TWEWY Crossover ~ Tribute live album announced
On June 19, Square Enix will publish an album of music from the GREE social game The World Ends With You Live Remix along with recordings from the November 22, 2012 TWEWY Crossover concert. For an idea of what to expect, sample the music tracks found on composer Takeharu Ishimoto's SoundCloud page.
Hideki Sakamoto's Guild02 music excerpts on iTunes
echochrome composer Hideki Sakamoto of the Tokyo-based Noisycroak studio has published the soundtrack to "Attack of the Friday Monsters: A Tokyo Tale," part of Level-5's Guild02 compilation for the Nintendo 3DS. A 1970's era coming of age story, every Friday giant monsters invade a 10 year-old boy's hometown of Setagaya, Tokyo.
Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded teaser by Austin Wintory
Journey composer Austin Wintory has shared the title track from his score to Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded. Based on an original composition by Al Lowe, written for the 1987 Apple II game Leisure Suit Larry and the Land of the Lounge Lizards, the loungy swing music theme is performed by the Late Night Jazz Orchestra.
Lumines Remixes Winter and L.II Remixes on iTunes
Takayuki Nakamura of Brainstorm has posted Lumines albums Lumines Remixes Winter and L.II Remixes to iTunes. First published in 2007, the music collections feature the interactive sounds and phrases found in the Lumines Live Rockin’ Holiday Pack for Xbox Live Arcade and Lumines II for PlayStation Portable.
ilomilo's Daniel Olsén publishes Year Walk soundtrack
Daniel Olsén, the composer of Southend Interactive's score for the puzzle game ilomilo, has published the soundtrack to Simogo Games' eerie iOS puzzler Year Walk. The 19-track score informed by Swedish folk music can be streamed in full through Bandcamp, featuring the song "Oh the Joy" by Jonathan Eng.
NightSky by Nifflas ported to iPad
NightSky by Nifflas of Knytt Underground has been ported to iPhone and iPad. The original ambient soundtrack by musician Chris Schlarb, developed for the Windows release available through Steam, can be streamed in full on Bandcamp along with the composer's collaborative studio album Psychic Temple.
Runner 2 EP by Disasterpeace on Bandcamp
Five songs gracing the retro mode levels of Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien have been made available to stream in full through the Bandcamp page of Fez composer Rich Vreeland (Disasterpeace). The album comes with Android and iPhone ringtones, NSF files and Famitracker source files
Alex Mauer's TV Music featured on Penny Arcade TV
Alex Mauer, the composer on Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 role-playing game, has published the album TV Muzik through Bandcamp. The master list of which tracks for this chip music collection belong to which episode of Penny Arcade TV: The Series can be viewed on alexmauer.com.
Eirik Suhrke releases Ridiculous Fishing soundtrack
Super Crate Box and Spelunky composer Eirik Suhrke (also known as Phlogiston) has published the 14-track soundtrack to the recently released Ridiculous Fishing, available to stream in full through Bandcamp. The 2012 IGF Best Mobile Game finalist was developed by Vlambeer for iPhone and iPad devices.
Monster Hunter orgel arrange samples on Cap'stone
Sound samples from the second orgel arrange album reinterpreting music from the Monster Hunter series are now streaming on the Cap'stone sound team webpage. Monster Hunter Orgel Arrange: Recollections of the Sound of Waves features ten music box pieces arranged by sound designer Naoaki Jimbo.
Nobuo Uematsu's Fantasy Life soundtrack samples
The Avex record label has uploaded 14 samples from the two-disc soundtrack to Level-5's Fantasy Life for the Nintendo 3DS portable console. The original score is composed by Final Fantasy series composer Nobuo Uematsu and features arrangements by Tsutomu Narita and Michio Okamiya of the Earthbound Papas band.
Dr. Awkward gives Ocarina of Time nerdcore treatment
Nerdcore rapper Dr. Awkward joined hip-hop artist Mega Ran on this winter's NES in the West tour. The musician today posted his eight-track Zelda: The Ocarina of Time cover album, entitled "Boy Without a Fairy" to Bandcamp, available to download in your file format of choice for "name your price."
Mega Ran's March Time and Space covers Castlevania
Mega Ran's March edition of the Time and Space hip-hop EP series, entitled "Mach's Principle," covers music from Castlevania, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Zelda: A Link to the Past. Ideas for the ongoing rap remix project's future installments can be sent to megaranfans at gmail.
