The music in this MP3 would work reasonably well under a short RPG scene in which the PCs make a “Scary Discovery.” A feeling of suspense and urgency permeates the track, but the track remains nonintrusive enough that it enhances rather than distracts from gameplay. The track does not appear to have been composed with looping in mind, however, and the fade-in and fade-out produce a gap of silence when you loop the track. On the negative side, if the titular discovery is scary, the metadata tags in this MP3 are downright terrifying. The album is given as “Album de geoffrey gerbou” and the track’s title is given as “original theme 2 jdr d”—the latter being particularly annoying because I wouldn’t think to search my iTunes library for “original theme 2 jdr d” to find a track that’s supposed to be called “Scary Discovery.” No artwork was embedded in the MP3 or included with the download, leaving the track with an ugly generic tile in iTunes or similar software. Sure, the track is only $1, but when you’re selling digital music at any price you should pay attention to industry conventions and user expectations, and you shouldn’t make it hard for your customers to use your product.
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