| Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance soundtrack announcedSquare Enix has announced that the soundtrack album for Nintendo 3DS title Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance will drop April 18, 2012 in Japan. The first sample track from the three-disc album is currently streaming on the official webpage, which states that composing duties are being shared between series musician Yoko Shimomura and in-house composers Takeharu Ishimoto and Tsuyoshi Sekito. |
| Indie composers Danny Baranowsky, Laura Shigihara and Rich Vreeland speak at GDC 2012For "The Indie Composer Speaks," three music composers working in the independent game scene will host a 30-minute panel discussion together at the 2012 Game Developers Conference. Danny Baranowsky (The Binding of Isaac), Laura Shigihara (Melolune) and Rich Vreeland (Fez) will explore the inspiration and motivation behind their highly regarded music scores. |
| A_Rival releases TMNT 2012 EPChiptune hip-hop artist A_Rival has released a three-track album titled "TMNT 2012," available to download from Bandcamp in your file format of choice for "name your price." The album arranges music from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, published by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Mike Molnar (aka Kirby Pufocia) can be heard on guitar, with amphibian cover art by Maximo. |
| OverClocked ReMix shares Unsung Heroes compilationOnline game arrangement community OverClocked ReMix has released their 32nd compilation, the first of 2012. Unsung Heroes brings together remixes of various role-playing game titles that have not previously been the subject of a full compilation, including Suikoden, Secret of Evermore, SaGa Frontier 2, Faxanadu, Bahamut Lagoo, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Breath of Fire II and Persona 3. |
| Hero Muzik reinterprets Final Fantasy VI character themesK-Murdock (Neosonic Productions) of Forever Famicom will be releasing an album of instrumental Final Fantasy VI arrangements on January 31, reinterpreting character themes written by Nobuo Uematsu for the Super Famicom role-playing game. Three tracks are currently available to sample in full on Bandcamp: "A Dying Breed - Terra," "The Ruler's Back - Edgar & Sabin" and "Whistles in the Wind - Shadow." |
| Dj Cutman shares GameChops Vol. 2Dj Cutman has released the album GameChops Vol. 2 on Bandcamp for free download in your file format of choice. The 21-track collection features samples and arrangements of a veritable potpourri of classic games, including F-Zero, Cave Story, Ghosts 'n Goblins, EarthBound, Final Fantasy VI, Super Mario RPG, Marble Madness, Chrono Trigger, ActRaiser and DuckTales. |
| Indie Game: The Movie optioned by HBO as fictional TV seriesHBO has optioned the rights to turn Indie Game: The Movie into a half-hour fictional television series. Filmmakers Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky have issued a statement via their Facebook page to troubled game enthusiasts, stating, "It is NOT a comedy. It is NOT a sitcom." Their twitter feed indicates Scott Rudin, whose credits include the Coen brothers' adaptation of No Country for Old Men, will produce. |
| X³: Albion Prelude soundtrack on iTunesThe soundtrack to X³: Albion Prelude by X-Universe series composer Alexei Zakharov is now available online. The 19-track album from the Egosoft-developed space combat game for Mac and PC can be sampled and purchased through iTunes. The Russian composer, producer and DJ's other game titles include X²: The Threat and X³: Reunion. |
| Payday: The Soundtrack teaserOverkill Software has posted five samples from Payday: The Soundtrack, composed by Simon Viklund of the Bionic Commando Rearmed series. The soundtrack to the multiplayer online bank robbery game will contain music from the initial Payday: The Heist release for PlayStation Network and PC, as well as forthcoming downloadable expansions. The album's debut is described as "just around the corner." |
| Prototron's Shadow of the Beast tribute album free to downloadGlasgow chiptune artist and game arranger Prototron has uploaded a free Shadow of the Beast tribute album to his Facebook page. The nine-track collection, entitled "Beasts," arranges music from the Shadow of The Beast trilogy, originally published for the Amiga in the '80s and early '90s, composed by David Whittaker and Tim Wright. |
