
Month: September 2011
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Weekly Game Music: Get on the Bus (Earthbound)
This time around, I’m introducing a medley from Earthbound, Get on the Bus, arranged by virt. This combines the following themes from the SNES classic, originally composed by Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, and Toshiyuki Ueno: What a Great Picture, The Metropolis of Fourside, Title Screen, and Good Friends / Bad Friends. I specifically…
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Weekly Game Music: Blackout City (Bit.Trip Runner)
Introducing the chiptune music introduced in Bit.Trip Runner, Blackout City, composed by Anamanaguchi. Granted, I’m cheating a bit this time around: the music was composed and performed by the indie rock band long before Bit.Trip Runner was released, but it’s still one of the finest composition that combines NES and Gameboy sounds, with a real…
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Weekly Game Music: Home, Sweet Home (Beyond Good & Evil)
Today’s music is from Beyond Good & Evil, Home, Sweet Home, composed by Christophe Héral. That’s right: the first French composer I’m introducing in this weekly posts! Speaking of which, it looks like Cristophe will be composing music for the movie, Adventures of Tintin. Beyond Good & Evil is another cult classic in gaming that…
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Weekly Game Music: Katamari on the Swing (We Heart Katamari)
Lets add in some lyrics in this one, shall we? Today’s song is from We Heart Katamari, Katamari on the Swing, composed by Yu Miyake and Yoshihito Yano, and sung by Shigeru Matsuzaki. This song is easily one of my favorite video game songs, trumping well over the more popular theme music — Katamari on…
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Weekly Game Music: Best of Times (World of Goo)
Since the last two were from Japan, this poses a nice opportunity to contrast it with a US composition. Introducing a cinematic music from World of Goo: Best of Times by Kyle Gabler. World of Goo is a game made by two people. It’s available on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Steam, and WiiWare. Kind…
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Weekly Game Music: Magical Voice Shower (Pop’n Music Iroha)
Today is another A Capella from Pop’n Music Iroha, Magical Voice Shower by Ucchies. As the video suggests, Pop’n Music is a Japanese Music Arcade machine that barely predates Dance Dance Revolution by a few months. The game is played by pressing a whooping 9-button controller at the right time. Yeesh! Otherwise, the game plays…