“I believe that there are still people who believe that game music is something equal to just an effect incorporated into the game, something like a BGM. And therefore this is something that I would like to show that is not true.” PeopleBelieveStillsShowsGamesI BelieveEffectsEqualMusic Is Author:Nobuo Uematsu
“Music is magic. It's my favourite drug: it really has an effect on me mentally and physically. It's such a rush.” MagicEffectsDrugMusic IsFavourite Author:Craig Nicholls
“Music may appeal to crude and coarse feelings or to refined and noble ones; and in so far as it does the latter it awakens the higher nature and works an effect, though but a transitory effect, of a beneficial kind. But the primary purpose of music is neither instruction nor culture but pleasure; and this is an all-sufficient purpose.” KindMayDoeFeelingsPurposeCulturePleasureEffectsHigherMusic IsNoblePrimariesAppealsSufficientLatterInstructionBeneficialRefinedCrudeTransitoryCoarse Book:Works Source: Works
“Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.” ShouldAgeLiteratureEffectsMusic IsDignityAgreeRemainsSacredSecularCheerfulSecular Music Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Poetry, unlike music, is a meta-art, and relies upon non-physical structures for the production of its effects. In its case, the medium is syntax, grammar and logical continuity, which together form the carrier-wave of plain sense within which its deeper meanings are broadcast.” ArtTogetherFormPoetryCasesEffectsMusic IsStructureWaveProductionsDeeperMediumsRelyLogicalGrammarContinuityCarrierRely UponSyntaxDeeper Meaning Author:Don Paterson
“Wagner exploited all forms of expression at a composer's disposal - harmony, dynamics, orchestration - to the extreme. His music is highly emotional, and at the same time Wagner has extraordinary control over the effect he achieves.” FormAchieveEffectsEmotionalExpressionMusic IsHarmonyExtraordinaryExtremesComposerDynamicsWagnerOrchestration Author:Daniel Barenboim
“I'm one of the guys who wants to watch the film completely done, with special effects, sound and music, because I tend to get disappointed if I watch it not fully done.” IfsWantDoneFilmGuySoundWatchesSpecialEffectsMusic IsDisappointedSpecial EffectsSound And Music Author:Luke Ford
“I'm trying to satirize what it's like to be a recording artist in 2011. I realize that standing on a soap box and ranting and raving about my opinions on the digital age and its effect on music is only going to get you so far.” TryingAgeArtistRealizingOpinionEffectsMusic IsStandingBoxesDigitalSoapDigital AgeRanting And Raving Author:DJ Shadow