Patrick Gann

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  OSV in 2013

  OSV in 2013 05.10.13 | Patrick Gann | 5 Comments

  Hello, dear readers! You’ve probably popped in on our site a few times in the last few months, expecting new content but getting virtually nothing. “What gives?” You might say to yourself, exasperated by the disparity in content regularity from prior years to this year. “Is OSV dead?” Well … not exactly. Some quick history: [...]

• Experimental, Indie Music

  Module’s “The Pieces Fit” video released

  Module’s “The Pieces Fit” video released 03.19.13 | Patrick Gann | Comment?

  The sole (lyrical) vocal track from Module’s original album Imagineering (released last year, reviewed here), entitled “The Pieces Fit,” now has a music video. I am psyched out of my mind to watch it. For those who don’t remember, Jeramiah “Module” Ross is the New Zealand-based musician who was also responsible for the hit soundtrack [...]

• Doujin, Featured, Game Music

  OSVOSTOTY 2012: Winners for Fan Arrange Category!

  OSVOSTOTY 2012: Winners for Fan Arrange Category! 01.29.13 | Patrick Gann | 1 Comment

  We didn’t announce nominees for this category, but we decided that in simplifying our categories, we might have simplified too much. We skipped over a category that’s very important to us: fan arrange / doujin. So, after the jump, we’ll tell you what our three favorite fan arrange albums of 2012 were.

• Featured, Game Music

  OSVOSTOTY 2012: Winner for Best Arrange Album is…

  OSVOSTOTY 2012: Winner for Best Arrange Album is… 01.29.13 | Patrick Gann | 1 Comment

  There’s no question that Square Enix invested heavily in arranged music this year. Half a dozen “SQ” albums, four piano solo arrange albums, a full orchestra album, a rock arrange release … one might say it was almost too much. At least as far as one’s personal budget goes. But it wasn’t just Square Enix [...]

• Featured, Game Music

  OSVOSTOTY 2012: Winner for Best Re-Issue Soundtrack is…

  OSVOSTOTY 2012: Winner for Best Re-Issue Soundtrack is… 01.28.13 | Patrick Gann | 1 Comment

  Reprints, compilation albums, and previously unreleased material. Generally, we love all of these things. When great music becomes unavailable, it’s a problem. On the other hand, a glut of reprints and compilation albums can be too much, so we’re not in the business of celebrating or honoring all of them. But we have three out [...]

• Experimental, Featured, Film, Indie Music, Japanese

  OSVOSTOTY 2012: Winner for Best Other Release is…

  OSVOSTOTY 2012: Winner for Best Other Release is… 01.27.13 | Patrick Gann | 2 Comments

  Our “Other Release” category — a catch-all miscellaneous category for stuff that isn’t technically game music, but close enough that you all probably know about it — had some great nominees. There were plenty more than six albums to choose from. But we narrowed it to six, and now we’re going to give the bronze [...]

• Featured, Game Music

  OSVOSTOTY 2012: Nominees for Best Arrange Album

  OSVOSTOTY 2012: Nominees for Best Arrange Album 01.22.13 | Patrick Gann | Comment?

  We’re marching forward with OSVOSTOTY 2012! Today’s category, “Best Arrange Album,” is one of my personal favorites. There were a lot of great arranged albums this year, though (as you’ll see in our nominations list) one publisher put the money and time behind this category of music, and they’re reaping the rewards. After the jump, [...]

• Featured, Game Music

  OSVOSTOTY 2012: Nominees for Best Re-Issue Soundtrack

  OSVOSTOTY 2012: Nominees for Best Re-Issue Soundtrack 01.21.13 | Patrick Gann | Comment?

  It’s day 2 of OSVOSTOTY 2012! For today’s category, “Re-Issue” can also cover “Previously Unreleased” territory, and even sound upgrade versions that don’t quite fit the category of “arranged album.” Basically, we’re talking about music written a long time ago, published in 2012. Can you identify these six albums we’ve nominated for best re-issue based [...]

• Experimental, Featured, Film, Indie Music, Japanese

  OSVOSTOTY 2012: Nominees for Best Other Release

  OSVOSTOTY 2012: Nominees for Best Other Release 01.20.13 | Patrick Gann | 3 Comments

  Welcome, dear readers, to OSVOSTOTY 2012! This year is our craziest year yet. Every day this week, we will reveal the nominees for seven separate categories. The categories are: Best Other Release Best Re-Issue Soundtrack Best Arrange Album Best Sound Design Best In-Game Soundtrack Best Soundtrack (Overall) Composer of the Year After the first week [...]

• Featured, Game Music

  Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation Soundtrack (Review)

  Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation Soundtrack (Review) 12.26.12 | Patrick Gann | 1 Comment

  Purchase: iTunes There’s been a big to-do over Ubisoft’s popular Assassin’s Creed series, especially with the October release of Assassin’s Creed III. The game, the setting (American revolution), the concept and the music (Lorne Balfe, taking the reins from Jesper Kyd) were all recognized and praised in their own right. But for me, the truly [...]

• Game Music

  Worth Watching: Jason Graves on (New) Tomb Raider

  Worth Watching: Jason Graves on (New) Tomb Raider 12.01.12 | Patrick Gann | 1 Comment

  I just finished watching this, and I thought I’d share it with OSV readers. I’m not sure how I feel about the upcoming Tomb Raider … I have hope that it will be the shot in the arm that the all-but-dead franchise could use. In any case, however, Graves has some really interesting insight here. [...]

• Game Music

  Know Your MAG: Metroid Metal

  Know Your MAG: Metroid Metal 11.27.12 | Patrick Gann | Comment?

  Another of the MAGFest regulars, and one of the most celebrated at the show, this band has been doing nothing but Metroid for the better part of a decade. And in what style, you ask? Metal, of course. Hardcore, polyrhythmic, math-heavy, no-vocals metal. These arrangements are a music theory lover’s wet dream. The band is [...]

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