Chip Music
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Chip Music, Game Music
The Mummy Demastered OST Now Out on Spotify and iTunes
October 11, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on The Mummy Demastered OST Now Out on Spotify and iTunes Share this
Although you might have not been a fan of the newest revamp of The Mummy on the big screen, Wayforward has brought the title to the interactive format with The Mummy Demastered as a metroidvania-style platformer that seems to be far more appealing. Looking like a hybrid of Contra and Wayforward’s own Bloodrayne: Betrayal, the aesthetics and appeal of The Mummy Demastered certainly has it’s work cut out for it.
Recently, the game’s composer Gavin “Monomer” Allen started advertising the game’s soundtrack as available on Spotify and iTunes. Sure enough, all 16 tracks of the game’s OST is currently available to stream or preview prior to the game’s full release on October 24th.
Monomer uses a blend of synthwave and chipmusic to achieve his style within the game’s music. The result is a bit like Vangelis and John Carpenter meets the SNES, with rich chiptune variations giving a bit of ethereal synthetic vibe to the music. If you enjoy the sounds from more modern synthwave artists like Mitch Murder and Perturbator, then Monomer’s soundtrack to The Mummy Demastered will tickle your fancy.
Unfortunately, according to Allen, the soundtrack will not be releasing on Bandcamp. The Mummy Demastered will be released on October 24th for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC.
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Chip Music, Game Music, Indie Music
DJ Cutman launches 24/7, lo-fi Game Music Beats Stream
Over the last few months, GameChops founder DJ Cutman has been posting some of my favorite tracks to his personal YouTube channel. They all hail from his older albums and they simply feature game music, with a beat, slowed down to a jam-worthy tempo. It turns out this wasn’t a coincidence as he recently launched Radio Cutman on the channel offering a “24/7 live stream of instrumental & lo-fi hip hop, video game remixes, and chill-out beats”.
Cutman isn’t mixing the music live 24 hours a day but he has curated 231 beats from himself, DJ Grumble (Freestyle Tools), and Bknapp (SNES Beats) into a 9-hour playlist that unfolds differently each day. He’s also edited many of the beats to fit the non-stop stream format — cutting out intros and adjusting the audio to get things into a seamless flow of jams.
As advertised, it’s been a great accompaniment to my workweek. Retro tunes and samples (largely from Nintendo consoles) appear alongside modern indie favorites (like Undertale and Shovel Knight), all aligned with some fantastic beats. Give it a listen above or on YouTube to join the live chat where the GameChops crew seems to be pretty active. Rumor has it a similar live station is coming soon to highlight GameChops releases.
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Chip Music, Experimental, Indie Music
Mario, Sonic, Bendy & More: A GameChops New Release Roundup
September 13, 2017 | Shawn Sackenheim | Comments Off on Mario, Sonic, Bendy & More: A GameChops New Release Roundup Share this
This surprising “deep house meets future bass” remix of Super Mario 64’s “Dire Dire Docks” makes for a great start to a quick GameChops roundup. The indie game music label is still riding high from the release of their collaborative Sonic the Hedgehog tribute album, Spindash 2, but they’ve been steadily releasing new singles all year. You can catch the full drip feed of colorful music videos and new releases on the GameChops YouTube channel but here a few highlights from their recent releases.
Given that GameChops frequently turns out thumping bangers of wild EDM flavors, I was intrigued to hear their treatment of the classically mellow “Dire Dire Docks” from Super Mario 64. Newcomers to the label – Nokbient and Besso0 – do not disappoint, miraculously turning the peaceful theme into a chopped and chipped rendition complete with the requisite big drop.
Back on the Sonic train, GameChops and Hyper Potions co-produced the track “Friends” that serves as the animated opening theme to Sonic Mania. It’s a major milestone for the label and an all around super sweet and bouncy electronic track that’s made even better when you see it in the game.
DJ Cutman himself recently offered up this “Daft Punk meets Off The Hook” remix of Splatoon 2’s “Color Pulse” by the in-game pop duo, Off The Hook. Lastly is “Bendy and Electro Swing”, a remix from bLiNd of Kyle Allen’s original Bendy and the Ink Machine song. As the name implies it’s swingy and gives the original song and its lyrics a lot of thumping punch.
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Chip Music
Chiptune Pioneer Beek’s Sokoban Online OST Now Available
August 29, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Chiptune Pioneer Beek’s Sokoban Online OST Now Available Share this
One of chiptunes earliest artists, Chris “Beek” Hampton, has gone and released a new soundtrack for the puzzle game portal Sokoban Online.
