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  Rockman 10 Soundtrack and Arrange Album Coming Soon!

  March 8, 2010 | Jayson Napolitano | 4 Comments Share this Rockman 10 Soundtrack and Arrange Album Coming Soon!

  

  Rockman 10 is out on the Wii, and we’ve been greatly looking forward to the game’s soundtrack. As it turns out, the Rockman 10 Original Soundtrack will be released on March 23, 2010 while the arrange album, R10 Image Soundtrack, will be released on April 30, 2010.  That’s some nifty artwork.

  The original soundtrack lists composers including III, Akari Kaida, and many others.  I thought Kaida’s inclusion meant that arranged tracks would appear on the soundtrack (she appeared on last year’s Rockman 9 Arrange Soundtrack), but I guess she’s involved with the original soundtrack itself.  The arrange album, on the other hand, will feature a slew of artists including Manami Matsumae and Yoshino Aoki, which should definitely be interesting.

  Have you been playing Mega Man 10 and have any thoughts regarding the music? Will you be picking up these albums over the next two months?

  [via VGMdb]

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  Prepare to Get Rocked (Or Stoned?): Rockman 9 Arrange Soundtrack Review

  October 22, 2008 | Jayson Napolitano | 1 Comment Share this Prepare to Get Rocked (Or Stoned?): Rockman 9 Arrange Soundtrack Review

  

  I can’t believe we’re finally to this point! It seemed like just yesterday that we were looking forward to getting our hands on Mega Man 9, and now that we’ve heard the original soundtrack, the Rockman 9 Arrange Soundtrack is a last frontier of sorts. I’ve been anticipating the album, and I know a lot of you have as well, so how is it?

  Well, you’re in for a mixed bag in several ways. Some tracks take an out-of-the-box approach, while others adhere closely to the source material. Some feel like they were arranged just for the sake of being arranged, but I guess that’s the nature of having to arrange every single song from a game. Is it everything we had hoped, or a disappointment?

  Find out in our review after the jump! (more…)

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  Review: Mega Man 9 Original Soundtrack Rocks, Should Rename Series “Rock Man”

  September 23, 2008 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this Review: Mega Man 9 Original Soundtrack Rocks, Should Rename Series “Rock Man”

  

  After drooling and raving about Mega Man 9 at E3 and Comic Con this year, like many of you, I finally got my hands on the full version of the game yesterday and am completely impressed by the difficulty of the game and of course the music. It provides an interesting blend of old and new sounds, giving Mega Man 9 its own distinct flavor.

  While Capcom kept a lid on who was handling the game’s music, it turns out that members of Inti Create’s sound team (called “III”) were responsible, including group leader Ippo Yamada with Ryo Kawakami, Yu Shimoda, and Hiroki Isogai, all of whom are listed as arrangers and computer programmers, which is a play on the techniques that composers had to use when creating music on the NES back in the day.

  So, does the Mega Man 9 soundtrack live up to the hype? Read our impressions after the jump. (more…)

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