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Kingdom Hearts Goes Emo In New Cover Album

Kingdom Hearts Goes Emo In New Cover Album

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The suggestion of an “emo” take on the Kingdom Hearts soundtrack started as a complete joke. Game music label GameGrooves posted the “announcement” on April Fools Day three years ago, but…there’s an apparent demand for such a thing, and they felt like really making it, so….here it is. If you don’t like it, you only have yourself to blame. The full title is XIII Cheers for Sweet Revenge: Kingdom Hearts Goes Emo (long and convoluted, like a KH title should be). Everything is rendered in the angsty style of a My Chemical Romance album, including “Dearly Beloved” from Kingdom Hearts II, “Hikari” and “Simple and Clean” from the original Kingdom Hearts, “Face my Fears” from the most recent third game, and many others. “What started as an April Fool’s Day joke three years ago has culminated in one of my favorite GameGrooves albums to date,” says GameGrooves producer Allen Brasch. “Given the genre, we decided to open the album to both Disney songs as well as Kingdom Hearts tracks. The

GameChops Releases Phoenix Down: Piano Lullabies from Final Fantasy

GameChops Releases Phoenix Down: Piano Lullabies from Final Fantasy

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In the latest FF-branded release, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, you can sit Cloud down at pianos located around the world of Gaia and play whatever melody you want (provided you master the controls first). Special prizes are awarded if you collect the sheet music of familiar FF7 songs and play them as close to perfect as possible. You could do that, or you could buy Phoenix Down: Piano Lullabies from Final Fantasy, a new cover album released by GameChops, and have it do the work for you. This album contains over 30 piano arrangements of iconic themes from across the Final Fantasy series, performed by the sibling team of Super Piano 64 — brothers Nate and Cannon Evans. “Our vision for this project was to craft relaxing, reserved, sleepy piano pieces from choice tracks across Final Fantasy history,” they say. “It was challenging to pick and choose from all the incredible works of this brilliant franchise, but we’re very pleased with the final result. We hope this project brings you

GameChops Invites You To Avatar And Chill

GameChops Invites You To Avatar And Chill

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Music producer Kyle Horvath, otherwise known as “SweetBoiKyle,” has teamed up with record label GameChops to produce Avatar And Chill, a new album of lofi hip-hop remixes from the treasured animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. It would seem now would be the time to come up with something like this, given the publicity over the Netflix series (note: if you haven’t seen either, WATCH THE CARTOON first). But the album is a sequel to Chillbending, a bundle of tracks SweetBoiLyke published in 2020. This time he renders memorable tracks from across both Last Airbender and its sequel series Legend of Korra, including the main theme, “The Avatar’s Love,” “Leaves from the Vine,” “Secret Tunnel” and the ending credits theme from The Legend of Korra. 14 tracks in all! “Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of the great pieces of art in our lifetime,” says SweetboiKyle. “I never fully realized the mastery and profound writing of the series until rewatching in my adult life. This is my way of paying

Dale North Presents Perfect Selection Vol. 2

Dale North Presents Perfect Selection Vol. 2

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Scarlet Moon is the publisher of many many video game remix albums, as well as several authentic indie game albums including the works of composer Dale North. They’ve just announced North’s latest: a follow-up to PERFECT SELECTION, Dale’s mix of material from projects he’s taken on. The first album with that title came out in 2019; Dale’s been working hard since then and has amassed enough material to put together a second. “For a collection of miscellaneous one-offs, the first collection proved to be pretty popular,” remarks North. “I thought to myself: I have a lot more where that came from! They say variety is the spice of life and that really fits with how smaller projects help keep the work on bigger ones like full games excting and fresh. New perspectives and new collaborators help push us towards new possibilities. It’s fun to share the musical places I’ve been in these collections and have others enjoy them.” PERFECT SELECTION Dale North vol. two contains material from across Dale’s work

