Video Game Grooves

Show notes: https://videogamegrooves.com/2021/12/14/episode-89-silent-hill-3-guacamelee

It's that time of year again: thick fog makes things difficult, surprises abound, relationships with loved ones get complicated, and someone is always watching you. Christmastime? Or Silent Hill? On the Video Game Grooves podcast it is both! Curl up in your fuzzy slippers with some eggnog and check in on three jolly elves bringing you some of our all-time favoritest video game music on vinyl. First, Anthony lets loose with the long-awaited Silent Hill 3 from Mondo. The music and vibe of the series is simultaneously worthy of praise and ridicule, and we indulge in a bit of both. We recognize He-Who-Konami-Shall-Not-Name (Akira Yamaoka) and we shame whoever designed the jacket because they probably did it in the dark. Next, Jeremy takes us beyond the veil (of lucha libre!) with Guacamelee, from Ship to Shore Media. We heap praise on this meme-infused platformer of yore, while appreciating nearly every aspect of its design and execution, not least of all is the score by Rom di Prisco and Peter Chapman. We explore the vibe and culture of the game and its music as well as the lasting impression it has made on the gaming scene and for the developer.

We continue with the recent news in vinyl releases, including some crowdfunding opportunities and quick sell-outs (remember to follow us on Twitter!) and we discuss the recent supply shakeups in vinyl production resulting from big orders of Adele's recent album and what this all means for the relatively niche market for video game music on vinyl. Check us out and share!

Outro: "Hometown" - Silent Hill 3, by Akira Yamaoka & Joe Romersa

Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @ajohnagnello, @ch3records

Links:

Double Dragon I & II | (Channel 3 Records)

   https://ch3records.com/collections/vinyl/products/double-dragon-i-ii

Death's Door (Laced Records)

   https://merch.devolverdigital.co/collections/deaths-door/products/death-s-door-deluxe-triple-vinyl

Tekken 7 (Laced Records)

   https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/tekken/products/tekken-7-limited-edition-x4lp-boxset

Gears Of War (Laced Records)

   https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/gears-of-war/products/gears-of-war-1-deluxe-double-vinyl

Gears Of War 2 (Laced Records)

   https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/gears-of-war/products/copy-of-gears-of-war-2-deluxe-double-vinyl

Gears Of War 3 (Laced Records)

   https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/gears-of-war/products/gears-of-war-3-deluxe-double-vinyl

Godfall (Amazon)

   https://www.amazon.com/GODFALL-Darkness-Original-Soundtrack-Purple/dp/B09HXT29R3/

The Artful Escape 7" (iam8bit)

   https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/under-25/products/artful-escape-7

Ruined King - A League Of Legends Story (Riot Games)

   https://merch.riotgames.com/en-us/product/ruined-king-collector-s-edition/

OneShot (Fangamer) (sold out)

   https://www.fangamer.com/products/oneshot-vinyl-soundtrack

Ballads Of Hyrule II (Rozen)

   https://music.rozen.audio/album/ballads-of-hyrule-ii

Celeste Complete (Ship To Shore)

   https://shiptoshoremedia.com/collections/video-game-soundtracks/products/celeste-complete

The 8-Bit Time Machine (Enjoy The Ride) (Respawned Records) (both sold out)

   https://enjoytheriderecords.com/collections/enjoy-the-ride-records/products/the-8-bit-time-machine-etr129

   https://respawnedrecords.com/collections/vinyl-releases/products/the-8-bit-time-machine

Distant Worlds V (Distant Worlds website)

   https://ffdistantworlds.com/product/dw5-vinyl/

Friday Night Funkin: The Bob Album (Turtle Pals Tapes)

   https://www.turtlepalstapes.com/product/the-bob-album-vinyl-pre-order

Show notes: https://videogamegrooves.com/2021/12/05/b-side-7inchstravaganza-ii/

It's back, and smaller than ever! Or, maybe it's just as small as ever! The freshly-perennial 7inchstravaganza returns with our second entry in this Burning Man style fanfest for some of the smallest music we've got on record. Jeremy is joined by a power-duo of your favorite regular guest hosts, Aaron from Ship to Shore Media and Jeff from Marshall Art, to go through a full listen to a gaggle of the greats. This is undoubtedly the most convenient, enjoyable, and informative way to hear these, so get on board and make some room as we take a walk on the teensy side!

Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @STSphonoco, @MarshallArtBand

Links:

Phogs (Channel 3 Records)

   https://ch3records.com/products/phogs

Hecho en Hyrule (Channel 3 Records) (sold out)

   https://ch3records.com/products/hecho-en-hyrule

Diablo II: Resurrected (Blizzard Gear Store)

https://www.blizzardgearstore.com/games/diablo/diablo-ii:-resurrected-iam8bit-2xlp-vinyl-soundtrack-blizzard-gear-store-exclusive-color-variant/o-10052475+t-98615713+p-267080440+z-9-2386521569?_ref=p-CLP:m-GRID:i-r23c0:po-69

Demon Turf (Black Screen Records)

   https://blackscreenrecords.com/products/demon-turf-the-rx-album-by-fat-bard-m-r-miller

Highway Blossoms (Very Ok Vinyl)

   https://www.veryokvinyl.com/products/highway-blossoms-original-soundtrack

Forza Horizon 5: Hospital Soundtrack (Hospital Records)

   https://www.hospitalrecords.com/shop/release/various-artists/nhs448-forza-horizon-5-hospital-soundtrack

Dying Light 2 (Black Screen Records)

   https://blackscreenrecords.com/collections/dying-light-2/products/dying-light-2-original-soundtrack-by-olivier-deriviere

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (iam8bit)

   https://www.iam8bit.com/products/turnip-boy-vinyl-soundtrack

Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy (Mondo)

   https://mondoshop.com/products/marvels-guardians-of-the-galaxy-official-video-game-soundtrack-2xlp

The Belmont Tapes (Noir Grime Bandcamp)

   https://noirgrime.bandcamp.com/album/the-belmont-tapes

The Falconeer (Wired Productions) (Limited Run Games)

   https://shop.wiredproductions.com/collections/soundtracks/products/the-falconeer-vinyl-soundtrack-2xlp

   https://limitedrungames.com/collections/in-stock-soundtracks/products/falconeer-2lp-soundtrack-vinyl

Overcooked! (Demon Records)

   https://bigwax.io/collections/bigwax-distribution/products/overcooked

Tsuhikime -A Piece Of Blue Glass Moon- (CD Japan) (Play-Asia) (HMV)

   https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/VVJL-8

   https://www.play-asia.com/tsukihime-a-piece-of-blue-glass-moon-theme-song-ep-limited-edi/13/70f25x

   https://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_ReoNa_000000000767209/item_%E6%9C%88%E5%A7%AB-A-piece-of-blue-glass-moon-THEME-SONG-E-P-%E3%80%90%E5%AE%8C%E5%85%A8%E7%94%9F%E7%94%A3%E9%99%90%E5%AE%9A%E7%9B%A4%E3%80%91-%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89_12366746

Pieces Of Eight (Respawned Records) (sold out)

   https://respawnedrecords.com/collections/featured/products/pieces-of-eight-by-tpr-octopath-traveler-melancholy

Paprium (Kickstarter) ($80 add-on after $1 pledge)

   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/573261866/paprium-the-16-bit-beat-them-all-coming-to-the-next-gen

King's Chill Vol. 2 (Qrates)

   https://qrates.com/projects/25263-king-s-chill-vol-2

It's Halloween, and like the man said: "Ve vant to spin your winyl!" Well, we're spinning our winyl anyway, and they're all rather spookity in honor of the season. First, Jeremy brings new meaning to the season of chilling with a rather cool rendition of Resident Evil with RE:Mixed [The Save Rooms], which is the kind of compilation we always wanted but then didn't want but then secretly totally really wanted. We suppose synthwave might have limited breadth but it's always fun and we pick some fan favorites to show off. Next, Anthony takes us to the weird intersection of horror and feng shui with Kowloon's Gate, a 1997 horror game that defies classification. The game's soundtrack by Kuniaki Haishima is similarly tough to comprehend but we stare into the mouth of its madness with our ears, and marvel at Haishima's liner notes, an absolutely epic manifesto of existence. Finally we shift into horror of another kind: moral panic, with our long-overdue coverage of Night Trap from Ship to Shore Records. We compare and contrast the music of Sunny Blueskyes and Martin Lund with the gameplay, and place it all in the context of the US congressional hearings of the 1990s. No, it doesn't make any more sense now than then.

Finally, we fill your trick-or-treat bag with all the new releases in the world of game music on vinyl, but we're going to take our dad tax because it's just how this holiday works.

