Prof.Sakamoto's March 31 show archived on Ustream
Professor Sakamoto's March 31 installment of Prof.Sakamoto's Game Music Show has been archived for repeat viewing on Ustream. The musician's most recent performance of live keyboard game arrangements includes medleys of music from Super Famicom role-playing games Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy IV, V & VI.
Prof.Sakamoto's March 22 show archived on Ustream
Professor Sakamoto's March 22 installment of Prof.Sakamoto's Game Music Show has been archived on Ustream. The musician's most recent batch of live keyboard game arrangements includes medleys of music from Legend of Mana, Ghosts'n Goblins and Gradius, among other memorable console game scores.
Prof.Sakamoto's March 17 show live on Ustream
Professor Sakamoto's March 17 installment of Prof.Sakamoto's Game Music Show is currently streaming live from Tokyo, via Ustream. The latest installment of keyboard game arrangements, featuring music from Xenogears and Ogre Battle, is the artist's first, post-salaryman status, as a full-time musician.
Prof.Sakamoto's March 3 performance live on Ustream
Professor Sakamoto's March 3 installment of Prof.Sakamoto's Game Music Show is currently broadcasting live from Tokyo, via Ustream. The latest installment of the live keyboard game arrangement series includes music from various Famicom titles. The musician is scheduled to play next week at the Bit Summit media event in Kyoto.
Prof.Sakamoto's Feb 23 performance live on Ustream
Professor Sakamoto's February 23 installment of Prof.Sakamoto's Game Music Show is currently streaming live from Tokyo via Ustream. The latest installment of the program features live keyboard arrangements of music from role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII and Super Famicom strategy title Tactics Ogre.
We are ROCK-MEN！2 samples on Cap'stone
Cap'stone, Capcom's sound team homepage, has been updated with samples of eight music tracks from the Mega Man franchise rock arrange album We are ROCK-MEN！2. The selected excerpts reinterpret Dr. Wily Stage 1 from Mega Man 2 and Napalm Man's theme from Mega Man 5.
LegVacuum 2 by Armcannon debuts on Bandcamp
The third album by game cover band Armcannon has debuted at the top of the Bandcamp charts and is available to stream in full online. LegVacuum 2 features rock covers of music from Killer Instinct, Mega Man 3, Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger, mixed and mastered by Danimal Cannon in Buffalo, New York.
Killed by Koopa's Stage One album debuts
Game cover band Killed by Koopa has released the debut album Stage One through Bandcamp. Recorded in Björklinge, Sweden the rock covers of Metroid, Sonic, Mario, Rygar and Mega Man themes feature electric guitar performances by Henrik "Mutherpluckin' B" Lidbjörk of 8 Bit Democracy.
Those Who Fight releases Fall of Bahamut EP
Game cover band Those Who Fight has released a four-track Final Fantasy rock opera EP through Bandcamp, titled The Fall of Bahamut. Original lyrics set to compositions by game series composer Nobuo Uematsu are by Mateo John Marshall, Jon Berglind, Amanda Lepre and Mike Willard.
ThePlasmas' Dream Album a tribute to Little Nemo
Chilean one-man band ThePlasmas released a musical tribute earlier this year to Capcom's Little Nemo: The Dream Master for the 8-bit NES home console. The Dream Album rock covers are free to download and deserve a special mention today, the 107th anniversary of Winsor McCay's first publication of the comic strip.
ThePlasmas post Mega Man 1 Tribute Album
One-man Chilean cover band ThePlasmas have posted the twelve-track Mega Man 1: Tribute Album for free download through Facebook. The album features the participation of Girlz Melon, Chris Holland, Andreas Perez, Samuel Axe and Hello World in reinterpreting Manami Matsumae's early NES-era Mega Man themes.
Nanaa Mihgo band performs at Vana Fest 2012
Final Fantasy XIII-2 co-composer Naoshi Mizuta performed with his band Nanaa Mihgo, named after the Cat Burglar of Windurst, at the recent Vana Fest 2012 festival. A half-hour video featuring arrangements of "Kazham," "Voyager" and "Mog House" from Final Fantasy XI can be viewed on YouTube.
Tony Dickinson awarded Metal Hypnotized remix contest prize
Game arranger Tony Dickinson has won Earthbound Papa's Metal Hypnotized remix contest and will appear on a future album with Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu.
Temp Sound Solutions releases tenth arrange album
Game cover band Temp Sound Solutions has released their tenth game arrange album, gloriously entitled "now youre playing with powar x: endgame." Created by shawn phase, housethegrate, kirby pufocia and spookmeister, the album's 12 tracks cover Gauntlet, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mega Man 10 and other sprite-based game titles.
