Yeah, he “does” him. I am the king of not-so-subtle innuendo!!
I just wanted to share this. Released perhaps as a birthday gift to Luke Esquivel, the 8-Bit Pimp himself, Inverse Phase did a fully-chipped mix of the chip-hop artist’s theme song. “8 Bit Playas and Pimps, Throw Your Hands Up High!!” Check it out!
I’m a huge fan of the GENKI ROCKETS. You may know them for their track, “Heavenly Stars,” which was featured in LUMINES II and No More Heroes. While much of the talent behind the group remains a mystery, Tetsuya Mizuguchi at Q Entertainment and Kenji Tamai of Agehasprings Corporation are known to be involved.
When we first saw Child of Eden at Ubisoft’s press conference at E3 2010, I thought I was hearing the distinctive voice of Lumi, the group’s fictional vocalist. I was right, and here’s an EP that celebrates GENKI ROCKETS’s contributions to the game as well as an additional track that was used as a promotion for Sony’s “make.believe” brand slogan campaign.
Find out if the EP is worth your time in our brief review after the jump. (more…)
I mentioned in our review of Now is the point at which I touch eternity that freesscape had released “Lost Petals” as a separate single back in February. It’s been a little while since we took a look at the album, so I thought it was time to take a look back at the single, which is actually a whole lot more than your typical single.
More along the lines of an EP, Lost Petals features four tracks, and several of them offer up quite a surprise. See what I mean in our review after the jump. (more…)
Yeah, it’s old news. We covered the EXTRA Hyper Game Music Event pretty extensively in the past, and that’s where most of our coverage of this group has come from. Shortly after the release of the EXTRA – Official Compilation in 2007, the duo launched their first single, Erinyes, and unfortunately hasn’t done much since then.
If you were unaware, however, you may be interested to know who the members are and what this single is all about. Hit the jump for our review. (more…)
We’ve featured No Sleeves (no3b) a few times here on OSV. The trio is an offshoot of the immensely popular AKB48 super group, and I’ve been pretty impressed with their past singles. Kimi Shika is the group’s fifth single which was released in 2010.
The single has been used for a variety of purposes, including the NTV Shiodome Expo 2010 theme song, the ending theme for the TV show Jack 10, and as the theme for the mobile drama, Kotodama no Onnatachi.
Find out if it’s worth checking out in our review. (more…)
Kind of a slow week, so I thought I’d get around to sharing with you a few recently released singles that are worth your attention. Some of my favorite composers have been very busy lately, and it’s been much too long since we’ve heard from a number of these guys.
Let me start with Chance Thomas. He recently scored the Monopoly Streets videogame, and while the game may not be your thing, Thomas has composed a pretty interesting jazz piece that acts as the game’s main theme. I was kind of surprised by it as I’m used to hearing a big orchestral sound out of him, but I recommend heading over to VGMdb for more details and picking it up for $0.99 online if you’re interested.
Next up, Michael Bross. We’re huge fans of his work in both videogames and his solo electronic music, but he’s been busy with a number of game projects as well. One of his biggest projects is Firefall, an upcoming MMO from Red 5 Studios. Bross has provided a pretty insightful look into his work on the game, and the team has even made one of his tracks available for download. That’s right, it’s free. You can’t beat that!
Last up is a very special release. E.S. Posthumus brothers Helmut and Franz Vonlichten have been favorites of many of us here on the site, and Helmut had the very unfortunate news earlier this year that his brother, Franz, had unexpectedly passed away. Helmut has gone on to release this single titled “Christmas Eve,” a holiday tune that turned out to be the last recording the brothers would work on. They had planned on releasing an album of Christmas music (a fantastic idea if there ever was one), so hopefully fans enjoy this and keep Franz and his surviving family in mind this holiday season.
Feel free to chime in and let us know what you think of the above singles.
Gintama (“Silver Soul”) has had a lot of catchy singles in its long, continuous run. We’ve talked about them before.
Today, we talk about the song “sanagi” by the J-rock group POSSIBILITY. This is the ninth ending theme for the TV anime (which, by our count, happens somewhere around the 3rd or 4th season). We’re digging into the past a wee bit with this one, as the single was released in May 2008. But we think it’s worth digging back and looking at. So check out our thoughts after the jump! (more…)
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