At the end of the 1980s, the video game world had found itself many new heroes, rising to their iconic place in video game history through the joyous trip of their virtual worlds and stories, gaining love and recognition from all nations and ages. The gaming landscape had become a place filled with the most…
In 1991, game music maestro Koichi Sugiyama began his new concert series Orchestral Game Music Concert in his native Japan, allowing the unexplored potential of video game music to be fully realized as he employed the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra to perform a wide arrange of material. Sugiyama truly believed in game music as a…
On April 5th, the dead will rise, bringing the funk to town the way only classic game music can provide. The graves tremble in unrest, the electronic screams reaches further and the haunted sound that shall never be forgotten will fill the streets once again. OSV visited the tomb of the FM Synth, actually because…
With the release of Around Past in 2010, C-jeff along with Megus illustrated a fully realized vision of his blend using chiptune music combined with live instruments, a combination that has been done before, but not with the rather unique way in order to seemlessly craft a very expressive and organic soundscape that stands out…
Symphonic Fantasies set the benchmark for what a symphonic game music concert should be. On September 12th 2009, the audience were not only hearing their most beloved game music pieces performed by an orchestra, but transported into the world in which the games represented, with landscapes built on emotion and the memories in the hearts…
Ubiktune has quickly become the most versatile and fresh chip music label currently in operation, with each month bringing something new and exciting on the table, presented in sleek, fully imagined music albums with a consistent flow and pacing as they strive to supply the eager ears with the very best that today’s chip musicians…
It’s the true sign of growing up, the day you see that a game character that you grew up so affectionately enjoying is celebrating its anniversary. For Europeans and South Americans, Mario had some stiff competition as the most popular mascot in the video game world, and that competition wasn’t in the form of a…
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