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Quake II Arrangement Album “Stroggos Rising” Released by WASD
December 26, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Quake II Arrangement Album “Stroggos Rising” Released by WASD Share this
Want to end your 2017 gaming year with a bang? How about by celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of the classic first-person shooter game Quake II with an entire arrangement album by artist WASD and friends? That’s exactly what you’ll be able to do if you nab Stroggos Rising. The 18-track album featuring a slew of artists from the arrangement community has released (almost) in time to pay tribute to the soundtrack to Quake II, originally composed by artist Sonic Mayhem.
This FREE album is an international collab released p̶e̶r̶f̶e̶c̶t̶l̶y̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶ two weeks after the Quake II 20th anniversary! It covers (almost) all of the soundtrack to both the original game and the expansions, originally composed by musical mastermind Sonic Mayhem. Check out the team page on the website for a bunch of sexy pics and info about the team. If you buy the album on bandcamp, the money will be going to a charity supporting music education in public schools. – Austin “Katamari” Green, Album Producer & Artist
The album is currently available at the name-your-price tier on Bandcamp and also available on the album website. If you like the album and are looking to have a bit of extra fun whilst enjoying stomping the heck out of Quake II, you can also download a PC mod that will replace the Quake II in-game audio with the Stroggos Rising album. Do yourself a favor and end this year the right way; shooting up alien nasties with a killer album.
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Doujin, Game Music
Experience the Zelda Mythology Through Music with Sins of Hyrule
December 4, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Experience the Zelda Mythology Through Music with Sins of Hyrule Share this
How many times can you said you’ve listened to the music of The Legend of Zelda in epic ballad format? Artist Rozen and Materia Collective decided to make such a thing a reality with Sins of Hyrule.
A retelling of the eternal conflict between the Goddess Hylia and the Evil of evils, Demise, through 15 tracks of arrangements, Sins of Hyrule delivers a sonic experience that embraces music with electronic flavors. Featuring music from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Ocarina of Time, Skyward Sword, and Twilight Princess alongside original works by composer/arranger Rozen, Sins of Hyrule challenges the usual take on video game arrangement albums.
More than a straightforward orchestral remix album, this album goes deeper into retelling the mythos of Hyrule, scoring the key moments where humanity is the audience to the colossal battles between light and shadow. Through the use of live instruments, huge percussion, choir, hybrid elements, and dreamy vocals, experience the dark nature and the never-ending cycle of the curse trapped inside the divine-given Triforce.” – Rozen, Album Producer
Sins of Hyrule is licensed and available now in digital format’s via Bandcamp, iTunes and Google Play and limited physical CD formats.
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Doujin, Game Music
Diddy Kong Racing Gets EDM Tribute Album with Future Dance Land
November 29, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Diddy Kong Racing Gets EDM Tribute Album with Future Dance Land Share this
It’s been a prolific year for celebrating milestone anniversaries of classic video games. (1992 and 1997 truly were blessed years.) There’s also been no shortage of tribute albums dedicated to celebrating the music of said games either. Diddy Kong Racing is no exception to this treatment, as Materia Collective has released yet another in their already impressive video game library with Future Dance Land: An Electronic Tribute to Diddy Kong Racing.
Released in North America for the Nintendo 64 on November 24, 1997 and composed by the legendary David Wise, Diddy Kong Racing was Rare’s response to Nintendo’s Mario Kart. Album producer and arranger Nicholas Arden Day (aka Nikolyst) decided to pay homage to the game’s soundtrack by creating an electronic fusion album.
“Diddy Kong Racing contains some of my all-time favorite game music. I felt it was only fitting to combine these catchy tunes with EDM. Once I discovered the 20th anniversary of Diddy Kong Racing was approaching, the idea for this album was born.” – Nikolyst, Album Producer
The album includes contributions from several artists over the 20 tracks, including Viking Guitar, John Weible, Jay Kim, former OSV editor Michael Hoffman and more, all done in a energetic, electronic mashup.
Future Dance Land: An Electronic Tribute to Diddy Kong Racing is available for download on Bandcamp, iTunes and streaming on Spotify. You can find out the full album credits on the album’s page at Materia Collective.
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Doujin, Game Music
Soundtrack to Earthbound Fan Game Mother 4 Now Available
If you’re a Earthbound fan, you may have heard of the fan game Mother 4, which was a homebrew created as a unofficial sequel to Earthbound (aka: Mother 3). There’s a bit of history with the fan game, so if you haven’t heard of it before now, I suggest checking it out. The music for the game has since come out, composed by Shane Mesa, and includes both original compositions specifically created for the fan game, as well as licensed covers from the original Earthbound game.
The Mother 4 Soundtraaaack!! features 60 full tracks, with 8 being from previous Mother/Earthbound games. Composed by Shame Mesa and Mastered by DJ Cutman, the album is a ridiculously dedicated tribute to the Earthbound series as a whole, which was originally composed by Metroid‘s Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu and Keiichi Suzuki.
