Claricedisk holding Natsume Disc Vol. 2 launch event
Tokyo record label Claricedisk will be holding a launch event in Tokyo on April 27 for the retro soundtrack album "Rom Casette Disc in Natsume Vol. 2." The album release will include music from Game Boy and NES titles Spanky's Quest, Shadow of the Ninja, Abadox and S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic Attack Team.
Rom Cassette Disc In NATSUME VOL1 album announced
Clarice Disc has announced Rom Cassette Disc In NATSUME vol1, a compilation of music from classic console games developed by Natsume. The two-disc album, due out February 25 in Japan, will include music tracks from Chaos World, Dragon Fighter, S.C.A.T., Shatterhand, Amazing Penguin and Wild Guns.
In Depth: Comic Market 81
Comic Market 81 took place last week at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center in Japan. Game arrange albums debuting at the event include Diverse System's Dear Mr. Minecraft and Ridge Racer Respect Recreation, Woodsoft's Castlevania: Chronicles of the Past and Memories of Game Music by EtlanZ.
Nubuwo's Comic Market 81 flickr photo set
Nearly 300 photographs from the first two days of Comic Market 81 have been uploaded to our flickr photo account. They include photos with videogame musicians Daisuke Amaya, Hiroyuki Iwatsuki and Kou Ogata. Further images will be made available tomorrow from the final day of Comiket at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center.
Q&A: Half-Minute Hero sequel's multiple composer soundtrack
Half-Minute Hero series producer Kenichiro Takagi discusses the franchise's multiple composer soundtracks, together with Michiko Naruke (Wild Arms), Masashi Hamauzu (Final Fantasy XIII), Hiroyuki Iwatsuki (Omega Five), YAMAPY_1 (Samurai Showdown series) and Yoshitaka Hirota (Shadow Hearts).
Hear nine music tracks from Half-Minute Hero 2
Nine music tracks from the PlayStation Portable sequel to Half-Minute Hero 2, called Yuusha 30 SECOND in Japan, can now be heard online, written by assorted well known game composers.
IWADON Tribute Album now available for download
Game Music 4 All's 40-track compilation IWADON: Hiroyuki Iwatsuki Tribute Album is now available for download through Bandcamp.
Crazy VG piano jazz of an Omega Five tune
Kento Watanabe provides an interpretive piano arrangement of Hiroyuki Iwatsuki's "Report from the Destroyer" from Xbox Live Arcade shooter Omega Five.
Q&A: 8-Bit to Omega Five with Hiroyuki Iwatsuki
Hiroyuki Iwatsuki has participated in the development of Chaos World for the Famicom, Wild Guns for the Super Nintendo, and Omega Five for the Xbox 360 over the course of his exciting career.
