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Baiyon collaborating on PS3 music visualizer
At the end of Jaymin Kessler's GDC presentation on the physics effects of PixelJunk Shooter, it was announced on the bottom corner of a slide that PixelUunk Eden composer Baiyon would be collaborating with Q-Games on a new music visualizer for the Playstation 3.
2 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-18  0 comments   
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IWADON: Spanky's Quest by Crashfaster
TCTD has posted the first promotional trailer for Game Music 4 All's Hiroyuki Iwatsuki tribute album that features a chiptune artist. 8bitsf's Crashfaster performs his cover of the Boss Battle theme from 1991 Natsume Game Boy title Spanky's Quest, set to footage taken at Kokoromi's GAMMA IV party at GDC. A list of IWADON's six participating chip musicians is included at the bottom of the post.
3 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-18  0 comments   
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Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker - Second night trailer
PSPHyper has embedded the second gameplay trailer from the forthcoming Playstation Portable title Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. The original soundtrack album, featuring music by Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinnouchi, is due out April 14 in Japan.
2 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-18  0 comments   
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Game Music 4 All announces IWADON: Hiroyuki Iwatsuki Tribute Album, due out March 24
Game Music 4 All has announced that the next installment in their series of game cover albums is IWADON: Hiroyuki Iwatsuki Tribute Album. A partnership with Nobuooo.com, an incredibly diverse collection of musicians has been gathered from all over the world to pay tribute to a composer who has been creating amazing game soundtracks for 20 years. All music will be streaming on the official site beginning March 24, followed by a PAX East presentation on March 26.
4 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-17  0 comments   
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NESBound Medley 4 (What if Earthbound were for NES)
YouTube user NewAgeRetroGamer has been remixing tracks from Earthbound for the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System as part of the “NESBound” remix project. The fourth cross-fade sample video contains arrangements of Kraken’s Theme, Battle Against a Machine, Sanctuary Boss Theme, and Smiles and Tears. Music by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka is remixed using Famitracker.
1 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-18  0 comments   
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Download "Splash Hill Zone - Act 1" theme from Sonic 4
Sega has updated the official site for Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 with a music section. You can currently download a seventy-second mp3 of the "Splash Hill Zone - Act 1" theme by composer Jun Senoue, which is also streaming on the site.
1 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-18  0 comments   
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OverClocked ReMix releases Donkey Kong Country 2: Serious Monkey Business
OverClocked ReMix has released a Donkey Kong Country 2 remix album directed by Jeremy Waters and Wesley Cho. The album includes more than 30 tracks and over two hours of music. The credits theme is arranged and performed by Rare alumni David Wise, Grant Kirkhope and Robin Beanland.
6 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-16  0 comments   
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Gaijin Games releases Bit.Trip Core Soundtrack
Gaijin Games has announced via their website that the BIT.TRIP CORE Original Soundtrack is now available via CDBaby and iTunes. The ten track album can be downloaded for $10, featuring chiptune composer and performer Bubblyfish. The soundtrack album to Bit.Trip Beat was previously released by the developers, featuring music by Bit Shifter.
2 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-17  0 comments   
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Details on Tom Salta's Red Steel 2 score
For the Red Steel 2 score, Tom Salta enlisted veteran studio musician Steve Ouimette and recorded various instrumentalists for Chinese percussion, Shakuhachi, Fue, Pipa, harmonica and violin. A press release sent out today details the composer's work on the Red Steel soundtrack and its positive response from news sites like IGN.
2 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-17  0 comments   
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Penny Arcade TV: screening and panel at PAX East
2 Player Productions' Penny Arcade TV series will be screened at PAX East, followed by a panel discussion by the pathfinding chiptune documentarians. Paul Levering, Paul Owens, Asif Siddiky and Gabe Liberti will answer questions from the audience after the screening starting 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 27.
2 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-17  0 comments   
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Cave Story creator's video interview
Cave Story composer and overall mastermind Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya gives his first video interview for Nintendo’s Developer’s Voice series. It includes some added PR by Nicalis producer Tyrone Rodriguez, who gave a talk at GDC on marketing strategies for videogame developers.
4 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-15  0 comments   
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Preview Baiyon's new 12 inch vinyl record Evening Glow Of A River
Baiyon, the Kyoto-based composer of Playstation Network title PixelJunk Eden, has just released a new 12 inch vinyl record called Evening Glow Of A River. Three samples await at the D1 Recordings website.
1 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-18  0 comments   
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Noriyasu Agematsu scores Square Enix iPhone RPG Chaos Rings
Square Enix is publishing a traditional JRPG developed by Media Vision (of the Wild Arms series) for iPhone. Chaos Rings will feature an original score by Noriyasu Agematsu. The composer previously has contributed to the soundtracks of Wild Arms the Vth Vanguard, Wild Arms XF and White Knight Chronicles. A debut trailer has been posted to the official website.
1 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-17  0 comments   
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GDC Video: Sound and Music as Narrative in Flower
On the final day of the Game Developers Conference, music composer Vincent Diamante and SCEA sound designer Steve Johnson presented an audio session on the sound and music of Thatgamecompany's Flower. Nobuooo has uploaded a recording of the full presentation to Vimeo, which can be seen in eight parts.
3 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-15  0 comments   
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Mega Ran featured in this month's Nintendo Power
Mega Man hip-hop artist Random (Mega Ran) has a full-page feature titled "Mega Ran's Rhymes: When Rap and Rock Man Collide" in the latest issue of Nintendo Power, (which has Scribblenauts 2 on the cover). The rapper recently shared a cover of Mega Man 10's main theme called "Here We Go Again," continuing his Blue Bomber-inspired Mega Ran music series.
1 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-17  0 comments   
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Syncopation in the Super Mario Bros. Theme
Kotaku has posted an in-depth look at the use of syncopation both in Super Mario Bros. and arrangements for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, by composer Koji Kondo. Guest columnist, gaming blog Cruise Elroy, offers text and sound samples for illustration.
1 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-17  0 comments   
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GDC, The Fantasy of Control - Baiyon And On
Game Developer Magazine columnist and independent game designer Matthew Wasteland talks with PixelJunk Eden composer Baiyon at GDC on the main differences between presenting at the San Francisco game conference and Tokyo's CEDEC event.
2 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-15  0 comments   
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Introducing The Sound Test, 1UP's Game Music Podcast
Ray Barnholt of 1UP has posted the first installment of a videogame music-themed podcast, as part of the Chiptuned blog. Music from the show includes tracks from Final Fantasy XIII, The Magic Obelisk and Halo 3: ODST.
2 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-14  0 comments   
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Mega64's Beatles Rock Band celebrity cameo
Every year at the Game Developers Conference's Moscone Center in San Francisco it seems that Mega64 runs into a celebrity game developer, be it Shigeru Miyamoto or Hideo Kojima. This time it's The Beatles... sort of.
1 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-16  0 comments   
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PAX East announces Boston Indie Showcase Finalists
PAX East has announced five finalists for their independent game showcase. They are Slam Bolt Scrappers from Fire Hose Games, AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! by Dejobaan Games, Miegakure by Marc ten Bosch, Turba by Keith Morgado, Dearth by MIT Gambit Game Lab, and Waker, also by MIT Gambit Game Lab.
1 votes  by jeriaska  on 2010-03-16  0 comments   
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