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Album: VA-11 HALL-A Official Soundtrack Artist(s): Garoad Label: Black Screen Records (@blackscreenrecords), 2017 Games: VA-11 HALL-A In anticipation of today's upcoming VA-11 HALL-A announcement from Black Screen Records I thought it fitting to take a look at its original vinyl release from all the way back in 2017. For those out of the loop VA-11 HALL-A is a cyberpunk bartending visual novel-style adventure game that's all about mixing drinks and changing lives by affecting the moods (and sobriety levels) of your patrons. For each new patron you get to choose a playlist of music from the bar's jukebox and that's the game's soundtrack - and there's over 3 hours of it! Think of the music as an 80s synthwave anime soundtrack mixed with 90s 16-bit game tunes and we're somewhere around the right spot. It's a solid mix of upbeat and chill tracks and something that always feels right when putting it on - a "perfect for almost any occasion" soundtrack. And it fits the setting of the game too (surprise - something I've actually played!) and helps build that unique atmosphere and the occasional Karmotrine induced dream. It's hard to pick favorites, but "Hopes And Dreams", "Karmotrine Dream" and Your Love Is A Drug" are up there for me. Obviously a 2LP can't contain the full 3+ hour score, but it's a nice selection of some of the game's imo best tracks (curated by composer Garoad himself). My copy of the release is the first pressing on blue and pink translucent colored vinyl. It comes in a gatefold jacket and includes some goodies such a booklet with a portrait of one of the in-game characters and a poster for an in-game event. It's a lovely pressing too and it's seen several repressings on different color vinyl. It's sold out now, but... keep an eye on Black Screen Records' feeds for the next few hours :) #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #va11halla #garoad #blackscreenrecords #sukebangames

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Album: Celeste Original Soundtrack Artist(s): Lena Raine (@kuraine) Label: Ship To Shore PhonoCo. (@stsphonoco), 2018 Games: Celeste It feels a bit tricky to write about Celeste with it being so popular and me not having played it, but from what I've seen it's a well-designed and difficult precision platformer about the main character Madeline determined to climb the titular mountain Celeste while coming to terms with herself and her anxieties while doing so (again, haven't played it so bear with me on this). It's also one of the most popular and best reviewed indie games of 2018 - and it's got a kickass soundtrack on top of it! The soundtrack is a wonderfully varied mostly electronic tour de force of tempi and emotions. I suppose it follows the in-game action with increased intensity in hectic platforming sections and more ambient tunes in the more emotional, reflective character scenes. The soundtrack starts and ends on a high for me with "First Steps" and "Reach For The Summit" being my two favorites, but everything in between ties it all together so very well. The way Lena Raine manages to mix piano sounds in with the electronics to create fragile, emotional atmospheres is gorgeous and still she manages to mix it brilliantly with some bangers as well. It's worth noting that the full original soundtrack is a bit too long to fit on a 2LP, so some tracks were cut with others slightly edited by Raine herself to make the listening experience of the vinyl release cohesive on its own. My copy is from the original run and is on "Madeline and Badeline" red and purple colored vinyl. It's housed in a gatefold jacket with some really lovely design by @amorabettany. It sounds lovely and it really is a great soundtrack. I believe it's at its final pressing now, so don't wait too long to grab a copy if you find one in stock. It's worth it! #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #celeste #lenaraine #shiptoshorephonoco #amorab #exokgames

