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EDM Meets A Capella in Smooth McGroove Remixed Vol.2
January 20, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on EDM Meets A Capella in Smooth McGroove Remixed Vol.2 Share this
In terms of mashups between musical genres and styles, I can safely say combining EDM and A Capella was never one I thought about before. However, Youtube VGM vocal star Smooth McGroove teamed up with the people at GameChops and decided “Why the heck not?”. Thus, we have Smooth McGroove Remixed Volume 2.
Remixed by music producers like A_rival, Dj CUTMAN, Grimecraft, and James Landino., the album features licensed EDM remixes of classic videogame music from Super Mario 64, Undertale, Pokemon, Mega Man and many more based on the the a capella talents of Mr. McGroove. The album is available now for purchase on ITunes and Google play, on Spotify for your listening pleasure, or you can just watch the neat music videos like the one above.
I can safely say that an a capella of Castlevania‘s “Vampire Killer” remixed into a danceable electronic music was never something I asked for, but I’m appreciative at the quality put into the production of such a chimera of VGM and can say I give such an effort a thumbs up.
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American Pixels: A Tribute to American Game Music Now Available
January 13, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on American Pixels: A Tribute to American Game Music Now Available Share this
Back in July I reported on the Kickstarter for the tribute album to American-composed video game music, American Pixels. Produced by Christopher “Mazedude” Getman, the album made it’s required goals, and is now available to those who missed the Kickstarter.
“After 5+ years of development, American Pixels, my tribute to American game composers, is now officially released. If you backed the project on Kickstarter (or pre-ordered it from the original American Pixels website), you should have received your download codes by now. (If you didn’t, let me know and I will re-send.)
If you’ve ordered a physical CD and/or a poster, those should be in hand within the week and on their way to your mailboxes. 🙂 ” – Mazedude, Producer
Featuring music from Dead Space 2, Maniac Mansion, Mass Effect 2 and more arranged by Getman and contributed to by several well-known community musicians and artists, the album is available for purchase on Bandcamp, (with Google Play, iTunes and Spotify soon to follow) in 14-tracks of star-spangled glory.
“14 American game composers honored. 9 guest soloists featured. 65 minutes of some of the best music I’ve ever put together. I’m immensely proud of the finished product, and I hope you enjoy it as well.” – Mazedude
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New Knight of the Round Music & Tour Info
December 19, 2016 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on New Knight of the Round Music & Tour Info Share this
Upcoming MAGFest 2017 Final Fantasy tribute band Knight of the Round is getting a leg up on their impending performing with the release of their new EP “SIN”.
Already having 3 full length albums under their belts, Final Fantasy metal titans Knight of the Round just released their new EP, “SIN”, containing 4 re-imagined tracks from Final Fantasy X. After “forming” the project in 2008, the band broke into the VGM scene in 2013 and features former members of See You Next Tuesday and Iscariot. Catch Knight of the Round live on their winter tour dates with Machinae Supremacy, Urizen, and Danimal Cannon as part of the “MAGFest: Expansion Pack Tour”
Following up the start of their tour at MAGFest 2017, you can catch the band on the following dates:
1/5-1/8 – Washington, D.C. – MAGFest
1/9 – Brooklyn, N.Y. – Saint Vitus
1/10 – Pittsburgh, PA. – Cattivo
1/11 – Warren, MI. – The Ritz
1/12 – Crest Hill, IL. – Bada Brew (with Psychostick)
1/13 – Valparaiso, IN. – Big Shots (with Psychostick)
1/14 – Dayton, OH – Rockstar Pro Arena
You can pick up the four-track EP “SIN” on the KotR Bandcamp for $5, and be sure to check them out at MAGFest performing on Saturday, January 7th.
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Rayman By Rémi OST Kickstarter Cancelled
It’s never fun when a Kickstarter project you’re interested in fails, and it’s even less enjoyable when you see it cancelled when it looks like it won’t make its goals. It seems the latter was the reason for the death of the Rayman By Rémi Rayman OST orchestral project. When I reported about it a few weeks ago, the project was in full swing and hoping to meet it’s basic goal of creating a brand new jazz/symphonic arrangement album for the original Rayman game, composed by Rémi Gazel. Since then, however, it seems things did not pick up the steam the project directors were hoping for. On an update to the project, Gazel’s team states the project hadn’t even reached 45% funding of its €50,000 goal as the deadline drew near.
We already spent some time analyzing what went wrong. We changed our introduction video that was probably not good enough at the start, we unveiled a full support from Michel Ancel and did as many press relations and communications as we could. But it looks that there is nothing we can do anymore to revive this project. We missed our chance, the “momentum” as it is called has passed.
It’s often hard to see projects not makes their goals due to lack of exposure, or press campaigns that come well after the project launches. We received word of the Kickstarter well after it had already been launched, and with crowdfunding being as big a method of launching projects large or small, not getting a proper leg-up on promoting your campaign can have dire consequences.
Fortunately, the project team is not completely squashing hope for future endeavors.
All the team behind this project, starting of course with Remi, still deeply believe this is a very cool project. So, rather than leading it to its grave we decided to stop this campaign. Our goal now is to collect as many feedback as possible and to start working on a comeback. We believe there is chances to make Rayman by Remi possible by making things differently. We will take our time and make it happen.
The Kickstarter update currently includes a link for feedback on how to improve the project campaign, should they relaunch. We’ll keep an eye out to see if the project reasserts itself in the future, and hopefully some day Rayman will gets its musical makeover.
