Tag: Video Game Music
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Weekly Game Music: Opening Credits (Little King Story)
New week, new music. Like classic music, with a modern twist? Here’s an a cappella remix of Ravel’s Boléro: the Opening Credits for Little King Story, composed by Yutaka Minobe. The royal music helps set the stage for the toybox-like environment in this dictator-takes-over-the-world game. Little King Story starts with a little boy who comes upon a crown that magically…
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Weekly Game Music: Prime #19 (Echochrome)
New week, new music. Here’s a soothing café for a mind-bending puzzle game: Prime #19, composed by Hideki Sakamoto. The music is intended to soothe the player to an otherwise bizarre and confusing puzzle game,Echochrome. As a puzzle game Echochrome offers no story. Despite this, the aesthetic of the game tells a lot. In a world outlined by…
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Weekly Game Music: Redial (Bomberman Hero)
New week, new music. Let’s go old-school, this time, with the spectacular music from Bomberman Hero. Redial, by Jun Chikuma, is a simple techno-like melody with an addicting beat. It’s oddly calming for an epic adventure of an old mascot. Bomberman Hero has a simplistic, if familiar, story of an intergalactic evil organization emerging from the shadows. In…
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Weekly Game Music: Organ Smash (Iji)
New week (at least, in the US), new music. Here’s a music from Iji: Organ Smash by Chris Geehan and Dan Byrne-McCullough. I’ve mentioned Iji in the Strange Free Games series, and I do recommend playing this very fun game! Iji was released in 2010 for the PC. It can be played on Daniel Rumar’s website. Iji, a simple and brave girl, and…
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Weekly Game Music: Fluffy Sweet (Cloud)
Oh, jolly. I completely forgot about posting a music for this week. How about some soothing music, for a change? Here’s Fluffy Sweet, composed by Vincent Diamante for the student game, Cloud. It was a catapult to ThisGameCompany’s inception and proceeding game creations with similar themes. Cloud is a freely downloadable PC game released in 2005. You can…
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Weekly Game Music: Dr. Crygor’s Theme (Wario Ware Inc.: Mega Party Game$)
New week, new music. I typically talk about lesser-known games in this series of posts, but here’s a more mainstream game I’m sure you’ve heard about. Here’s the Wario Ware Inc.: Mega Party Game$ (shortened toWario Ware) remix of Dr. Crygor’s Theme. It’s a jazzy pop-music by Ryoji Yoshitomi and Kyoko Miyamoto. The random but well-placed voices helps…