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Pokémon Charity Album Harmony of a Champion Now Available

December 27, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Pokémon Charity Album Harmony of a Champion Now Available Share this

It’s true that 2017 was a prolific year for at least two things: 1.) Video Game Anniversaries, and 2.) Materia Collective releases. These two things are not mutually exclusive, and as we wind the year down to a close, there’s still a few more albums the label has yet to gift the VGM community, including the recent release of the Pokémon tribute album Harmony of a Champion.

A huge 9-track album dedicated to celebrating the music of Pokémon Red & Green, Harmony of a Champion is the brainchild of the Shinesparker community and the album creator Darren Kerwin. The album features the talents of several in the game music and arrangement scene, including Rozen (Sins of Hyrule), Laura Intravia (Video Games Live, Destiny), Spencer Bambrick (BestLuck), sound designer Gina Zdanowicz (BioShock 2, Just Cause 3) and more.

“I hold the original generation of games in high regard for all of the wonderful memories and friendships that were born from playing them. Harmony of a Champion is an opportunity to experience the story of Red and his journey from a ten-year-old boy who grew up in Pallet Town to becoming a Pokémon Champion, through the inclusion of sound design across the album to add narrative and express the story more effectively.” – Darren Kerwin, album creator

<a href="http://shinesparkers.bandcamp.com/album/harmony-of-a-champion-music-from-pok-mon-red-and-green-versions">Harmony of a Champion (Music from Pokémon Red and Green Versions) by Jared Cowing, Laura Intravia, Zack Parrish</a>

The added bonus is that Harmony of a Champion is licensed with all profits being donated to Child’s Play Charity, providing an extra special little send-off to the year. Harmony of a Champion is currently available on Bandcamp, iTunes and streaming on Spotify. You can learn more on the Materia Collective website.
Game Music

New Super Smash Bros. Arrange Album is Coming This Fall

July 10, 2014 | Michael Hoffmann | Comments Off on New Super Smash Bros. Arrange Album is Coming This Fall Share this

If you’re a Nintendo fan, you probably can’t wait for the new Super Smash Bros. games that are coming out for the 3DS and WiiU this year. While you are waiting, you should probably check out this upcoming Super Smash Bros. arrangement album. To celebrate and pay tribute to the franchise, a new arrange album titled Harmony of Heroes will be coming to Super Smash Bros. fans this fall. The album is being produced by Shinesparkers, the group that brought us the Harmony of a Hunter albums, a set of arrange projects that were dedicated to the Metroid franchise. Harmony of Heroes aims to give the music from the Super Smash Bros. franchise a similar treatment.

The album will be covering pieces from across every iteration of the game series. There are over sixty different artists contributing to this album including Zack Parrish, Sean Haeberman, and Vomitron. There’s also some excellent artwork being made to accompany the project’s release. The collaborative project will feature over ninety pieces of music. This colossal arrangement album will be available for download on the Harmony of Heroes site this fall. Be sure to check the Harmony of Heroes Facebook page and the Harmony of Heroes site for more information.
Doujin, Game Music

Harmony of a Hunter Expanded: 101% Run Coming Nov 2012

August 28, 2012 | Patrick Gann | Comments Off on Harmony of a Hunter Expanded: 101% Run Coming Nov 2012 Share this

One of the nominated albums for best fan arrange / doujin of 2011, “Harmony of a Hunter” (celebrating the Metroid series), is about to get a serious upgrade.

Last year’s album had 36 tracks, covering most themes from most of the Metroid games. In November 2012, the companion album “Harmony of a Hunter: 101% Run” is going to cover all of the music they *didn’t* get to cover in the previous album. That’s right: it’s going to be even bigger than the previous album, and though some source tunes will be covered a second time, there will be no recycled arrangements or tracks from the old album.

Above is one of three preview demo-reels currently available on the Shinsparkers website. Lots of great names appearing in the credits list, including one of my personal favorites: Mazedude (who also worked on the first HoaH album).

When the album drops, know that it will be totally free, so there will be no reason not to check it out. We’ll have more on the album as we get closer to the November release. Until then, be sure to follow the Facebook Harmony of a Hunter page to stay up-to-date on the latest news and preview tracks.