I know it’s Halloween, but I’m not aware of many spooky music that’s tolerable without context. Instead, I’m choosing a relaxing music from Braid: Lullaby Set, by Shira Kammen and Pam Swan. And hey, the video displays a burning city, so I guess that’s creepy enough for some of you. Braid stars an unlikely hero…

Here’s another chiptune from Askiisoft’s Tower of Heaven, Stairway to Revelation by flashygoodness. It’s a recurring theme in the game, and fits perfectly with the Gameboy-like graphics the game portrays. The game starts with Eid, a big-headed silhouette, entering the Tower of Heaven. Upon entering, an omnipotent voice grudgingly welcomes our hero, warning him almost…

Let’s venture into songs with lyrics again. Here is You Have to Burn the Rope’s Now You’re a Hero, by Henrik Nåmark. Yep, a music by a Swedish composer! You Have to Burn the Rope is an action-packed game starring a nameless, bowler-hat wearing character who’s specialty is to throw axes. As he traverses through…

Going back to chip tune again, On To Grasstown is from a free PC game called Cave Story. This game’s design, artwork, code, sound, and music were put together by one Japanese man, Daisuke Amaya, within 5 years. While initial introduction was slow, the game gained massive popularity when translated to english, starting a new…

Here’s Psychonauts’ Napoleon’s Final Conflict, Revisited, arranged by Peter McConnell. This is a remix of an old Russian music, 1812 Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. As its name implies both the original composition and the game context indicates the fall of Napoleon’s conquest. Unfortunately, revealing further would spoil the game heavily. Psychonauts is a multiple-award-winning…

This time around, I’m introducing a medley from Earthbound, Get on the Bus, arranged by virt. This combines the following themes from the SNES classic, originally composed by Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, and Toshiyuki Ueno: What a Great Picture, The Metropolis of Fourside, Title Screen, and Good Friends / Bad Friends. I specifically…