January 2008
13 posts
Outlaws
—-in-between week upload—- OUTLAWS (PC) (full cover) 15 tracks, 1:03:59. Samples- Outlaws Theme Sanchez the Outlaw The Last Gunfight Although this is a bit of a departure from the “bleeps and bloops” theme I have going on, I wanted to share one of my favorite PC soundtracks. And hey, it’s more than 10 years old at this point, so that shouldn’t soil the...
WEEK 3: Dr. Mario / DuckTales / Rambo III / Space...
DR. MARIO (NES)
(full cover)
12 tracks, 14:59. Samples-
Title Theme Chill Ending Theme
Released in 1990, Dr. Mario is the first peripheral Mario title to exist. It was also released for the Gameboy and remade 4 years later for the Super Nintendo. The music is composed by Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka, who worked on music and sound effects for a lot of classic Nintendo titles.
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~J-@Ð!~ shares his work with an 8-bit...
James-Adam Renquinha Henri, known as ~J-@Ð!~ online, is a musician from Quebec whose interests include composing music in the NES sound format. He recently shared a youtube clip demonstrating his project with the PIC16F628A, a flash based 8-bit microcontroller. What’s going on in there? “3 timers were used in order to make music and sound : a timer to frame the sound, another...
Excellent presentation by Don Miller and Dino...
Last Sunday, January the 20th, I attended my first Make: Philly meeting at the University of the Arts. I’m not sure I can relay the concept as articulately as they do, so I’ll share it in their own words. From the about section of makephilly.com “MakePhilly was founded in the winter of 2005 to provide a casual forum for creative individuals in the Philly area to meet, exchange...
WEEK 2: Castlevania Bloodlines / Flashback /...
CV BLOODLINES (Sega Genesis) 30 tracks, 35:12. Samples- Reincarnated Soul, Part 2 Iron-Blue Intention Calling From Heaven Released in 1994, Bloodlines is the first Castlevania game to feature the work of Michiru Yamane, who has since been established as the leading composer of the series. Labeled as “classic tunes”, Bloodlines also includes 5 arrangements of songs from previous...
Warsong
another ‘inbetween week’ upload Warsong (Sega Genesis) 16 tracks, 21:47. Samples-Friendly Fight (Player Phase 1) Kingdom Knight (Player Phase 2) Thought of the Holy (Player Phase 3) Unused (Sound Code 05) Known as Langrisser in Japan, Warsong is a 1991 video game that mixed RPG and tactical elements, similar to the more popular Fire Emblem series. I tagged the album as SMD - Warsong, because...
New 3 song ep from Wizwars
Kevin Hagge presents his latest chiptune ep, Distant Galaxy: (click to enlarge) I was honored when Kevin asked me to play along on drums at some late hour in the magfest jam space, although it was impromptu and I had no clue what I was doing. I did my best to play along, but it was sloppy. Perhaps we’ll actually prepare for a future performance sometime, I’d love to do it again! ...
Pinball Dreams
—-in-between week upload—- PINBALL DREAMS (Amiga) 8 tracks, 22:41. Samples-Intro/ Theme Ignition Nightmare Intro Consisting of only 4 channels and 8-bit samples, Pinball Dreams demonstrates how Amiga mod music could present a relatively hi-quality sound for such limitations. Sampled from the output of an Amiga 2000. Composed by Olof Gustafsson for Digital Illusions, 1992....
¡holy guacamole!
Robby Moncrieff of The Advantage and Who’s Your Favorite Son God? recently launched a page that shares some of his older chiptune compositions. Under the moniker holy guacamole, he’s posted 11 songs made sometime between 2001 and 2007. http://www.conradzeus.org/ Thanks for sharing your stuff! And keep on rocking good sir. (photo by Cameron Rosewicz, Magfest 6)
Ninja Gaiden 2 Musicruise, commenting enabled, +
With a little help from some friends, I figured out how to add a comments section via disqus. Comment away! Liontamer and CHz from ocremix directed me to a more complete nsf for Treasure Master, ripped by kingshriek. I’ll edit the previous post to include the missing tracks and track names. If you’re wondering whether you have the complete or incomplete version- there should be seven...
WEEK 1 : Almana no Kiseki / Crisis Force /...
let’s get started! you can download each full soundtrack by zip or stream my favorite selections via zshare. ALMANA NO KISEKI (NES) 11 tracks, 8:05. Samples-Track 2 Track 4 Track 5 Released by Konami in 1987, Almana no Kiseki is a Japanese platformer reminiscent of Indiana Jones. Made for the external Famicom Disk System, a peripheral never seen on the American NES, this soundtrack makes...
An introduction, previous uploads
Hey friends! Welcome to Explod.
I’m creating this blog to share and talk about classic video game music. There’s a lot of music out there impossible to find in any format other than emulated rips from game roms, as the vast majority of games ever released have been left without complete, salable OSTs.
As handy as those exotic formats are (like .nsf, .vgm, etc.), you’ll need...