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George Clinton released his debut 'solo' album 'Computer Games' on Nov. 5, 1982.

George Clinton released his debut 'solo' album 'Computer Games' on Nov. 5, 1982.

From a 1980s computer game, you're basically talking about taking beeps and bloops, that's all it is, just single notes, and somehow adapting it and turning it into something that can be played by an orchestra this size. i mean, that's a hell of a lot of work. game music plays. i say beeps and bloops, but those early theme tunes were actually pretty clever, managing to give the impression of chords and multitrack audio, even though the computers could only make one sound at a time. it's something that astounded a young matt rogers, who's now been asked to arrange a new version of the theme tun...

That is the music that you hear in the game. but when you think about it, if you're trying to adapt music from a 1980s computer game, you're basically talking about taking beeps and bloops, that's all it is, just single notes, and somehow adapting it and turning it into something that can be played by an orchestra this size. i mean, that's a hell of a lot of work. game music plays. i say beeps and bloops, but those early theme tunes were actually pretty clever, managing to give the impression of chords and multitrack audio, even though the computers could only make one sound at a time. it's so...

And they're being controlled individually and blended in with what the orchestra are doing. a lot of modern video games come with ready—made orchestral scores. that is the music that you hear in the game. but when you think about it, if you're trying to adapt music from a 1980s computer game, you're basically talking about taking beeps and bloops, that's all it is, just single notes, and somehow adapting it and turning it into something that can be played by an orchestra this size. i mean, that's a hell of a lot of work. game music plays. i say beeps and bloops, but those early theme tunes w...