Tag: Video Game Music
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Weekly Game Music: Bird’s Eye (Senko no Ronde DUO)
New week, new music. This week’s music is a futuristic composition, Bird’s Eye, that sounds like it’s only a step away from spaghetti western. This strange hybrid of music genre by Yasuhisa Watanabe is conveniently in a game that also combines two unlikely gameplay: Senko no Ronde DUO. Senko no Ronde DUO describes a future where the human race now lives…
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Weekly Game Music: Budoar (Samorost 2)
New week, new music. This week, we return to the subtle with the strange world of Samorost 2. Budoar by Tomáš Dvořák is a mellow composition with an excellent melody. It’s unique mood fits well with the alien planets our heros explores. Samorost 2 narrates a nameless man’s journey, starting with a sudden alien abduction of his dog.…
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Weekly Game Music: Opening Theme (Super Smash Bros. Melee)
New week, new music. This week, we drop all the subtle music for one that’s obviously epic. That’s right, it’s the Opening Theme from Super Smash Bros. Melee. And not just any sort of music, but an actual live performance of Hirokazu Ando’s greatest composition. Enjoy! For the uninitiated, Super Smash Bros. Melee is the second game in the…
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Weekly Game Music: Squids Wild West (Squids Wild West)
New week, new music. This week, we’re doing something a little different. Instead of a Youtube video, here’s the SoundCloud music player, coming directly from this week’s music composer, Romain Gauthier. I’ve posted his music twice already, but theSquids Wild West theme from, well, the iOS game Squids Wild West is something truly special. Give it a click,…
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Weekly Game Music: Machine Passage (Kirby Air Ride)
New week, new music. Nintendo is generally known for its cute and adorable characters. While the Kirby series are no exceptions to this, Machine Passage from Kirby Air Ride would make you think otherwise. This creepy, jarring, and melancholic composition by Hirokazu Ando, Shogo Sakai, Tadashi Ikegami and Jun Ishikawa stands in stark contrast to an otherwise cheery, happy racing game. Kirby…
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Weekly Game Music: Theme (Bomb Jack)
New week, new music. Lets look back to a time when black-and-white was expected on a handheld device. That’s right! It’s time to look into Gameboy music. Here’s Bomb Jack by Alberto Jose Gonzalez. Bomb Jack is a simple 2D platformer where one guides the superhero, Bomb Jack, to collect bombs scattered across the course in order. Bomb…