ThaSauce: Community related album and project news

Mega Ran unveils first singles from Forever Famicom: Dream Master/

Thu, 06 May 2010 18:51:33 PDT

From GM4A:

Looks like Mega Ran, alongside producer K-Murdock have finally released the first, and long awaited tracks from their upcoming project Forever Famicom. Better yet, they have released these two tracks for free download! So head right over to the double single Bandcamp page and grab both songs now!

First we hear a laid back autobiographical cut laid atop some nice Little Nemo based beats called Dream Master. This is followed up by the amazing Chrono Trigger tribute where Mega Ran drops line after line of video games and other nerdy references with tons of energy. This track goes by Epoch and is definitely an incredible track, and definitely hope I get to hear it live at some point. These tracks definitely show the varied skills of Mega Ran and producer K-Murdock, and raise the anticipation for Forever Famicom to a whole new level.

Also don’t forget that Mega Ran has also released two new Mega Ran 10 singles for a dollar each over at the Mega Ran 10 Bandcamp page.

And finally, he is also playing alongside MC Frontalot tomorrow night at the Viper Room in Los Angeles (details here), so do not miss that either!

Video Games Live on PBS!

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:26:26 PDT

from the VGL newsletter:

LOS ANGELES, CA – MARCH 23, 2010 -- The award winning Video Games Live show has once again pulled out all the stops in its groundbreaking effort to show the world how artistic and culturally significant video games have become. On Thursday, April 1st, 2010, Video Games Live will be performing with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra at the Kenner Pontchartrain Center for a nationwide television special which will start airing July 31, 2010 on PBS as well as a companion DVD, Blu-Ray and album.

This will be the biggest Video Games Live production ever staged, with more special fx, screens, special guests and segments than ever before.

Special Guests include the creator and “father” of video games, 88 year old legend Ralph Baer. Mr. Baer will appear on stage to demonstrate his original “brown-box” gaming system and challenge one lucky audience member to a match while the symphony provides the sounds. Mr. Baer will be available to sign autographs and get pictures taken during the post-show meet & greet festivities. Also in the meet & greet will be Video Games Live creators and industry veteran game composers Tommy Tallarico (Earthworm Jim/Advent Rising) and Jack Wall (Myst/Mass Effect). Marty O’Donnell (Halo), Russell Brower (Blizzard), Gerard Marino (God of War), Christopher Tin (Civilization IV) will also be available and MANY MORE! Soloists will include internet sensations Martin Leung on piano and Laura “Flute Link” Intravia as well as the original vocal soloists for the segments being performed.

Pre-show festivities include a costume contest, game demos, prize give-a-ways and a Guitar Hero competition. Costume contest and Guitar Hero competition to be filmed for the PBS Special and DVD/Blu-Ray.
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B0044589BCD5139?artistid=976815&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=52
Video Games Live website: www.videogameslive.com

Week in Video Game Inspired Music 1/11 � 1/17

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:57:06 PST

From GM4A:

I am finally back with the first This Week in VGIM of the new year, and decade, and millenium (depending on where you start counting). Up above we have some incredible artwork by zgul-osr1113 and goes by the nameLike Jazz Zora band Indigogos.

This piece definitely has video game music written…ahem…drawn all over it! Well in site related news I have to reiterate that we have our second release. This time it’s some ambient space tunes courtesy of Doug Leinen and his new album Songs to Sing in Space (download here). I have been away for a bit due to unforeseen circumstances that were mentioned before, so there is a huge list of remixes this time around. Now let’s get down to the nitty gritty of the news.

Check out the full story on GameMusic4All.

Nario � Most of Me debut album release

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:32:26 PST

From GameMusic4All:

For those familiar with one Theshizz may also be familiar with one Nario from around those parts. Well like most folks over at the shizz, Nario is quite the musician. He has released his debut album, Most of Me for free download, via Skrow Media. The album spans 13 tracks of relaxing ambient tunes and upbeat melodies.

The album kicks off with the fast paced chiptune anthem HAX. This leads straight into one of my favorite tracks, the piano driven, Metroid soundingChilled Pop Cherry Soda. The swirling piano mixes in with the deep, dungeonesque bassline to create a strong but haunting track.

The album continues to keep things interesting with lots of musical, as well as mood shifts throughout the rest of the songs.
For the best track on the album though, my vote goes to Hallucinogenic Ethics. What I consider one of the more experimental tracks on this album, the song kicks off with some ambient noise, before driving in hard with the main melody. Soon a wall of high pitched flourishes converge with the deep rhythms and create an adventurous track that stays interesting through out the three minute length of the recording. The track comes to a close with a dissonance of eerie sounds that give the track an interesting, unfinished quality to the ending.

