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GOG and the Game Music Festival would like to invite you to take part in our contest, where you can win one of 10 double tickets (5 to The Jazz of Cuphead, and 5 to The Symphony of the Spirits) to the upcoming concerts taking place in London’s Royal Festival Hall on the 5th and 6th of March!

All you need to do to participate is to tell us about a video game soundtrack you never get tired of in the comments to this post until 2 PM UTC on Monday 28th.

The winners will be announced on Tuesday 1st March at 2 PM UTC.
You can find the full text of the rules for the contest in the comments.

About the Game Music Festival
The 2022 edition of the Game Music Festival will take place at the famous Royal Festival Hall in London. On the 5th and 6th of March 2022, the venue will play host to original arrangements of fan-favorite video game soundtracks, as well as various accompanying events, including workshops and meetings with audio professionals. This year's edition will feature a big-band ensemble playing the jazz age soundtrack of Cuphead, followed by a symphonic concert featuring music from Ori and the Will of the Wisps, as well as Ori and the Blind Forest.

To learn more, visit our partner page for this event, where you can check out the games that inspired the concert, and read about the fantastic lineup that is going to make sure this show will be a one of a kind experience!
1. Organiser: GOG sp z o.o., ul. Jagiellońska 74, 03-301 Warsaw, Poland, entered into the register of entrepreneurs of the National Court Register kept by the District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland, 14th Commercial Division of the National Court Register under the KRS No. 0000029514, Tax ID No (NIP): 113-21-77-807 and with a share capital of PLN 135.750,00 (referred to throughout these terms as the “Organiser”, “we”, “us” and “our”).

2. Competition Description. You can enter the competition by telling us about a video game soundtrack you never get tired of. This has to be an original entry in the forum thread under the contest announcement on GOG.COM or in response to the contest post on Twitter. Following @GOGcom Twitter is also required for a valid Twitter submission. We will pick 5 of the best answers and award them electronic double Tickets to the Game Music Festival at the famous Royal Festival Hall in London.

3. Prize(s).
10 double tickets (1 ticket for 2 people, 5 to The Jazz of Cuphead, and 5 to The Symphony of the Spirits) to the Game Music Festival at the famous Royal Festival Hall in London.

The prizes will be sponsored and delivered by Game Music Foundation (“GMF”).

4. Competition Duration and Deadline. The Competition begins on February 25th 2022, 2 PM UTC and will end on February 28th 2022, at 2 PM UTC inclusive (“Closing Date”). All competition entries must be received by the Organiser by the end of the Closing Date to be valid.

5. Eligibility. You must be aged 18 or over at the time of entry in order to enter this competition. No purchase necessary. You must enter the competition yourself and your entry must be provided in the English language. You must comply with the laws that apply to you in the location that you access the competition from. If any laws applicable to you restrict or prohibit you from entering the competition, you must comply with those legal restrictions or, if applicable, refrain from entering the competition.

6. Additional requirements: You promise that all of the information which you provide to us in connection with this competition shall be and shall remain complete and accurate. You promise that your entry will not contain anything (i) that is or could reasonably be viewed as harmful, harassing, defamatory, libelous, obscene, or invasive of another’s privacy; or (ii) which you do not have a right to make available lawfully (including any material which infringes the rights of any other or requires the prior authorization of any other).

7. Prize conditions. Prizes are not negotiable, exchangeable, transferable, and have no cash alternative. The winner(s) will be contacted via Twitter or GOG.COM forum instant messaging and announced on the GOG.COM Forum within one week of the Closing Date. The winner(s) will have one (1) day to confirm whether he or she accepts the prize and to provide an email address to which the prize(s) will be sent by GMF or any additional data that may be required for the purpose of meeting legal and tax requirements. If the winner(s) fails to contact us within that deadline or provide required data or refuses to accept the prize, we retain the right to award such prize to another runner(s) or to refrain from awarding this particular prize.

8. Excluded participants and entries. Employees of the Organisers, its holding or subsidiary companies, its agents or suppliers, or anyone else professionally connected with the competition, or members of their families or households are not allowed to participate in the Competition. The Organiser will not admit entries which: are automatically created by a computer or bot or script or other automated technology, created in bulk, fraudulent, have been altered or forged or tampered with, made on behalf of another person, or made by hacking, cheating or deception, which are racist, xenophobic, sexist, defamatory or otherwise offensive, illegal or which generally are inappropriate to admit or contrary to these terms and conditions.

9. Selection of winners. The winner(s) will be selected by a panel of judges based on creativity, originality, and the highest quality. The decision of the panel is final.

10. Ownership of competition entries and intellectual property or other rights: The Organiser does not claim any rights of ownership in your competition entry. By submitting your entry, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, and irrevocable right to use, display, publish, transmit, copy, edit, alter, store, re-format, and sub-license the competition entry and any other accompanying materials for our marketing or other commercial purposes. If a competition entry contains your personal image, you grant us free of charge authorization to use and disseminate it for the same purposes.

