Interviews

Vince DiCola & Kenny Meriedeth Interview: Returning to Transformers

Vince DiCola gained quite a following in the 1980s for his soundtracks to movies such as The Transformers: The Movie, Staying Alive, and, of course, Rocky IV, not
Album Reviews

Tecmo Arcade Game Chronicle

Album Title: Tecmo Arcade Game Chronicle Record Label: Sweep Record Catalog No.: SRIN-1104 Release Date: June 7, 2014 Purchase: Buy at Sweep Record Overview The
Music News

Drakengard 2 composers return for Lord of Vermilion Arena

Exclusive: Yoshiki Aoi return to create an epic orchestral score for the MOBA spinoff
Concert Interviews

Shota Nakama Interview: Bridging East and West

Shota Nakama’s Video Game Orchestra has gone from strength to strength since its inception in 2008. Developing their so-called ‘rockestral’ sound, the group have performed numerous concerts,
Interviews

Shota Nakama Interview: Recording Lightning Returns and Kingdom Hearts

Shota Nakama’s Video Game Orchestra has gone from strength to strength since its inception in 2008. Developing their so-called ‘rockestral’ sound, the group have performed numerous concerts,
Concert Reports

Pokémon Symphonic Evolutions: Philadelphia, September 2014

As someone who had long fallen out of touch with the Pokémon series, Pokémon Symphonic Evolutions has managed to reignite that youthful spark with a
Music News

BEEP unites 100 of the greatest international game composers

Pioneering musicologist Karen Collins recently secured funding through a crowdfunding campaign to develop the documentary film BEEP: A History of Game Sound and an guidebook. This documentary film will take viewers
Series Spotlight

Best of Western Game Music: Frank Klepacki

Essential Listens Command & Conquer (Frank Klepacki, 1995) Album Title: The Music of Command & Conquer Record Label: Westwood Studios Catalog No.: 52145-99011 Release Date:
Series Spotlight

Drakengard & Nier Series

Cavia’s Drakengard and Nier series carved a niche in the role-playing video game field with their mythological influences, intense gameplay, and mature storylines. Established in
Music News

Exclusive launch details on the music team, concert performances for D4

Tomorrow, the episodic mystery game D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die will be released by Microsoft Studios exclusively for the Xbox One. Directed by Hidetaka Suehiro
Interviews

Will Roget Interview: From Transcribing MIDIs to Scoring AAA Titles

Breaking artist Wilbert Roget II is a spectacular example of someone who has turned a crisis into an opportunity. After years working as a composer
Album Reviews

Video Games Live: Level 3

Album Title: Video Games Live: Level 3 Record Label: Mystical Stone Entertainment Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: February 18, 2014 Purchase: Buy on iTunes Overview