Blood of Bahamut soundtrack samples online
Samples of Square Enix's Blood of Bahamut soundtrack have been added to the track list page of the official website. Due out August 12, music is by Final Fantasy XI composer Naoshi Mizuta.
Why's it called "Final Fantasy"? Uematsu explains
In an interview with Wired, composer Nobuo Uematsu explained the meaning behind the game title "Final Fantasy." It's true that Sakaguchi was going to quit, he said, but the real reason was that Square was going to go bankrupt and the designers believed that it would be the company's swan song.
Q&A: music of Sega's Yakuza Kenzan
Hidenori Shoji, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Itou, Hiroyoshi Kato and Tsuyoshi Yukawa discuss the soundtrack to Sega's Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan! for PlayStation 3, part of the Yakuza series of games.
Katamari Damacy Tribute samples online
Columbia Japan has posted samples from the two-disc soundtrack to Katamari Damacy Tribute for PlayStation 3, being localized as Katamari Forever.
Project Moonbounce 2009 on Bandcamp
Tim Wright aka. CoLD SToRAGE, composer for Shadow of the Beast, Lemmings, Wipeout and the forthcoming Gravity Crash, has reached into Outer Space for his latest album. Entitled "Project Moonbounce 2009", Wright has used large radio dishes in the UK and Norway to bounce sounds off the moon and incorporate them into musical compositions.
Tree Wave return with free 10 Inch EP
Dallas outfit Tree Wave has titled their latest free EP "10 Inch." All instruments (Atari 2600's SynthCart, C64 equivalent CynthCart, and a firmware hacked Epson LQ500 dot-matrix printer) are of lead artist Paul Slocum's design.
The Prodigy, 8-Bit style
TCTD has word that a big project by Russian artists has set forth to compile not one, but three albums full of The Prodigy covers and remixes. Emulator Punks!! is the latest installment in this series of three and features mostly eastern European musicians.
Pterodactyl Squad releases Weezer 8-bit Album
Pterodactyl Squad has released a compilation of chiptune Weezer covers, featuring Anamanaguchi, Tugboat, Bit Shifter and I Fight Dragons.
Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal Light of Redemption OCReMix Album Released
Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption is the fourteenth album released for free download from OverClocked ReMix.
Let's Go Away - Daytona USA audio reunion
Takenobu Mitsuyoshi and seven artists who have each participated in composing for Daytona USA discuss the history of the racing game, coinciding with the release of Wave Master's four disc "Let's Go Away" album box set.
Nitro Game Injection #121 - Hot Seat: Andrew "OA" Luers
In an exclusive NGI interview, Andrew "OA" Luers sits down to discuss the upcoming OverClocked ReMix album 'Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption.'
Neil Baldwin, unsung hero of NES chiptunes
You can listen to embedded versions of Neil Baldwin's soundtracks, most of which were for licensed games like Jungle Book, Lethal Weapon 3, and James Bond Jr on his website Duty Cycle Generato.
Pause releases Dynasty by little-scale
Recorded from a Sega Master System and a NES, little-scale's "Dynasty" combines the minimal with the progressive, exploring the use of sonic morphologies, complex textures and hypnotic timbres.
Daft Punk DA CHIP remixes free to download
French chiptune group Je deviens dj en 3 jours' tribute to Daft Punk, titled DA CHIP!, is free to download.
Interview and exclusive tracks for OCR's DKC2 project
This week on Radio Free Gamer, we have an exclusive preview of the OCRemix Donkey Kong Country 2 project!