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Album: Custom Order Maid 3D2 Vocal Collection Artist(s): Shigetoshi Yamada, Nao, Ayane, Mitsuki Nakae Label: Kiss, 2018 Games: Custom Order Maid 3D 2 Hey, it's another one of those lewd Japanese ones! Custom Order Maid 3D 2 is a visual novel/simultion game where apparently you take over struggling club with three maids whose jobs you'll have to manage. Apparently these range from anything from actual maid tasks, to stripping, prostitution, and singing - with the ultimate goal apparently being to turn them into idols. I haven't played this, but from what I understand it gets pretty graphic at times. I didn't expect Japanese erotic VNs to be embracing vinyl soundtracks as much as they have when I started doing all this, but here we are. It's a fairly limited selection of 6 vocal tracks from the soundtrack, but it's fairly varied. Opener "Night Magic Fire" is a catchy electro pop track, "In Pulse" is an almost instrumental club banger, "Blooming∞Dreaming!" is a pop/rock track, "キミに愛情でりぃしゃす" is an upbeat pop track that sounds like it could be a credits track in a "slice of life"-anime, "Luminous Moment" is another electro pop thing with more of an arena sound where you can almost imagine the light show in a dark music arena, while finally "Melody Of Empire" is a weirdly 90s sounding pop track. It's perfectly fine music, even if nothing is absolutely stand out. The release itself is standard black record in a single-pocket jacket with the stock maid characters on the front (no graphic content on the vinyl release, thankfully). The fun thing about the release is that side A plays at 45RPM and side B at 33RPM. It's numbered on the back, but it's not clear how many copies were actually made. It sold out just recently, and I have seen it pop up occasionally on Japanese auction sites at not-too-terrible prices, so if this is your thing it could be worth looking out for. #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #customordermaid3d2 #kiss #shigetoshiyamada

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Album: Let's Kick Shell! Artist(s): Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Label: Enjoy The Toons Records (@enjoythetoons), 2016 Games: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time Back in January, 2016 seemingly out of nowhere this little EP was announced and released by Enjoy The Toons. And before the official Ninja Turtles art confuses anyone - this is actually a cover EP. It features rock covers of two tracks from the original animated series and three from the Turtles In Time video game. However, Enjoy The Toons did work together with Viacom/Nickelodeon to properly use the TMNT rights hence the artwork. I am curious about the story of how (and why) this came to be, though. Personally I quite like the tracks, although they did receive a mixed reception from people at its release and I will agree that it's hard to compete with the originals (especially the legendary theme song from the TV show), but taken for what it is the band here (for some reason the band called themselves Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles too for just this one release) did a pretty good job. This particular copy is the 7" version on "Donatello" green and purple vinyl, which neatly imitates the Turtles' mask (of course it also came in red, blue and orange variants). It also came with a Donatello cardboard mask and a vintage trading card! This version was limited to 200 copies, and the myriad of other color variants were similarly limited from 100-400 copies each. The 7" version is long sold out, but it was recently reissued as a single-sided 12" with a screen printed b-side. This one's also sold out, but the label have been repressing them gradually, so it's probably better to wait than resorting to scalpers (as of now there are 24 different variants of this EP on Discogs!). #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #teenagemutantninjaturtles #tmnt #enjoythetoons #enjoytheride

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Album: Xeno Crisis Artist(s): Savaged Regime Label: Bitmap Bureau (@bitmapbureau), 2019 Games: Xeno Crisis Not sure if it's entirely in "hidden gem" territory, but it feels close. Xeno Crisis is a successfully Kickstarted twin-stick shooter made for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis (and ported to PC and modern consoles as well). The game itself have received lots of praise for both gameplay and for being faithful to the MD/Genesis it was made for. As with most things I post about I haven't actually played the game (I suck at twin stick shooters), but I HAVE listened to the soundtrack and whether you dig the genre or not that one is an absolutely banger! Not only have composer Savaged Regime been faithful to the console (or well, sounds that way to me, I'll admit to not being an expert on MD/Genesis sound hardware at all), but it's incredibly catchy and varied and absolutely stands strong as a listening experience on its own. Tracks like "Dune (Area 3)" has a dreamy feel to it, yet could still entice a dancefloor, "Forest (Area 5) has a floaty, ethereal feel to it, "Lab (Area 6)" is just a mean, pumping banger. The boss tracks are a bit more game-y, but still sounds dirty and quite different from each other (even though there's four of them). There's literally not a weak track here. The release itself is quite plain - single-pocket jacket with game art and good ol' black vinyl. But that's all it needs because the music is what matters here and it is fantastic. Initially released as a backer reward for the game's Kickstarter it has since been made available from developer Bitmap Bureau's own store and is still in stock! Fans of the MD/Genesis FM synth sounds (and fans of good music in general) should not sleep on this one. #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #xenocrisis #bitmapbureau #savagedregime

