1.12.2007

Video Game Based Musics

so as i sit hear, wondering how i kept in touch with friends prior to instant messaging, i am listening to one of the most amazing albums i have ever heard and it is a soundtrack to a video game... THE video game:

Katamari Damacy.. if you have a ps2, buy it now.

it's got it all! electronica, a fugue, an overature, some scatting and japanese pop... i love it.. if you would like, i could definitly hook you up with some samples or at the website above, i belive you can get a bit...

Slightly related, mau and i recently downloaded Super Mario Brothers for the Wii and i forgot how much i loved the music from this game (and how deep it was in the recesses of my brain.. i can still tell you where every hidden 1up is)... god.. all those classics were amazing... what was your favorite? How about the theme to castlevania III or even the original megaman.. and now that i am talking about those original songs, tell me you've heard about the minibosses
Here is a band that based their entire existence around covering videogame themes with slayer like tapping and duel guitar butt-rock solos. They've got four songs currently on their homepage which i suggest you listen to for throwback orgasmic goodness.. and with that, i'm off!

4 comments:

Heliocentric said...

Katamari is a great game. so pointless, but adictive. I generally played games with the sound down and the stereo up, but that's a no can do with KD.

My favorite part is the little intro when you turn it on. I like the dancing red pandas

m said...

i love the entire premis of the game: the king of the universe gets fubared and while he is blacked out he accidently destroys the universe. plus he has rainbows come out of his ears!

Mau said...

I have to say that i thought i loved the music to Katamari until i had heard it 989898 times without actually playing the game...i may kill m soon....

Mau said...

to answer the question...mario is probably the only game i remember playing without other music on, but on a related video game/music topic, god did i have Mad World from that Gears of War commercial in my head for daaaays...