Game arrange circle HellionSounds is preparing their eighth Atlus tribute compilation "Last Floor" for release at Comic Market 81 late this month. The album is set to include twelve tracks arranged from the Megami Tensei and Etrian Odyssey series soundtracks, Persona 4, Devil Survivor 2 and more.
Square Enix has launched the webpage for arrange album Piano Opera Final Fantasy I/II/III, due out February 29, 2012 in Japan. A track list has been posted, revealing that the thirteen tracks performed by Hiroyuki Nakayama will include "Matoya's Theme" and "Mount Gulug" from Final Fantasy I.
Game arrange circle Salvation by Faith Records will release a Super Smash Bros. Brawl remix compilation titled "We Bros. X," at Comic Market 81, taking place on December 31. More than 20 artists are participating in the 2-disc album.
The Square Enix Music Blog has posted an email interview in English and Japanese with Shootie HG (Shawn McPherson). The artist arranged the hard rock theme "Crazy Chocobo," composed by Nobuo Uematsu, found in Final Fantasy XIII-2. Previously he contributed vocals and lyrics for two songs featured in Devil May Cry 4, and served a similar role for a track found in Marvel vs Capcom 3.
Game arrange circle Woodsoft will be debuting their Castlevania tribute compilation "Chronicles of the Past" at Comic Market 81 in Tokyo, Japan on December 31. A three-minute cross-fade sample can be heard on the group's website by activating the blue "mp3" hypertext or clicking the gray player bar on the lower right corner of the screen.
Namco Sounds has released the soundtrack to Tekken 4 through iTunes. The 42-track album from the arcade and PlayStation 2 fighting game by Namco Bandai Games features music by Yu Miyake, Akitaka Tohyama and Satoru Kosaki, originally released on two compact discs in 2002.
Namco Bandai Games' digital distribution label Namco Sounds has released the soundtrack to Tekken 3 on iTunes. The 45-track album includes both arcade and PlayStation 2 renditions of themes from the fighting game soundtrack, composed by Nobuyoshi Sano, Keiichi Okabe, Hiroyuki Kawada, Minamo Takahashi and Yu Miyake. Brief samples of each track are available online.
Namco Sounds has released Tekken Tag Tournament Complete Sound Track through iTunes. The 48-track album includes both renditions of music found in the PlayStation 2 and arcade releases of the fighting game by Namco Bandai. Music is by Nobuyoshi Sano, Akitaka Tohyama, Keiichi Okabe, Yu Miyake, Rio Hamamoto, Yoshihito Yano and Satoru Kosaki.
Earlier this week, Square Enix streamed a forty-minute mixtape of numerous music tracks from their latest role-playing game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 during a Ustream event. Today that program, "Final Fantasy XIII-2 Mitsuto Suzuki Balearic Mix," has been uploaded to Square Enix's YouTube channel, previewing music from the soundtrack by Suzuki, Naoshi Mizuta and Masashi Hamauzu.
Hideyuki Fukasawa's first soundtrack album since Street Fighter IV is due for release in Japan on March 8 as part of the Street Fighter X Tekken Collector's Pack. The fighting game bundle for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 will come with a two-disc, 46-track album, along with a 44-page art book.
Today a cross-fade sample for the 1.2 update has been made available to stream online. Square Enix previously posted excerpts from the Final Fantasy XIV's 1.19 update on the company's music blog.
Tokyo's METEOR game culture shop is preparing its next annual all-night Fami-Mode Famicom party, which will take place at the Star Pine's Cafe in Kichijouji on January 28, 2012.
Square Enix has released a promotional video for the four-disc soundtrack album to role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII-2. The Japanese-language movie hears from composers Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta and Mitsuto Suzuki.
Square Enix has released a trailer for Chrono Trigger for iPhone and Android smart phones. The role-playing game has previously been released for the Super Nintendo, Sony PlayStation and Nintendo DS consoles. Music for the game is by series composer Yasunori Mitsuda, together with and Nobuo Uematsu.
Sega has posted a four-minute Japanese-language trailer for science fiction third-person shooter Binary Domain, including the theme song "Controlled Desire" by Yoshii Kazuya.
