Taro Omiya

Taro Omiya

Software Engineer, Game Designer

Tag: Xbox 360

  • #WeeklyGameMusic: Song of the Ancients ~ Fate (NieR)

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    In celebration of the upcoming NieR remake coming up…albeit, the Japan-only version instead of the better-liked Western one, this week’s #WeeklyGameMusic celebrates the game’s most memorable boss battle theme, the Song of the Ancients, Fate variation (this game also features an adoptive soundtrack). Composed by Keiichi Okabe, Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi, and Takafumi Nishimura, this…

  • #WeeklyGameMusic: Blue Chair (Cloudberry Kingdom)

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    Let’s get those blood pumping with this week’s #WeeklyGameMusic! Blue Chair, composed by Blind Digital, is one of the many fantastic themes composed for Pwnee Studios’ procedurally generated platformer game, Cloudberry Kingdom. The indie game’s extraordinary algorithm can generate both reasonable Super Mario-like stages, and Kaizo-level, controller-breaking ridiculousness. Oh no! The evil king, Kobbler, has…

  • #WeeklyGameMusic: Sync (Fez)

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    #WeeklyGameMusic: New week, new music. Do you feel the beat? Yes, that one. Careful, don’t skip that one. You don’t want to fall off of those disappearing platforms! Great, now keep the rhythm. Now we’re all in Sync, a piece by Disasterpeace from the mind-bending game, Fez. Fez is a fairly simple puzzle-platformer with a…

  • #WeeklyGameMusic: Temple of Rain (Guacamelee!)

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    #WeeklyGameMusic: New week, new music. http://youtu.be/YZGrI4NI9Nw This week’s music, Temple of Rain, is mucho Mexican composition by Rom Di Prisco. It’s a bueno piece that makes you excitado for the majesty that is temple número uno. ¿I mean, what were you expecting, señor luchador? ¡This! ¡is! ¡The pun-filled! ¡Guacamelee! Guacamelee! is a metroidvania beat ’em…

  • #WeeklyGameMusic: Gone Home (Journey’s End) (Dust: An Elysian Tail)

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    #WeeklyGameMusic: New week, new music. Oh man! I’ve been dying to tell about Dust: An Elsyian Tail, a game made by a single Korean-American. But first, the music: from Hyperduck Studios comes a touching credits music called Gone Home (Journey’s End). Can you hear all that rain pouring from your eyes? The game’s story starts…

  • #WeeklyGameMusic: Life is Beautiful (Deadly Premonition)

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    #WeeklyGameMusic: New week, new music. This week’s music is…the creepiest…most haunting…and downright scary music track in horror games’ histor- AH HA HA HA! No, sorry, I can’t do this. I mean, this horror game, Deadly Premonition is famous for being so bad, it’s good. So of course this week’s music is the one that hilariously…