Video Game Music re-arranged, re-orchestrated, and re-made…
“There’s no need to fear…” This week, we are celebrating National Underdog Day, the third Friday of December. It was originally created to honor those unrecognized employees who toil in their workplace but nowadays it’s about those people who were expected to lose in a competition but somehow manage to win it out. One of […]
Muh-haha-haha! Friday the 13th, one of my favorite days of the year. Well, any month in which the first day starts on a Sunday, and it is a tradition that, for any episode that is to be released on a Friday the 13th, that its theme include any superstitions and myths. Since December has a […]
Welcome to December, and this week, we’re getting dirty as we celebrate National Miner’s Day on December 6th. The day has three-fold purpose: 1) recognize the hard work and labor of miners and their families, 2) honor the Monongah Mining Disaster, and 3) bring awareness to mining safety and procedures. Without them, roads couldn’t be […]
The end of November is here, and that means it’s time for a special episode of “On Stage Now”, our final one for 2024. This month, we’re featuring Jordan Daniels. A classically trained pianist, Daniels (aka Jordan D Piano on YT) has been playing covers and arrangements of music from video game and anime. He […]
[The audio has a low hum in the background; somehow my mic picked up the noise from my PC. I did my best to remedy it so my apologies.] Yup, it’s another episode celebrating another game, this time Donkey Kong 64, first released on November 22, 1999. This action adventure game places Donkey Kong […]
This week, we are celebrating the 23rd anniversary of “Halo: Combat Evolved”, released on November 15th. It was the launch title for Microsoft’s first console, the Xbox. This first-person shooter helped spawn a franchise of sequels, books, and film. By November 2005, it sold more than six million copies worldwide. Halo CE is considered a […]
What is black and white and holds 88 keys in one place? No, it’s not another Keyblade. It’s a piano, an acoustic instrument in which pressing a key will cause a hammer to strike a tuned string. In the hands of a capable and talented musician, it can produce music that soothes the soul and […]
While Halloween may be over, Mexico and most households of Mexican heritage are celebrating “Day of the Dead”, a time to honor and pay their respects to the souls of family members and friends in a festive manner. If you visit such a house, you may find an ofrenda with the photo of the deceased […]
Welcome to the November edition of “On Stage Now”, featuring The Noble Demon. The Nobel Demon (real name Evelyn Lark) has been creating orchestral arrangements of video game music since 2011. The arrangements seem to fit the name, “a villain with a moral code”, with their sweeping melodies and moody atmosphere. Initially self-taught, The Noble […]
Today, we’re celebrating the release on Sonic & Knuckles for the SEGA Genesis on this date, October 18, 1994. This was a special game because 1) it was developed alongside Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and 2) the cartridge contained a special lock-on technology so that other Sonic games and those made before Sonic & Knuckles […]