Dale North’s Astral Ascent Soundtrack Now Available

Dale North’s Astral Ascent Soundtrack Now Available

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We’ve written about the compositions of Dale North before: he’s the man behind such video game soundtracks as RWBY: Arrowfell, Wizard of Legend, Wargroove 2, Dreamscaper, Sparklite, and he also wrote the theme song to Nintendo Minute back when that was a thing. The latest game to bear his music, Astral Ascent, steps out of Early Access to become a full product on Steam today, and there’s more: Dale’s soundtrack is being made available separately at the same time. “The score accentuates the majestic beauty of the game world as well as the intense boss battles with the Zodiacs.. Listeners will enjoy hearing the exploration, combat, and boss battle music heard in each of the game’s diverse areas of the astral prison know as the Garden,” says Scarlet Moon, publishers of the soundtrack. North’s work for Astral Ascent features a live orchestra and vocals by Emi Evans (NieR, Dark Souls, Star Wars Visions). Astral Ascent is a 2D platformer roguelite set in a modern fantasy world. You play as one

Scarlet Moon Halloween Is Back For Volume II

Scarlet Moon Halloween Is Back For Volume II

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Last year around this time, Scarlet Moon Records released a special Halloween-themed album featuring a mix of video game covers, and said they planned to make it an annual tradition. They kept to their word — Scarlet Moon Halloween Volume II has now been released on all storefronts. Last year’s Volume I featured spooky melodies from Doom, Silent Hill, Resident Evil and other games. Volume II stretches it a bit farther, taking tracks from games that aren’t primarily advertised as horror-centric, but have their moments. Talents featured on this year’s album include ROZEN (Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Sins of Hyrule), Goomin “Nauts” Nam (Ragnarok Online, DJMAX), Nami Nakagawa (vocalist on NieR series, Demon Slayer), and others. “It’s my favorite time of year once again, and I’m excited to hear what our assembled talent have put together for fans,” notes Scarlet Moon’s Jayson Napolitano. “I absolutely adore the FINAL FANTASY XVI battle theme, am excited to introduce Nami Nakagawa to our listeners, and am thrilled by the unconventional track selections and

Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies Volume III Available Now

Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies Volume III Available Now

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The most successful line of video game cover albums that Scarlet Moon Records publishes are the Prescription for Sleep series. As of today, the thirteenth album has been released. Prescription for Sleep is a series of albums containing smooth jazz renditions of well-known melodies from popular video games. The series has covered Secret of Mana, Undertale, Celeste, Shovel Knight, Stardew Valley and many more. Most recently PFS broke the mold to cover its first anime, basing an album on the music of Attack On Titan. Now Prescription for Sleep presents Game Music Lullabies Volume III, once again scored by the Japanese jazz duo GENTLE LOVE. Highlights include “Windmill Hut” from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, “Tristram” from the original Diablo, and “Kraid” from the original Metroid, along with renditions of songs from the NieR, Ys and Final Fantasy series. “I couldn’t be more pleased with how Volume III turned out,” says Scarlet Moon producer Jayson Napolitano. “I think we hit a fine balance between popular themes and deep

Scarlet Moon Announces 13th Prescription for Sleep Album

Scarlet Moon Announces 13th Prescription for Sleep Album

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Scarlet Moon Records deals in video game cover albums, and we’ve reported on many of their releases here, but their most successful venture has been the Prescription for Sleep series. These albums are smooth jazz renditions of well-known melodies from popular video games. Whether they’re used to fall asleep to or not, they’re hot sellers, and the series has covered Secret of Mana, Undertale, Celeste, Shovel Knight, Stardew Valley and many more. Most recently, PFS broke the mold to cover its first anime, basing an album on the music of Attack On Titan. Now Prescription for Sleep presents its thirteenth album, once again scored by the Japanese jazz duo GENTLE LOVE. Highlights include “Windmill Hut” from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, “Tristram” from the original Diablo, and “Kraid” from the original Metroid, along with renditions of songs from the NieR, Ys and Final Fantasy series. “There was a time when the entirety of the Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies series was laid out before me,” says Scarlet

