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13 new Konami Famicom music compilations now available to preorder

December 7, 2023 rpbtz

Universal Music Japan have announced no less than 13 new vinyl compilations consisting entirely of Famicom and Disk System music from Konami games. The series is titled “Music From Konami Antiques ~Family Computer~” and was also recently released as a CD box set.

Vol. 1 will include music from Gradius, Salamander, Gradius II, and Cosmic Wars.

Vol. 2 will include music from Ganbare Goemon! Karakuridouchuu, Ganbare Goemon 2, Dragon Scroll: Yomigaerishi Maryuu, and Risa No Yousei Densetsu.

Vol. 3 will include music from Konami Wai Wai World, Ai Senshi Nicol, and Wai Wai World 2: SOS!! Parsley Jou.

Vol. 4 will include music from Rush’n Attack (Green Beret), Contra, Jackal (Final Command: Akai Yousai), and Super Contra.

Vol. 5 will include music from TwinBee, Stinger (Moero TwinBee: Cinnamon-hakase Wo Sukue!), and TwinBee 3: Poko Poko Daimaou.

Vol. 6 will include music from Castlevania, Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, Moai-kun, and Kid Dracula (Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula-kun).

Vol. 7 will include music from Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, and Quarth (Block Hole).

Vol. 8 will include music from Lagrange Point, and Falsion.

Vol. 9 will include music from Esper Dream, and Esper Dream 2: Aratanaru Tatakai.

Vol. 10 will include music from Ganbare Goemon Gaiden: Kieta Ougon Kiseru, and Ganbare Goemon Gaiden 2: Tenka no Zaihou.

Vol. 11 will include music from Meikyuu Jiin Dababa, Exciting Billiard, Getsu Fuma Den, and Arumana No Kiseki.

Vol. 12 will include music from Parodius! From Myth To Laughter (Parodius Da!), Yume Penguin Monogatari, and Crisis Force.

Vol. 13 will include music from Crackout (Nazo No Kabe: Block Kuzushi), Exciting Soccer: Konami Cup, The Adventures Of Bayou Billy (Mad City), Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Majou Densetsu II: Daimashikyou Galious, and Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa.

There are currently no cover artwork or details about the packaging announced, although it appears that orders placed through Amazon Japan will also include a 10″ print of the jacket art of the respective release.

They are priced at ¥4400 each and are all scheduled to release on March 27, 2024. They can be preordered via Universal Music Japan here (domestic shipping only) or CDJapan here.

Contra ReBirth vinyl soundtrack now available to preorder from Ship To Shore PhonoCo.

November 14, 2023 rpbtz

Ship To Shore PhonoCo. are releasing the soundtrack to the Wii-exclusive run-and-gun Contra ReBirth on vinyl.

The release will be a single LP available in two color variants – a purple-i-clear colored vinyl variant, and a limited edition clear with blue, purple and magenta splatter colored vinyl variant.
It will be housed in a single-pocket jacket with new artwork by Drew Wise and will include an insert with liner notes by Jeremy Parish.

It is priced at $30 and is scheduled to release in Q1 2024. It can be preordered from Ship To Shore PhonoCo. here.

EU folks can also preorder via Black Screen Records here.

Contra: Shattered Soldier vinyl soundtrack up for order from Ship To Shore PhonoCo.

October 24, 2023 rpbtz

Ship To Shore PhonoCo. are now taking orders for the soundtrack to 2002 PS2 shooter Contra: Shattered Soldier on vinyl.

The release will be a 2LP available in three vinyl color variants – a limited edition orange with red splatter variant (Ship To Shore exclusive), a red and yellow swirl variant, and a yellow translucent variant.
It will be housed in a jacket with new artwork by Johnny Dombrowski.

It is priced at $40 and is in stock and ready to ship. It can be ordered from Ship To Shore PhonoCo. here.