Currently available under the Gamechops license, the Mother 4 Soundtraaaack!! can be purchased digitally on Bandcamp, iTunes and Google Play.
Update: I was a bit confused by the details. Turns out the game itself is changing names due to copyright and will be getting a different soundtrack for its full release, but this is the original soundtrack Mesa created before leaving the project. Thanks DJMiniboss for the information.
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Doujin, Game Music
Rock Out to Legend of Zelda With Octorock: The Zelda Metal EP
November 21, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Rock Out to Legend of Zelda With Octorock: The Zelda Metal EP Share this
Metalhead fans of The Legend of Zelda can get a taste of their two favorite things with the release of Octorok: The Zelda Metal EP that’s recently released by Materia Collective. Featuring arrangements from Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Wind Waker, and Skyward Sword by arranger and guitarist Joel Kent, Octorock brings shreddage to several classic tunes across the series musical library.
“I’ve been a huge Zelda nerd for as long as I’ve been able to hold a controller. And I still remember my first experience with the series: watching the full moon rise over Hyrule Field during the opening cinematic of Ocarina of Time. When I start up the game and hear those opening chords it still gives me chills and probably always will. Journeying through the various titles in the series to Koji Kondo’s melodies had as much an impression on me growing up as listening to my Dad’s classic rock albums.” – Joel Kent, Producer & Arranger
You can learn more about the Octorock: The Zelda Metal EP on the Materia Collective website, or purchase the album for yourself on Bandcamp, iTunes or streaming on Spotify.
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Doujin, Game Music
Sonic Mania Remixed Album from Tiny Waves Releases Today
November 14, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Sonic Mania Remixed Album from Tiny Waves Releases Today Share this
It hasn’t been long since the release of Sonic Mania, the love-letter to oldschool Sonic the Hedgehog fans, but the music of the game is already seeing praise. Not only was the soundtrack released to vinyl courtesy of Data Discs, but the game’s music is now receiving some love from Tiny Waves and Materia Collective in the form of the arrangement album Sonic Mania Remixed.
Officially to be released today, November 14th, Sonic Mania Remixed was directed by Ben Briggs and features 11 tracks of arranged music from the Sonic Mania OST done up by artists like A_Rival, James Landino, Voia and more. Even though the original music arranged and composed by Tee Lopes is already a very bumpin’ soundtrack, Remixed takes it up to 11 by adding danceable beats and grooves to enhance the catchiness of the tracks.
Although I’m a little disappointed to see that my favorite of the new music from the Sonic Mania soundtrack, “Built to Rule” (Titanic Monarch Act 1) didn’t make the cut for this album, it’s good to see that it didn’t take long for the Mania music to get some love from the game music arrangement community, given the legacy of Sonic music to be some of the most prolifically remixed game music ever.
You can check out more on the Sonic Mania Remixed Bandcamp page, or just wait for the album to release later today and nab it for yourself.
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Doujin, Game Music
Castlevania SotN Tribute Album’s Kickstarter Give Fans the Chance to Pick the Music Covered
November 8, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Castlevania SotN Tribute Album’s Kickstarter Give Fans the Chance to Pick the Music Covered Share this
Before Halloween, we reported on the release of the Castlevania: Symphony of the Night tribute album, Resurrection of the Night, to Bandcamp thanks to Materia Collective and arrangers Wayne Strange and Tim Stoney. Since the album’s release, a Kickstarter has been launched to help fund the album’s follow-up, Alucard’s Elegy. The follow-up hopes to continue producing high-quality orchestrated arrangements of both music from Symphony of the Night, as well as tracks from a few other Castlevania game titles in the series.
“We look forward to doing so much more with a live orchestra and choir, and the second volume will feature a new set of tracks that will become the second act–or inverted castle–of this midnight saga.”
Currently, the Kickstarter has a pledge goal of $30,000 to produce a secondary album with 10 tracks. Additional funds raised will add additional tracks to the album. Not only can you score both the original Resurrection of the Night album along with Alucard’s Elegy by pledging to the Kickstarter, you’ll also get a say in what tracks will be arranged on the new album. (As of yesterday’s update, “Crystal Teardrops” is in the lead by vote for getting the arrangement treatment.)
“Unlike the current voting, songs added to the album via stretch goal may be from ANY Castlevania game, so long as it’s a licenseable track. Yes, that means classic tracks such as Bloody Tears, Wicked Child, Beginning, Opposing Bloodlines, Simon’s Theme, Reincarnated Souls, etc… would ALL BE IN PLAY.“
The Kickstarter campaign for Resurrection of the Night: Alucard’s Elegy runs until November 26th. You can purchase the original 13-track Castlevania: Symphony of the Night tribute album, Resurrection of the Night, on Bandcamp for $13.
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