Outro: "RE0" - RE:Mixed [The Save Rooms] by Mono Memory

Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @ajohnagnello, @ch3records

Links:

Final Fantasy - Heroes And Villains (Square Enix)

NA: https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/product/694930/heroes-and-villains-select-tracks-from-the-final-fantasy-series-set-vinyl

EU: https://store.eu.square-enix-games.com/en_EU/product/694989/heroes-and-villains-select-tracks-from-the-final-fantasy-series-box

UK: https://store.eu.square-enix-games.com/en_GB/product/694988/heroes-and-villains-select-tracks-from-the-final-fantasy-series-box

Crest Of Flames, Fire Emblem Three Houses (Materia Collective)

   https://music.rozen.audio/album/crest-of-flames

Deltatunes (Roborob Deltarune remix) (Materia Collective)

   https://roborobmusic.bandcamp.com/album/deltatunes

Tekken Tag Tournament 2  (Laced Records)

   https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/tekken/products/tekken-tag-tournament-2-limited-edition-x4lp-boxset

Serious Sam 4 (Laced Records)

   https://www.lacedrecords.co/products/serious-sam-4-deluxe-double-vinyl

Mega Man Legends 2 (Ship To Shore PhonoCo)

   https://shiptoshoremedia.com/collections/featured/products/mega-man-legends-2

Darius II  (Ship To Shore PhonoCo)

   https://shiptoshoremedia.com/products/darius-ii

Axiom Verge (Limited Run Games)

   https://limitedrungames.com/collections/neo-frontpage/products/axiom-verge-2-vinyl-soundtrack

Axiom Verge 2 (Limited Run Games)

   https://limitedrungames.com/collections/neo-frontpage/products/axiom-verge-2-vinyl-soundtrack-1

Going Under (Black Screen Records)

   https://blackscreenrecords.com/collections/all-releases/products/going-under-original-soundtrack-by-feasley

Jet Force Gemini (Fangamer)

   https://www.fangamer.com/products/jet-force-gemini-vinyl-soundtrack

The Last Of Us Part II: Covers And Rarities EP (Mondo)

   https://mondoshop.com/collections/all-music/products/the-last-of-us-part-ii-covers-and-rarities-ep

Jettomero: Hero Of The Universe (Stumpy Frog Records)

   https://www.stumpyfrog.com/

Heroes Of Might & Magic III (Gamemusic Records) (sold out)

   https://gamemusic.net/product/heroes/

Metal Slug X (Wayô Records)

   https://www.wayorecords.com/en/vinyls/748-metal-slug-x-vinyl.html

STS (exclusive): https://shiptoshoremedia.

This Video Game Grooves podcast episode finds itself bookended between "magicians making machine gun sounds" and "undeniable cello" somehow, so figure that out. We're joined by Chehade Boulos from Mana Wave Media to talk about the work his young label is doing and how he plans to win the three-way-standoff with VGG cohost Caleb and Hiroki Kikuta. We begin this extraordinary discussion with Anthony's feature of Magician Lord, which is itself one of the better-known releases on the extraordinary Neo Geo. We appreciate its preposterous gameplay and its equally awesome music score by Yuka Watanabe. The Neo Geo exists in its own special world, including its sound, and we immerse ourselves in the experience while sparing ourselves the financial burden of the singular game console. We then let Chehade entrance us with The First Tree, the first release from his burgeoning label. We spend time talking about the game itself and its rather low-key development philosophy, and discuss how the "cinematic" score by Josh Kramer (and cello by Tina Guo) elevate the entire thing to make it an unassuming hit across multiple platforms. We take a moment to discuss the relationship between the most rudimentary of creative work being done in video games and how music forms a synesthesia to become a new entity in your mind and experience.

...but that gets a little too deep so we head over to new releases and announcements to get you in on that dirty capitalism you love to hate.

Outro: "Magician's Dream" - Magician Lord, by Yuka Watanabe

Mana Wave Media: http://www.manawave.co

Twitter: https://twitter.com/manawavemedia

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manawavemedia

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manawavemedia/

Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @ajohnagnello, @ch3records

Links:

Death's Gambit (Serenity Forge)

   https://store.serenityforge.com/products/death-s-gambit-afterlife-2xlp-vinyl-soundtrack

Windbound (Mana Wave Media)

   https://manawave.co/products/windbound-lp-pre-order

Star Stories (Super Mario Galaxy arrangement) (Mana Wave Media)

   https://manawave.co/products/star-stories-lp-pre-order

Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (iam8bit)

   https://www.iam8bit.com/products/super-monkey-ball-vinyl-soundtrack

Evergate (Black Screen Records)

   https://blackscreenrecords.com/products/evergate-original-soundtrack-by-m-r-miller

