Not talking about less than macro scales so don’t get pedantic about some exception. The early days were limited by silicon tech and memory storage, but those don’t exist any more. So why is it that game music and pop cultural music have not seemingly cross pollinated? Micro genres? Other?
Video game music is basically a different breed entirely, even if oftentimes it’s actually better than what the kids listen to these days.
Lena Raine’s entire discography lives rent free on my iPod.