Editing Space Invaders (section)

===Music===
Musicians drew inspiration for their music from ''Space Invaders''. Video Games Live performed audio from the game as part of a special retro "Classic Arcade Medley".

The pioneering Japanese synthpop group Yellow Magic Orchestra reproduced ''Space Invaders'' sounds in its 1978 self-titled album and its hit single "Computer Game", the latter selling over 400,000 copies in the United States.

Other pop songs based on ''Space Invaders'' soon followed, including disco records such as "Disco Space Invaders" (1979) by Funny Stuff, and the hit songs "Space Invader" (1980) by The Pretenders, "Space Invaders" (1980) by Uncle Vic and the Australian hit "Space Invaders" (1979) by Player One (known in the US as Playback), which in turn provided the bassline for Jesse Saunders' "On and On" (1984), the first Chicago house music track.

''Space Invaders'' is referenced in the lyrics to Rush's 1981 hit song "Tom Sawyer," and the game is singled out for special thanks in the liner notes to the band's ''Permanent Waves'' album.<

The game was also sampled in I-F's "Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass" (1997), the first electroclash record.

In honor of the game's 30th anniversary, Taito produced an album titled ''Space Invaders 2008''. The album is published by Avex Trax and features music inspired by the game. Taito's store Taito Station also unveiled a ''Space Invaders'' themed music video.