“Battle with the Masked Man” from Mother 3, by Shogo Sakai and released in 2006. I had a great chat with my friend Joey, at a social* this past Saturday, about this very sequence in Mother 3 for GameBoy Advance. (there appears to be too many commas in that sentence, but if I wrote “I had a great chat with my friend Joey about this event … Continue reading VGM Wednesday – “Battle with the Masked Man” from Mother 3
“Ending Theme” from Final Fantasy VI, by Nobuo Uematsu and released in 1994. I know that I’ve posted this before, but this version is different and it celebrates the completion of a project that I’ve been working on for quuuuuuuuite some time. But first the music… I’ve heard just about every FF6 live performance/arrangement/orchestration on the web and I was SO happy to finally find this. … Continue reading VGM Wednesday – Ending Theme (Orchestrated) from Final Fantasy VI
“Still Alive” from Portal, by Jonathan Coulton and released in 2008. Talk about being late for the party! So, after four years, I’ve finally played/beaten Portal. I use those two words in the same sentence because I beat it in one sitting. I just couldn’t stop 😐 I thought that the 19 test chambers were some sort of “teaching the game” sections of the game. And then, … Continue reading VGM Wednesdays – “Still Alive” from Portal
“Zero’s Theme ~Medley~” from Mega Man X, performed by “The Plasmas.”. One of my earliest prominent memories of video games was going to my aunt and uncle’s new house in St. Rose du Lac. They had Mega Man 2 and, like most who grew up with it, it was a transformative experience. Then I got Mega Man 3 and 4 a little while later, and they were cool… but then … Continue reading VGM Wednesday – “Zero’s Theme” Medley – The Plasmas
“Almost every song” from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, by GaMetal, posted by January 9, 2012. I don’t have words… Actually, his comments say everything for themselves, so here they are: Almost EVERY song from the soundtrack is featured. This song itself is split into 7 ‘acts’ as I’d like to call them, combined together to form this enormous tribute. Over 40 different … Continue reading VGM Wednesday – “Super Mario RPG Medley” by GaMetal
“Prologue” from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, by Michiru Yamane and released in 1997. This piece has so many aspects that I’ve loved from music throughout my life: Music, 80s guitar, Romantic Era-esque arpeggios overtop of thick choral and string chords… it’s like my whole musical career wrapped into one piece. All it needs are cadential resolutions to IVadd9 chords and we’ll be set. (I really, … Continue reading VGM Wednesdays – “Prologue” from Castlevania: SOTN
“Mushroom Kingdom” from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, composed by Yoko Shimamura and released in 1996 Why isn’t there more bassoon in VGM? Seriously, its bouncy woodsiness sells me immediate in “Mushroom Kingdom.” I love what Yoko Shimamura (or Parasite Eve and Kingdom Hearts fame) does here. Instead of adapting a theme from Mario for the iconic Mushroom Kingdom, she puts pencil to paper and creates … Continue reading VGM Wednesdays – “Mushroom Kingdom” from Super Mario RPG
“Staff Roll” from The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, composed by Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo and released in 2003 It feels strange to use a game that I’ve never played for VGM Wednesdays, but I once did a St. Patrick’s Day interview with Radio Free Gamer and this game came up. I’ve never forgotten its since. It’s the second Koji Kondo game in two … Continue reading VGM Wednesdays – “Staff Roll” From “LoZ: Wind Waker”
Cutscene Music from Ninja Gaiden, composed by Keiji Yamagishi and released in 1992 Things I love about this game: 1) The Music (goes without saying, right?) 2) Cutscenes in an NES game! And by the same company that made Tecmo Bowl! 3) ScrewAttack rated this game as the 7th hardest NES game of all-time… I agree. 4) … (and I suppose a nostalgic connection). Initially, … Continue reading VGM Wednesdays – All of the Cutscenes from Ninja Gaiden
“~Revived Power~ Battle with the Colossus” from Shadow of the Colossus by Koh Otani, released in 2005. How did this get published? This is supposed to be next week’s VGM Wednesday. I must have hit “Publish” instead of “Schedule”… Oh well, I guess it’s already out there! ________________________________________________________ Aren’t you pumped now? What a ride! I love so many things about this game’s score. There … Continue reading VGM Wednesdays – ~Revived Power~ Battle with the Colossus