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Album: Game Mix Artist(s): Xasqui Ten (@xasqui) & Toni Ten (@tonitm10) (XTM) Label: Melody, 1993 Games: Super Mario Land, Zool, Lemmings, Street Fighter II, Sonic The Hedgehog, Tetris, The Addams Family Surely this is the one you've all been waiting for! The epic 1993 Spanish techno remix album of several classic game tracks released under the novel name "Game Mix". No? Your loss surely. It features takes on the classics such as the Overworld Theme from Super Mario Land, the title theme from Sonic The Hedgehog and an ...interesting take on Vega's Theme from Street Fighter II among others. Also included is a remix of a track called "Arriba, Arriba" by John Boy, which samples some video game sounds as well as a "Game Mix" with nods to all the tracks on the album supposedly made by Spanish DJ Jodi Carreras. They general approach seems to be adding some heavy pumping bass and drum sounds on top of the tracks along with their vocal samples shouting "Hey!" or "Breakdown!" and stuff like that - plus the occasional samples from the games themselves. Credits on the release are a little unclear (although they've done their best to credit the original composers with a couple mistakes, but not the remixers behind it), but it's generally assumed that the remixes are done by XTM - brothers Xasqui and Toni Ten - who did a lot of techno remixes in the 90s with their Ten Productions production company. The release itself is fairly simple and comes in a regular thin LP jacket with the title in big pixel-y letters, although it's surprisingly missing in gaming references on the art. It's pretty affordable on Discogs and elsewhere, although the takes are probably more fun novelties these days than anything else. But as noted on the cover it was advertised on Spanish TV, so it has the distinction of being maybe the only VGM vinyl release with TV ads! #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #gamemix #xasquiten #toniten #supermarioland #sonicthehedgehog #streetfighterii

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Album: Distant Worlds II - More Music From Final Fantasy Artist(s): The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Label: AWR Records, 2018 Games: Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XI It's no secret that I have a sweet spot for Final Fantasy and its music, so it always makes me a little happy whenever AWR Records drop one of their Distant Worlds albums on vinyl. The second in the series was originally released on CD and digitally in 2010 and finally got a vinyl release in 2018. To those unfamiliar Distant Worlds is a concert world tour of orchestral renditions of music from the Final Fantasy series and they've also released several studio albums of these arrangements. This second one was the last with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and is yet a lovely recording featuring several great takes on fan favorites such as "Terra's Theme"from IV, "JENOVA" from VII, "A Place To Call Home/Melodies Of Life" from IX among others. A personal favorite of mine here is the take on "Dancing Mad" which sees the orchestra joined by composer Nobuo Uematsu's band Earthbound Papas! The vinyl release came out via Distant Worlds own account on Amazon only and is on white vinyl which matches nicely with the white jacket. It comes in a gatefold with photos from the sessions as well as lyrics for the vocal tracks and liner notes by Uematsu and conductor Arnie Roth. Sadly, like the first release this one too is an inconsistent pressing with reports of wow and flutter, warped records and distortion on the last tracks on each side of the records. Some copies are seemingly better than others, but it's a bit of a gamble. They restock these occasionally so if you're interested I'd encourage you to be patient instead of paying scalper prices for what isn't a fantastic pressing. #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #distantworlds #finalfantasy #nobuouematsu #arnieroth