Power Stone (Ship To Shore PhonoCo)

https://shiptoshoremedia.com/collections/featured/products/power-stone

NARITA BOY (Studio Koba)

   https://studiokoba.com/music/

Incredibox - The Unreleased (Bandcamp)

   https://incredibox.bandcamp.com/album/incredibox-the-unreleased

Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker (Square Enix NA) (Square Enix EU) (Square Enix UK)

   https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/product/685130/endwalker-7-inch-vinyl-single-vinyl

   https://store.eu.square-enix-games.com/en_EU/product/685472/endwalker-7-inch-vinyl-single

   https://store.eu.square-enix-games.com/en_GB/product/685471/endwalker-7-inch-vinyl-single

Jettomero: Hero of the Universe (Stumpy Frog Records, EU) (Channel 3 Records, US)

   https://www.stumpyfrog.com/

   https://ch3records.com/collections/vinyl/products/jettomero-hero-of-the-universe

Sable (Channel 3 Records) (Mondo) (Light in the Attic)

   https://ch3records.com/collections/vinyl/products/sable?variant=40906805477528

   https://mondoshop.com/products/sable-original-video-game-soundtrack-2xlp

   https://lightintheattic.net/releases/8098-sable-original-video-game-soundtrack

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We're riled up for this episode of the podcast with a select screen full of fighting games! This week we're joined by DJ Mengzy from the dance/club scene in Hong Kong to do some chip damage against Guilty Gear Memorial Record, released by Arc System Works and based on the Daisuke Ishiwatari rock-themed fighting game series. Jeremy comes clean on this serendipitous but expensive Tokyo Games Show pickup, and Caleb finally understands what is Guilty Gear. We explore the over-the-top self awareness of the game's soundtrack and revel in the unnecessarily epic storyline. Next, Mengzy helps us unbox the Tekken 3 original soundtrack from Laced Records. We wax nostalgic over the Playstation home version and discuss the differences between the arcade and PS1 soundtracks for this seminal game. Mengzy gives us an education about tempo and genre as we explore the character roster and listen to some "phat beats."

We get a chance to talk to Mengzy about remix, dubstep, and what it's like to go from being a music fan to an academically-accredited and experience-rich DJ in the club scene, and she shares a few game-adjacent selections that may or may not be consider "novelty" music in the serious club scene

Finally we cover new releases and a highlight a few records you may want to add to your shelf, and, spoilers, a purchase might be confirmed from the panel before the end of the show! Who exhibited weakness in the Iron Wishlist Tournament? Tune in and find out!

Outro: "Big Blast Sonic" - Guilty Gear Memorial Record, by Daisuke Ishiwatari

DJ Mengzy: Instagram, Facebook

Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @ch3records

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hLlVVKRwk0

Links:

The Elder Scrolls Online (Spacelab9)

   https://spacelab9.com/collections/featured-products/products/eso-box-set

A Total War Saga: Troy (Laced Records)

   https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/total-war/products/total-war-troy-deluxe-triple-vinyl

Spiritfarer (iam8bit)

   https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/spiritfarer/products/spiritfarer-vinyl-soundtrack

Sonic Colors: Ultimate (iam8bit)

   https://www.iam8bit.com/products/sonic-colors-ultimate-2xlp

Gris Piano Collections (Materia Collective)

   https://themateriastore.com/products/gris-piano-collections-2xlp-vinyl-record

NieR: Become As Gods (Materia Collective)

   https://themateriastore.com/collections/video-game-music-vinyl/products/nier-become-as-gods-rozen-reven-2xlp-vinyl-record

Children Of Morta (Minimum Records)

   https://www.minimumrecords.net/shop/baovigseys35z3i68et75e1hdtk0gv

World Of Ruin (FFVI piano arrangement) (Respawned Records) (sold out)

   https://respawnedrecords.com/collections/featured/products/world-of-ruin-by-tpr-ffvi-melancholy

Sable (Hello Merch)

   https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/japanese-breakfast/products/sable-double-vinyl

In Other Waters (Black Screen Records)

   https://blackscreenrecords.com/collections/all-releases/products/in-other-waters-original-soundtrack-by-amos-roddy

Summer In Mara (Kitty On Fire Records)

   https://adrianberenguer.bandcamp.com/album/summer-in-mara-ost-2

Magic Castle (Yetee Records)

   https://theyetee.com/products/magic-castle-ost

FAR: Lone Sails (Limited Run Games) (sold out)

   https://limitedrungames.com/products/far-lone-sails-2-lp-vinyl

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Blog link: https://videogamegrooves.com/2021/08/29/episode-85-very-ok-vinyl-necrosphere-actraiser/

