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  PIXELS Original Soundtrack (Review)

  July 24, 2015 | Ryan Paquet | 1 Comment Share this PIXELS Original Soundtrack (Review)

  

  Pixels is a new Hollywood blockbuster that features several classic video games including Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Q-bert to name a few.  The movie is getting two soundtrack releases in and I had the opportunity to listen to a copy of the score.  The score was composed by Henry Jackman, who wrote the music for super hero films X-men: First Class, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Big Hero 6.  He also wrote the score for the animated video game film Wreck it Ralph, and he has also written the score to the upcoming game Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End which I can’t wait to hear.

  Prior to listening to the score I was curious to find out if it offered symphonic representations of some classic video games, or something entirely different.  Read on to find out what I thought of the score.

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  Donkey Kong Country Soundtrack Coming From Club Nintendo Japan

  June 2, 2011 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this Donkey Kong Country Soundtrack Coming From Club Nintendo Japan

  

  Nintendo is once again making their fans outside of Japan jealous with their latest run of Club Nintendo goods. Along with some cute Kirby Epic Yarn pouches, Nintendo made the Donkey Kong Country Returns soundtrack available to Club Nintendo members. It will be available for 400 points, or 250 if you happened to have purchased the game.

  I have nearly 800 points, and I’d give them all up for one of these Club Nintendo Japan CDs. While the soundtrack looks rather incomplete with only 25 tracks (some game rips going around have around 83 tracks), you can be sure that Nintendo has probably combed the soundtrack for the best of the best, and that a lot of the remixes of previous DKC material will be here. I really want this one for the groovy “Sunset Coast” and the Metroid-esque “Storm Beach,” however.

  With music provided by Kenji Yamamoto and others, it should be worth checking out if you can ever get your hands on it. Guess I’ll have to wait until next time I’m in Japan!  Are you interested, and are you still scratching your head as to why Zelda never gets this kind of treatment?

  [via VGMdb]

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  E3 2010: Nintendo’s Hardcore Press Conference

  June 15, 2010 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this E3 2010: Nintendo’s Hardcore Press Conference

  

  Nintendo’s press conference has come to a close, and it’s looking like 2010 and even 2011 are going to be big years for Nintendo fans. While half of the conference was dominated by the 3DS (which also had some amazing game announcements), the Wii and DS are getting a lot of love this year.

  Nearly every classic Nintendo franchise was covered, from the upcoming Metroid: Other M that we’ve been excited about for months to newly announced Zelda, Kirby, Kid Icarus, Donkey Kong Country, and even Goldeneye titles. While everyone is focusing on how these games look and feel (the 3DS is absolutely stunning), we were paying attention to how they sounded, and I have to say that I liked what I heard.

  Hit the jump for our impressions of Nintendo’s newly announced titles directly from the press conference. (more…)

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