| Takenobu Mitsuyoshi sings to Daytona USA's Karaoke ModeSega's Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network releases of classic arcade racing game Daytona USA include a Karaoke Mode that allows you to sing along to the vocal tracks as you drive. In-house composer Takenobu Mitsuyoshi demonstrates proper use of the feature in a new ten-minute trailer by singing "Rolling Start" while burning rubber. |
| Floex Selfportrait 2011Earlier today, Tomas Dvorak (Floex) uploaded an abstract three-minute music video described as a self-portrait. The musician is responsible for the award-winning game soundtracks to Amanita Design's point-and-click adventure titles Samorost 2 and Machinarium. Last year his original album Zorya debuted, and the artist announced that he would be writing the music score for Samorost 3, which is currently in the works. |
| outpt+paris release Drum and Space EP on BandcampChip music VJ team outpt+paris (Mary Ann Benedetto and Paris Treantafeles) have toured with Anamanaguchi and played both the Penny Arcade Expo and Blip Festival parties. Courtesy of Audio Algebra Recording, their debut EP Drum and Space is available to stream in full on Bandcamp, a song cycle developed for audio/visual performance melding analogue and digital into a beat driven interstellar experience. |
| Takeharu Ishimoto arranging music for Kingdom Hearts 3DSquare Enix in-house composer Takeharu Ishimoto has announced via the company's music blog that he will be arranging his own music from The World Ends With You for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. The composer says he has been working on the arrangements since last year. The action game for the Nintendo 3DS portable console, due out March 29 in Japan, features guest appearances by TWEWY characters Neku, Shiki, Joshua, Beat and Rhyme. |
| EarthBound 2012 tribute compilation free to downloadGame audio enthusiast sleepytimejesse has created a Mother 2 sound font dubbed "EarthBound.sf2," based on 176 authentic Super Famicom instruments excavated from the role-playing game's ROM file. "I Miss You - EarthBound 2012" is a free 22-track tribute album uploaded to Bandcamp that makes original and innovative use of the sound font and features the participation of sleepytimejesse, Shannon Mason (Pongball) and other artists. |
| Baiyon and Shaw-Han Liem talk interactive audioPixelJunk 4am art and music director Baiyon discusses interactive audio with Sound Shapes music designer Shaw-Han Liem (I Am Robot and Proud). The musicians offer views on how independently produced titles centering on user-created content are changing the way we play videogames and share those experiences. |
| Akihito Narita scores Resident Evil 6Capcom today posted the announcement trailer for Resident Evil 6, which has received a release date of November 20 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The latest installment of the horror series will star Leon Kennedy and Chris Redfield, centering on zombification outbreaks in China. Serving as lead composer is Akihito Narita, whose previous credits include Resident Evil 5 and Devil May Cry 4. |
| Black Materia: The Remixes pre-orders now openRapper Random, aka Mega Ran, has opened pre-orders for Black Materia: The Remixes, a hip-hop album inspired by the music and story of Final Fantasy VII. Vocal tracks "Cry of the Planet (Japan Remix)" and "Final Fantasy JonWayne Remix" are available to stream in full on Bandcamp. The album is due out January 31, produced by Lost Perception, with production by DN3 and mastering by K-Murdock. |
| Rokko Chan soundtrack by Asagen free to downloadAsagen's NES-styled soundtrack to Rokko Chan, developed by Flash game creator King, is free to download. Access the files individually next to each mp3 icon. To get the entire album at once, hit the link labeled "ロッコちゃん全曲集" and enter the password "rokko" next to "キーワード" to download the 27-track Mega Man-inspired collection. The platformer is free to play in-browser at king-soukutu.com. |
| Name your price for Romain Gauthier's SQUIDS soundtrackThe soundtrack to SQUIDS, featuring music from the casual iOS title by French developer The Game Bakers, is available to download from Bandcamp in your file format of choice for "name your price." The 11-track downloadable score composed by Romain Gauthier of Mobigame's Edge comes with a digital booklet with cover art by Jérôme Reneaume. Proceeds will be put toward the making of music for SQUIDS 2. |
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