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Album: Alwa's Awakening Original Soundtrack Artist(s): Robert Kreese (@kungkreese) Label: Thunderful (@thunderfulgames), 2020 Games: Alwa's Awakening All the way back in 2018 developer Elden Pixels (@eldenpixels) retweeted a fan mockup of an Alwa's Awakening vinyl release asking if there's interest in this. And lo and behold, we had to wait a bit, but in 2020 we finally got an actual vinyl release! Personally I'm thrilled as I've listened A LOT to the digital release and really love the OST (despite not really being able to get into the game at all). The album is full of NES-style chiptune-y goodness and they actually managed to get the full soundtrack on there. The original digital release of the OST is actually 80 minutes, but they've managed to to use shorter loops of each tracks to get them all down to like half that length and it works very well. I'm not listening to this and thinking anything is missing at all. Stand-out tracks for me are opener "Theme of Zoe", "Central Alwa" and "Vicar" (the latter by guest composer Prof. Sakamoto), but I don't really think that there's a bad track here. They even went as far as to release the soundtrack on an NES cartridge (which is also still available). The release itself comes on green translucent vinyl and sounds excellent. The jacket features nice new illustration by Manuel Samolo and graphic design by Dane Baudoin (@danebaudoin) (who also did that original fan mockup!). It's limited to 250, but is still available from Thunderful, so definitely go check it out! It's one of my favorite titles from last year and one that I think most people slept on. #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #alwasawakening #eldenpixels #robertkreese #thunderfulgames

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Album: Ape Out Original Game Soundtrack Artist(s): Matt Boch Label: iam8bit (@iam8bit), 2020 Games: Ape Out Gonna try this writing thing again. This time with an album released in October last year for the PC/Switch top down beat 'em up-ish game Ape Out, where you play as a giant captive Gorilla trying to escape. What is particularly interesting about this record is that the soundtrack for the game was made out of a massive library of percussion sounds coded to play in reaction to the players actions, movements and perfomance in the game. It's all made to play as percussion jazz music during game play and it responds beautifully to the game's intensity (yes, I actually played this one, so for once I somewhat know what I'm talking about!). This means that the soundtrack on the vinyl release was recorded from a playthrough by the game's developer Gabe Cuzillo, which is a pretty solid representation of how it sounds in the game, too. While the music helps set the pace and intensity when playing, it makes for somewhat of a hectic listen. It's not bad by any means, it's just hard for me to stomach almost 50 minutes of all percussion jazz (but hey, you might dig it if that's your thing!). iam8bit even claimed that this was the "first ever live gameplay album", which is debatable at best given many retro soundtrack releases were record from hardware during playthrough. The pressing itself sounds surprisingly great (especially since they crammed almost 50 minutes of music on a single LP). The game's levels are divided in A and B sides and shown in-game as jazz-style vinyl jackets, which artist Mark Borgions (@handmade_monster) have adapted very well for his great jacket design here. The release is still available and while the looks and quality of the release is very, very good, I'd highly recommend playing the game first to see if this is something you'd listen to on its own. #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #apeout #iam8bit #mattboch #markborgions

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Album: Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition Sound Selection • Sélection Musicale Artist(s): Yoko Shimomura, ACE+, Manami Kiyota Label: Nintendo of Europe (@nintendoeurope) Games: Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition This is a special one! This is the first time since the 80s that original music from a Nintendo game have been officially released on vinyl and made commercially available! And it's a good choice of soundtrack too as the music from Xenoblade Chronicles is something special indeed. As usual I haven't played the game (but I will!), so it's hard to pick favorites or say if important tracks have been left out (it is a selection of 12 tracks from a very long soundtrack after all), but purely from listening there's a lot of variety in the tracks and I thoroughly enjoyed them all. What strikes me the most about the music when listening to this is the amount of different instruments being utilized. They seamlessly mix heavy guitars, strings, synthesizers, and much more and add percussion and drums as needed. It's a single picture disc LP housed in a regular LP jacket with some fairly standard game art. The picture disc itself looks very clean and fits the design well. It was released as part of the European collector's edition from the game. Thankfully the sound is surprisingly nice for a picture disc, barely noticed any surface noise and there's only minor crackle and a few very small pops throughout. Unfortunately, most of the collector's sets that included this LP sold out in preorder, so it will probably be difficult to get moving forward. It officially releases tomorrow, so it's still a new and relevant release, so maybe some will pop up if keep an eye out. It's definitely worth trying to find! #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #xenobladechronicles #nintendo #yokoshimomura #ace+ #manamikiyota #monolithsoft

