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Events, Game Music

RE:Play Game, Music & Art Event Coming in September

August 5, 2015 | Shawn Sackenheim | 2 Comments Share this

You’ve probably not heard much about RE:Play just yet but co-creators Suraj and Cresendo have been building their passion project as a festival to celebrate games, their music and all the people who create, play and love them. Details of the premiere event are just now beginning to trickle out of the web.

One thing’s for certain, RE:Play will make its debut on September 19th at The Hive in Houston, Texas but exactly what’s going to happen there remains a mystery. The flyer (seen above, in full here) promises art, booze, food and video games with RE:Play’s site describing it as “an outlet for game developers and musicians to perform and showcase their material, as well as fans to celebrate their love of gaming.” It sounds like a glorious mini-festival of all things gaming.

Along with art and live gaming events, collaborator Brave Wave, mentioned in a tweet that “Fans of Mega Man, Mighty No. 9, Shovel Knight & Starr Mazer are in for a special treat!” What does it all mean? We’ll be back with more as this surprising new festival draws closer.
Game Music, Indie Music

BRAVE WAVE has a three new albums in the works and a new sub label

July 20, 2015 | Ryan Paquet | 3 Comments Share this

Brave Wave has recently announced that it will be releases solo albums for both Saori Kobayashi and Manami Matsumae! Both composers recently attended Japan Expo in Paris earlier this month.

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Chip Music, Game Music, Indie Music

AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER: Brave Wave’s Retro-Active Pt.1 Remixed

June 5, 2015 | Ryan Paquet | Comments Off on AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER: Brave Wave’s Retro-Active Pt.1 Remixed Share this

Retro-Active Pt. 1 Remixed contains remixes of Ninja Gaiden composer Keiji Yamagishi’s acclaimed debut “Retro-Active Pt. 1”. Artists such as Chipzel (of Super Hexagon), Kozilek (Nuclear Throne), ABSRDST, and others lend their unique touch to Yamagishi’s high-energy tracks. The opening remix of “Kaleidoscope” by Daliesk was the Grand Prize Winner of Brave Wave’s March 2015 remix contest.

If you pre-order now you will get a copy of the winning track, and the remainder of the album delivered to you on release day which is June 10, 2015. As you can see from the tweet below it has Mr. Yamagishi’s full approval. I have also given it a few listens today and highly recommend it!

Retro-Active Pt. 1 Remixed by Keiji Yamagishi

To pre-order head over to Brave Wave’s website, the album will set you back $7.00 and from my experience (as a huge fan of their In Flux album), it’s a solid investment as Brave Wave continues to produce fantastic releases.
Featured, Game Music, Indie Music, Reviews

World 1-2: The Complete Collection (Review)

December 23, 2013 | Michael Hoffmann | Comments Off on World 1-2: The Complete Collection (Review) Share this

EDITOR’S NOTE: In the interest of full disclosure … the World 1-2: Complete Collection album was promoted by Scarlet Moon Productions, founded by Jayson Napolitano. Below, OSV writer Michael Hoffmann gives his own opinion of the album.

With most remix albums you usually have some idea of what to expect. There are going to be several covers of the usual old-school vidogames, with genres of music that will vary from classical/orchestral to rock and dance remixes. While that is certainly true of World 1-2: Complete Collection, the album does much more. This isn’t just a straight forward remix album. Not only are there remixes of familiar game tunes, but this album also features several original pieces written by game composers including Chipzel (Super Hexagon), Austin Wintory (Journey), Manami Matsumae (Mega Man), Keiji Yamagishi (Ninja Gaiden) and Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill). World 1-2: Complete Collection is an album that seeks to create a pairing of newer artists remixing older pieces, and in some cases providing original content of their own, with veteran composers from the earlier gaming generations. It’s an ambitious concept and the result is quite impressive. The original World 1-2 album contained 20 tracks that were a mix of original music and remixes. The World 1-2: Encore tracks add another 14 remix tracks to form the World 1-2: Complete Collection. There’s a whole lot to cover, so let’s dive in. (more…)