There was no way this series would go a full year without a Mario game. But! Everyone knows the signature Mario themes, while Super Mario Bros 2 is a different story.
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Game music: Super Mario Bros 2
Game Music: Halo
I really, really wanted to include this in my history series but that would have been cheating since I never actually played much Halo. This is a shame since the composers are both talented and fascinating, beating Valve to the punch on several points years before Half-Life 2. So this week, Halo: Combat Evolved.
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Game music: One Must Fall: Battlegrounds
“One Must Fall: 2097” was released in 1999 and remains my favourite fighting game ever. Piloting a 90 foot tall, hundred ton robot in a combat arena? What’s not to like? Four years later the sequel “One Must Fall: Battlegrounds” was a disappointing game featuring great music.
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Game music: Age of Wonders
Age of Wonders. Michiel van den Bos. ’nuff said.
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Game music: Braid
Sometimes a puzzle game isn’t just difficult, it’s so neuron-wrenchingly frustrating that it needs a flawlessly written soothing score just to keep you from using your controller as a blunt instrument. Braid, obviously.
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Game music: Pocket mine
What’s that you say? It’s been more than a couple of weeks since I posted anything by Big Giant Circles? For shame. Well then. here’s the latest game soundtrack he’s done – Pocket Mine.
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Game Music: Skyward Collapse
After Dawn of War last week, let’s tone things back down a bit and listen to something altogether more relaxing. Introducing Skyward Collapse, a game putting you in the mystical shoes of a Creator with the power to destroy men and gods.
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Game Music: Castlevania – Symphony of the Night
Castlevania is one of those series to have left a genuine mark in history and the evolution of gaming. Alongside Metroid, the series even gives it’s name to the Metroidvania pseudo-genre. And like Metroid, it has has some truly memorable soundtracks. Symphony of the Night is heralded by many as one of the best video soundtracks ever.
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Treasure Adventure Music: An interview with Robert Ellis
A bit of a change this week. I discussed Treasure Adventure Game a little while back in the last part of my game music history series, and this week the soundtrack gets a well-deserved post all to itself. But more importantly Robert Ellis, the composer, kindly agreed to an interview about Treasure Adventure Game, the upcoming Treasure Adventure World and video game music in general.
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Game music: Globulous
OK, it’s been over a month since I posted a game soundtrack that was even remotely chiptuney, so let’s ease our way back in gently with something a little more on the electronic side of things… the lovely Globulous.
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