Game Soundtrack

Experimental, Game Music

Listen to Vocalist Emi Evans Sing on My Brother Rabbit OST

September 28, 2018 | Brenna Wilkes | 1 Comment Share this

Vocalist Emi Evans has been spreading her talents since her work on Dark Souls and Nier:Automata. She’s provided her vox for the soundtrack to the puzzle adventure game My Brother Rabbit that was released September 21st. Composed by Polish musician Arkadiusz Reikowski, My Brother Rabbit tells the tale of young siblings invoking a fantastic universe filled with bizarre objects and wonderful creatures to deal with the harsh realities befalling them in real life (and the game’s whimsical cover looks like something released by The Birthday Massacre).

“Because there are no voiceovers in the game, we knew from the very beginning of the project that the audio and music is going to be of the utmost importance, practically a separate layer of the game world. One of the greatest highlights of the score is the performance of a very famous singer, and my friend, Emi Evans.” – Arkadiusz Reikowski, Composer

“When I read the story about My Brother Rabbit it really connected with me. I spent lots of my childhood making up imaginary games, and the piece composed by Arkadiusz is really haunting, but also simple in the most wonderful way possible.” – Emi Evans, Vocalist

<a href="http://arkadiuszreikowski.bandcamp.com/album/my-brother-rabbit-original-soundtrack">My Brother Rabbit Original Soundtrack by Arkadiusz Reikowski, Emi Evans, Penelopa Willmann-Szynalik</a>

Last month, Arkadiusz traveled to London to meet Emi and recap the project that was captured in the documentary, which you can watch on Youtube.

My Brother Rabbit is available now on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. The song “Dreams”, which features Evan’s vocals, is available for free on Bandcamp, Soundcloud and Youtube, soon on Spotify and iTunes
Game Music, Indie Music

CrossCode Original Game Soundtrack Now Available

September 21, 2018 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on CrossCode Original Game Soundtrack Now Available Share this

The hype train of retro-inspired games keeps chugging along and doing quite well for itself. The 2D Action RPG CrossCode by Radical Fish games has only been out a day and is already receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews from gamers and review outlets alike. You can now also nab the game’s soundtrack on several platforms to enjoy offline too!

The CrossCode Original Game Soundtrack was composed by German indie artist Deniz Akbulut (that “Rice Ball” the devs refer to…yes actually) and features a huge repertoire of 60+ original tracks that themselves harken back to the early days of 16-bit gaming on the SNES and beyond.

I started writing the the soundtrack way back when I was graduating from high school. Since then, I worked on it on the side while I attended university. CrossCode has always been part of my life, and I always tried to push myself to my limits to go out of my comfort zone. I hope you all have a great time with CrossCode and enjoy its music! – Deniz Akbulut, Composer

<a href="http://interovgm.com/album/crosscode-original-game-soundtrack">CrossCode (Original Game Soundtrack) by Deniz Akbulut</a>

<a href="http://interovgm.com/album/crosscode-original-game-soundtrack">CrossCode (Original Game Soundtrack) by Deniz Akbulut</a>

With well over two hours of music to enjoy, the CrossCode OST is well worth the price of purchase. You can pick it up on Bandcamp, iTunes and Google Play or just nip over to Spotify and stream it for your Friday workday enjoyment.
Game Music

Destiny 2: Forsaken Original Soundtrack Now Available

September 19, 2018 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Destiny 2: Forsaken Original Soundtrack Now Available Share this

In case you missed it earlier this month, the soundtrack for the newest expansion in Bungie’s first person shooter, Destiny 2: Forsaken, is now available for purchase.

The three-disc soundtrack by composers Michael Salvatori, Skye Lewin, Rotem Moav and Pieter Schlosser features 32 tracks from the Destiny sequel’s third expansion. Like the music from the vanilla version of the game, the Forsaken soundtrack continues the orchestral ambiance heard in previous installments of the franchise’s music. Additionally, the Destiny 2: Forsaken Original Soundtrack Bungie Store Digital Edition includes the Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris and Warmind Original Soundtracks, totaling an over two and a half hours of music in MP3 format, high-quality Apple Lossless, and FLAC formats for a superior audio experience.

Every hero needs a theme song, and our composers at Bungie are thrilled to write yours. The Destiny 2: Forsaken Original Soundrack includes every anthem that we’ve released since the conclusion of the Red War, including music from ‘Curse of Osiris’ and ‘Warmind.’

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The Destiny 2: Forsaken Original Soundtrack Bungie Store Digital Edition also includes digital liner notes with a forward from the composers, as well as a download code for the exclusive “Songs of the Forsaken” Destiny 2 in-game player emblem.

You can purchase the Destiny 2: Forsaken Original Soundtrack Bungie Store Digital Edition on the Bungie store, or the normal versions of the Destiny 2: Forsaken Original Soundtrack on iTunes and Amazon.
Game Music, Indie Music

Lamplight City Original Soundtrack by Mark Benis Now Available

September 14, 2018 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Lamplight City Original Soundtrack by Mark Benis Now Available Share this

It’s always a wonderful thing to see artists that made their debut in the video game music community with collaborations and fun album projects graduate to composing full game music soundtracks. Mark Benis, who in the past has collaborated on several fan projects including Materia Collective’s Pokémon Piano Collections and FATE: A Tribute to Majora’s Mask has now seen his first original game soundtrack released in the film noir-inspired video game, Lamplight City.

