To call me jaded regarding live performances of Final Fantasy music would be like saying “One-Winged Angel” is vaguely popular with the fans. This would be the sixth time I’ve heard that tune live since 2004 and by two very different orchestras (and yes, that’s assuming Distant Worlds was going to play it… ah, who…
Oh, hey, look: ANOTHER Final Fantasy soundtrack. What’s on offer this time? Battle themes, world themes, melodramatic moment themes, menu themes, and that obligatory choral end-boss world-in-crisis disasterpiece. Ho-hum. I’ve made it clear in the past that I am over Final Fantasy music for the most part, so if you read the above with some…
It’s been said that if OSV were a band, I’d be the backing singer. So it is with due amusement and pleasure that I want to introduce a new feature to the site, one that might add ‘back up singers’ to your playlist. ‘Out Of The Box’ takes a much-loved game soundtrack and attempts to…
(As this is a response to Gideon’s Editorial ‘Context is Everything’, I highly recommend you read (and enjoy) it first. His insights and the personal expressions of the composers are well worth your time.) Before I begin, I want to make a confession. I have no idea what the name ‘Auld Lang Syne’ means. Worse,…
As has just been recently announced on the Otakon 2010 website, Eminence founder and violin virtuoso Hiroaki Yura, composer Hiroki Kikuta and singer Shihori will not only be attending Otakon 2010 in Baltimore, they created the exclusive theme song for the event. A quick jaunt to the Eminence website reveals that it’s called “Shackles of…
Not all that long ago, OSV very favourably reviewed Yuzo Koshiro’s Original Sound Track for Sekaiju no MeiQ (Etrian Odyssey III) and generated some very interesting dialogue between the readers. The music for these games has enjoyed quite a history of love from OSV, and I’m quite happy to carry on that tradition, or perhaps…
…And now for something almost completely different. When I write a review for a soundtrack, it is usually quite new and my main aim is to inform you, dear readers and fellow nerdiophiles, why I think this ‘new’ thing is worth your hard-earned cash. I often haven’t played the game associated with it, and so…
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