Your favorite single-button adventure through the round (and flat) world of video game music on vinyl has returned! This week we speak with Scott Geoffrey from burgeoning record label Very Ok Vinyl about the particulars of curating, producing, and (mostly) shipping wax from the not-so-frozen-right-now north. Scott takes us right into our first feature this week as we discuss developer Cat Nigiri's two-button metroidvania game Necrosphere. The game is unusual, the developer and composer are rather distinctive, and the music itself jams. We go into a bit of the special characteristics that made Necrosphere the optimal choice as VoV's inaugural release. Anthony glides us down (Mode 7 style) to our next feature, Wayo Records' Actraiser. The idiosyncratic SNES class-by-itself "god game plus action platformer" also enjoys a great Yuzo Koshiro score, and the vinyl release fully brings it. The Wayo release also includes a recently-reorchestrated symphonic arrangement of the game's score, and we weigh the pros and cons of either interpretation.

We cover the recent releases and upcoming chase items (as well as breaking Anthony's heart and wallet a few times), and call it a wrap for this episode, because we're just that efficient and awesome.

Outro: "All Over the World" - Actraiser (unofficial release), Yuzo Koshiro

Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @veryokscoot, @veryokvinyl

https://www.veryokvinyl.com/

Links:

Esperwave (Channel 3 Records)

https://ch3records.com/collections/vinyl/products/ch3-006

Silent Hill 3 (Mondo)

   https://mondoshop.com/products/silent-hill-3-original-video-game-soundtrack-2xlp

Silent Hill 4: The Room (Mondo)

   https://mondoshop.com/products/silent-hill-4-the-room-original-video-game-soundtrack-2xlp

Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Laced Records)

   https://www.lacedrecords.co/products/street-fighter-alpha-3-limited-edition-deluxe-triple-vinyl

The House Of The Dead (Cartridge Thunder)

HOTD1 https://cartridgethunder.com/collections/new-releases/products/the-house-of-the-dead

HOTD2 https://cartridgethunder.com/collections/new-releases/products/the-house-of-the-dead-2

Box set https://cartridgethunder.com/collections/new-releases/products/the-house-of-the-dead-box-set-1-2

Ys VI: The Ark Of Napishtim (Streaming Arrow Records) (Very Ok Vinyl) (Chipfreq) (Black Screen Records)

   https://streamingarrowrecords.com/products/ys-vi-the-ark-of-napishtim

   https://www.veryokvinyl.com/products/falcom-sound-team-jdk-ys-vi-the-ark-of-napishtim-original-soundtrack-4xlp-boxset

   https://www.vinylguru.co.uk/collections/chipfreq/products/star-008c

   https://blackscreenrecords.com/collections/all-soundtracks/products/ys-vi-the-ark-of-napishtim-original-soundtrack-by-falcom-sound-team-jdk

Dragon Slayer: The Legend Of Heroes (Streaming Arrow Records) (Very Ok Vinyl) (Chipfreq) (Black Screen Records)

   https://streamingarrowrecords.com/products/dragon

   https://www.veryokvinyl.com/products/falcom-sound-team-jdk-dragon-slayer-the-legend-of-heroes-original-soundtrack-special-edition-2xlp

   https://www.vinylguru.co.uk/collections/chipfreq/products/star-005c

   https://blackscreenrecords.com/collections/all-soundtracks/products/dragon-slayer-the-legend-of-heroes-original-soundtrack-special-edition-by-falcom-sound-team-jdk

Fields Of Ys (Streaming Arrow Records) (Very Ok Vinyl) (Chipfreq) (Black Screen Records)

   https://streamingarrowrecords.com/products/fields-of-ys

   https://www.veryokvinyl.com/products/falcom-sound-team-jdk-fields-of-ys-1xlp

   https://www.vinylguru.co.uk/collections/chipfreq/products/star-006

   https://blackscreenrecords.

Blog link: https://videogamegrooves.com/2021/08/18/episode-84-toy-music-dancing-super-mario-bros/

We have returned once again, this time from a time warp to the mid-1980s where we have altered history by stealing away with a couple of choice records from Japan... they'll never miss it and our resulting timeline is probably not the darkest one as a result! This week Jeremy and minty-fresh-cohost Caleb are joined by fan favorite Frederik "Blipblop" Lauridsen to show off our anachronistic booty in the form of Akihabara Electric Circus – Toy Music: Dancing Super Mario Brothers. If you think that's a mouthful, just wait until you get an earful! "Thriller via Ray Parker Jr" vibe is something else, and we're reminded that Nintendo franchises from the 80s were still a less defined and less homogenous phenomenon. Next, Caleb brings us our Super Mario entrée two ways with Mario Syndrome, which is not only a credible name for a congenital disease but also a pretty funky Lionel Richie style proto R&B jam, and more! We don't want to spoil anything for you but let's just say that you will find this record both a fun listen as well as a learning experience.

