| Denmark To Host Blip Festival: EuropeManhattan arts organization The Tank and artist collective 8bitpeoples is bringing the Blip Festival across the Atlantic to the Danish city of Aalborg. Taking place from July 24 - 25, Blip Festival: Europe will include U.S. acts like Nullsleep, Minusbaby, and Glomag. |
| Samples from the first disc of Chrono Trigger OST onlineSquare Enix has updated the official website for the three-disc original soundtrack to the Nintendo DS release of Chrono Trigger. Samples of every track from the first disc of the album can be heard by navigating to the "Music" section of the webpage. |
| BioShock 2 promotional record hints at plotYesterday the press received copies of a 7" vinyl record from "Rapture Records." The labels and sleeve featured the familiar art deco typeface of BioShock but contain no information beyond that. IGN has listened to and transcribed the contents of the mysterious wax disc. |
| Fez is Coming to XBox Live Arcade in Early 2010Polytron Corporation's highly anticipated game Fez has been in production for an as of yet unspecified game console. Today it was made known that the title will be released for XBLA in early 2010. The music is by 6955. |
| Crowdsourcing Game Audio: Lessons LearntTo create the audio for an iPhone game Kes Thygesen is currently developing, the team tried a new approach. This was, for all intents and purposes, a form of crowdsourcing: the act of taking a task traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people or community in the form of an open call. |
| New Nanaki's View remixes of DuckTales and Zombies Ate My NeighborsChris Holland has posted two new remixes to his Nanaki's View website and myspace page, which are well worth a listen. The hard rock tracks from the experienced game arranger, and with Kwing on drums, are "Pyramid Of Fear" from Zombies Ate My Neighbors and "The Moon" from DuckTales. |
| 428 Announced for PlayStation 3 and PSP in JapanChunsoft's Wii sound novel "428: In a Blockaded Shibuya" is currently headed to the Playstation 3 and PSP in Japan in September. The title received a perfect score from Famitsu Magazine when it premiered late last year. The score is by Hideki Sakamoto, Naoki Sato and Shingo Yasumoto. |
| The BBPS Intro to the SynthcartDaniel of the BBPS (Bits, Bytes, Pixels, Sprites) provides a video introduction to the Synthcart for the Atari 2600. The software comes on an Atari cartridge, requires no modifications to the hardware, and allows users to make music on the game console. |
| 505 Games, Paramount Ink Deal For Grease Movie Games505 Games has signed a deal with Paramount Digital Entertainment for the rights to co-publish Wii and DS video games based on the classic musical film Grease. "The 'Grease' movie is a timeless pop culture icon, and 505 Games is eager to bring the first interactive experience based on the film to fans around the world," says 505 president Adam Kline, president of 505 Games. |
| The Interactive Palette - The Video Game AlbumSome video game albums are like rock operas, others are like concept albums, others share a theme or mechanic but are separate entities. In the spirit of the video game album, this column by Gregory Weir discusses one of each type: Odin Sphere, Kirby Super Star, and The Orange Box. |
| Getting Beat.Down by Bit.Trip CoreCore follows directly in the wake of Bit.Trip Beat, which added rhythm-based timing elements to the iconic Pong/Breakout-style paddle-and-balls structure. Now, instead of bouncing the balls, you have to shoot them, meaning that you’ve got to press the buttons with accurate timing to destroy them as they pass by. |
| Hundreds of SaGa series samples added to Square Enix siteThe official website for the SaGa series 20th anniversary box set is now online, with brief samples of every track in the 20 disc set. You can search the songs by disc, genre or composer. Original soundtracks include Saga 1-3, Romancing SaGa 1-3, SaGa Frontier 1 and 2, Unlimited SaGa and Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song. |
| Resonance of Fate battle trailerThe most recent trailer for End of Eternity (Resonance of Fate in English regions) shows off the battle sequences for the Playstation 3/ XBox 360 RPG. While still unconfirmed, the music appears to be by veteran tri-ace composer Motoi Sakuraba. |
| Jamming to the Super Mario fruit snacks jingleNintendo's early 90s Powerfest events promoted Mario-themed fruit snacks by providing a small set where attendees could make their own music videos on VHS. A few of these videos are now on YouTube, likely to the embarrassment of all involved. |
| The Last Rebellion Japanese Theme SongKotaku has posted mixed reactions to the Japanese-language vocal theme to The Last Rebellion, an upcoming Playstation 3 role-playing game title from Nippon Ichi Software. The theme can be heard streaming on the teaser site. |
| An Indie VGM Roundtable - Night, Flower, Eden and ProudThe composers of Night Game, Flower, PixelJunk Eden and the I Am Robot and Proud album series meet to discuss the intersection between independent games and music. The roundtable discussion on the state of VGM offers some perspectives on the music of Chris Schlarb, Vincent Diamante, Baiyon and Shaw-Han Liem. |
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