User:Jean-Frédéric/Videogame & MusicBrainz

video game (Q7889) have music.

Examples

Example 1: Metal Gear

Work

• MGS Main theme is a Work (Type: N/A)…

  (Based on Зимняя дорога, another Work (Type: Symphony)

  …rearranged as other works, like the 'Metal Gear Solid' Main Theme of MGS2 (Type: N/A ; Disamb “Metal Gear Solid”)

  which is part of another work, “Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty” Soundtrack (Type:Soundtrack ; Disamb “video game soundtrack”)

  (…while there is also a work “Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance” soundtrack) (Type:Soundtrack ; Disamb “video game soundtrack”)

  and the basis for other works, like the 'METAL GEAR SOLID' Main Theme of MG3 (Type: Song ; Disamb “Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater”)

  …which is part of the work Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Type:Soundtrack ; Disamb “video game soundtrack”)

Release group

• “Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty” is a release group (of Type:Album + Soundtrack)…

  Somehow not linked to the Work (Type:Soundtrack)?

  …with two CD releases, this and that

  and part of the Series METAL GEAR Soundtracks (Type: release group series)

• there are other release groups (“Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - The Complete Soundtrack”, “Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance Limited”, “Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance Ultimate Sorter Edition”, METAL GEAR SOLID 2 SONS OF LIBERTY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 2: THE OTHER SIDE)

  …somehow not linked to either the Series nor the Work?

Example 2: Star Fox

• Star Fox (Q1326889) is a 1993 video game…

  …with a soundtrack Star Fox OST (Q58873496)

• “Star Fox” a Work (Type:Soundtrack ; disamb “video game soundtrack”)
• and “Star Fox” is a release group (of Type:Album/Soundtrack)…

  …with one release

• “Star Fox 64” is a Work (Type:Soundtrack ; disamb “video game soundtrack”)
• and “Star Fox 64” is a release group (Type: Album/Soundtrack)…

  unlinked to the Work?

  (…with several releases)

Example 3: Ace Combat

• Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (Q2629197) is a 2006 video game…
• … linked to both:
  • “Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War”, a Work (Type: “Song” ; disamb “video game”)
  • “Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War Original Soundtrack”, a Release Group…

    …with one release

    … part of the Series “Ace Combat” (Type: Release group series ; disamb “video game”)

Example 4: Final Fantasy VIII

• Final Fantasy VIII (Q245006) is 1999 video game…

  …linked to both:

  • “Final Fantasy VIII” a Work (Type:Soundtrack ; disamb video game soundtrack)
    • … part of the Series “Final Fantasy games” (Type:Work Series)
  • “Final Fantasy VIII”, a Release Group (disamb: None)

    • That one only exists to hold the “Release” which is a straight “rip from disc 3 of the video game itself and not a commercially produced soundtrack.”

Example 5: Cuphead

• Cuphead (Q18149495) is a 2017 video game…

• …linked to the Work “Cuphead” (Type:Soundtrack ; disamb video game soundtrack)

• …with a soundtrack release (P406) Cuphead - "Don't Deal With The Devil" (Q48837731)

• … linked to the Release Group “Cuphead Original Soundtrack”

Example 6: Death Stranding

• Death Stranding (Q24666782) is a 2019 video game…

  not linked to MusicBrainz

• …with two soundtrack release (P406):
  • Death Stranding (Q74861585)

  not linked to MusicBrainz ; should be “Death Stranding (Original Score)” ?

  • Death Stranding: Timefall (Q74375783)

  linked to the Release Group “DEATH STRANDING: Timefall”

Example 7: Sayonara Wild Hearts

• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Q76122450) is a 2019 video game…

  not linked to MusicBrainz

• …with a soundtrack release (P406): Sayonara Wild Hearts (Q76128066)
  • linked to the Release Group “Sayonara Wild Hearts”

Example 8

• Heart of Darkness – Original Soundtrack Recording (Q56604733) is both a soundtrack album (Q4176708) and a soundtrack (Q217199)

Tentative conclusions

• When it comes to video games, Wikidata should concern itself with the game itself (video game (Q7889)), and (maybe) the soundtrack album (Q4176708).
• Separating the soundtrack/score (soundtrack (Q217199)?) as a concept probably does not make sense, and items like Star Fox OST (Q58873496) probably do not make sense.
  • → Authorship is modeled as Cuphead (Q18149495)composer (P86)Kristofer Maddigan (Q92274151)
  • → How to then express that the Cuphead has a jazz (Q8341)-style score? (Or Sayonara Wild Hearts is pop music)?
    • On the game item? Qualifiers on the composer? genre (P136) with applies to part (P518)?
    • Relying on the sondtrack albums? What if there are no albums?

• MusicBrainz has Works (Type:Soundtrack ; disamb “video game soundtrack”)
  • → video game (Q7889) should be linked to these
  • These Works have parts: other Works (Type: Song)
  • Should these be actively created on MusicBrainz side when they do not exist?
• If there has been "an album" released, then MusicBrainz will have a release group (with one or several releases) ; if there have been "several albums", there will be several release groups.
  • Is there no way to connect the Work and the Release Group(s)?
• There might be Series (search link)
  • • Often Release group series (Call of Duty, God of War)
    • Sometimes Work series (Zelda, Mother)
      • Sometimes both? Command & Conquer vs. Command & Conquer?
        • Oh, series can have subseries…
    • Also found one “Catalogue” Series, Double Fine games
  • These could/should be linked to our video game series (Q7058673) items?