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Doujin, Game Music

Slumber with Strength with Prescription for Sleep: Fight for Your Dreams

October 4, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Slumber with Strength with Prescription for Sleep: Fight for Your Dreams Share this

Scarlet Moon Records, Norihiko Hibino (Metal Gear Solid) and AYAKI (Eterian Odyssey) are at it again with yet another Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies. After producing several albums based around video game music to help sooth you into relaxation, the team now brings it’s newest iteration: Fight for your Dreams.

Fight for your Dreams centers itself around battle themes and boss music from both video games and other popular media, all spun into a jazzy and smooth sequence of music tracks that will help ease your tension for the rigors of every-day life. Battle Themes from Undertale, Mega Man 2, Super Metroid and more are given the GENTLE LOVE touch of Hibino and AYAKI.

<a href="http://scarletmoonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/prescription-for-sleep-fight-for-your-dreams">Prescription for Sleep: Fight for Your Dreams by GENTLE LOVE</a>

I’ve been wanting to create a volume dedicated to battle music for quite some time. I’ve been trying to increase the challenge factor with each installment of the series, and what better way to challenge Hibino-san and AYAKI than by taking some of the most intense music from videogames and having them transformed into lullabies? I thought it would be a unique way to celebrate the Halloween season. We hope you enjoy it! – Jayson Napolitano, Scarlet Moon Records producer

Fight for your Dreams is currently on pre-order through Bandcamp for $10 and will be fully released on October 10th. You can check out more of the Game Music Lullabies albums on the Scarlet Moon Records website. (Personally, I am really looking forward to that “Autobots vs. Decepticons” theme from the 1985 Transformers movie.)
Doujin, Game Music

Undertale Lullabies Album Announced for Holiday 2016

November 15, 2016 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Undertale Lullabies Album Announced for Holiday 2016 Share this

Who here like Undertale? (Cue metaphorical sea of hands outstretched begin popping up as far as the eye can see.) Well how about the Prescription for Sleep video game lullabies music albums from Metal Gear Solid composer Norihiko Hibino and Etrian Odyssey pianist AYAKI? Then you’ll all probably be very happy boys and girls come December 1st.

Prescription for Sleep: Undertale is a two-disc relaxation album from the aforementioned duo also commonly known as GENTLE LOVE and produced by Scarlet Moon Records. The album is fully licensed and is planned for release on December 1, 2016 in digital and limited edition physical formats from Bandcamp and other digital retailers. Even better news is that you can pre-order it now for $10.00 digital, and $25.00 for the limited edition physical release.

<a href="http://scarletmoonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/prescription-for-sleep-undertale">Prescription for Sleep: Undertale by GENTLE LOVE</a>

Undertale’s themes of friendship, sacrifice, redemption, and of course, determination, are all beautiful attributes that play well into what Norihiko Hibino is trying to do with his unique brand of healing music. Plus, Toby Fox’s score is so amazing and memorable, how could we not do an entire volume dedicated to it? – Jayson Napolitano, Scarlet Moon Records

The limited edition physical release of the album will only have 1,000 copies, and will feature 6-panel digipak with silver foil print on the cover, two discs of music, and a 20-page booklet containing featuring the character of Undertale in four comic strips and four stickers illustrated by artist Maximo Lorenzo.

You can check out more from the Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies on their website.
Game Music, Japanese

Musical Tribute to Satoru Iwata Released for Charity

November 6, 2015 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Musical Tribute to Satoru Iwata Released for Charity Share this

A tribute arrangement album titled Prescription for Peace has been released by Scarlet Moon Records and features the renowned duo of Metal Gear Solid composer Norihiko Hibino and AYAKI, also known as Gentle Love, paying musical respect to the late Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata.

“It’s with great sadness and respect for the recently departed that Scarlet Moon Records makes available a soulful musical tribute to late Nintendo President and CEO Satoru Iwata and renowned musician from the Niigata region of Japan Eiki Oshimi. Prescription for Peace: A Tribute to the Departed features GENTLE LOVE, the musical duo comprised of Metal Gear Solid series composer Norihiko Hibino and pianist AYAKI, and covers the Onett theme from EarthBound–also known as Mother 2 in Japan–a title that Mr. Iwata had a significant role in developing. The second track, “Sincerely Yours,” pays tribute to Mr. Oshimi, a musical mentor to the Hibino family who passed within a few days of Mr. Iwata.

The tribute is being sold for $1 to cover licensing fees to Nintendo with any additional revenue generated to be donated to the American Cancer Society. It’s available now from LOUDR and from other digital retailers”

Part of the “Prescription…” series of empathetic and soul-soothing arrangements, Prescription for Peace is a fitting memorial to the beloved Iwata-san.

