Home » sam dillard

Tag Archives: sam dillard

Symphonic Secret Of Mana arrangement album can now be backed for a vinyl release on Kickstarter

Sam Dillard have once again launched a Kickstarter for one of his symphonic video game arrangements. This latest one will be for a new Secret Of Mana arrangement album. Mango Mage Records have confirmed that they will be handling the vinyl records.

If the campaign is successful the release will be a 2LP available in three vinyl color variants – a standard edition on gold-colored vinyl, a special edition on multicolor splatter vinyl (40 copies), and a supreme edition custom Wax Mage colored vinyl variant (20 copies).
It will be housed in a jacket with new artwork by Sam Dillard himself.

Additionally, a second and third volume of the album as well as the Xeno Cross and Chrono Cinematica albums may be come available for vinyl preorder if certain stretch goals within this campaign are met.

The standard edition is $60, the special is $125 and the supreme is $175 (unfortunately, the supreme is sold out as of this post). The campaign runs from now and until August 31, 2025. If successful, vinyl rewards are scheduled to begin shipping in February, 2026.
Mana Cinematica can be backed on Kickstarter here.

Mana Cinematica - Front, Standard
Mana Cinematica - Front, Special Edition
Mana Cinematica - Front, Wax Mage

Metroid Cinematica Kickstarter with vinyl options now live

Sam Dillard have just launched a Kickstarter campaign for a physical release of a “recharged” version of his Metroid Cinematica arrangement album. The vinyl reward tiers will be handled by Mango Mage Records.

The release will be a 45RPM 4LP set available in three variants: A standard variant on blue translucent marbled colored vinyl, a Kickstarter exclusive variant on red, green, gold and blue colored vinyl (500 copies), and a Wax Mage variant in a custom hand-made color pattern (20 copies).
The standard variant will ship in a quadfold jacket, while the Kickstarter and Wax Mage variants will be in a quadfold jacket within a wooden box set.

The campaign runs from now and until November 22, 2021 with a goal of $10,000 (and as of this post this has already been met). Vinyl rewards are scheduled to begin shipping out in December, 2022.
The standard variant is $80, the Kickstarter variant is $130 and the Wax Mage is $300 (sold out as of this post).
The campaign can be backed on Kickstarter here.

Metroid Cinematica - Standard Vinyl
Metroid Cinematica - Kickstarter Vinyl