The art of the “arrange album” is somewhat lost these days. So it comes as a surprise that in 2011, Xenogears is the focus of a new orchestral album performed by the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra. Read on if that sounds like fun.
RayForce, known as Layer Section to some of us, Gunlock to others, and Galactic Attack to yet more, is an arcade title released in 1994. What made it special was a two-layered approach, requiring one to keep track of the ground and the air. I suppose you’re here to read about the music, though. Hit…
Front Mission. Toshiro Tsuchida brought to life a world of realistic drama and conflict with this great series that crosses boundaries between media – games, music, books, comics and even short films all came together to tell a story . Sadly, precious little of this material made it into English. One casualty was Front Mission…
Darius II, released to an unsuspecting world in 1989, followed the footsteps of original Darius – a strange, atmospheric arcade shooter with an equally unique soundtrack. While the OST was originally released in the late 80s, and is therefore very much out of print, it was recently added to Taito’s expanding iTunes catalog for digital…