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Soundtracks to Original Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2 Releasing to Vinyl

February 21, 2019 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Soundtracks to Original Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2 Releasing to Vinyl Share this

It’s a good time to be a Resident Evil fan, and even moreso now for fans of the soundtracks to the original two games. Laced Records has teamed up with Capcom to release Resident Evil (Original Soundtrack) and Resident Evil 2 (Original Soundtrack) deluxe double-vinyl collections.

Composed by the Capcom Sound Team, Masami Ueda, Makoto Tomozawa and Akira Kaida, Resident Evil’s brooding score became a benchmark for horror games, giving the original genre-defining masterpiece a persistent and unnerving sense of claustrophobia.

Incontrast, the Resident Evil 2 Original Soundtrack conveys fundamental themes of panic and desperation via varying musical styles. Featuring ambient horror, industrial pieces and rousing militaristic anthems you’ll experience classic orchestral compositions alongside ominous piano underscores, taking you back to Racoon City’s iconic Police Station, Sewer and Underground Laboratory.

Each soundtrack has been remastered for the release, with high-quality artwork from the games on the vinyl gatefold sleeves as well as standard edition and limited edition marble colourways.

Each deluxe release will cost about $35.00USD and are available for pre-order now with an as-yet unannounced shipping date. The Resident Evil (Original Soundtrack) and Resident Evil 2 (Original Soundtrack) vinyl is available on the Laced Records website.

Given I wasn’t too impressed with the soundtrack of the recently-released Resident Evil 2 remake and ended up downloading the original soundtrack to play with the game instead, this announcement is a welcome one and I look forward to giving these a listen once they are released.
Game Music, Indie Music, Reviews

SHADOWRUN: HONG KONG VINYL (REVIEW)

May 9, 2018 | Ryan Paquet | Comments Off on SHADOWRUN: HONG KONG VINYL (REVIEW) Share this SHADOWRUN: HONG KONG VINYL (REVIEW)

We recently reviewed Jon Everist’s soundtrack to Shadowrun: DRAGONFALL on Vinyl LP which you can read here if you missed it. The composer also provided OSV with a review copy of their Shadowrun: HONG KONG Vinyl LP. I first experienced this soundtrack back in 2015 and declared it a must listen, it also led me to choose Jon Everist as my pick for composer of year.

Listening to the soundtrack on vinyl for me was a new way to experience a soundtrack I fell in love with years ago. Read on for my full review of the double vinyl album, which includes a detailed look at the album art and packaging.

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Game Music, Indie Music

Christopher Young’s score to Wilson’s Heart the VR Video Game score coming on June 1st!

May 4, 2018 | Ryan Paquet | Comments Off on Christopher Young’s score to Wilson’s Heart the VR Video Game score coming on June 1st! Share this

On June 1, 2018, Varese Sarabande will release composer’s Christopher Young’s score to Wilson’s Heart, the Oculus Rift VR game developed by Twisted Pixel. Christopher Young is known for his many horror film scores including Hellraiser, The Fly 2, Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, Drag Me to Hell, and many more. He also epically scored the first two Monkey King films which OSV has covered in the past. Varese Sarabande offers some more detail on the soundtrack below:

Wilson’s Heart is the award winning Oculus virtual reality game. This game is an immersive first-person psychological thriller set in a 1940s hospital that has undergone a haunting transformation. The player becomes Robert Wilson, a patient who awakens to the shocking discovery that his heart has been replaced with a mysterious device. The original soundtrack features a creepy, horror movie inspired score composed by Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominated composer, Christopher Young (Hellraiser, Spider-Man 3). CD and Digital hit June 1st!

Varese Sarabande Records

You can watch the trailer the game above, and you can download and listen to the game’s End Credits music directly on Twisted Pixel’s website. I’ve posted the track below so that you can listen here too! You can pre-order the CD now from Amazon for $14.98.

Have you played Wilson’s Heart? What did you think of the music? Share your experience with us in the comments!
Game Music, Indie Music, Reviews

SHADOWRUN: DRAGONFALL VINYL (REVIEW)

April 9, 2018 | Ryan Paquet | 1 Comment Share this SHADOWRUN: DRAGONFALL VINYL (REVIEW)

On February 26, 2018, Black Screen Records released the soundtracks to Shadowrun: Dragonfall, and Shadowrun: Hong Kong on 180g Vinyl LP. Jon Everist composed the scores and graciously supplied OSV with signed review copies of both albums and their respective art prints. This week’s review focuses on Shadowrun: Dragonfall, and my full review of Shadowrun: Hong Kong is on the way.

Over the past few years the release of video game soundtracks on vinyl has blossomed, and some have been more disappointing the others. I am very happy to report that this release does not disappoint. Read on for my full review of the album, which includes a look at the album art and packaging as it’s an essential part of the experience.

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Anime, Television

The 1984 G1 Transformers TV Soundtrack Debuts on Vinyl March 9!