Lamplight City is a steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight, putting you in control of private investigator Miles Fordham to find justice for his clients and track down his partner’s killer before his entire world comes apart. The music created by Benis is highly immersive, employing little details such as a high piano note for that flickering street light, tremelo and pizzicato strings for the dark alleyways, or an unsettling harp for the unbreakable bond between detectives Miles Fordham and Bill Leger.

“In a cathedral you visit in the game, you encounter the church’s choir director named ‘Singin’ Tom’ who is playing through a piece at the organ. The only problem is he hasn’t been practicing it, a chorale arrangement of ‘Down Among the Dead Men.’ Frankly he’s terrible at it. As the composer I had to figure out a way to create a believably horrible performance so I did it the only way I know how: I played the chorale myself. I stayed up until 2am, took off my glasses, and sight-read it hunched over my MIDI keyboard months after I had first written it. It’s the worst performance that I’ve ever given, but in context maybe it’s my best? On the album you hear the piece after Singin’ Tom practices quite a bit, but in the game… get your ears ready.” – Mark Benis, Composer

<a href="http://markbenis.bandcamp.com/album/lamplight-city-original-game-soundtrack">Lamplight City (Original Game Soundtrack) by Mark Benis</a>

The 41-track soundtrack for Lamplight City is currently available on multiple platforms including Bandcamp, iTunes and Spotify.
Events, Film, Game Music, Miscellaneous

Vince DiCola to Debut New Game Soundtracks and Band at Upcoming Show

August 30, 2018 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Vince DiCola to Debut New Game Soundtracks and Band at Upcoming Show Share this

Vince DiCola, composer of Transformers: The Motion Picture, Rocky IV and Angry Birds has started venturing into live performances more this year. At this past Super MAGFest, he played live with VGM band LonelyRollingStars and performed pieces from his aforementioned media which has gained him a underground nerd following. Having tasted the love of video game music geeks, he’s now venturing into other live performances and specifically will be debuting new music in West Hollywood, California on September 20, 2018 at the famous Whiskey-a-Go-Go.

Several months ago my daughter took it upon herself to start up a dialog with the folks at the Whisky about the idea of her father performing there. After all the details had been worked out I decided to use this opportunity to perform material from my film work and some videogames I scored with my partner Kenny Meriedeth. This will be the first live performance of some of this music, including tracks from the arena fighter Mighty Fight Federation and the sequel to Saturday Morning RPG! I will also be debuting a new progressive rock band called SAGA STAR at this show. This promises to be an exciting night of music so we hope to see you there! – Vince DiCola

DiCola will be debuting the new game music along with a progressive rock ensemble with his writing partner Kenny Meriedeth, film and game composer Cody Carpenter, George “norg” Nowik of the LonelyRollingStars and more. You can check out more information about the show and nab tickets over at Brown Paper Tickets.
Game Music, Reviews

Die. Learn. Listen. Dead Cells Original Soundtrack (Review)

August 3, 2018 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Die. Learn. Listen. Dead Cells Original Soundtrack (Review) Share this

There’s only a handful of games that I have gone out of my way to purchase while they’re still in earl access on Steam. One of them was Crypt of the Necrodancer, which played to my tastes in both cute macabre games and games with good soundtracks. While I originally took the loose risk of purchasing indie game Dead Cells because of it’s metroidvania offerings and promises of Dark Souls-like challenge, I was happy to find much like Crypt, it took sported a compelling soundtrack to it.

Unlike Crypt, however, Dead Cells features a far different type of soundtrack than the upbeat catchy rhythm of the former.

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Game Music, Japanese

Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Rockman X with Anniversary Collection Soundtrack

July 18, 2018 | Brenna Wilkes | 1 Comment Share this

It’s been 25 years since the Super Famicom/SNES successor to the Blue Bomber, Mega Man X, was released. As such, Sony Music and Nintendo have released a special soundtrack collection to commemorate the musical history of the sequel series.

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Capcom’s hit action game Rockman X series releases a commemoration album with 27 new tracks made for Rockman X Anniversary Collection Soundtrack and Rockman X Anniversary Collection Soundtrack 2, plus 1 bonus track specially created for this album, all provided by popular composer Yasumasa Kitagawa. Newly illustrated cover artwork by Mizuno Keisuke.

The soundtrack seems to pay homage to the music of the Mega Man/Rockman series music as a whole and features the following track list.

1.THE WORLD OF X
2.ORBIT
3.GALLERY (RELAXED)
4.GIVE IT A SHOT
5.PRESAGE
6.GRAVITY
7.STAGE START
8.X – BOSS 2
9.X2 – BOSS 2
10.X3 – BOSS 2 (EXTENDED)
11.X4 – BOSS
12.X5 – BOSS (EXTENDED)
13.X6 – BOSS
14.GAME OVER
15.WARNING
16.RE;FUTURE
17.GIVE IT A SHOT (EXTENDED)
18.STAGE CLEAR
19.GRAVITY (RESULT)
20.OVERCOME
21.RE;FUTURE FEAT.ERICA
22.TOTAL RESULT
23.GALLERY
24.THE CRISIS CONTINUES
25.END OF FILE
26.BREAK OUT
27.RE;FUTURE FEAT.JANET
28.ORBIT (NOSTALGIC)

The Rockman X Anniversary Collection Soundtrack releases today and is available for around $25 from PlayAsia and CDJapan.