Introducing the chiptune music introduced in Bit.Trip Runner, Blackout City, composed by Anamanaguchi. Granted, I’m cheating a bit this time around: the music was composed and performed by the indie rock band long before Bit.Trip Runner was released, but it’s still one of the finest composition that combines NES and Gameboy sounds, with a real…

Today’s music is from Beyond Good & Evil, Home, Sweet Home, composed by Christophe Héral. That’s right: the first French composer I’m introducing in this weekly posts! Speaking of which, it looks like Cristophe will be composing music for the movie, Adventures of Tintin. Beyond Good & Evil is another cult classic in gaming that…

Lets add in some lyrics in this one, shall we? Today’s song is from We Heart Katamari, Katamari on the Swing, composed by Yu Miyake and Yoshihito Yano, and sung by Shigeru Matsuzaki. This song is easily one of my favorite video game songs, trumping well over the more popular theme music — Katamari on…

Since the last two were from Japan, this poses a nice opportunity to contrast it with a US composition. Introducing a cinematic music from World of Goo: Best of Times by Kyle Gabler. World of Goo is a game made by two people. It’s available on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Steam, and WiiWare. Kind…

Today is another A Capella from Pop’n Music Iroha, Magical Voice Shower by Ucchies. As the video suggests, Pop’n Music is a Japanese Music Arcade machine that barely predates Dance Dance Revolution by a few months. The game is played by pressing a whooping 9-button controller at the right time. Yeesh! Otherwise, the game plays…

Today is the part optimistic, part melancholy Opening Credits Theme from the free horror game, Yume 2kki. It’s an extremely disturbing game that explores a schizophrenic mind. Yume 2kki is an interesting game, partly because its developed by numerous Japanese collaborators from 2chan, and partly because the game is still incomplete. An unofficial sequel to…