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Ace Combat maestro Keiki Kobayashi goes freelance

Exclusive: Ace Combat music director Keiki Kobayashi departs Namco to pursue freelance video game, anime, and other roles
Interviews

Masahiro Aoki Interview: Bringing Rock Back to Capcom

The Capcom-turned-freelance composer recalls his work on Sengoku Basara and Mega Man, including forming the ROCK-MEN band
Interviews

Walter Mair Interview: Balancing Film and Game Projects

Classically trained in Vienna, Walter Mair is one of the rising composers in the film and video games industries. Over the past five years alone, he
Concert Reports

rePLAY -Symphony of Heroes-: Houston, July 2014

A hero's story told through narrative and orchestration
Interviews

Yuko Komiyama Interview: Embracing Monster Hunter

The lady behind Monster Hunter's greatest score recalls her experiences at Capcom and her future with Unique Note
Contests & Giveaways

Giveaway of C-jeff’s Rock Extravaganza Big Steel Wheels

In this new regular feature, we’ll be giving away physical and digital editions of excellent albums to site visitors. However, only a handful of copies will be available
Liner Notes

Kid Icarus -Uprising- Original Soundtrack Liner Notes

Commentary from the director and multi-composer team
Interviews

Daniel Lindholm Interview: A Westerner Scoring Japan’s Biggest Games

This Swedish composer shares his experiences working in Japan on franchises such as Resident Evil, Yakuza, and Pro Evolution Soccer
Interviews

Peter McConnell Interview: A Wonderful Three Years

The award winner talks about his work on Hearthstone, Plants vs. Zombies, Broken Age, and Thieves in Time
Interviews

Yasumasa Yamada Interview: SNK Veteran on the Sound of Fighting

In a rare insight into the SNK sound team, YAMAPY-1 talks about making the sounds of fighting franchises Art of Fighting, King of Fighters, and Samurai Shodown
Contests & Giveaways

Giveaway of Brand New MMMMMMetal Cover Album

Four free 'first come, first serve' download codes of the melodic metal cover album of chiptune score VVVVVV courtesy of Sweden's SoulEye
Interviews

Mike Raznick Interview: The Haunting String Quartets of SPATE

Mike Raznick is an exceptionally prolific musician, who has worked on close to 500 games, not to mentioned movies, trailers, and television shows. While he

News

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Boris Salchow reunites with Insomniac on Sunset Overdrive

After several hints, Boris Salchow has confirmed on his official website that ...

monsterhunteranniversary

Three all-star arranged albums to celebrate a decade of Monster Hunter

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Ace Combat maestro Keiki Kobayashi goes freelance

temporus

Last chance to make C-jeff and Jake Kaufman’s music for Temporus happen

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Tracklist for Kingdom Hearts Music Selection

shovelknight

Kaufman and Matsumae’s Shovel Knight soundtrack and remixes released

thedeathmarch

The World Ends With You’s Takeharu Ishimoto releases first band album

diffusionarthur

Hyadain’s nostaglic soundtrack for Diffusion Arthur finally coming

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Get heavy metal arrange free with physical purchases from Scarlet Moon

Reviews

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Enemy Front Soundtrack

Album Title: Enemy Front Soundtrack Record Label: Namco Bandai Games (Physical Edition); ...

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Halo -Spartan Assault- Original Soundtrack

Prescription for Sleep -Game Music Lullabies-

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Ragnarok Odyssey ACE Original Soundtrack

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Assassin’s Creed IV -Freedom Cry- Original Game Soundtrack

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Transistor Original Soundtrack

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Shin Megami Tensei IV Music Collection

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SPATE Original Videogame Score

SpectrumofMana

Spectrum of Mana

Artists

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Masahiro Aoki Interview: Bringing Rock Back to Capcom

The Capcom-turned-freelance composer recalls his work on Sengoku Basara and Mega Man, including forming the ROCK-MEN band...

Chihiro Onitsuka – The Ogress of J-Pop

Walter Mair Interview: Balancing Film and Game Projects

Yuko Komiyama Interview: Embracing Monster Hunter

Daniel Lindholm Interview: A Westerner Scoring Japan’s Biggest Games

Peter McConnell Interview: A Wonderful Three Years

Yasumasa Yamada Interview: SNK Veteran on the Sound of Fighting

Mike Raznick Interview: The Haunting String Quartets of SPATE

Concert Reports

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rePLAY -Symphony of Heroes-: Houston, July 2014

A hero's story told through narrative and orchestration

The Drop of Dawn: New York, April 2014

Featuring the premiere of Grammy winner Christopher Tin's new album

Liner Notes

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Kid Icarus -Uprising- Original Soundtrack Liner Notes

Commentary from the director and multi-composer team

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Ar tonelico Original Soundtrack Liner Notes

Commentary from the composers on creating a sound-driven world

Editorials

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A Small Study of Theme and Motif in Hitoshi Sakimoto’s Music

With a focus on Final Fantasy XII and Tactics

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Concert Tours in Peace and War

Recalling the causes and outcome of the war between Video Games Live and PLAY!

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