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• Doujin, Game Music

  Fan Arrangement Album for Splatoon Released

  June 30, 2015 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Fan Arrangement Album for Splatoon Released Share this Fan Arrangement Album for Splatoon Released

  

  If you were hoping for an official soundtrack from the game Splatoon, you’ll at least be able to get your hands on an fan arrangement album while you wait for the official release. The group GameChops have gone ahead and released Splatunes!, which features 14-tracks of remixed goodness from group founder DJ CUTMAN, as well as fan arrangement artists such as bLiNd, Benjamin Briggs, Ralfington and more. What’s more, it’s fully licensed by Joypad Records, so no Nintendo law patrol will be after our fine GameChops friends.

  SPLATUNES is a celebration of Nintendo’s new video game SPLATOON! The GameChops “Squid Squad” came together to create this mixtape of remixes and re-imaginations of some of our favorite tracks off of the Splatoon soundtrack.

  
  The album is currently “Name Your Price” up on Bandcamp and is sure to keep appetites satiated.

  GameChops – Bandcamp | Twitter

• Gear, Music Production, Reviews, Software

  Celestia: Heavenly Sound Design (Review)

  April 9, 2014 | Michael Hoffmann | Comments Off on Celestia: Heavenly Sound Design (Review) Share this Celestia: Heavenly Sound Design (Review)

  

  Here on OSV we focus primarily on the music of videogames. However, we do occasionally review music software, as these programs are a vital aspect of music writing and creation. While there are some game composers that are lucky enough to work with live musicians and orchestras, many still rely on sound libraries and samples to produce our favorite game music.

  Today, we are looking at the Impact Soundworks library Celestia: Heavenly Sound Design. The library was created by Andrew Aversa, Jordan Aguirre, and others at Impact Soundworks. Many videogame music remix fans may be more familiar with Aversa and Aguirre by their artist names, Zircon and bLiNd respectively. This latest library is advertised as a collection of atmospheric and ambient hybrid synth sounds. The focus is more on the softer and ethereal synthesizer instruments, rather than heavy hitting and dramatic instruments. With all that said, let’s take a look at this latest product. (more…)

• Chip Music, Game Music

  GameChops Offers Two $10 VGM Remix Bundles This Weekend

  April 3, 2014 | Michael Hoffmann | Comments Off on GameChops Offers Two $10 VGM Remix Bundles This Weekend Share this GameChops Offers Two $10 VGM Remix Bundles This Weekend

  

  The folks over at GameChops and Loudr are promoting a special deal starting now until the end of this weekend. To celebrate the two year anniversary of the GameChops label, you can pick up two different videogame music bundles, featuring various albums from the GameChops catalog. Each $10 bundle contains 5 albums of videogame remixes.

  There is an EDM Bundle, which features the albums Club Needlemouse (Sonic the Hedgehog), VLAD (Castlevania), NESteryears (Nintendo Classics), Boss Beats (Mega Man), and Triple Triad: Booster Pack (Final Fantasy VI, VII, VIII). The second bundle is a Chillout Electronica Bundle, which contains the KK and Friends (Animal Crossing), Ridge Racer Arrange, Hydrocity (Sonic the Hedgehog), Goombette (Super Mario RPG), and MeowMeow and BowWow (Zelda: Link’s Awakening) albums.

  Each bundle features music by some great remix artists. These artists include Ben Briggs, Joshua Morse, DJ Cutman, ABSRDST, VLAD, and many more. There’s something for any fan of EDM and Electronica VGM remixes. Both the EDM Bundle and the Chillout Bundle can be found on Loudr and will be available through April 6th. Grab these while you can.

• Game Music

  MAGFest 12 Concert Line-up Announced

  November 16, 2013 | Michael Hoffmann | Comments Off on MAGFest 12 Concert Line-up Announced Share this MAGFest 12 Concert Line-up Announced

  

  Clear your calenders for the first weekend of 2014 and get ready to rock out to some phenomenal videogame music! The twelfth annual Music and Game Festival, also known as MAGFest 12, has released the performance roster for three of its upcoming videogame music concerts. The event will be taking place in National Harbor, Maryland and will run from January 2, 2014 through January 5, 2014. Two of these concerts are chiptune showcases, which will be held on Friday and Saturday afternoon. The Friday night concert will be what is known as an Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Battle concert. A total of six different DJs from the VGM community will be participating to perform their repertoire for this EDM Battle. The line-up for the upcoming concerts include some new acts and a number of returning artists.

  The MAGFest 12 performance roster is as follows:

  Friday Chiptune Showcase (12 PM – 2 PM)

  – Trey Frey
  – Chipocrite
  – A_Rival
  – Danimal Cannon

  Friday Night EDM Battle (10 PM – 2 AM)

  – bLiNd
  – Benjamin Briggs
  – DJ Cutman
  – Grimecraft
  – Totentaz
  – Flexstyle

  Saturday Chiptune Showcase (12 PM – 2 PM)

  – Awesome Force
  – Auxide
  – Rainbow Dragon Eyes
  – Cheap Dinosaurs

  More information and updates on MAGFest events, tickets, hotels, special guests, and performers is available on the official MAGFest website at http://www.magfest.org/. A handful of us from Original Sound Version will be attending MAGFest 12 to cover the events and concerts as well. It’s looking like a great line-up for this concert series. Hope to see you there.

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