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VR Game Straylight To Be Released January 31, Soundtrack Album January 27

VR Game Straylight To Be Released January 31, Soundtrack Album January 27

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At the end of this month STRAYLIGHT, a new VR game by Dr Bloc, will be released. The man they tapped to write the soundtrack for said game is Rob Kovacs, who was initially hired to just come up with the title track, but Bloc liked the end product so much he decided to hire Kovacs to compose the entire game’s score. Kovacs wanted to go retro with the sound of this one, using a synthwave style composed with tools like a Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 rev. 3.2 synthesizer, a Logic Pro X DAW, an Apogee Ensemble convertor and a bunch of other instruments you’ve probably never heard of. No one knows if the game will be a hit, but there WILL be a separate soundtrack release, named STRAYLIGHT. “Studying these early video game soundtracks really influenced my writing for STRAYLIGHT,” Kovacs says. “I got the sense that these early composers were breaking new ground, working with new technology, and creating music for a brand-new medium. They took a lot

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

Star Fox 64 Metal Tribute Arwing Odyssey Now Available

Star Fox 64 Metal Tribute Arwing Odyssey Now Available

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The world of Star Fox is quite a trippy place. Spark-edged polygonal ships piloted by talking animals driving through boxy environments and shooting at ominous floating triangles. If you think the experience would benefit from a prog rock soundtrack, so do we. But it took rock arranger Ro Panuganti to make it happen: he presents Arwing Odyssey, “Arwing Odyssey is an album designed around speed, with more tracks hitting hard out the gate,” comments Panuganti. “I was excited to use more 8-string friendly techniques on guitar like thump and tons of sound design as well to recreate fun effects in the game. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten to produce an album this clear, punchy, and play around with voice acting and monster sounds all at once. Fans of Star Fox and modern metal will hopefully appreciate and enjoy the extra care going into its big over-the-top sound.” No track listing this time — what you get is simply the entire Star Fox 64 soundtrack by Koji Kondo and Hajime

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

Metroid Prime 20th Anniversary Visual Tribute Album Premiering November 17th

Metroid Prime 20th Anniversary Visual Tribute Album Premiering November 17th

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This fall Metroid Prime turns….I hate typing this….20 years old. As one of the best games the Gamecube ever had and a revolutionary title overall, it deserves a party…but Nintendo isn’t springing for a cake or balloon animals. There’s no official acknowledgement of the anniversary and Metroid Prime 4 is lost in space. As it typically the case, it’s up to the fans. Presenting”Prime: Metroid Reimagined,” a unique cover album that goes beyond just rearrangement. It’s a visual experience with a video accompanying each song. An international team of video game musicians, artists, and designers worked tirelessly to create the ultimate ode to Samus’s Tallon IV adventure. Check out these impressive credits: Composed, arranged, and produced by Zeke Fenelon (aka Outset Initiative), video game remix artist and game developer on Halo Infinite. Piano performed by Ryan Ike, two-time BAFTA-nominated composer and sound designer best known for his work on award winning games including Gunpoint, Frog Fractions 2, West of Loathing, Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, and Reigns: Game of

Firaga Records Releases VGM: Essentials: SARE

Firaga Records Releases VGM: Essentials: SARE

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Video game music cover publisher Scarl—-I mean, Firaga Records (there’s more than one, folks) has recently started a new artist-centric series to highlight some of the most promising talent in video game music remixes today. Their most  recent release came out over the weekend and spotlights UK-based music producer SARE. VGM: Essentials: SARE is the title of an interesting compilation album showing off SARE’s chops with classic melodies from Super Mario 64 and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 along with newer games like No Straight Roads, Genshin Impact and DELTARUNE. The album also features collaborations from artists Slyleaf, RoboRob, arthur x medic and RoBKTA. “The important thing that I’ve learned throughout the production of this whole album was to have fun and to trust the process,” says SARE, “This was a huge turning point for me to venture out into trying new things. My music is inspired by the games I’ve played, and I wanted to express that by adding my own spin. Adding elements like orchestral strings, rock guitars, anything

