rhythmroo:

Title: People
Track: 3
Composer: Koichi Sugiyama
Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Album: Symphonic Suite Dragon Quest I & II

A lot of whacky and disastrous weather has been happening all around ( some fierce thundering and indecisive weather around here in Rhode Island). My thoughts go out to those who have it much worse than us and others…

Today’s piece is the piece “People,” which would be your expectant town’s theme. Very lyrical, playful, and jovial. Where would I place this under? Probably a themes in variation piece. I was greatly found of the movie-intermission-concession-stand-esque variation a little past half way the track (glockenspiel and pizz. strings; timing is 2:03). It reminds me of the intermission bit you’ll hear later in the series (Intermezzo)—WAIT, WAIT, where the heck is that timpani portamento that’s supposed to be in that version?! I guess I’ll settle for this…

rhythmroo:

Title: Château Ladutorm
Track: 2
Composer: Koichi Sugiyama
Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Album: Symphonic Suite Dragon Quest I & II

Upon pressing start at the title screen, you are brought to the king’s throne room where you are greeted with this piece—in its 5-channel Nes/Famicom glory—and the start of your…Dragon…quest (I’ll be here all week, folks).

For some reason I get a Vivaldi vibe (again, here all week). Maybe throw in a harpsichord continuo in place of/together with the Bass…but then again, I’d then would like it sped up like a Vivaldian violin concerto, completely changing the piece, so I say keep it as it is and marvel at its orchestral majesty.

Now that I think about it…I wonder why we don’t have any Dragon Quest concerts here in the States, or at least included them in videogame concert programs. I’m sure there are a couple…perhaps just not broadcasted as highlights in the program.

Do you know of any videogame concerts in the USA that have included a piece from the Dragon Quest series in their program?

rhythmroo:

Howdy everyone

Now that I am officially done with college, I have a little bit more time to spare with posting videogame music. Well, and I’ll tell ya, I’ve picked up a great deal of game music since my last post.

I occasionally like to theme my posts around certain games, so this time I plan on posting the music of the Dragon Quest series. I recently did a batch purchase of 7-8 soundtracks of the series, so I think I have enough to last me the rest of this summer if I continually post every day.

I’ll try to keep things interesting with some of the posts and see what the track resembles to me in regards to classical music, or just information on the game series/composer. Without further ado, the “Overture March” of our beloved series and summer.

[SFW] A “future-trap” remix of the past, present, and future of The Legend of Zelda.

Free Download: https://soundcloud.com/joeyverbeke/ganons-lament

Yep! Just submit it through the submission form if you have links/videos of your music and I’ll have it up usually the next day (or same day if I catch it while online).

Zelda: Ocarina of TIme - “Zora’s Domain” (KiLa-V Remix)

Hey There! I’m Kairi Blodeuyn, and I make lots of weird Orchestral music for games!

http://snd.sc/127QpoN

Check it out!

Just want to let you folks know that I do plan on uploading music again soon…just finishing up some classwork and projects. Hope your finals are going well everyone!

rhythmroo:

Title: Mullen
Track: 8
Composer: Noriyuki Iwadare

Working on a paper about the use of this game’s music in regards to development and narrative. It’s a bit of work…but the fun in playing through this game and listening to its soundtrack frequently is well worth it!

rhythmroo:

Title: Climb, Lest I fall
Track: 05
Composer: Aivi Tran

If you took part in funding the Cryamore through Kickstarter, one of the perks was a digital download of the album. So far, only an 8-track album was released for download for backers. I’ve soaked in this first release for a while and really love this one track. If you’re a fan of snes games like The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past juxtaposed with 8-bit timbres…then you’re going to love the final release of the full album. I already foresee an amazing soundtrack. Here’s a taste of what I mean with this track, “Climb, Lest I Fall.”

http://blog.bastamusic.com/2013/02/album-release-music-for-1950s-video-game.html

Hello. I just released a solo album covering every theme from SFII:TWW with live instruments.

Free Download at: http://yogafirewa.bandcamp.com/