Next we catch you up on the new releases and announcements, including a little more time travel to announce something from Channel 3 Records that is both unknown but also thoroughly sold out. We discuss the continuing Great Vinyl Weirdness of '21 with respect now to the possible ongoing fallout for labels and consumers as backups and lead times only get longer. Indie bands and small businesses are reportedly starting to turn away from the vinyl format for logistical reasons, and Caleb and Frederik give a bit of insight on whether there's any danger for video game music on vinyl record!

https://www.reddit.com/r/VGMvinyl/comments/nzib65/why_are_we_seeing_expensive_preorders_for_2022/

Outro: "Metroid" - Toy Music: Dancing Super Mario Brothers

Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @ch3records, @blipblopwax

www.channel3records.com

www.blipblop.net

Links:

Viewtiful Joe (Ship to Shore) (Very OK Vinyl) (Black Screen Records)

https://shiptoshoremedia.com/collections/featured/products/viewtiful-joe

https://www.veryokvinyl.com/products/viewtiful-joe

https://blackscreenrecords.com/products/viewtiful-joe-original-soundtrack-by-capcom-sound-team

Darkwood (Ship to Shore) (Black Screen Records)

https://shiptoshoremedia.com/products/darkwood

https://blackscreenrecords.com/collections/all-soundtracks/products/darkwood-original-soundtrack-by-arthur-kordas

Gears of War: Original Trilogy Soundtrack (Laced Records)

https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/gears-of-war/products/gears-of-war-original-trilogy-soundtrack

Tekken 5 (Laced Records)

https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/tekken/products/tekken-5-limited-edition-deluxe-triple-vinyl

Tekken 6 (Laced Records)

https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/tekken/products/tekken-6-limited-edition-deluxe-double-vinyl

Sounds of Summer 2021 (Black Screen Records) (free, pay shipping)

https://blackscreenrecords.com/collections/all-releases/products/sounds-of-summer-2021-by-various-artists

The Medium (Black Screen Records) (Ship to Shore)

https://blackscreenrecords.com/products/the-medium-original-soundtrack-by-akira-yamaoka-arkadiusz-reikowski

https://shiptoshoremedia.com/products/the-medium-original-video-game-soundtrack-2xlp

Humankind (G4F Records)

https://www.g4f-records.com/en/produit/humankind-edition-vinyl/

The Songs of Time (Respawned Records) (Mango Mage) (sold out)

https://respawnedrecords.com/collections/vinyl-releases/products/the-songs-of-time-by-tpr

https://www.mangomagerecords.com/products/the-songs-of-time-by-tpr-king-of-thieves-var

Blog link: https://videogamegrooves.com/2021/07/18/video-game-grooves-gaiden-1-gaiden-gits-arise-countach-for-giorgio-welcome-to-brght-falls/

No, you haven't fallen into an interdimensional facsimile of your favorite video-game-music-on-vinyl podcast, this is just the side story. In our first "gaiden" episode, we are joined by Ryan Huff from One Run Records to investigate the video games "adjacent" world of vinyl, and do we have a weird lineup for our inaugural outing. Anthony bring us the soundtrack to Ghost in the Shell: Arise, by Japanese alternative musician Cornelius. We flow with (yet remain pleasantly unsettled by) the surprisingly chill vibe of Arise, and ponder the lyrical technique and philosophical questions posed by the unique tracks. Jeremy then takes us into the mind of Shooter Jennings and Richard Garriott with Countach (for Giorgio), a tribute album dedicated to the prolific (and still kicking) music producer Giorgio Moroder... adjacent to video games by association with Lord British and with a launch party that took place inside Shroud of the Avatar, we take the opportunity to appreciate both the music of Moroder and Jennings doing whatever he darn well pleases. Finally, Ryan takes us on a guided tour of one of the most enigmatic releases we've ever heard of with Welcome to Bright Falls, the soundtrack to the prequel webisodes to the well-loved (but not THAT well-loved) Alan Wake from Remedy Entertainment. In a great example of life imitating art, this inexplicable album seems to have come from nobody nowhere who is willing to shed any light on it... but it's also filled with a variety of little original gems.

