Updates to the "Iberian, Latin American, and Caribbean Elements in Video Game Music" Page

It has been three years since I started compiling tracks for the Iberian, Latin American, and Caribbean Elements in Video Game Music project. I have already amassed hundreds of musical tracks from games across myriad arcades, consoles, and computers from the past four decades. My process for collecting the VGM tracks has relied on active listening for instrumentation and genres related to music cultures from Spain, Portugal, Latin America: criteria that I have discussed in a multi-part series regarding the project. I also adapted to the sudden shifts in video game music preservation when the Nintendo Music smartphone application released in October 2024. Given the bulk and purpose behind my ongoing work, I needed to renovate the page on this website and categorize everything to provide greater clarity for researchers in ludomusicology or those who are curious about video game music. I have divided my project into the following main categories so far. I will continue adding to these extant parts. Whenever necessary, I might include more categories depending on the overall progress of the project:

• Video Game Music Tracks That Evoke Iberia (Spain, Portugal, or Mediterranean)
• Selected Tracks from the Uncharted Waters Series
• Selected Tracks from Games Published by Sega
• Tracks on the Nintendo Music App That Evoke Iberian, Latin American, and Caribbean Musical Elements
• Some Background Information About Mario Paint[1]
• Tracks from Nintendo Games Not Listed in the Nintendo Music App[2]
• Tracks from Games Developed by Capcom That Evoke Iberia, Latin America and the Caribbean

  
 


[1] This part functions as a brief description about the multimedia edutainment software program for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).

[2] This list concentrates primarily on licensed games created exclusively for Nintendo consoles in collaboration with third-party video game developers.

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