GameChops are releasing the Super Mario series easy listening jazz arrangement album “Live From The Mushroom Kingdom” on vinyl and preorders are up now.
The release will be a single LP on red marble colored vinyl. It will be housed in a single-pocket jacket with artwork by Riana Dorsey and Sean Thurlow.
It is priced at $40 and is scheduled to release in Q1 2027. It can be preordered via GameChops here and their Bandcamp here.
Warner Music Japan are releasing a compilation of music from several Super Mario Bros. games on vinyl. The release includes an arrangement album as well as the soundtracks to Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario World (alongside a few tracks from Vs. Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels), and finally several sound effect tracks from the games as well.
It appears to be a vinyl release of the 1991 double CD titled “Super Mario World”.
The release will be a 3LP, but there are currently no further details on its packaging.
It is priced at ¥11500 and is scheduled to release around April 30, 2025. It is currently available to preorder from HMV Japan here and Tower Records Japan here, and will likely be available via more distributors later.
Silva Screen Records are releasing cellist Tina Guo’s video game music arrangement album “Game On!” from 2017 on vinyl. It features arranged music from The Legend Of Zelda, Final Fantasy VII, Chrono Trigger, World Of Warcraft, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted, Super Mario Bros., Pokémon, Journey, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Halo, Metal Gear Solid, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Tetris.
The release will be a 2LP on “polar” white colored vinyl. It will be housed in a jacket with art identical to its CD release with design by Paul Marc Mitchell and photography by Viktorija Pashuta.
It is priced at €38 and is scheduled to release in mid-May, 2024. It can be preordered via Silva Screen Records here.
Canadians can also preorder via Very Ok Vinyl here.
Diggers Factory and Silva Screen Records are teaming up to bring back volumes 1 and 2 of the The Essential Games Music Collection arrangement albums by London Music Works back on vinyl – but this time together in one release. They have previously been released on vinyl separately.
The release will be a 2LP on clear vinyl. It will be housed in a die-cut jacket with new artwork.
It is priced at €25 and is scheduled to release in October, 2023. It can be preordered from Diggers Factory here.
iam8bit are now taking preorders for the vinyl soundtrack to the newly released The Super Mario Bros. movie. And yes, I know what you’re thinking. “This is not a video game”! And you’re right. But it does feature arrangements from several games in the Super Mario series, so close enough.
The release will be a 2LP available in two color variants – a “Mario & Luigi” red and green colored vinyl variant, and a “Princess Peach” pink and yellow colored vinyl variant (iam8bit exclusive).
It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with promotional artwork from the movie.
It is priced at $43 and is scheduled to release in Q3 2023. It can be preordered from iam8bit here.
EU folks can also preorder from Black Screen Records here.
The crowdfunding service Digger’s Factory have partnered up with UK soundtrack label Silva Screen for a vinyl release of the 2011 recording “The Essential Games Music Collection Vol. 1”.
It is an orchestral recording of music from various games performed by film music orchesta London Music Works. It features music from the games Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Gears Of War 3, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Assassin’s Creed II, World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King, Halo 3, Final Fantasy VII, Battlefield 1942, The Curse Of Monkey Island, Turrican II: The Final Fight, The Legend Of Zelda, and Super Mario Bros.
The release will be a single 140g black vinyl LP. It will be housed in a regular LP jacket.
The campaign will need 100 preorders in order for the company to launch a pressing of 1000 copies. It is priced at €20 and if the campaign is successful it is scheduled to release in November, 2020. It can be backed via Digger’s Factory here.
X5 Music Group is releasing the classical arrangement album The Greatest Video Game Music on vinyl for the first time. It was originally released in 2011 on CD and digital and is performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
It includes music from the games Advent Rising, Angry Birds, Battlefield 2, BioShock, Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy VII, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Fallout 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Halo 3, The Legend Of Zelda, Mass Effect 2, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Galaxy, Tetris, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, and World Of Warcraft.
The release will be a 2LP, but there is not a lot of information available about the packaging. It seems it will use the same artwork that was on the CD version, though.
It is priced around £20 and is scheduled to release in August, 2019. Price and exact release date varies between different retailers, though. It can be preordered via Amazon UK here.