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Album: Pac-Man Run For Fun Artist(s): Unknown Label: Kid Stuff Records, 1980 Games: Pac-Man Time to bust out the real good stuff. Or not. This will be a quick one because there really isn't a ton to say about this. This is a 7" record with a story about Pac-Man who is participating in a run against Speedy the ghost. Major plot spoilers: The ghosts set up a trap for Pac-Man, but due to sheer incompetence end up trapping Speedy instead resulting in Pac-Man winning the run to the surprise of no one. There's a good bunch of different children's stories like this that were released on vinyl by Kid Stuff Records back in the early 80s (and I'll subject you to more of them later with equal amounts of enthusiasm). Most were seemingly written by Dana Walden and Patrick McBride, but generally there's not a ton of info on how these came to be. Instead of a regular jacket the 7" comes with a children's book with images so you can read along to the story while listening. There's plenty of pictures and I'll admit that there's some charm to them. They are typically quite cheap and easy to find second-hand online, so if you're into this kind of thing you shouldn't have issues tracking most of these down. #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #pacman #namco #kidstuffrecords

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Album: Kurohyo 2 Original Soundtrack Artist(s): Hyd Lunch, skankfunk (@hideki_naganuma), ZENTA, Yutaka Akiyama Label: Wave Master Entertainment, 2012 Games: Kurohyō 2: Ryō Ga Gotoku Asura-hen Time for something that most people aren't aware is out there. The Kurohyō games are a spin-off series to the popular Yakuza game franchise introduced for the PSP and - to my knowledge - only ever released in Japan. The soundtrack here is for the second game in that series. The music is unfortunately a well-kept secret because it is a pretty amazing mix of shredding guitars and high energy electronic beats weaved together in a surprisingly cohesive way. I don't know a lot about the composers outside of skankfunk, who is better known under his real name Hideki Naganuma (of Jet Set Radio fame). And it's kinda surprising (but positively so) to hear him embrace the sounds of guitars shredding on the hectic "Panter In The Storm". Other highlights include Hyd Lunch's opener "Catch The Battle" and Yutaka Akiyama's superb almost heavy metal-like banger "EPIC 80". For all intents and purposes all the music on this could be boss battle music, but the kind that makes you feel super satisfied when finally knocking down the big bad boss (I haven't played this so I have no idea of the in-game context of the tracks). The vinyl release comes with in a regular LP jacket, which is reversed in orientation (from a Western standpoint at least, like a manga would be) and features some wild dragon artwork from Spooky Graphic. It was released by Wave Master Entertainment shortly after the game's release in 2012 and was available only from Sega's Japanese online store. It is limited to 1000 copies, is long sold out and only very rarely goes up for sale. It's an absolutely awesome and shamefully overlooked album, so do not sleep on this if you come across it. #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #kurohyou2 #yakuza #wavemasterentertainment #hydlunch #skankfunk #zenta #yutakaakiyama #sega

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Album: Poly Bridge Original Soundtrack Artist(s): Adrian Talens (@adriantalens) Label: Yetee Records (@theyetee), 2020 Games: Poly Bridge Ever since I was first introduced to the music of Poly Bridge I've been hoping for a vinyl release - hell, I even bugged a few label people during this time. So I was beyond thrilled when Yetee Records announced it late last year. Weirdly I haven't played the game, but found the music in a "best of gamemusic" list somewhere and fell in love. It's acoustic guitar throughout, mostly on its own, sometimes accompanied by a little percussion, but always soothing and relaxing. It might seem a little simple or even banal to some, but for me at least, it really hits something special. I dare you to listen to "Under Construction" or "Along For The Ride" (or any track really), close your eyes and not start dreaming of road trips and long Summer evenings. It's not the full soundtrack release, but a good selection spiced up with two new bonus tracks - one made for the Nintendo Switch launch trailer and a Pongball (@pongballmusic) remix of "Under Construction". I wouldn't have imagined a chiptune remix to work well for this kind of music, but I was very happy to be proven wrong! The vinyl release comes in a single pocket jacket with wonderful new artwork by Drew Wise (@dreweyes), which is a nice take on the scenic setting shown when you try out your constructions on the front and the grid-based construction setting on the back cover. The disc itself is on light blue translucent vinyl and sounds clean and crisp. It's a pressing of 300 copies and is still available and I'd advise everyone who is the least bit interested in this to not miss out. It's arguably one of the best things Yetee have put out on vinyl so far. #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #polybridge #adriantalens #theyetee #drewwise #drycactus