11. Data protection: You acknowledge that we will process your personal data as a data controller in connection with the Competition. Brief information on this can be found below, whereas a more detailed description of how we handle personal data is included in GOG Privacy Policy. Your personal data will be processed for the purpose of: (i) the performance of the Competition in accordance with these terms and conditions, in particular, to contact you, assess your submissions, award and deliver prizes, announce the results, as well as address your complaints (Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR), which at the same time lies in our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR), namely the execution of the Competition as marketing activity concerning our services; (ii) meeting any applicable legal or tax reporting requirements (Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR); (iii) determination, investigation or defense against possible claims (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR). Your personal data will be processed until these purposes are achieved, unless the need for longer retention of personal data follows from the legal reasons. In particular, your data may be processed in connection with your account on GOG.COM pursuant to the GOG User Agreement and the GOG.COM Privacy Policy. Please be informed that in case you are selected as a winner, your personal data (name, surname and email address) will be shared with GMF - the organisers of the Game Music Festival (Game Music Foundation, ul. Kolejowa 45 / 18, 01-210 Warszawa,
Poland; KRS: 0000738720, NIP: 5272857467), for the sole purpose of the delivery of the prizes. We may share your personal data with other entities, such as e.g. website hosting service provider. Your personal data will not be transferred to a third country or an international organization. You have the right to request access, rectification, or erasure of your personal data, restriction of processing of your data or to object to the processing as well as the right to data portability. You have the right to lodge a complaint to the supervisory authority competent for personal data protection. Providing personal data in connection with the Competition is voluntary but necessary to participate in the Competition. Failure to provide personal data will prevent participation in the Competition. Your personal data will not be subject to automated decision-making, including profiling, as referred to in Articles 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR.

12. Tax: If necessary under applicable laws, the Prizes may be supplemented with a cash prize equal to the tax due on the prize. In such case, the cash prize will be deducted and paid as tax due under the applicable laws. In some cases, the winner may be obliged to pay taxes on the prize under local regulations of the country the winner is a resident of. We are not obliged to provide guidance in this respect.

13. Social media: You acknowledge that the competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Twitch, or YouTube. You agree to release Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Twitch, and YouTube from any responsibility to you in relation to the competition. You are obliged to comply with the respective, separate terms of service applicable to the use of these platforms.

14. General: (a) In matters not covered by these terms and conditions, the provisions of the GOG User Agreement apply accordingly. In the event of a discrepancy between the GOG User Agreement and these terms and conditions, these terms and conditions prevail; (b) These terms and conditions shall be governed by the laws of Poland.

15. Questions? Please contact support@gog.com
Will there be like a live stream of the concerts?
Also kind of weird to be promoting traveling right now.
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pkk234: Will there be like a live stream of the concerts?
Also kind of weird to be promoting traveling right now.
Yeah, and besides who knows what's gonna happen until March? The whole event might even get cancelled, because of the current situation in Eastern Europe, so the tickets might even become invalid.
I've listened to Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption soundtrack more times than I can remember - it's just so atmospheric and clicks just right for me, whether you're playing the original game, tabletop or reading some dark fantasy.
And it came with a whole additional disc with songs that didn't appear in the game, too.
King's Bounty reboot series would be the best example of epic fantasy music I've ever heard (not only the main game, check out its expansions), but it came out a bit later and Witcher 3 soundtrack is pretty great as well, banana tiger and lelele are frequent tracks in my playlist.
For sci-fi, Battlezone 1998 had some excellent orchestral mood-setting pieces.
Post edited February 25, 2022 by Chasmancer
The BaW soundtrack, from Witcher 3 it is the best for me...
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind's soundtrack is especially dear to me. It brings me back to my childhood and all the hours I played with the game with family and friends.
My favorite soundtrack in gaming is definitely the first Deus Ex. The ambience and futuristic tones are just spot on. I can listen to it anytime, at home, in the car.. but the best way to enjoy it is to play the game and experience how the tracks dynamically change depending on what you currently are doing in the game. It's one of my favorite games too, so that helps. I've listened to pretty much every remix available of the different tracks, but I still think the original soundtrack holds up the best.
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Best OST is WH40k Mechanicus by far and nothing else is like this
This music has everything what a music needs to be good, you will feel you are there on a huge spaceship used by tech priest, exploring ancient ruins.

Ori is cool

jazz is broaf

hope not many will pick luke warm music from nursing home indie game OSTs
will this be another biased giveaway?
not in btw as i couldnt use the ticket
Post edited February 28, 2022 by Orkhepaj
Not in, 'cause I don't listen to soundtracks of games outside of playing the games.

Also: that's on a rather short notice, don't you think?
You are aware that the 5th and 6th of March is next weekend, already?

And: if I haven't missed it, the prize(s) don't include the travel ticket(s) to England/London and/or hotel reservations, so I would say, this contest is great for Brits (especially Londoners), but not so much for (most of) the rest of us.

But, of course: the best of luck to all participating.
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From the promotional picture you can see Ori and the Will of the Wisps. If only the Will of the Wisps would come to gog.com.
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I don't like it when they stick game music in orchestras. They should all be forced to play music from the horrible early days where it was little more than bleeps and bloops and have people sit there and listen to it for 4 hours.

Whatever next, creative orchestral interpretations of indigestion? An operatic treatment of old ladies bickering in a tearoom?
The muffled reees of downreppers complete with mimes on stage physically communicating that.?

I forgot to add a soundtrack so here's Daytona USA for when you are joyriding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWcJufiBqoU
Post edited February 26, 2022 by §pec†re
Dark souls' soundtrack is my favorite. It complements the feeling of any location/boss fight, without being intrusive.
So many great soundtracks out there, but I'll have to go with Juniper's Knot, with special mention to Bleeding as one of the greatest tracks from any game ever.
I play so many versions but the Final Fantasy IV FIGHT 1 (or normal combat) theme is one I can listen to again and again looping it. Sure its short but it is really cool.