EU folks can also order from Black Screen Records here, and UK folks can preorder from Chipfreq here.

Contra: Hard Corps vinyl soundtrack up for preorder via Ship To Shore

October 17, 2023 rpbtz

Ship To Shore PhonoCo. are now taking preorders for the vinyl soundtrack to 1994 Genesis run n’ gun shooter Contra: Hard Corps.

The release will be a 2LP available in three color variants – a limited edition “missile explosion” orange with red splatter colored vinyl variant, a red and yellow swirl colored vinyl variant, and a yellow translucent colored vinyl variant.
It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with new artwork by Johnny Dombrowski.

It is priced at $40 and is scheduled to release in Q4 2023. It can be preordered via Ship To Shore PhonoCo. here.

EU folks can also preorder via Black Screen Records here, and UK folks can preorder from Chipfreq here.

Mondo to release the Contra soundtrack this week

July 17, 2017 rpbtz

Mondo have previously announced that they would release Konami Kukeiha Club’s Contra soundtrack as part of their Konami partnership. And today we finally got some more details.

The release will be a single 180g 45RPM LP on red and blue split colored vinyl. The release comes in a gatefold jacket and features new artwork by Eric Powell.

The release contains both the NES/Famicom and Arcade versions of the soundtrack.

For those lucky enough to attend this year’s San Diego Comic-Con (July 20-23, 2017), Mondo will have an exclusive “Contra C” variant on yellow, orange, and red triple striped vinyl. This variant is limited to 1000 copies.

Both variants will be priced at $25 and are available on July 19, 2017 at 8PM CST.

The regular split variant will be available through Mondo’s website (keep an eye on social media for the release page when it goes up), and the SDCC variant will be available at SDCC Preview Night at Mondo’s booth (#835).

Mondo releasing the Contra III: The Alien Wars soundtrack on vinyl

February 27, 2017 rpbtz

(Header scan credit: Matthew Henzel / videogameobsession.com)

It was teased on social media some time ago, but today Mondo announced the vinyl release of the Contra III: The Alien Wars soundtrack. The soundtrack is by Konami Kukeiha Club and this will be Mondo’s first Contra release (with more to follow later).

The release will be a single 180g LP and comes in a jacket with new artwork from Paul Mann. The release will be available in two color variants – clear with red splatter and blue/red split with white splatter. The former will be limited to 500 copies.

Orders will open on Wednesday (March 1, 2017) from Mondo’s store and are expected to ship shortly afterwards.

Mondo with huge Konami announcement, Quantum Break OST from iam8bit, and confirmation that the Enter The Gungeon OST will come out on vinyl

April 6, 2016 rpbtz 1 Comment

Last week it was confirmed that Mondo would release the soundtrack to Castlevania on vinyl, but today they confirmed via Mashable that they have many more Konami titles coming out. Hold on to your hats everyone because this is what they have in store for us – Castlevania, Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, Super Castlevania IV, Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night, Contra, and – one of the most requested titles – Silent Hill!

So far it’s just been announced that the first release will be Castlevania, which will be available at the San Diego Comic-Con in July. This likely means that a release for the general public will be available online shortly after (which is what they did with their The Last Of Us release).

Following Mondo’s announcement today and Ship To Shore PhonoCo.’s earlier Konami announcement it’s safe to say that Konami are going all in on getting their soundtracks out on vinyl.

But this is not today’s only announcement. iam8bit also announced that they will be releasing Petri Alanko’s Quantum Break soundtrack on vinyl. The release will be on 180g white with colored splatter vinyl and will feature new artwork by Christina Mrozik.

The release is limited to 3000 copies and is set for a Q3 2016 release.

It can be preordered via iam8bit’s US store here and their UK store here.

And we’re not quite done yet. Finally, it was announced on Twitter today that Doseone’s soundtrack to the new indie title Enter The Gungeon will also see a vinyl release. No specifics have been revealed about that one yet, though.

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