Scarlet Moon Introduces Piano Diaries: DELTARUNE Ch.1

Scarlet Moon Introduces Piano Diaries: DELTARUNE Ch.1

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Looks like the year isn’t winding down without at least one more release from Scarlet Moon, the specialty music publisher who deals in covers of familiar video game soundtracks. This Christmas, they’ve teamed up with veteran piano arrangers and performers David Russell and Laura Platt to present Piano Diaries: DELTARUNE Ch.1. It’s a 40-track solo piano tribute to Toby Fox’s Undertale sequel — what’s been released of it so far, anyway. You’ll find remixes of familiar tunes like the battle theme, “Rude Buster,” and “Field of Hopes and Dreams” all performed mainly on the piano. “Recordings of music from DELTARUNE have become increasingly popular over the last several years,” says producer and pianist David Russell. “With these ‘Piano Diaries,’ Laura and I sought to create a single, cohesive experience that reimagines the iconic themes of DELTARUNE with classical sensibilities that will give listeners an opportunity to relive the experience of the game from a new perspective. The pianistic interpretations in this album take an experimental and cinematic approach with the

Scarlet Moon Introduces Two New Christmas Albums

Scarlet Moon Introduces Two New Christmas Albums

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Scarlet Moon Records, producers of many, many video game cover albums, are releasing their take on the holiday season. It’s nothing new — this is actually the SEVENTH Scarlet Moon Christmas album in as many years. What is new is that it’s accompanied by a second album. Unlike most of their albums, Scarlet Moon Christmas has little to do with video games — there’s just not much to cover outside of Christmas NiGHTS and that one snow area in Banjo-Kazooie. Instead the albums cover traditional Christmas songs, BUT they’re composed by artists who have worked for Scarlet Moon on other projects. For what it’s worth, someone mixed in melodies from a Kirby game in one of these tracks. Snowing (“Let it Snow” Fusion Arrange) by Jamphibious Galician Carol by Osamu Kubota Silver & Gold & Grapes & Gardens (“Grape Gardens” from Kirby Adventure) by Mustin Away in a Manger by Vince DiCola Daisy Bell by mojera What’s the second offering, you ask? SM’s series Prescription For Sleep is getting in

Scarlet Moon Presents a Metal Tribute To Castlevania

Scarlet Moon Presents a Metal Tribute To Castlevania

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The general goth aesthetic of Castlevania would seem to blend well with the aesthetic of metal considering the similarities in the art that adorns both genres. Yet it’s only now that we’re hearing about a metal album that ties itself directly to Konami’s long-running video game franchise. It was a long wait to see the obvious happen, but it’s here: Encuentro de Sangre: A Metal Tribute to Castlevania. The album is the collaborative effort of four arrangers: Thennecan, Ferdk, ThePlasmas, and Pokérus Project, under the guidance of game music label GameGrooves. Together, they slapped a metal edge on twelve melodies from Castlevania’s dawning days on the NES. “It’s an honor to work with such incredible musicians, and I quite literally could not have pulled this off without Thennecan’s help,” comments GamesGrooves producer Allen Brasch. “I already knew that the Latin American metal VGM community was tight, but now I see just how close they really are. The musicianship on this album is beyond words, and this is the first album

Have A Scarlet Moon Halloween

Have A Scarlet Moon Halloween

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Yesterday we mentioned the video game cover album company Scarlet Moon had a seasonally appropriate Zelda album out, composed by ROZEN. But it’s just one of several new albums they’re introducing this season, some of which we’ll be covering over the next few days. One is specifically tied to Halloween, and SM plans to make it an annual tradition. Scarlet Moon Halloween Volume 1 contains tracks from Metroid, Metroid Prime, Castlevania, Silent Hill, DOOM, and Resident Evil: Code Veronica, done up in a Halloweeny style. Something to think about for your party next Monday. 1. bLiNd – Kraid’s Brew (“Kraid’s Lair” from Metroid) 2. Jordan Chin – Vampire Killer (from Castlevania) 3. Sean Schafianski – Silent Hill (Short Ver.) (from Silent Hill) 4. Mustin – Night of the Chozos (“Menu Theme” from Metroid Prime) 5. Peter Reid Jones – Sinister Moon (“Sinister [E2M6]” from DOOM) 6. Jamphibious – A Moment of Relief (from Resident Evil: Code Veronica) 7. Sean Schafianski – Silent Hill (Long Ver.) (from Silent Hill) “While I

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