YouTube, under the name of Mahito Yokota, the game's composer. Whether or not it is actually him doing this, the music's there, and it's beautiful listening. Read… 5/21/10 9:30pm 5/21/10 9:30pm

I'd heard about this during my preview with the game last month - MLB 2K10 cover athlete Evan Longoria asked for Tantric's "Down and Out" to be included on the game's official soundtrack, and 2K Sports obliged. Read… 2/17/10 9:30pm 2/17/10 9:30pm

Over the next month EA Recordings will roll out soundtracks for three of the publisher's big upcoming releases, releasing music for Mass Effect 2, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Dante's Inferno via digital download. Read… 1/09/10 7:00pm 1/09/10 7:00pm

Square Enix has revealed its plans to drain even more hard-earned yen from the Final Fantasy fanatic, announcing the official Final Fantasy XIII original soundtrack. It comes in two pricey flavors, one more deluxe and limited than the other. Read… 12/11/09 6:20pm 12/11/09 6:20pm

For all its bombast, bleakness and Brian Cox, I didn't really like Killzone 2. Well, didn't much like the game. The music, now, the music was brilliant, so it's good to hear it's being released for public consumption. Read… 11/10/09 2:30am 11/10/09 2:30am

A profile by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, calling Marty O'Donnell the John Williams of the Halo series, turns up this tidbit: He wrote the Flintstones Vitamins jingle (which you now have stuck in your head) and his kids sang the chorus. Read… 9/22/09 5:00pm 9/22/09 5:00pm