#BGM

Ambient is the wall of sound meant to envelop listeners, yet often nothing more than a transparent cage named 'lack of presence'. Celebrated as an escape for those who fear silence, it exposes civilization’s truth of filling voids with noise. Marketed as aid for meditation and focus, it ultimately becomes a ghostly performance left unheard. It’s the music that insists on being background, even when nobody's listening.

Video game music is the electronic accompaniment that echoes behind screens, seizing players’ attention only to be forgotten the moment the console shuts off. From the clicky charm of chiptune to the sweeping majesty of orchestral scores, it wields the power to manipulate both frame rates and emotions. Hit titles boast soundtrack sales as excuses for extra profit, while flops are blamed on poorly composed BGM. Universally praised in theory yet perpetually sidelined in practice, it is the unsung casualty of the dual-score economy.