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Album: Johto Legends Artist(s): Braxton Burks (@braxtonbuddy) Label: iam8bit (@iam8bit) / Materia Collective (@materiacollective), 2018 Games: Pokémon Gold & Silver In Spring 2017 Materia Collective announced a grand project on Kickstarter with this grand orchestral arrangement of music to the Game Boy Color classic second main games in the Pokémon series - Pokémon Gold & Silver. It was mainly arranged by Braxton Burks (with select parts arranged by David Peacock, Eric Buchholz and Jules Conroy) and performed by several talented musicians such as Mihcala Nachtigall, John Robert Matz, Laura Intrivia, insaneintherain, and many others. The arrangements are well done and with good variety. The opener "Journey To Johto (Overture)" sets the stage and always feels like an introductory medley of what you're about to experience with the rest of the album. It mixes up the orchestral music with some traditional Japanese instruments in "Sprout Tower", an almost ethereal piano in "National Park" and guitar shredding en masse in "Battle! Rival Trainer (Johto Version)". There's something for all sorts of tastes and it keeps my interest throughout. Artwork was done by Ryan Brinkerhoff (@ryanbrinkerhoff). It comes in a gatefold jacket with the kanji symbols for gold and silver in foil print the outer jacket. It's nice, but feels a little uninspired. The inner art is a gorgeous map of Johto surrounded by the badges from the game and is much better than the outer art. I have the Kickstarter variant on gold and silver colored vinyl, and while the overall sound is nice, there is some pressing noise on the gold disc in particular, which is a shame. The retail variant is on black/white split and I've been told it sounds cleaner, so that's a plus. Worth checking out for fans of the games and orchestral music alike! #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #pokemon #iam8bit #materiacollective #braxtonburks #ryanbrinkerhoff #nintendo

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Album: Galaxy Odyssey Artist(s): Galaxy Odyssey Orchestra Label: Victor, 1986 Games: Galaxy Odyssey So how about a vocal arrangement album of a Famicom Disk System game only ever released in Japan? Galaxy Odyssey is a strange mix of top-down horizontal shooter and adventure game exploration (think Zelda-ish). The game was released in 1986 with this arrangement album releasing two weeks before the game. Way to go all in to build some hype! The game didn't exactly turn out to be anything special, but that definitely doesn't mean that you should ignore this arrangement album! It's got a neat mix of pop, rock and even some tracks with Middle Eastern influences in the sound. It's 80s as hell and I love it! It makes me think a bit of the MOTHER arrangement but in Japanese and without the boy choir. I don't know the first thing about the story behind this album, but when it can feature such weird variety. It changes from orchestral music on the opening "Overture" over to Middle Eastern-inspired pop into the guitar-frenzy of "Theme of the Universe" and to full on love duet "Fantasy - Love Theme From Galaxy Odyssey". It comes in a regular LP jacket with an obi as always with these older Japanese titles. It also has an insert with concept art, screenshots and song lyrics which is really neat. The back of the jacket itself also features game screenshots while the front features the nice promotional game art by manga artist Tsuguo Okazaki. Weirdly, I've not been able to find this album available for streaming anywhere, so I can't even suggest you go check it out. It's been released on vinyl, CD and tape and while it doesn't go up for sale very often it's usually not super expensive. I can definitely recommend picking it up if you're looking for something a bit different. #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #galaxyodyssey #famicomdisksystem #wavejack

