1. 主题：需考虑游戏主题。游戏氛围忧郁、恐怖，还是包含彩虹和花朵？玩家的任务是杀死僵尸，还是收集虚拟宠物？你要确定游戏的主题和风格。

若你无法确定游戏主题，不妨写篇简单描述。从中你就能够判定游戏主题。

这样你就能够基于主题判断游戏所需的音乐类型。

2. 重要事件：查看游戏的重要事件。这里的重要事件主要指改变游戏的元素（游戏邦注：或故事，或玩法）。

你定希望玩家能够理解游戏配乐。若是个悲伤事件，就要融入悲伤音乐配合情境。即使玩家没有注意到游戏配乐，它也能够潜在地将整个事件联系起来，玩家能够感觉到这是个悲伤事件。

3. 玩法：在游戏实际玩法中，当敌人进攻或衍生时，会出现连续音乐。这能够让玩家预先知晓敌人即将临近，他们需要格外小心。就像《生存之旅 4》中的猎人。

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你会希望能够顾及所有游戏可能出现的音效。例如，挥剑、开枪、死亡和脚步都需要音效。所以务必在制作游戏时牢记这点。

4. 影视场景：若游戏融入影视场景，你多半希望情境能够叙述故事。你需要音乐强化情景。若这是个紧张情景，你最好融入紧张音乐，提高情景的完整性，游戏情节得以继续发展。

5. 找准音乐：确保能够找到或制作自己想要的音乐。若你无法找到适合自己的音乐，不擅于制作歌曲或音乐，可以考虑雇佣兼职人员。通过上网搜索，你很快就能找到费用合理的合适兼职人员。

所以开发者首先要确定游戏所需的音乐风格，然后找到相关音乐，那么游戏就会拥有优美配乐。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，拒绝任何不保留版权的转载，如需转载请联系：游戏邦）

Top 5 Tips on Picking the Right Music for Your Game

1. Theme: Think of the theme of your game. Is it dark and scary or are there rainbows and flowers? Are you killing zombies or raising virtual pets? You should be able to determine pretty easily what the theme and style of your game is.

If you can’t determine a specific theme write a short paragraph describing your game. From that you should be able to determine the theme of your game.

With this theme you can sort of get the feeling of what type of music you will need for your game.

2. Major Events: Look at a list of all the Major Events in your game. By Major Event I mean something that really changes the game, either in story or gameplay.

By the way you want the player to feel accounts for what music you will use. If it’s a sad event, have some sad music to back it up. Even if the player doesn’t take note of the music playing, subconsciously it ties the whole event together, and the player perceives it as a sad event.

3. Gameplay: During the actual Gameplay of your game you may have music that plays as a queue for when an enemy is attacking or spawns. This will give the player a little bit of forewarning that this enemy is around and that they need to watch out. Like the Hunter in Left 4 Dead.

You may also want to think of all the sound that will be in your game. For example every sword swing, gun fired, death, and footprint is going to need sound. So make sure you keep this in mind while developing your game.

4. Cinematic Scenes: If your game has Cinematic Scenes chances are that you want them to tell a story. You need some music there to enhance the scene. If it’s an intense scene then you best have some intense music making the scene complete and moving along.

5. Access: Make sure you either have access (and permission) or be able to create the music you want to use. If you can’t find any music available that will suit your needs and you’re not very good at making songs and music, then you can try freelancing one. A quick internet search will be sure to give you several options of freelancers that will create personal music just for your game at an affordable price.

So find out what type of music you want for your game. Then try to get access to the music that you want, and you’ll have your game with new melodic music in no time!（Source：gamenacho）