March 7, 2018 | Ryan Paquet | Comments Off on The 1984 G1 Transformers TV Soundtrack Debuts on Vinyl March 9! Share this

On March 6, 2018, Enjoy the Toons Records announced that they were releasing the soundtrack to the G1 Transformers cartoon. The music has never been released in any form since the show’s airing in the early 1980’s. The music for the show was composed by Robert J. Walsh, and Johnny Douglas who worked on a number of 80’s cartoons including G.I. Joe (TV and Movie), Jem and the Holograms, and My Little Pony.

The album will go sale this Friday, March 9, 2018, on their website at noon Eastern Time. The album is limited to 2000 copies total, and is spread across three character color themed variants, and traditional black record. The colored albums include Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Bumblebee version which will be an exclusive on ThinkGeek. The track list for the album is detailed below, it contains music from seasons 1 to 3 of the show which were personally selected by composer Robert J. Walsh.

Enjoy the Ride Records has confirmed that they will not be releasing this album digitally or on CD as they only licensed the album for a Vinyl LP release. Enjoy the Ride Records have also been hinting at this release since Thanksgiving of 2017 via their Instagram account. I also noticed that the labelling on the album reads: “HASBRO STUDIOS PRESENTS: 80’s TV Classics Music From” and asked the label over twitter if this meant if they planned to release more Hasbro music? They liked my tweet, so I am expecting more releases in the future. If you check out what’s been teased on Instagram I’ve seen pictures of the villains of G.I. Joe, and Thundercats too.

Original Sound Version has reached out to Sony Legacy Recordings for details on the possibility of additional releases but has received no response. Composer Robert J Walsh has been teasing the release of his music to Transformers, G.I. Joe and Jem and the Holograms for years now on his Facebook page, and with members of many Transformers fans. He has also hinted that he re-mastered the Transformers music in 5.1 audio for a potential Blu-Ray Audio release. OSV will be sure to report on any additional releases as information becomes available.

To purchase this album be sure to check out Enjoy The Toons Records site on Friday, I don’t think these will last long!

Are you excited for the first official release of the music from the Transformers cartoon?
Television

Soundtrack to Netflix Series Altered Carbon Now Available

February 13, 2018 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Soundtrack to Netflix Series Altered Carbon Now Available Share this

Last weekend saw a lot of press for the new Netflix Cyber-Punk series, Altered Carbon. The new futuristic murder mystery show premiered on Netflix and commercials for it ran during the Super Bowl, including the show’s trailer. Now, Skydance Television and Lakeshore Records have released the Original Series Soundtrack for the show.

The Altered Carbon Original Soundtrack features 11 tracks from Fargo composer Jeff Russo. In addition to the original score, the album includes three songs including a cover of the Johnny Cash standard “Ain’t No Grave” performed by ALTERED CARBON star Renée Elise Goldsberry (Quellcrist Falconer) and Sune Rose Wagner’s performance of White Zombie’s “More Human Than Human”.

“We wanted to play the emotional undercurrent of the story so we decided not to be too on the nose as far as the sci-fi aspect. In ALTERED CARBON, human bodies are interchangeable. So in this story, the idea of playing the core of a person becomes very important. I wanted to make sure to create thematic motifs that could be used to keep track of who was who in the ever-changing landscape of the story.” – Jeff Russo, Composer

Lakeshore Records has released the ALTERED CARBON – Original Netflix Series Soundtrack digitally. You can pick it up on iTunes or streaming on Spotify.
Chip Music, Game Music

Tiny Barbarian DX Releases Chiptune Soundtrack Compilation

October 12, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | 1 Comment Share this

The 2D hack n’ slash action platformer Tiny Barbarian DX is seeing the music for all four of it’s episodes released in one large chiptune compilation, courtesy of Materia Collective and the game’s composer, Jeff Ball (Mass Effect 3, Monkey Island 2: Special Edition).

With the recent update that added Episodes 3 and 4 to the main game, Tiny Barbarian DX is now officially complete with bonus zones included and 2-player co-op added to the final build. As such, Materia Collective and Jeff Ball teamed up to release an album consisting of all of the music from the game in a massive 76-track compilation album of 8-bit chiptune goodness.

“Tiny Barbarian DX was the first time I tackled a large scale chiptune soundtrack. It was a rush to channel all the nostalgia from old NES games like Mega Man and Castlevania into a project like this.” – Jeff Ball,Composer

<a href="http://jeffball.bandcamp.com/album/tiny-barbarian-dx-the-ultimate-chiptune-compilation">Tiny Barbarian DX: The Ultimate Chiptune Compilation by Jeff Ball</a>
<a href="http://jeffball.bandcamp.com/album/tiny-barbarian-dx-the-ultimate-chiptune-compilation">Tiny Barbarian DX: The Ultimate Chiptune Compilation by Jeff Ball</a>

The Tiny Barbarian DX: The Ultimate Chiptune Compilation is available for purchase now on Bandcamp, iTunes and streaming on Spotify.