Olivier Derivière's Remember Me soundtrack on iTunes
Olivier Derivière's soundtrack to Remember Me, featuring the London Philharmonia Orchestra, has been published through iTunes. The electronically manipulated orchestral tracks for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 action title set the stage for Neo Paris 2084, where personal memories are digitized, bought and sold.
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Plus crossfade movie
Tokyo-based record label SweepRecord has announced a two-disc Tekken Tag Tournament 2 soundtrack album release, containing music from the console port of Namco Bandai's fighting game for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii U. Tournament 2 Plus follows the arcade score and Juno Download remix contest.
Jenova Chen's "Designing Journey" on GDC Vault
Jenova Chen of ThatGameCompany discusses his desire to create an emotional connection with other online players in his design for the PlayStation 3 exclusive title Journey. The Game Developers Conference presentation from March of 2013 is currently available to view in full on the GDC Vault.
Retro/Grade postmortem posted to GDC Vault
Independent developer Matt Gilgenbach gave a presentation at the 2013 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on the making of Retro/Grade, available through PlayStation Network and Steam. The score for the game, a shooter played backwards to the beat of the music, is by Skyler McGlothlin of the band Nautilis.
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.
Yuzo Koshiro's Time and Eternity soundtrack previewed
NIS America will publish the PlayStation 3-exclusive role-playing game Time and Eternity on July 16 in North America, featuring music by Etrian Odyssey series composer Yuzo Koshiro. An eight-minute crossfade movie previewing the two-disc soundtrack release can be viewed via the Sweeprecord label's YouTube channel.
Papo & Yo full score by Brian D'Oliveira on SoundCloud
Composer Brian D'Oliveira of of La Hacienda Creative has made the soundtrack to PlayStation Network title Papo & Yo available to stream in full online. The music score featured in the independently developed game by Montreal-based studio Minority Media is available to sample through SoundCloud and purchase via iTunes.
Grand Theft Auto radio playlists on Spotify and iTunes
Rockstar Games has compiled music tracks from all the music stations featured in Grand Theft Auto IV, Episodes from Liberty City, San Andreas and Vice City, available through iTunes and Spotify. Satirical radio ads from the games can be heard on the Rockstar website's Advertising Council repository.
Final Fantasy XIV Gridania and Ul'dah audio digests
Square Enix has posted music previews of three regions from the Beta release of massively multiplayer online game Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Sound producer Masayoshi Soken introduces the Limsa Lominsas, Gridania and Ul'dah audio digests on the MMO's production blog in anticipation of the RPG's reboot.
Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster pre-orders open
Amazon has opened pre-orders for Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. The role-playing game's reveal trailer, featuring music by Nobuo Uematsu and Noriko Matsueda, is scheduled for release on March 25. The first round of screenshots have been posted to flickr.
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
Keiichi Okabe of NieR scores Drakengard 3
Square Enix has partnered with Deadly Premonition developer Access Games on the forthcoming publication of Drakengard 3 for PlayStation 3. NieR and Drakengard director Yoko Taro is heading development, while music for the action role-playing game is being contributed by NieR composer Keiichi Okabe.
DmC: Vergil's Downfall score on SoundCloud
Downloadable content for Ninja Theory's DmC: Devil May Cry, titled "Vergil's Downfall," features Dante's brother as the playable character. The chapter's one-hour score was written over the course of one week by Tomb Raider composer Jason Graves, and is now available to stream in full through SoundCloud.
