By Thomas Quillfeldt We’ve got some rather tasty releases for fans of music from classic Japanese role-playing games (JRPGs). We’ve loved seeing the trend towards orchestral concerts based on video games music grow, so we were chuffed to get to work closely with producer Thomas Böcker and Merregnon Studios, the...
By Thomas Quillfeldt and James Marshall Cinema has amassed a mountain of iconic moments soundtracked by popular music tracks. Video games as a medium are catching up though and in many ways have the advantage—after all, many games allow for emergent moments of joy where the soundtrack and gameplay match...
By Thomas Quillfeldt Ultra-violent (yet somehow lighthearted) first-person shooter Shadow Warrior 2 is out this week on PC via Steam, GOG and Humble. To celebrate the game’s goofiness, 80’s legend Stan Bush—he of The Touch and Transformers: The Movie fame—has played his part with new single Warrior. The limited edition...
By Thomas Quillfeldt 1877: Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. 1948-1949: 45 rpm and 33 1⁄3 rpm vinyl formats go head to head to replace the 78. 1975: Vinyl sales peak in the UK; ABBA are popular. 2015: UK vinyl sales climb to 2.1 million units—a 21-year high and an 1024%...
This is part of a blog series “Why we ♥ video game music”: – ‘The background soundtrack to our lives’ – 'The feels' – 'Scratching the vinyl itch' By Thomas Quillfeldt I love video game music. Since you're reading this, you're probably pretty fond of it too. But game music is an odd,...
By Thomas Quillfeldt Released in August 2015 across consoles and PC, Mike Bithell Games’ Volume is a stealth action puzzler that mixes the mythos of Robin Hood with the neon sci-fi of Tron. Volume saw BAFTA-nominated composer David Housden join game designer Mike Bithell for their second collaboration. The first, 2012’s...
By Thomas Quillfeldt If you look at the games that have been awarded 10/10 by the biggest websites, the various “top 100 games” lists knocking about and the top ranked games on Metacritic and Gamerankings, certain titles come up again and again. What unites them? Bloody great music for...
By Thomas Quillfeldt Off-beat first-person shooter Shadow Warrior 2 is out on PC on October 13 2016 and on consoles in early 2017. At one point during development, the team at Flying Wild Hog and publisher Devolver Digital decided that the game was lacking in something—namely, sufficient quantities of Bush. Naturally,...