GENTLE LOVE of Loudr

Source: Scarlet Moon Productions
Game Music, Reviews

Prescription for Sleep: Volume II (Review)

May 6, 2015 | Michael Hoffmann | Comments Off on Prescription for Sleep: Volume II (Review) Share this

Last year Scarlet Moon Records released a video game music arrangement album titled Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies. The project had an interesting premise. Take some of the more mellow and relaxing tunes from video game soundtracks and arrange them as soothing lullabies for piano and saxophone. The group arranging on the album was Gentle Love, comprising of saxophonist Norihiko Hibino (composer for Bayonetta and the Metal Gear Solid series) and pianist AYAKI. The Gentle Love duo have collaborated on a few projects, primarily performing and making music to provide therapeutic relief to others after the wake of Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The original Prescription for Sleep album and this sequel is an extension of that work and mission.

The fist album consisted of well known tunes like “Dry Dry Docks” from Super Mario 64 and some lesser known pieces like “Song of the Ancients” from NieR. The album received praise from a number of reviewers, including members of the team here at Original Sound Version. Thanks in part to the success of the first album, this sequel has been released. Prescription for Sleep: Volume II sees Hibino and AYAKI return to cover music from various games in the form of tranquil lullabies. What does this latest addition cover and how does it compare to the first album? Read on to find out. (more…)
Game Music

Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies: Volume II is Coming April 27th

April 15, 2015 | Michael Hoffmann | Comments Off on Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies: Volume II is Coming April 27th Share this

Last year Scarlet Moon Records released the album Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies. It was an arrangement album that featured relaxing lullaby interpretations of game tunes from a variety of titles, including Final Fantasy VII, Secret of Mana, and Donkey Kong Country. The music was performed by Gentle Love, a duo consisting of pianist AYAKI and saxophonist Norihiko Hibano (composer for Bayonetta and Metal Gear Solid). Now the duo is back for a second round with Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies: Volume II.

This second album will be released on April 27th on Loudr and other digital retailers. If you decided to purchase both Volume I and Volume II on Loudr, you will receive a bonus arrangement album Gentle Oblivion, which covers the music of Monarch: Heroes of a New Age. A few tracks have already been revealed for this latest album. These include “The Streets of Whiterun” from Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and “The Moon” from DuckTales. More tracks will be unveiled as the final release date approaches.

If listening to tranquil saxophone and piano arrangements of your favorite game music sounds like the perfect way to relax, then be sure to mark your calendar for April 27th. You can check out more information about the album at the Prescription for Sleep official website.

Prescription for Sleep – Website
Game Music, Reviews

Fill Up on Your Prescription for Sleep (Review)

May 23, 2014 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Fill Up on Your Prescription for Sleep (Review) Share this

As reported on back last month, Prescription for Sleep: Video Game Lullabies has been released from Scarlet Moon Productions for public consumption. The duo of Norihiko Hibino (Metal Gear Solid) on saxophone and AYAKI tickling the ivories have by their powers combined into GENTLE LOVE to produce an arrangement album that is equal parts soothing and simplistic in execution and make for a delightful ensemble. Utilizing music from both old classics like Donkey Kong Country and newer acclaimed scores like Nier, the album features a good assortment that should be enjoyable to a wide variety of fans.

Although I will say, the album probably should have a warning label about listening while driving at night or operating heavy machinery. It’s not lying in its title at all.

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Game Music

Your Gaming “Presecription for Sleep” Releases in May

April 28, 2014 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Your Gaming “Presecription for Sleep” Releases in May Share this

If you hadn’t heard last week, Norihiko Hibino and pianist AYAKI (both known for their contributions to Metal Gear Solid series, including “Snake Eater”) have been busy getting involved with an arrangement album to aid any insomniac gamer get the much needed sleep they need to function in, well, anything. Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies will feature a live performance of the aforementioned duo, under their collaboration name GENTLE LOVE, creating soothing re-compositions of some of the most iconic themes of modern and classic video games.

The full track list will be unveiled as the May 19, 2014 release date approaches, but currently “Aquatic Ambiance” from Donkey Kong Country and “A Wish…” from Secret of Mana have been revealed. Scarlet Moon Records has many surprises in store for those who keep an eye on the official website as the release on May 19, 2014 approaches.

Scarlet Moon’s Jayson Napolitano comments, “Creating this album has given me the opportunity to highlight game scores that everyone already knows and loves, but also the chance to turn people on to something new. Given Norihiko Hibino’s work on the therapeutic applications of music and his talent for turning the saxophone into a dreamy, sleep-inducing instrument, I knew right away that he and pianist AYAKI were the perfect partners to bring Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies to life.”

OSV will report more as material is released, and we’ll keep you updated when the album goes live on LOUDR and other retailers on May 19th.