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Album: Agents Of Mayhem Artist(s): Malcolm Kirby, Jr. Label: Deep Silver, 2017 Games: Agents Of Mayhem Released in 2017 Volition's saturday morning cartoon-inspired superhero game Agents of Mayhem never really caught on. For several reasons, surely, but mainly I've seen this game referenced as "the essence of meh" and lacking identity, which probably does not help in. And to be honest the soundtrack isn't doing it many favors either. To describe what they're going for here I'd like to point out that the back of the cover reads "Now That's What I Call Mayhem: The Agents Soundtrack", referencing the once popular "Now That's What I Call Music" pop compilation series. The soundtrack contains a mix of vocal songs and instrumental score. The vocal tracks appear to be a parody of the pop music it's referencing, but falls exceptionally short in being neither particularly listenable or funny. Once again I haven't played the game, so I don't know how these are utilized in-game, but I strongly doubt they'd be more enjoyable there. The instrumental score isn't exactly a saving grace, but it's at least serviceable with a few decent tracks. It's a fairly generic score that could've easily been applied to your average action game or film without offending anyone. I can definitely see how it could complement and work in an action game like this, but on its own it doesn't stand out. The vinyl record here is a promotional release released mainly to press (and maybe at some events). It's probably for the best, though, as I doubt it would've sold a lot, but on the other hand it makes it a bit difficult and sometimes expensive to track down. It comes in a die-cut jacket to show off the picture disc art. And for a picture disc it actually sounds pretty good (the pressing that is, not the music). #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #agentsofmayhem #volition #deepsilver #malcolmkirbyjr

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Album: Ruiner (Original Soundtrack) Artist(s): Sidewalks And Skeletons, Zamilska, Memotone, Antigone & Francois X, DJ Alina, Susumu Hirasawa, ORION GmbH Label: Laced Records (@lacedrecords), 2018 Games: Ruiner It seems that every game that's remotely cyberpunk has a special kind of soundtrack and that's fine by me. So far most of them have been pretty great and that's the case for Reikon Games' Ruiner. A gritty top-down shooter with violence aplenty. The soundtrack features a selection of tracks from various artists, but where a lot of other cyberpunk-ish games seem to favor an 80s kinda vibe Ruiner goes for a darker feel that's as gritty as the game's setting. It's a melting pot of techno, industrial and a little ambient. just to serve as a breather. It doesn't invoke a sense of comfort, but more a sense of paranoia as you have to decide if you're about to fight or flee. This might sound negative, but it's far from it. I'm a huge fan of taking different artists' music together to make a varied soundtrack that still works well together conceptually (see wipEout or Hotline Miami) and while gritty it still manages to feel fresh and modern. From the repetitive droney beats of Zamilska's "Rise" over the refreshing ambience of Anitgone & Francois X's "We Move As One" to Sidewalks And Skeleton's haunting "Sleep Paralysis" there's a bit of everything here. The vinyl release have differs a bit from the digital and has two tracks by Susuma Hirasawa that's not featured on the digital and takes out a track by Sidewalks And Skeletons to make room for these. The vinyl pressing by Laced comes on black and red vinyl and sounds stellar. It comes in a gatefold jacket with a gallery of the game's characters set in the red and dark color palette of the game world. Unfortunately, it's long sold out and has not been repressed, so it can be quite difficult to find at a reasonable price. #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #ruiner #lacedrecords #reikongames #devolverdigital

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Album: Chop! Chop! / Fuck You! We Are NTSC Artist(s): The Nunawading Terrorizing Sacrificing Cruzifiers Label: Shockwave Recordings, 1998 Games: Parappa The Rapper Time for a release that I've come to affectionately call "Parappa The Gabber". It's an unholy union of speedcore, gabber and samples from Parappa The Rapper. Did anyone stop up to think if this was ever a good idea? Probably not, but hey, it was the 90s. It features to tracks. The first titled "Chop! Chop!" samples mostly from Chop Chop Onion Master's rap in between mad and violent beats and aggressive growlish rap from The Berzerker (@the_berzerker_official) (mostly known for being an industral death metal). I cannot make out the lyrics, but it sounds like it loosely follows the melody of the rap from the gamp. The second track is titled "Fuck You! We Are NTSC" and opens with the classic PS1 loading sound followed by once again violent beats, electronic rave sounds and mad screams. Every now and again Parappa samples break up the onslaught including a break over in Instructor Mooselini's rap which transitions pretty neatly into more violence. NTSC isn't a real band, but rather a one-off project for this 7". Supposedly The Berzerker, DJ Bazooka and Speedfreak met up during an Australia tour and recorded these tracks in the town of Nunawading (hence the full name of the "band"). Why Parappa? I have no fucking clue, guys. I have to be honest and say it's growing on me. It's not something I'll listen to a lot, but I can appreciate the fact that NTSC probably had a weird idea and just went with it. It's a 7" record in a soft paper jacket with some very homemade artwork depicting the most edgy version of Parappa out there (probably). There's rarely a lot of them for sale at once, but they're usually pretty cheap as well so you can find a nice copy of this without having to punish your wallet. #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #ntsc #parappatherapper #shockwaverecordings #theberzerker #gabber

