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  Game Soundtracks For Your Soul: Level 16

  December 23, 2017 | Ryan Paquet | 1 Comment Share this Game Soundtracks For Your Soul: Level 16

  
  I’ve read before that being stuck on an airplane is a great thing for writing. I recently flew and had time to dwell on the music video games that dealt with flight. In this long overdue edition of Game Soundtracks For Your Soul I take a long back at some of my favorite video game scores from flying games.

  Read on as I look back at the music of Captain Skyhawk on the NES, Pilotwings on the SNES, Aero Fighters Assault on the Nintendo 64, and the legendary Eternal Arcadia, also known as Skies of Arcadia which appeared both the Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo Gamecube.
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• Game Music, Reviews

  Arrange Your Face Off! DariusBurst Remix Wonder World (Review)

  August 23, 2012 | Patrick Gann | 1 Comment Share this Arrange Your Face Off! DariusBurst Remix Wonder World (Review)

  

  Available at: CDJapan | Play-Asia

  I have much love for Zuntata (OGR et al). And for shmup fans, Zuntata equals Darius. The latest game in the long-running series, a revival of sorts, was DariusBurst. The OST was released in January 2010, and then, only a few months later, a mammoth album dropped.

  That album was DariusBurst Remix WONDER WORLD. The album had two discs, and they were themed. Disc one: “Breath of a living thing,” were more acoustic arrangements. Disc two: “Breath of a machine,” much more on the electronic/synthesized side of music.

  A total of 22 tracks, 11 tracks per disc, each handled with special care from talented, well-known VGM personalities. How could it possibly be bad? Here’s a hint: it can’t be. This album is filled with yummy-in-my-tummy goodness.

  For more details, including an in-depth look at the track arranged by baiyon (this is baiyon week, after all!), join us after the jump. And stop back later tonight for a review of yet another DariusBurst album! (more…)

• Game Music, Reviews

  Soyo Oka and noisycroak: Zombie Daisuki Soundtrack (Review)

  August 22, 2011 | Jayson Napolitano | Comments Off on Soyo Oka and noisycroak: Zombie Daisuki Soundtrack (Review) Share this Soyo Oka and noisycroak: Zombie Daisuki Soundtrack (Review)

  

  It’s about time we saw Soyo Oka’s name in the composition department again. While she’s most known for her work on the legendary soundtrack for Super Mario Kart, she’s been working mostly as an arranger in recent years, contributing to the DARIUSBURST arrange albums and the Akumajou Dracula Tribute Albums.

  As it turns out, she’s teamed up with noisycroak’s Keisuke Itoh to provide a small number of tracks for the Zombie Daisuki soundtrack. The retro-style soundtrack has been released on noisycroak Records, so find out if it’s worth checking out in our review after the jump. (more…)

• Doujin, Game Music, Reviews

  Cruisin’ The Track With OneUps’s Super Mario Kart (Review)

  April 28, 2010 | Audun Sorlie | 10 Comments Share this Cruisin’ The Track With OneUps’s Super Mario Kart (Review)

  

  There are certain individuals and groups in the arrangement community that I feel up the standard every few years to keep the scene moving. It’s been done in many different forms: some reach out to larger audiences with clever promoting, some establish themselves as great live talents and opening acts and some push their talents and reputation to the edge each time we hear from them. Mustin and The OneUps are a rare breed in that they do all of these things, and continuously release and market new albums which each time blow fans out of the water.

  The OneUps had their humble start some years ago as One Up Mushrooms and would, from time to time, release big band arrangements of videogame music under the OneUp Studios label, but over the last few years, they have grown to become one of the most famous performing acts in the game arrangement scene, with successful shows at PAX and even a following in Japan. Their latest album, Super Mario Kart, is out on May 4th, but you can read our advance review of the album here today!

  Does it up the standards yet again? Find out after the jump! (more…)

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