A video game has 3 major components - it's world, code, and soundtrack. A significant part of a video game is its soundtrack; it ads so much to the game and makes it a lot more fun to play. The soundtrack for the Z4 racing game was produced in Garage Band. Using loops, a really smooth beat was made. The style of gameplay had to be matched by the soundtrack. For example, for a racing game, there has to be an upbeat fast song to keep up with the speed of the game. The beat created for the Z4 game started with a basic electric guitar loop mixed with some orchestral strings. This would be the core of the beat and would play in the background the whole time. Adding a club dance beat gave the song an upbeat feel which mixed perfectly with the speed of the game. The final soundtrack has the right mixture of strings and drums and make it a wonderful video game soundtrack.

PROCESS:

Brendan and Jacquil created the music for the video game that was based around travel songs. The songs were created in Garage Band, a music production software, because it was the simple to learn. Brendan and Jacquil used a midi keyboard to compose the beats. The song was composed of basic instruments and beats. The type of instruments that were used were shakers, hip hop clap beats, hip hop drums, claves, and many more. Garage Band had some beats, and Brendan and Jacquil edited and arranged these beats to turn them into one song and try to make it sound as good as possible. It was hard to find beats that would sound good but also be appropriate as travel music as the game player drives the car.