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Album: Final Fantasy VII Remake And Final Fantasy VII Vinyl Artist(s): Nobuo Uematsu Label: Square Enix Music (@squareenix), 2020 Games: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake There's little doubt that the Final Fantasy VII Remake is one of this year's most anticipated new video games. It's a new take on one of the most popular role-playing games. So of course expectations were also high among vinyl fans when they opened preorders for this vinyl set all the way back in July 2019. This set includes 8 new arranged tracks from the Remake on one disc and 12 tracks from the original game on the other. Most of the Remake versions have their original counterparts featured on the other disc, so there's a good ground for comparison here. There's no need diving into a review of the original tracks as they're good. Very good. And most of you already know that. Thankfully the new arrangements for the Remake are great. They're mostly faithful to the original tracks while still bringing out the added benefits of a good orchestral arrangement. The vinyl release here is not perfect, though. The initial price was a hefty (and gimmicky) ¥7777 and well, it's a picture disc. However, the packaging is fantastic. It comes in a sturdy triple gatefold with textured, glossy finishing that looks like a Buster Sword and it's wrapped in a slipcase with the game's logo in silver foil. My own copy sounds quite alright for a picture disc, although there's a lot of nice on the last side. I've heard other people being less fortunate with theirs, though, so it does sound like it's an inconsistent press. This is the Japanese press, which was likely pressed at Toyokasei. The new Western press, which is now shipping was pressed at GZ Media, so there may be some difference in the audio quality, although I only have this one for now, so I cannot compare. #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #finalfantasyvii #finalfantasyviiremake #ff7r #nobuouematsu #squareenix

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Album: Gungrave VR Complete Edition Soundtrack Artist(s): Tsuneo Imahori, Unknown Label: Red Entertainment / Iggymob, 2018 Games: Gungrave VR This is one of those lovely releases that require you to buy a huge box fo a game (and some other stuff) in order to get the music on vinyl. But it's also an interesting title as I doubt many people expected this to be released on vinyl. I sure didn't. A weird thing about this is the set's total lack of credits. It includes the soundtrack on both vinyl and CD, but all I've been able to find is a news article on the game saying that original Gungrave composer Tsuneo Imahori did the opening track "Bara Armati" - no word on who did the rest. And it so happens that "Bara Armati" is the best track of the release by far - it's a great upbeat song with lots of horn and attitude. The rest isn't bad, but they're a far cry from the level that this release opens with. "Bara Armati" is the only track longer than 2 minutes and the total runtime is just under 20 minutes, so you're not getting a whole lot of music for your money either. Of course, if you dig the album then it's a focused listen and some of the extra tracks to rock pretty hard ("The Cold Chaser" and "Último Batallar" in particular), but it feels like they're over before they begin. The record is good ol' black vinyl and it comes in a gatefold jacket that some pretty badass art with the main character shooting a giant bio-mecha spider-thing. So it's got that going for it. The whole box set retailed at around $100, but has quickly dropped to around $35 and is still available, so you can at least check it out without having to murder your wallet. #vinyl #instavinyl #vgmvinyl #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming #blipblop #records #gamemusic #soundtrack #music #videogamevinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #igvinyl #gungravevr #tsuneoimahori #redentertainment #iggymob #gungrave

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