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Happy Halloween 2020, everyone! To pay tribute to this lovely haunting week, here's a mixtape and retrospective of Silent Hill's music maker & ambience/rock/industrial video game music king Akira Yamaoka. https://youtu.be/Orus_-QwH28 Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:37 - The 90s (16-bit era with the SNES and Sega Megadrive) 11:52 - Late 90s...
On this quick SoundScape video, we check out various versions of Jake Kaufman's iconic Shantae theme and listen to how different they all sound. The mix starts at 1:04 if you're not a fan of intros. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p0sB27xrPs Be sure to check out Jake Kaufman's SoundScape feature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd6Wzscn_-I We...
Happy birthday, Shantae for the Game Boy Color! On this episode of music video mixtape feature SoundScape, we check out the synth works of composer Jake "virt" Kaufman, known for his soundtracks for WayForward titles and indie platformers. https://youtu.be/Kd6Wzscn_-I If you love the samples & mixtape content here, you'll love what he has in...
We've listed out the best games and manga to read during Malaysia's MCO period, but what about video game music you can stream? After all, music can help relieve boredom while also add colour to your routine. It's time to sort that out with our suggestions from us at Kakuchopurei. We're keeping it a tad diverse, from orchestral craziness to all-ou...
Right after news of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has come out in full force, many artists all over the world have been hit hard due to tour and public show cancellations for the foreseeable future. As such, Bandcamp is doing their best to support its artists by waiving its revenue share on sales that will happen this 20th March. This ensures t...
Square Enix just announced its Final Fantasy VII Remake Orchestra World Tour, presented by AWR Music Productions. And the tour will make stops in Southeast Asia, so hooray, you JRPG fans you. The conducting and directing will be done by Distant Worlds' very own Arnie Roth, and will also include the game's new theme song "Hollow" alongside other cl...
Man, I remember a time when I enjoyed the heck out of Chrono Trigger on the PS1. Yes, I'm one of those guys late to the SNES JRPG party. But the fact that a 1995 SNES cartridge game ported on a CD anthology -tacked on with loading times, mind you- can still impress me more than all the PS1 FFs and Konami/Capcom JRPGs combined is a testament to the...
Video Game Orchestra (VGO) is best known for playing and performing 'rockestral' renditions of popular video game music, as well as composing original music for games like Malaysian-made titles; No Straight Roads by Metronomik and Re: Legend by Magnus Games Studio. During Level Up KL 2019, we received the opportunity of interviewing VGO founder an...
In our latest SoundScape video, we talk about the priciest soundtracks on the market today. Special thanks to our pals from RetroDNA and Discog for digging these up, price tags and all. https://youtu.be/Nk64s1DFORI Stay tuned later this month for a special SoundScape episode; it's going to be a big one....
It's a month or so until hyper action game Astral Chain makes its way onto Switch. And you're probably curious about the game's soundtrack, whether it'll be like Metal Gear Revengeance's butt rock or Bayonetta 2's pop-jazz fusion. The straight answer? A bit of the former, with some sci-fi synths and drum machine sounds to go along with the cop-a...
Here's a new SoundScape video I did that's Final Fantasy-related. Last one before the anniversary, I promise. This time it's focused on the yellow birds the heroes like to ride around in: the chocobo. Nobuo Uematsu and co. love to make arrangements and pieces on the iconic theme that debuted in 1988. https://youtu.be/OW16_52oY2M...
Final Fantasy's music has always been the best kinds of OSTs to default to; they're inventive, fun, and catchy at times. To celebrate the Distant Worlds concert that's scheduled for this weekend starting tomorrow night, here's a SoundScape video Mr Toffee did that focuses on the many arrangements of the Final Fantasy theme. You know, the one that ...
My past few SoundScape videos have been focused on Japanese music composers, so it's time we changed that. In the next few months, I'll be doing these discography "best of" video features primarily spotlighting the best composers the US and Europe have to offer. First up: Jeremy Soule. Check out the video mixtape feature below to check out his h...
Girl climbs mountain; like, hard level mountain. I feel like I’m a 10 years old gamer from the late 1980 as I played this game. Partly because I kept dying again and again while trying to jump, dash and climb. I’ve been listening to the Celeste original soundtrack. This soundtrack is intense in terms of melodic clarity and mood build...
If you're a fan of Final Fantasy music, chances are you've attended a Distant Worlds live orchestra concert either in Malaysia back in 2012/2014/last year or in Singapore a couple of times. Well, it's coming back to good ol' KL; audio fans be praised! According to the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra listings (thanks Victor), the Distant Worlds:...
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