Shoot 'em Up, Cue the Strings

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Berklee College of Music is among a handful of schools offering classes on composing music for video games. Today: Berklee professor and game composer Michael Sweet tells us about a market for new music that barely existed 10 years ago.

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