Beek has been working with chiptunes since the mid 1990s as part of the demoscene and later with the early chiptune scene. His other works include Frog Factions, Toki Tori for the Gameboy Advance as well as releasing chiptune albums such as 7bit Date: Robot Love and more. For Sokoban Online, he brings his decades-long chiptune experience emulating NES, Atari and Gameboy sounds to the forefront with catchy beats while you work your way through the many puzzles of the site.
Fans of the music can check out the whole Sokoban Online soundtrack by Beek on iTunes and Spotify, and nab his complete albums for yourself. You can also check out more on Beek’s Bandcamp page.
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Chip Music, Experimental, Music Production, Software
Check out Trotus’ album created on the 3DS
July 25, 2017 | Shawn Sackenheim | Comments Off on Check out Trotus’ album created on the 3DS Share this
I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of “video games” that let you create things, music in particular. Mario Paint, MTV Music Generator, Electroplankton, and most recently Detune’s line of portable music workstations on the DS and 3DS. Fascinated, but not dedicated. I’ve fiddled with the virtual knobs of these apps in the past but never dug into them or even heard the work of those who have.
It makes Trotus and the Gameboy an especially interesting listen as the album was composed, produced and mixed with KORG M01D, the $34 audio workstation available on the 3DS eShop. Trotus released the album over a year ago on Bandcamp but just linked to it on the 3DS subreddit this past week and it’s generated the most exposure I’ve seen so far.
Self-described as encompassing “chiptune, chill beats, and boss battle house with groovy odd time signatures”, Trotus reveals among the positive comments that he’s drawn inspiration from the likes of Earthbound and Cave Story for some of the tracks.
In another reply he gives his thoughts on using the KORG app. “I love this program. Honestly it’s not too daunting and quite user friendly once you get the hang of it. Touch screen interface and the portability actually are huge draw-ins to me compared to computer DAWs (digital audio workstations for anyone out there unfamiliar.) It’s easy to just loop a drum beat, and sequence in chords, or record melodies/basslines, etc. (it has a nice little piano roll).”
Take a listen for yourself above, grab the album for pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp, and follow Trotus’ page if you like what you hear; he’s currently working on ten new songs. Let us know what you think of Trotus and the Gameboy in the comments and link us to some of your favorite made-in-a-game music while you’re at it.
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Chip Music, Game Music
Rain World: Official Soundtrack by James Primate Released
June 1, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Rain World: Official Soundtrack by James Primate Released Share this
Black Screen Records, Videocult, Adult Swim Games and composer James Primate are excited to take you on an aural journey into the strange land of Rain World.
With “Rain World: Selection from the OST“ the German record label is releasing the first installment of a massive 140+ songs soundtrack digital through all major platforms today followed by a limited edition vinyl release later this year. The soundtrack was composed and produced by Videocult level designer and composer James Primate with a little help of Lydia Esrig (other half of Chiptune duo Bright Primate) and Rain World creator Joar Jakobsson. The artwork for the vinyl will be designed by Allegra “Del” Northern.
After 5 long years, I am very excited to finally share with you music from the Rain World OST! This has been a huge project for me, and represents a deeply personal journey, both for the little slugcat protagonist and for myself. This music came from the seeds of a single concept: what musical languages and traditions would evolve in this alien world of hulking broken machines, dilapidated supercomputers, toxic wastelands and crumbling ancient ruins? – James Primate, Composer
You can stream and download the soundtrack to Rain World on iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, GooglePlay, and more with a vinyl release to follow soon.
Source: Black Screen Records
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Chip Music
Groupees Offers Chiptune + Charity Music Bundle
May 23, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Groupees Offers Chiptune + Charity Music Bundle Share this
Groupees, the bundle site that runs sales on music, games and more to benefit a variety of charities, has launched it’s 12th chiptune bundle campaign to help benefit MyMusicRx.
For 9 more days, buyers name their price for a bundle of chiptune albums and choose for a part of their contribution to be donated to MyMusicRx charity, bringing music to children facing cancer and other illnesses. Artists include Zalza, tiasu, knife city, Rock Candy, Chrome Cobra and more. – Christian Bunda, Groupees Music Director
For a minimum of $2, you unlock nine chiptune albums with bonus funding goals to unlock two additional albums and 20% of all donation goes directly to MyMusicRx.
You can check out all of the bundle albums and learn more about the artists and charity by going to the campaign page on Groupees, along with many other charity bundles available.
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