The Last of Us score samples by Gustavo Santaolalla
Sony Music's SoundCloud account has posted a thirty minute-excerpt from the soundtrack to Naughty Dog's PlayStation 3 exclusive survival horror title The Last of Us, written by Argentine musician Gustavo Santaolalla. The composer has won two Academy Awards for his scores for the films Brokeback Mountain and Babel.
Austin Wintory Q&A: Gentleman's Private Collection
Journey composer Austin Wintory discusses the score to IGF-winning heist game Monaco and the remix album The Gentleman's Private Collection in a recent interview on IndieGames.com. His underscore for the short film The Forge and contribution to the game-inspired album World 1-2 are available to stream in full on Bandcamp.
ＦＺ： ＳＩＤＥ Ｚ another official FEZ remix album
ＦＺ： ＳＩＤＥ Ｚ, the second official FEZ remix album by composer Disasterpeace, is now available to stream in full on Bandcamp. Arrangements of music from the puzzle/platformer recently launched on Steam have been contributed by game composers Baiyon of PixelJunk Eden, Ben Prunty of FTL and Scattle of Hotline Miami.
Paula Agnus Denise revisits Amiga soundtracks
Record label 010101 Music has released a compilation album with 19 remastered tracks, studio versions and remixes of Amiga game music. "Paula Agnus Denise," named after the three main custom chips that gave the Amiga its unique graphical abilities, is currently available in all regions on CD and through digital download.
Transfiguration cover album by The Altered Beasts
Guitarists William Reyes and Tim Yarbrough have released the game cover album Transfiguration as The Altered Beasts. Available for digital download through loudr.fm, the arrangements of music from Chrono Cross, Super Mario 64, Final Fantasy X, Sonic and EarthBound are recorded, mixed, and mastered by Mustin.
Power Glove releases Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon score
Australian Dolph Lundgren tribute band Power Glove has released the soundtrack to Ubisoft's Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon through iTunes, with four excerpts available to stream through SoundCloud. The download title grafts onto the environs of Far Cry 3 an '80s action flick setting oozing with parody.
Anamanaguchi Endless Fantasy album crowdfunded
Anamanaguchi's Endless Fantasy album, featuring dance music created using hacked Game Boys and Famicom consoles, has reached its funding goal on Kickstarter. Backer rewards include the chip rock album as a digital download, on compact disc, in a USB drive together with music videos, as well as limited edition vinyl.
DJ Kaya's Military Tune EP remixes PS1 era Square
DJ Kaya has released an EP of PlayStation era Square remixes through iTunes, entitled Military Tune Lost Memories. "A Chance Meeting" from Threads of Fate and "Manifold Irons" from Front Mission first appeared on Square Enix's 2012 Tokyo Game Show Sampler CD and on the digital soundtrack to Front Mission Evolved.
Banjo-Kazooie Symphony arrange album announced
The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra responsible for last month's Super Metroid Symphony album will be releasing Banjo-Kazooie Symphony on May 31. The arrange album will include orchestral renditions of Grant Kirkhope's level themes and menu-screen music, with excerpts currently available to preview through SoundCloud.
Yoshitaka Amano art exhibition opens in Shinjuku
A free exhibition of artworks by illustrator Yoshitaka Amano has opened at the Shinjuku i-Land Tower building in Tokyo. The exhibition, taking place during Golden Week and featuring drawings of Vampire Hunter D, as well as concept art from installments in the Final Fantasy game series, will run until Tuesday, May 7.
Grant Kirkhope shares Perfect Dark soundtrack
Perfect Dark Dual CD Soundtrack, music from the Nintendo 64 first-person shooter by Rare, is now available to download for "name your price" through Bandcamp. The 36-track digital soundtrack, first released on compact disc in 2000, is composed by Grant Kirkhope, Graeme Norgate and Dave Clynick.
Diskette Deluxe's My Amiga vol. 1 on Bandcamp
My Amiga vol. 1 by indie game composer Rutger Muller is now available for "name your price" through the Diskette Deluxe Bandcamp page. The album is inspired by the Commodore Amiga, the musician writes, from the prog of Chris Huelsbeck and funk of Martin Iveson, to the house music of Barry Leitch and the melodies of David Whittaker.
TWEWY Crossover ~ Tribute album samples online
Square Enix has uploaded three lengthy excerpts from The World Ends With You Crossover ~ Tribute, an album due for release on June 19 in Japan, featuring music from the GREE social game and November TWEWY concert. "Revelation" and "March On" are composed by Takeharu Ishimoto and performed by series vocalist Sawa.
