Hiroyuki Itwatsuki who was the mastermind behind the music for the Xbox Live Arcade Title, Omega Five, was recently interviewed by Siliconera about his role in the music production. Omega Five is a throw-back horizontal shooter with a Retro mode that reverts it’s slick graphics and sound to something akin to what you would see in the 16-bit era on the Super Nintendo. To go along with the game’s Retro Mode, Iwatsuki worked with developers to give the game’s music the same feel of that particular era.
Originally the Retro Mode of the game started off as part of a test by the main programmer. He was playing around with a program for rendering effects called “Shader.” So it began merely as a visual content processing method for low-resolution conversions.
As the game was nearing completion, I decided to modify the music to fit the altered visuals. Everyone on the staff was intrigued by the combination of retro graphics processing and simplified sounds. Since we had come this far, it was decided, why not make an independent mode of play? So we finished the Retro Mode as a stand-alone element for the game. I believe that the feature can be enjoyed by a wide range of players since it delivers feelings of nostalgia to veterans of classic games and a fresh experience to younger players.
Read the full interview at Siliconera.
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The Black Mages have released their third album, called Darkness and Starlight in Japan.
Published by Dog Ear Records, this long-awaited album will cost you around ¥2,000 and features a total of ten tracks. Nine of them are new versions of classic Final Fantasy songs, and one is a brand new original composition.
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Square Enix has now updated the official website for Yoko Shimomura’s upcoming album Drammatica.
A fourth preview (and most likely the final one) soundtrack has been added, this time the song Destati from Kingdom Hearts. Listen to the new orchestral version by dragging the ‘Mix Control’ tab to the right.
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Today the IFMC (International Film Music Critics Association) announced the winners of their 2007 award, and one of them was John Debney, awarded for his work on the spectacular Lair score.
If you’re interested, this original soundtrack is available for a mere $9.99 at iTunes.
Source - Kotaku
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Some interesting news for us who enjoy game music, composer Jesper Kyd was awarded with “Best Original Musical Score in a Video Game” for his Assassin’s Creed original soundtrack, at the 2nd Annual Elan Awards in Canada.
The show was hosted by Seth MacFarlane in Vancouver for the Performing Arts on Februrary 15th, three days ago.
For more information on Jesper Kyd, visit his official website.
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