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Jayson Napolitano is an Associate Editor specializing in coverage of game music. After driving both friends and family insane by humming his favorite melodies from videogames while growing up (including themes from the original Final Fantasy and Wanderers from Ys), Jayson always believed he'd go on to write music for games. When his lack of patience for the "finer details" of composition became apparent, he decided to start writing about his passion for game music on sites like Original Sound Version (OSV) which he founded with Dale North.

Likes dinners, meticulously organizing files on his hard drive, harpsichords, KOS-MOS, and the Genso Suikoden series.
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Journey soundtrack gets physical CD release

Looking back at 2012 thus far, Journey stands out as one of the strongest soundtracks of the year. We had the pleasure of hearing from composer Austin Wintory regarding the score as well as offering our own review of the soun...   more

Journey soundtrack gets physical CD release photo

Halo 4's massive limited edition soundtrack unboxed

Happy Halo 4 day! We noted a few months ago that the Halo 4 soundtrack was being released in a variety of flavors, including digital versions and standard/limited edition physical versions. We've got the most extravagant of t...   more

Halo 4's massive limited edition soundtrack unboxed photo

Jump on Zelda: Twilight Symphony while you can

[Update: Above is a 45-minute album preview that the ZREO team has just made available.]We posted a few days ago that 500 gorgeous units of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Symphony were being made available for pre-order, but ...   more

Jump on Zelda: Twilight Symphony while you can photo

Note Worthy 008: Final Fantasy 25th anniversary special

Wait a second, didn't we just run an issue of Note Worthy two weeks ago? Well, we did, but there have been so many Final Fantasy music releases over the past couple of months that we've accumulated an entire issue's-wort...   more

Note Worthy 008: Final Fantasy 25th anniversary special photo

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Symphony album is selling fast

It was quite some time ago that Destructroid broke the news and served up exclusive samples of Twilight Symphony, the ambitious Twilight Princess arrangement project by the Zelda Reorchestrated (ZREO) team. After a successful...   more

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Symphony album is selling fast photo

Official Final Fantasy Orchestra Album: I want it now

The flood of special music releases to commemorate Final Fantasy's 25th anniversary continues. In addition to Final Fantasy Vinyls and Final Fantasy Tribute -Thanks-, Square Enix is recording an entire album of orchestral arr...   more

Official Final Fantasy Orchestra Album: I want it now photo

Exclusive: Ragnarok Odyssey Mercenary Edition unboxing

We detailed Ragnarok Odyssey's soundtrack with artist Kumi Tanioka earlier this week, and now XSEED is allowing us to give you an exclusive first look at the contents of the game's Mercenary Edition which includes the soundtr...   more

Exclusive: Ragnarok Odyssey Mercenary Edition unboxing photo

Exclusive: Ragnarok Odyssey OST with Kumi Tanioka

Ragnarok Online had one of the best soundtracks of all time. For that reason alone, I've since gravitated to anything related to the franchise. However, while soundTeMP (the Korean sound studio responsible for RO's soundtrack...   more

Exclusive: Ragnarok Odyssey OST with Kumi Tanioka photo

Bravely Default Flying Fairy OST looks amazing

I've just listened to the highly-anticipated soundtrack for this game, and while it's great, I was most surprised by the incredible packaging afforded for this two-disc collection that was released on October 10 in Japan. I'm...   more

Bravely Default Flying Fairy OST looks amazing photo

Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 soundtrack unboxing

As highly-regarded as the soundtracks to Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 are, you'd think the music would have been released before 2011. It didn't happen, however, as composer Masato Nakamura of Dreams Come...   more

Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 soundtrack unboxing photo

Note Worthy 007: Borderlands, Pandaria, Double Dragon

We're back with another issue of Note Worthy, our monthly soundtrack round-up feature. In addition to the moody Borderlands 2 soundtrack and the ethnic-flavored Mists of Pandaria, we have what I'm calling one of the best soun...   more

Note Worthy 007: Borderlands, Pandaria, Double Dragon photo

Secret of Mana Genesis with composer Hiroki Kikuta

We've posted quite a bit about Hiroki Kikuta's repolished Secret of Mana soundtrack released a couple months back. After seeing the album's artwork and hearing the nostalgic samples on the album's website, I was sold and wrot...   more

Secret of Mana Genesis with composer Hiroki Kikuta photo

Retro City Rampage soundtrack gets limited CD release

Retro City Rampage is finally here, and many of you are probably enjoying the 8-bit soundtrack provided by virt, Norrin Radd, and Freaky DNA. The game had been in the works for a long time, and that's why it was all the ...   more

Retro City Rampage soundtrack gets limited CD release photo

Square Enix announces Final Fantasy Tribute ~Thanks~

Best album title ever. Square Enix has promised a number of musical tributes to the Final Fantasy series to celebrate 25 years of the franchise, including the Final Fantasy Vinyls collection we mentioned last month. Now they'...   more

Square Enix announces Final Fantasy Tribute ~Thanks~ photo

Metal Gear 25th anniversary music collection hits iTunes

Usually these things come out in Japan and stay in Japan. But Konami had other plans for their musical tribute to the Metal Gear franchise's 25th anniversary. Titled Metal Gear 25th Anniversary ~ Metal Gear Music Collect...   more

Metal Gear 25th anniversary music collection hits iTunes photo

Unboxing the four-disc Guild Wars 2 soundtrack

After showing off composer Jeremy Soule's amazing 4-disc soundtrack for Skyrim earlier this year, I thought I'd extend the same treatment to the recently released Guild Wars 2 Original Game Soundtrack. We featured a review o...   more

Unboxing the four-disc Guild Wars 2 soundtrack photo




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