Even though we head down some bunny-trails in this episode, we still make sure to keep up on the new releases and a couple of non-release tidbits (such as Rockstar Games starting their own music label with vinyl releases) and just have a generally good time. Hang out with us and get weird!

Outro: "From Here to Eternity" - Shooter Jennings

Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @ajohnagnello, @onerunrecords

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJAxcD_yVqI

Links:

VA-11 HALL-A Complete (Black Screen Records)

BSR: https://blackscreenrecords.com/products/va-11-hall-a-complete-sound-collection-vinyl-boxset-by-garoad

STS: https://shiptoshoremedia.com/collections/featured/products/va-11-hall-a-complete

Chipfreq: https://www.vinylguru.co.uk/products/bsr060

Mega Man Legends (Ship To Shore Media)

STS: https://shiptoshoremedia.com/collections/featured/products/mega-man-legends

BSR: https://blackscreenrecords.com/products/mega-man-legends-original-soundtrack-by-capcom-sound-team

Chipfreq: https://www.vinylguru.co.uk/products/sts-123

Very ok Vinyl: https://www.veryokvinyl.com/products/mega-man-legends-ost-vinyl

Streets Of Rogue (Ship to Shore Media)

https://shiptoshoremedia.com/collections/featured/products/streets-of-rogue

West Of Loathing (Ship To Shore Media)

https://shiptoshoremedia.com/collections/featured/products/west-of-loathing

Tell Me Why (iam8bit)

https://www.iam8bit.com/products/tell-me-why-vinyl-soundtrack

Mega Remix Man .EXE (Materia Collective)

https://roborobmusic.bandcamp.com/album/mega-remix-man-exe

Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (Mondo)

https://mondoshop.com/products/metal-gear-2-solid-snake-original-video-game-soundtrack-2xlp

Snake's Revenge (Mondo) (sold out)

https://mondoshop.com/products/snakes-revenge-original-video-game-soundtrack-lp

Mighty Fight Federation (Yetee Records)

https://theyetee.com/collections/all/products/mighty-fight-federation-ost

Scarlet Nexus (Bandai Namco)

US: https://www.bandainamcoentstore.com/product/668397/scarlet-nexus-official-soundtrack-vinyl

EU: https://store.bandainamcoent.

Blog Link: https://videogamegrooves.com/2021/06/27/episode-83-horizon-zero-dawn/

In the far-flung future, civilization has collapsed. Humanity has forgotten its roots. Robots roam the earth. CD audio has decayed. Only vinyl records remain. Video game music is scavenged from the rubble of our past to rebuild society. The year is 2021. The podcast is Video Game Grooves. Tom Quillfeldt from Laced Records joins Jeremy to explore, appreciate, and illuminate the music of Horizon Zero Dawn. We devote the entire episode to this 4xLP box set, discussing the game's future-tribal setting and sounds. Appreciating the sound team for Horizon Zero Dawn begins with Music Supervisor Lucas van Tol at Guerrilla games, and the guidance and instruction given to the composition team led by Joris de Man. Combining the skills of The Flight, Jonathan Williams, Niels Van der Leest, and of course Julie Elven providing vocals, the weave of thematic and evocative audio perfectly augments the game's unique setting. We pick several selections from across the HZD spectrum to showcase how the game's music sets the stage and communicates the setting to players, and makes for a darn listenable experience too. We also find some "never-before-internetted" music from the score and share it here for what we reckon must be the first time in knowable human history.

After setting our campfire for the day, we summon up the new releases and announcements, including a nice one from Laced, and quite a few that may be worth spending your metal shards on as the month closes out. We also take a cue from the "found music" elements of Horizon Zero Dawn to uncover a few other bespoke instruments, engineered sounds, and altogether fabricated soundfonts that exist in the music you listen to on your own vinyl records... your indestructible time-capsule of a music format.

Outro: "The Good News" - Joris de Man ft. Julie Elven

Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @laced_audio

Links:

Resident Evil 2 (2019 remake) (Laced Records Limited Ed) (Standard Ed)

   https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/resident-evil/products/resident-evil-2-limited-edition-x4lp-boxset

   https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/resident-evil/products/resident-evil-2-2019-standard-edition-x4lp-boxset

Rad (Ship To Shore PhonoCo)

   https://shiptoshoremedia.com/collections/featured/products/rad

Road 96 (G4F Records)

   https://www.g4f-records.com/en/produit/road-96-vinyl-edition/

Zeldawave (Polygon Dream Bandcamp) (sold out, repress incoming)

   https://marblepawns.bandcamp.com/album/oot

Weezer: Tell Me What You Want (Wave Break) (iam8bit)

   https://www.iam8bit.com/products/wave-break-7

Surviving Mars (Paradox Interactive)

   https://vinyl.survivingmars.com/

The Dark Pictures: House Of Ashes (Bandai Namco EU only)

https://store.bandainamcoent.eu/eu/product/648305/the-dark-pictures-house-of-ashes-vinyl

