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Anime, Editorial, Featured, Reviews
Wherein we discuss all things Scum’s Wish / Kuzu no Honkai (Review: OSTs and Singles)
March 12, 2018 | Patrick Gann |
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Lewd. Tawdry. Filthy. Perverse. Smut. For decades, those were the words that I associated with virtually all “hentai” Japanese animation and erotic games (eroge). They may have had better plots and production value than a cheesy American porno, but their express purpose was to titillate and turn on. That not only made me uncomfortable, it…
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Game Music, Miscellaneous
Christopher Tin Breaks Kickstarter Funding Record with “To Shiver The Sky”
March 8, 2018 | Patrick Gann |
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If you’ve been a long-time reader of OSV, the name Christopher Tin should be familiar to you. To date, he is the only composer to win a Grammy for video game music (an updated recording of Civilization IV‘s theme song “Baba Yetu”). He has written insanely catchy pop songs about love, adapting renaissance and enlightenment era…
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Events, Game Music, Japanese
The Video Game Orchestra, Live In Tokyo, To Be Their Biggest Show Yet
February 24, 2017 | Patrick Gann |
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The Video Game Orchestra (or simply “The VGO” to the hip kids who follow their work) have taken their show on the road before … but never like this. Fans of the Boston-based orchestra, led by Shota Nakama, can start their drooling now: on March 25th, The VGO will be putting on a concert in…
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Events, Game Music
CSH Soundtrack Giveaway Winners Announced!
October 20, 2016 | Patrick Gann |
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Well friends… as promised in our extended interview two weeks prior, we have five digital copies of the COSMIC STAR HEROINE soundtrack to distribute! … soon … well, in December, actually. When it comes out, first week of December, we will distribute the codes. But for now, we thought we’d announce the winners! The five…
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Featured, Game Music, Interviews
Cosmic Star Heroine / HyperDuck Interview and Giveaway!
October 5, 2016 | Patrick Gann |
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Earlier this week, we had the opportunity to catch up with everyone’s favorite Irish musical duo. Okay, maybe not everyone’s favorite … there are probably loads of Irish musical duos out there. But if we narrow it down to Irish VGM duos, it might be safer to say that Chris Geehan and Dan Byrne-McCullough of…
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Chip Music, Featured, Reviews
Return of the Zen Albatross: SIGINT (Review)
January 13, 2016 | Patrick Gann |
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The ZEN ALBATROSS is different from your average albatross. You see, the ancient mariner has nothin’ on him. Nor do invasive government spy agencies. Confused yet? You need to get to know ZEN ALBATROSS then. This bird is a master of cryptography, and he is also good at dodging the slings and arrows of would-be…
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Featured, Game Music
OSVOSTOTY 2015 – Patrick’s Picks
Another year has come and gone, and we merry audiophiles were once again bombarded with music of all kinds, in terms of both genre and quality. When I look back over the year’s releases (usually by using vgmdb’s calendar), I feel overwhelmed. I’m getting to the point where I dread this time of year, where…
Anime, Editorial, Featured, Reviews
Wherein we discuss all things Scum’s Wish / Kuzu no Honkai (Review: OSTs and Singles)
Lewd. Tawdry. Filthy. Perverse. Smut. For decades, those were the words that I associated with virtually all “hentai” Japanese animation and erotic games (eroge). They may have had better plots and production value than a cheesy American porno, but their express purpose was to titillate and turn on. That not only made me uncomfortable, it…
Game Music, Miscellaneous
Christopher Tin Breaks Kickstarter Funding Record with “To Shiver The Sky”
If you’ve been a long-time reader of OSV, the name Christopher Tin should be familiar to you. To date, he is the only composer to win a Grammy for video game music (an updated recording of Civilization IV‘s theme song “Baba Yetu”). He has written insanely catchy pop songs about love, adapting renaissance and enlightenment era…
Events, Game Music, Japanese
The Video Game Orchestra, Live In Tokyo, To Be Their Biggest Show Yet
The Video Game Orchestra (or simply “The VGO” to the hip kids who follow their work) have taken their show on the road before … but never like this. Fans of the Boston-based orchestra, led by Shota Nakama, can start their drooling now: on March 25th, The VGO will be putting on a concert in…
Events, Game Music
CSH Soundtrack Giveaway Winners Announced!
Well friends… as promised in our extended interview two weeks prior, we have five digital copies of the COSMIC STAR HEROINE soundtrack to distribute! … soon … well, in December, actually. When it comes out, first week of December, we will distribute the codes. But for now, we thought we’d announce the winners! The five…
Featured, Game Music, Interviews
Cosmic Star Heroine / HyperDuck Interview and Giveaway!
Earlier this week, we had the opportunity to catch up with everyone’s favorite Irish musical duo. Okay, maybe not everyone’s favorite … there are probably loads of Irish musical duos out there. But if we narrow it down to Irish VGM duos, it might be safer to say that Chris Geehan and Dan Byrne-McCullough of…
Chip Music, Featured, Reviews
Return of the Zen Albatross: SIGINT (Review)
The ZEN ALBATROSS is different from your average albatross. You see, the ancient mariner has nothin’ on him. Nor do invasive government spy agencies. Confused yet? You need to get to know ZEN ALBATROSS then. This bird is a master of cryptography, and he is also good at dodging the slings and arrows of would-be…
Featured, Game Music
OSVOSTOTY 2015 – Patrick’s Picks
Another year has come and gone, and we merry audiophiles were once again bombarded with music of all kinds, in terms of both genre and quality. When I look back over the year’s releases (usually by using vgmdb’s calendar), I feel overwhelmed. I’m getting to the point where I dread this time of year, where…
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