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Get Your Holidays Started with a Composer-Collaborative Album!
It is now officially the holiday season, and we can no longer deny the onslaught of questionably festive music that started well before December graced 2016. The good news is that there tend to be a good handful of arrangement albums and collaborative efforts each year towards building fun and interesting holiday music albums, both video game related and not, to keep us all mostly sane. The fine people of Scarlet Moon Records have kicked off the season with one of our first offerings of such sanity-saving musical projects with their Scarlet Moon Christmas Album 2016.
Featuring joint contributions from both video game and film composers, including Hiroki Kikuta (Secret of Mana), Dale North (Silent Horror), Vince DiCola (Transformers, Rocky IV), Robyn Miller (Myst, Riven) and more over nine tracks, Scarlet Moon Christmas Album 2016 is a charming and subtle way of easing yourself into more festive feelings.
“Dale North and I are both massive fans of Christmas music. After releasing the Scarlet Moon Christmas EP in 2014, we wanted to rekindle that passion by creating even more Christmas-themed tracks to get music fans of all ages and genres in the spirit of the season. And as it would turn out, most of the artists on the roster love Christmas music just as much as we do!” – Jayson Napolitano, Producer
The track listing gives you an idea of what to expect to hear, including both video game music arrangements and arrangements of classic Christmas tunes.
01. “Jingle Bells” by Vince DiCola
02. “Christmas Garden (Yoshi’s Island)” by Mustin
03. “Peaceful Christmas (Chrono Trigger)” by Dale North
04. “Some Small Hope (Cherubic Hymn by A. Kastorsky)” by Osamu Kubota
05. “Angels We Have Heard on High” by Hiroki Kikuta
06. “Christmas Comes to Myst (Myst)” by Robyn Miller
07. “Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 64)” by Justin Lassen
08. “Melodies of Life (Final Fantasy IX)” by Goomin “Nauts” Nam
09. “Aspertia City – Winter (Pokémon Black & White 2)” by Materia“Jingle Bells” (sample) – Vince DiCola
Even if you’re not a huge Christmas person, the album is worth checking out. I myself have a hard time getting into any festive mood around the holidays, but when Vince DiCola’s rendition of “Jingle Bells” makes me envision a Transformers Christmas Special (Complete with transforming reindeer, because why not?), it’s hard not to get a little into the holiday spirit.
Scarlet Moon Christmas Album 2016 is available now for purchase on LOUDr, and soon on iTunes and Spotify.
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Undertale Lullabies Album Announced for Holiday 2016
November 15, 2016 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Undertale Lullabies Album Announced for Holiday 2016 Share this
Who here like Undertale? (Cue metaphorical sea of hands outstretched begin popping up as far as the eye can see.) Well how about the Prescription for Sleep video game lullabies music albums from Metal Gear Solid composer Norihiko Hibino and Etrian Odyssey pianist AYAKI? Then you’ll all probably be very happy boys and girls come December 1st.
Prescription for Sleep: Undertale is a two-disc relaxation album from the aforementioned duo also commonly known as GENTLE LOVE and produced by Scarlet Moon Records. The album is fully licensed and is planned for release on December 1, 2016 in digital and limited edition physical formats from Bandcamp and other digital retailers. Even better news is that you can pre-order it now for $10.00 digital, and $25.00 for the limited edition physical release.
Undertale’s themes of friendship, sacrifice, redemption, and of course, determination, are all beautiful attributes that play well into what Norihiko Hibino is trying to do with his unique brand of healing music. Plus, Toby Fox’s score is so amazing and memorable, how could we not do an entire volume dedicated to it? – Jayson Napolitano, Scarlet Moon RecordsThe limited edition physical release of the album will only have 1,000 copies, and will feature 6-panel digipak with silver foil print on the cover, two discs of music, and a 20-page booklet containing featuring the character of Undertale in four comic strips and four stickers illustrated by artist Maximo Lorenzo.
You can check out more from the Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies on their website.
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Final Fantasy Remix Album “Mog’s Mixtape” A Series Tribute
October 6, 2016 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Final Fantasy Remix Album “Mog’s Mixtape” A Series Tribute Share this
On October 7, GameLark will be releasing Mog’s Mixtape; a loving tribute to the Final Fantasy series featuring over 30 artists and 2 hours of covers. The album features music from every main game in the series, from Final Fantasy I to XIV, and even Final Fantasy Tactics. Listeners will enjoy some of the most popular tracks from the series as well as some of the more obscure. With a vast array of genres represented, Mog’s Mixtape is the most dynamic and eclectic album that GameLark has released to date. In fact, the variety and volume of music required a different approach to the album arrangement.
“Given the sheer amount of music on the album, it made sense to separate this into two distinct musical journeys,” says Allen Brasch, GameLark creator and manager. “Disc 1 is a more light-hearted affair with battle themes and beautiful soundscapes. Disc 2 presents a more arduous journey and ends with the Game Over theme. Each disc stands on its own and can be experienced individually or together. It’s really the listener’s choice.” No matter how you decide to listen to this album, the works of Nobuo Uematsu and other composers will come to life in captivating ways. Final Fantasy is a series revered for its music, and with Mog’s Mixtape, we hope to honor that legacy.”
You can find the album upon it’s release on GameLark’s website, and follow them on Twitter for the announcement of when it goes live.
Source: GameLark Remixes
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