Mighty Fight Federation (Yetee Records)

   https://theyetee.com/products/mighty-fight-federation-ost

Soulless I & II (Kickstarter)

   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amicomretrobooks/soulless-commodore-64-chiptune-game-soundtrack-on-vinyl-and-cd

The Last of Us 2 restock (Playstation Gear store)

   https://gear.playstation.com/Product/1525832-The_Last_of_Us_Part_II_Vinyl_Record

Skies Of Arcadia repress (Wayô Records)

   https://www.wayorecords.com/en/wayo-records/651-skies-of-arcadia-eternal-soundtrack-vinyl-edition.html

Samorost 3 repress (Minority Records)

   https://store.minorityrecords.com/

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Blog Link: https://videogamegrooves.com/2021/06/12/episode-82-rozen-extravaganza-nier-glory-to-mankind-the-keyblade-war/

Here at Video Game Grooves we are not above admitting our mistakes, and we do our best to rectify them. This episode we rectify the error of omission as Rozen comes back to the show after a "mea culpa" amount of time way back on Episode 21 when we were just a baby podcast. Well now as a bratty teenage podcast we slouch and kick a rock, and finally get him back on for you. To make up for lost time we are covering not one but two of his awesome vinyl releases. First up, Anthony returns us to that old Nier well with Nier: Glory to Mankind. Of course we talk about the music of Keiichi Okabe but also the dovetail with the "gravitas" of the Rozen+Reven adaptation, as well as the vocals on every single track, and what it takes to deliver on what Nier musically promises. Jeremy ends up humblebragging about the re-release variant he snagged. We continue with the more recent release of The Keyblade War, Rozen and vocalist Reven's adaptation of the inscrutably-storied Kingdom Hearts franchise, and whether it was easier or harder to match up with the iconic music of Yoko Shimomura. Everything has meaning in this release, and we get just a taste of that in our listening party today.

We continue with the new releases and make a few harsh judgments over here and a few drooling hype statements over there... but ultimately we let you decide where to spend your money (links below as always) and we finally discuss the weird time-delayed climate of video game music on vinyl record, including some production insights from Rozen who also does some design work at Materia Collective, and he even pulls out the crystal ball for one or two predictions about what fans can expect in the future from the "hurry up and wait" situation we've been experiencing over the past year. Trust the power of feelings and friendship and enjoy this one!

Outro: "Dearly Beloved" - The Keyblade War, by Rozen

Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @rozendj

Website – Rozen.audio

Links:

NieR Replicant 10+1 Years (Square Enix US) (Square Enix EU)

NA: https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/product/647841/nier-replicant-10plus1-years-vinyl-lp-box-set-vinyl

EU: https://store.eu.square-enix-games.com/en_EU/product/647860/nier-replicant-10plus1-years-vinyl-lp-box-set

Sea Of Thieves (iam8bit)

   https://www.iam8bit.com/products/sea-of-thieves-vinyl-soundtrack

PixelJunk Eden 2 (Limited Run Games)

   https://limitedrungames.com/collections/soundtracks/products/pixeljunk-eden-2-2lp-exclusive-vinyl

Double Dragon IV (Limited Run Games)

   https://limitedrungames.com/collections/neo-frontpage/products/double-dragon-iv-vinyl-soundtrack

Final Fantasy IV Song Of Heroes (Square Enix US) (Square Enix EU)

   https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/product/647846/final-fantasy-iv-song-of-heroes-vinyl

   https://store.eu.square-enix-games.com/en_EU/product/647906/final-fantasy-iv-song-of-heroes

Solasta: Crown Of The Magister (G4F Records)

   https://solastacrownofthemagister.bandcamp.com/album/solasta-crown-of-the-magister-original-soundtrack-2

Stonefly (Diggers Factory)

   https://www.diggersfactory.com/vinyl/239652/natureboy-flako-stonefly-original-game-soundtrack

VGM Jams Mixtape Vol. 1 (Qrates)

   https://qrates.com/projects/23814-vgm-jams-mixtape-vol-1

Skyrim Box Set (Spacelab 9)

   https://spacelab9.com/collections/featured-products/products/available-now-the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-ultimate-4-lp-box-set-exclusive-dragons-breath-vinyl

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