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Computer game music now has a special award. Composers of video game scores can win an Ivor Novello prize from this year. These awards are like the Oscars for composers. Usually classical music wins, but Sir Paul McCartney won one once. Computer game music is becoming very popular. Top orchestras around the world have performed the soundtracks to many well-known games. Awards committee member Mark Fishlock said: “Writing music for games requires a number of specialist skills.”
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It’s great that writers of computer game music can win an international award. Lots of video game music is really good. The soundtrack to games like Tomb Raider and World of Warcraft are my favourites. Other music is so addictive that you can’t stop humming it. I sometimes can’t get the tune to Sonic the Hedgehog out of my head. There are even video game concert tours. One, by Video Games Live, sold over half a million tickets. I think a game music concert would be a lot of fun to go to.
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Computer game music __________________ award. Composers of video game scores can win an Ivor Novello prize from this year. These __________________ Oscars for composers. Usually classical music wins, but Sir Paul McCartney __________________. Computer game music is becoming very popular. __________________ around the world have performed the soundtracks __________________ games. Awards committee member Mark Fishlock said: “Writing music for games requires a number __________________.”
It’s great that writers of computer game __________________ international award. Lots of video game __________________. The soundtrack to games like Tomb Raider and World of Warcraft are my favourites. Other music __________________ that you can’t stop humming it. I sometimes can’t get the tune to Sonic the Hedgehog out of my head. __________________ video game concert tours. One, by Video Games Live, sold __________________ tickets. I think a game music concert would __________________ go to.
Computer game music now has a (1) ____ award. Composers of video game scores can win an Ivor Novello prize from this year. These awards are (2) ____ the Oscars for composers. Usually (3) ____ music wins, but Sir Paul McCartney won one once. Computer game music is becoming very popular. Top orchestras around the world have performed the soundtracks to many well-(4) ____ games. Awards committee member Mark Fishlock said: “Writing music for games requires a (5) ____ of specialist skills.”
It’s great that writers (6) ____ computer game music can win an international award. Lots of video game music is really good. The soundtrack (7) ____ games like Tomb Raider and World of Warcraft are my favourites. Other music is so (8) ____ that you can’t stop humming it. I sometimes can’t get the tune to Sonic the Hedgehog (9) ____ of my head. There are even video game concert tours. One, by Video Games Live, sold over half a million tickets. I think a game music concert would be a lot of (10) ____ to go to.
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music for games requires a number of specialist skills.” |
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Computer game music now has a special award. Composers of video game scores can win an Ivor Novello prize from |
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this year. These awards are like the Oscars for composers. Usually classical music wins, but Sir Paul McCartney won |
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of my head. There are even video game concert tours. One, by Video Games Live, sold |
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good. The soundtrack to games like Tomb Raider and World of Warcraft are my favourites. Other music is so |
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addictive that you can’t stop humming it. I sometimes can’t get the tune to Sonic the Hedgehog out |
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soundtracks to many well-known games. Awards committee member Mark Fishlock said: “Writing |
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one once. Computer game music is becoming very popular. Top orchestras around the world have performed the |
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over half a million tickets. I think a game music concert would be a lot of fun to go to. |
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It’s great that writers of computer game music can win an international award. Lots of video game music is really |
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1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information about the Ivor Novello awards. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about computer game music. Include imaginary interviews with composers of computer game music. What do they think of the Ivor Novello awatd? Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
4. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
5. LETTER: Write a letter to a computer game music composer. Ask him/her three questions about his/her job. Give him/her three of your opinions on computer game music. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Your partner will answer the questions you asked.
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