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

Scarlet Moon Releases Shadows Of Hyrule

Scarlet Moon Releases Shadows Of Hyrule

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Scarlet Moon, the music company that specializes in rearranged albums of familiar video game tunes, has a new one out timed for Halloween. Shadows of Hyrule is a celebration of the spookier side of the Legend of Zelda series. Shadows of Hyrule is the latest from ROZEN, who’s composed several album covers of video game tracks as well as some actual video game music (you can hear his own work in Kena: Bridge of Spirits). He’s covered Zelda three times already in the albums Sins of Hyrule, Ballads of Hyrule, and Children of Termina. But this time, he wanted to go a little darker, and used a similar open-world adventure game as inspiration. “Heavily inspired by the dark fantasy genre, I wanted to create a concept album featuring The Legend of Zelda in the style of the intense and brooding music From Software’s games like Elden Ring are known for,” reflects ROZEN. “This new entry in my ‘of Hyrule’ series is reminiscent of the same dark tone from Sins of

Crunchyroll’s Fall 2022 Schedule

Crunchyroll’s Fall 2022 Schedule

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Those craving new anime will have plenty of it this fall, as Crunchyroll has made perfectly clear with the release of their autumn schedule. The biggest, loudest and most anticipated shows of the fall include the debut of Chainsaw Man on October 11, and the return of My Hero Academia and Spy x Family on October 1. MHA is back for its sixth season, while Spy x Family is broadcasting the second half of its first. Chainsaw Man is brand new, but is based on a hit manga and has been anticipated for years. One other popular returning series is the third season of Mob Psycho 100 on October 5. Maybe they’ll finally start running that series on Toonami again (and maybe not). Other shows include the latest Mobile Suit Gundam series The Witch from Mercury, the soccer anime BLUELOCK, and an anime based on Legend of Mana. And for those with a certain rare and acquired taste, season 2 of Pop Team Epic will be available October 1. Crunchyroll’s

Video Game LoFi: Super Mario 64 Coming From Curaga Records

Video Game LoFi: Super Mario 64 Coming From Curaga Records

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Super Mario 64 has a great soundtrack — the Dire Dire Docks track is one of this reporter’s personal favorite video game melodies. Given how chill most of the tracks are, it would be no stretch to deliberately cover them in the LoFi genre. Music Label Curaga Records has done just that with their new Mario 64-based album, brought to us by artist 88bit and Save Point. “This was a truly collaborative effort,” says artist 88bit, “I’m so glad Save Point approached me about making this with him. This album gave me an opportunity to take the Super Mario 64 songs and reshape and present them in a new light – chill lo-fi.” “We wanted to be as authentic as we possibly could with this album and I love the final result. We only used analog synths, the Prophet 5 and Novation Peak, to really capture that warm feeling. Each track has live piano, guitar, and percussion. I wanted these tracks to feel like you’re having a genuine conversation with

Vinyl In The Works For Attack On Titan Jazz Album

Vinyl In The Works For Attack On Titan Jazz Album

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One of the weirder projects we’ve run across is a tribute to Attack On Titan from the Prescription For Sleep series. This series, created by music producers Scarlet Moon, has eleven installments so far, each one reinterpreting the soundtrack of a popular video game as smooth jazzy music to fall asleep to. The next album in the series, announced last month, pivoted to anime and picked a subject about as far from relaxing as you can get. Attack On Titan is about a massive, bloody war between the survivors of humanity and the widely grinning naked giants that like to trample and eat them (the situation eventually changes somewhat, but that’s a spoiler). Scarlet Moon producer Jayson Napolitano admits even without the startling elements, this is an unorthodox swerve for the series. “I came to enjoy Attack on Titan pretty late, right before season 2, so I haven’t been waiting nearly as long as most fans out there,” “This is the first time we’ve produced an album in the series

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