Video Game Music re-arranged, re-orchestrated, and re-made…
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 […]
A 16-year-old teenager girl is crying about her missing boyfriend during her Sweet 16 party. However, it gets worse when her boyfriend returns with another girl wearing his ring. This is the story sung for a popular song that was released April 5, 1963, called “It’s My Party”, sung by Lesley Gore (born Lesley Sue […]
When was the last time you tuned a radio in the car or on a boombox or portable music player? You know, that device with two dials and a bi-frequency band. You turn one dial to tune frequency and the other dial for the volume. Well, today, on Friday, October 4th, we’re celebrating College Radio […]
Here we are near the end of September, which means it’s time for our special episode of “On Stage Now”, and this month’s featured musician is William Matthews. William Matthews is often found under the alias WillfoxPiano or willfox125 on social media. He has been doing remixes and covers of VGM for several years, played […]
On September 20, 1996, Atlus released a game that would be a start of their subseries to Megami Tensei: “Revelations: Persona”. It follows the exploits of a group of high school teenagers given the power of Persona, the ability to call upon entities to cast spells and fight against the demons that have invaded their […]
Muhahahah!!! It’s the 13th of Friday, which means it’s another freaky Friday episode for the show. There have been three previous episodes (#15,#51, and #92) and this marks the forth one to celebrate Friday the 13th, its mystique, its fascination, and its fear concerning this specific day. One of these days, there will be an […]