Write Grandiasly, Win Free Stuff

MORE OF THIS, PLEASE, GAME ARTS

GameArts has a little competition going, that might be write up your alley:

We are pleased to announce that Mr. Noriyuki Iwadare, the music composer of GRANDIA and LUNAR series, will be invited to the Japan Expo 2010* in Paris as a video game music guest of honor this year and have live concerts at the expo from the 1st to 4th of July.

And, we would like to use this opportunity to hold a promotional campaign for GRANDIA during the period stated below in order to celebrate the festival in Paris as well as to express our gratitude to the GRANDIA fans in Japan and overseas for purchasing the game via PlayStation®Network and their continuing support.

During the period, you can download free wallpapers from this web page, and you may win the rare items of GRANDIA by participating in the prize competition.
How do you win those collectors’ items? It’s easy! Just read the instructions, fill out the entry form, and express your passion for the music of GRANDIA!

Now this is all well and good, but where is Grandia 4¹ or Lunar 3²?? (Or, hey, how ’bout some Alisia Dragoon! PLEASE! I beg of thee!)

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^{1 More like 1 and 2, less like 3, please.
2 Less like the hideous PSP remake, please.}

AM In Your Head All Day

SING IT!

Thunder, rain, and lightning
Danger, water rising
Clamour, sirens wailing
It’s such a bad sign

Shadows of dark creatures
Steel clouds floating in the air
People run for shelter
What’s gonna happen to us!?

All the steps we take, all the moves we make, all the pain at stake
I see the chaos for everyone who are we what can we do
You and i are same in the way that we have our own styles that we won’t change
Yours is filled with evil and mine’s not there is no way i can lose

Can’t hold on much longer – but i will never let go
I know it’s a one way track – tell me now how long this’ll last
I’m not gonna think this way – nor will i count on others
Close my eyes and feel it burn – now i see what i’ve gotta do

Open your heart, it’s gonna be allright

Ancient city blazing
Shadows keep attacking
Little children crying
Confusion, hopeless anger

I don’t know what it can be but you drive me crazy
All your cunning tricks make me sick, you won’t have it your own way

Can’t hold on much longer – but i will never let go
I know it’s a one way track – tell me now how long this’ll last
I’m not gonna think this way – nor will i count on others
Close my eyes and feel it burn – now i see what i’ve gotta do

Open your heart…and you’ll see…

If it won’t stop, there will be no future for us
Its heart is tied down by all the hate, gotta set him free

I know it’s a one way track – tell me now how long this’ll last
Close my eyes and feel it burn – now i see what i’ve gotta do

Gotta open your heart, dude!

Can’t hold on much longer – but i will never let go
I know it’s a one way track – tell me now how long this’ll last
I’m not gonna think this way – nor will i count on others
Close my eyes and feel it burn – now i see what i’ve gotta do

Open your heart, it’s gonna be allright

AM In Your Head All Day

Super Mario Mind Blown

Technically I’m late to this but only because this dude has racked up 1.2 million views in less than 7 days:

And:

And more.

Zelda: An Auracle Assault

A SUBLIME SOUNDTRACK

Here’s an interesting tribute album of Zelda: Oracle of Ages tunes:

Essence of Lime is a remix album covering the soundtrack to The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages. The project was originally a one-man endeavor that evolved into a community project. Having been introduced to the Zelda series through Oracle of Ages, I noticed the lack of Oracle remixes and decided to take on a solo remix project in early 2008. I planned to remix Oracle of Ages’ entire soundtrack by myself, assuming there would not be enough interest to organize a full-fledged project. After receiving several unexpected offers to help out, I opened the project as an unofficial community album with headquarters at OverClocked ReMix. I am deeply grateful to everyone who helped me tackle the project despite its unofficial status; this would have never been finished without them.

With 42 tracks by 17 remixers, the album contains over two hours of music. Seasons fans, you’ll have to forgive the fact that tracks from Oracle of Seasons have only been included if they appeared in both Oracles. I hope you’ll be satisfied to hear that we haven’t forgotten Seasons, and we have some exciting things planned for it in the future. For now, I present a complete album for Oracle of Ages. Enjoy it, or else.

It’s pretty cool and you can pull them down via these links:

Full Soundtrack (MP3)
Full Soundtrack (FLAC)
Torrent

Thanks to Zero for the tip.

Music From and Inspired by Megaman

OK, not so much from, but definitely inspired by:

This YouTube poster, blkjock81, has a whole games-worth of these up, so go get a headful on this lazy, post-carpentering¹, pre-Monster Hunter Tri, Saturday evening.

(And no, Fei, just because I’m saying nice things about these particular NES-inspired chiptunes, that does not free you to go running back to its warm embrace!)

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^{1 Which worked out to be a moderate success, despite the sad lack of Hammer pants.}

That Whodo That You Do

Because there just isn’t enough respect paid to the Genesis (or Mega Drive) sound chip:

And here’s the original:

Tickling the Ivories

With a stake:

This guy has *tons* of piano arrangements up on YouTube that you can find here, from Mario to Bangaio to FF Tactics to Demon’s Souls, etc., etc., etc.

This Is What Happens When You Don’t Get SMG2 In the Mail

Come to think of it, though, this is a pretty agreeable outcome for everyone except, maybe, Fei:

What’s that all the kids these days say? Oh, right: MOAR!!

Also: I think this means the Arch Nerd owes us something, too, since he’s in the same SMG2-free zone due to some very poor choices in online retailers. (AMAZON4LIFE, suckah!)

Monster Hunter Tri, Take Two

More Genesis sound chip shenanigans from Pitch to Pixel:

Plus obligatory link to his catalogue.