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video game music

soundtrack or background music accompanying video games
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video game music

Summary

video game music is a music genre[1]. It draws 729 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #279 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • video game music's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • video game music is a type of score[4].
  • video game music's Commons category is recorded as Video game music[5].
  • video game music's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Video game music[6].
  • video game music's partially coincident with is recorded as bit music[7].
  • video game music's different from is recorded as video game soundtrack[8].
  • video game music's different from is recorded as Nintendocore[9].
  • video game music's different from is recorded as chiptune[10].

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Definition and Type

video game music's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. It is a type of score[4].

Why It Matters

video game music draws 729 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #279 of 1,946).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → bit music
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Video game music
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|19 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 29838, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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