I had the pleasure of meeting Christopher Lennertz at the Golden State Pops Orchestra game music concert a couple months ago, and was able to find out what he had been working on lately. One of those titles was The Godfather II videogame. While we all know that games licensed from major films are usually…
La La Land Records is a label whose motto is ” Where Soundtracks Live.” is having a July 4 sale offering free shipping worldwide for all orders over $35.00 made before July 17, 2015. They have released a number of excellent video game soundtracks on CD and some of the titles that I highly recommend…
While Ramin Djawadi has been making a name for himself in the film industry, his entrance into the videogame industry this year was also quite explosive. In what I see as one of the biggest surprises of the year, Djawadi gave the traditionally orchestral Medal of Honor soundtrack an impressive reboot along with the series,…
One of the biggest surprises in the gaming universe this year came hammering along this summer in the form of THQ’s sandbox-styled actioner, Red Faction: Guerrilla. In fact, this weeks marks the release of the third downloadable content package some five months after its initial release. Not only is it widely regarded as one of…
With very few exceptions, movie-licensed games are terrible. They are often pandering, hardly competent, and masturbatory fan service wrapped up in a (usually) full-price package. The soundtracks to these games are usually just as lackluster as the games themselves taking known themes or motifs (usually iconic themes like Star Wars or – like here –…
Ever since I found out that our good friend Jake “virt” Kaufman was working on Red Faction Guerilla (like, a month ago), I’ve been looking forward to the game. I downloaded the demo on XBLA, and was immediately impressed by the opening theme that greeted me, saying to myself, “Wow, Jake has really adapted himself…
Let’s be honest. When you hear the words “videogame music concert,” you undoubtedly think of large touring concerts like Video Games Live and PLAY! A Videogame Symphony. However, we’ve been seeing more and more local productions cropping up, which I hope is a sign that the popularity of game music is on the rise. I…