The reason I make the distinction is that there are very specific composition trends and rules that make a musical piece &quot;classical&quot;, and contemporary game or movie music is not following those at all.<p>It&#x27;s not because music is played in an orchestra that it&#x27;s the same genre as the popular orchestra music that was played x00 years ago. Unfortunately most people don&#x27;t make (knowingly or unknowingly) the distinction.