Author: Taro Omiya
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Weekly Game Music: mrs mushroom likes LCD soundsystem (Botanicula)
New week, new music. To celebrate Amanita Design again, here’s a playfully named music, mrs mushroom likes LCD soundsystem by DVA. It’s a nature-inspired, if a little trippy, collection of sounds and composition from the beautiful game, Botanicula. Botanicula narrates a light-hearted adventure of 5 small friends, Mr. Lantern, Mrs. Mushroom, Mr. Poppy Head, Mr. Feather, and Mr. Twig. Mr. Lantern…
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Weekly Game Music: Sweet Memories of Earth (DuckTales)
New week, new music. Here’s a rock-and-roll remix of the The Moon Theme from DuckTales, Sweet Memories of Earth. The remixer, CarboHydroM, successfully adds adrenaline to Hiroshige Tonomura’s dreamy 8-bit composition. Many of you will undoubtedly feel nostalgic about it! DuckTales narrates Scrooge McDuck’s treasure hunting journey. Much like any platformers in the heydays, Scrooge would jump, climb, and waltz…
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Weekly Game Music: Title Screen (Animal Crossing)
New week, new music. Here’s yet another piano composition from the famed Nintendo music composer, Kazumi Totaka. The calm, jazzy Title Screen music is quite appropriate for this laid back game, Animal Crossing. The story behind Animal Crossing is very simple, if lacking. You (yes, you) decide to leave home and travel to a town full of animals. As you…
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Weekly Game Music: Jinjo Theme (Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts)
New week, new music. One thing that’s always exciting about sequels are its attempts to modernize previous tunes. From that perspective, the marching composition, Jinjo Theme from Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, absolutely exceeds expectations. And no wonder: series veteran, Grant Kirkhope knows too well how to make an amazing cartoon theme to fit this comical re-imaging of a…
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Weekly Game Music: Morning, Thinker (Armored Core series)
New week, new music. Lets explore yet another genre I haven’t explored yet: mecha combat. Here’s a remix of Silent Line: Armored Core and Armored Core 4 music, Morning, Thinker by Mattias Häggström Gerdt and Deia Vengen. It’s an aggressive techno, best depicting the chaotic, yet strategical nature of piloting a bipedal tank. The Armored Core series revolves around power-hungry corporations frequently throwing war…
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Weekly Game Music: Jeremy (Granado Espada)
New week, new music. We need…more MMORPG music! Here’s Jeremy from Sword 2 (or Granado Espada outside of North America and Europe). It’s composed by a group of South Korean composers, known as S.F.A. The dramatic crescendo best portrays the wonders of discovering a new world. Sword 2 is free-to-play at GamersFirst.com. Sword 2 is loosely based off of the European…