This is a strong debut from a person we have been waiting to hear from musically for some time now, so check out his debut as well through this link! Also, be sure to check him out through his youtube page as well!

Look out! Wild ARMs Project by JaDE ARaN HaRuNo Appears!

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:54:14 PDT

You might have heard, but OCReMixer bLiNd's wife has started a serious shake down for her Wild ARMs ReMix project tentatively named: Overture of the Vigilante Wild. I had over-heard via Facebook that she had manage to net AmIEvil, a name I hadn't seen mention in QUITE some time, and today while browsing the Artists' Updates tab, I saw they she has managed to get McVaffe on board as well!
While most people are already excited about the upcoming DKC2 Project, the Wild ARMs project is quickly ramping up to be just as exciting.

You can follow the project, as well as see the full list of tracks and artists, on the thread on the OverClocked ReMix forums.

The Megatainment EP is here!

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:32:25 PDT

From The Megas MySpace:

New music is finally here! We just released Megatainment, a collaboration with our good friends Entertainment System!

The idea was born this time last year, when we embarked on the first Megatainment tour - basically they kept hassling us about not planning to do the MM1 soundtrack, so we said "write and record all the music and we'll do vocals..." and that's exactly what happened!

We're really excited about how this turned out - Entertainment System brings a different, heavier sound than what we play, so it was a fun challenge to come up with melodies and lyrics! Story-wise, this fits in as a nice prequel to Get Equipped.

Check out the Elecman track on our page, then head over to themegas.com/store and pick up a copy - they're only $5! We're selling hard copies for a limited time - make sure to order soon if you want to get one.

- Megas

Bad Dudes - Chronotorious album available for preview and pre-order

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:05:07 PDT

genoboost posted on GM4A:

Watch out! The Bad Dudes are back! And badder than ever! No that's ridiculous, they are already the baddest dudes. Anyway, they have very recently announced that their upcoming tribute to the amazing classic Chrono Trigger, awesomely titles Chronotorious is available for pre-order.

Not only that, but if you click on "albums/eps" and then click on the Chronotorious album, then hit tracks, you can preview all the songs from the album! But you can only get five of those tracks on the official pressed album release. Danimal cannon of the Bad Dudes and Armcannon fame personally describes these songs as "bad-fucking-ass" and you don't argue with a bad dude who's last name is Cannon.

Also if you pre-order the album now, the album will only cost you $10, this will rise to $12 come August 18th, not to mention that the album also comes with a sweet poster. Oh, and did I mention they are only making 1000 albums! So don't drag your feet, I already pre-ordered my copy, so realistically there are only 999 left at most!

And finally, for the artistic types in the crowd, Bad Dudes are also holding a music video contest. So for any would be directors out there, you can try your hand at making a video for the Dhsu vs. Mustin - B.A.M.F. (Radio Edit) track. And for anyone else, you can just download the radio edit track and wait in anticipation of this sure to be amazing album!

Mutherpluckin' B Releases 8-Bit Democracy Capitalist Edition

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:11:49 PDT

The Capitalist Edition of Mutherpluckin' B's latest VGM funk rock opus, "8-Bit Democracy", is now available to order. For just $7 you can get the CDR with color fold-out artwork and two new, exclusive tracks not available on the free Socialist Edition.

If you enjoyed his remixes on R:TS, stop by Mutherpluckin' B's site to place your order. Be sure to check out his other albums as well!

Shael Riley and The Double Ice Backfire - Songs from the Pit

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:26:37 PDT

Brand new SUPER HI-FI magical purple cassette EP that made it's debut at Nerdapalooza 2009! Limited press of only 100 copies each individually numbered! Get it fast! Each contains one Outworld soul!

Featuring:

Publishing Rights- How to Fire a Gun- Asian Kids Have All the Best Moves- The Other Side of Memphis- Chinese Ninja Warrior- tip eht fo mottob-

Shael Riley, Ricky Henry, Ty Guenley w/ Shaffer the Darklord and Jon Titterington

Powerglove to start recording new album soon!

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:27:00 PDT

From the Powerglove MySpace blog:

And so it is, that after many months of arranging music and watching professional Starcraft, we've now ended up with about two releases worth of songs. We would probably hemorrhage with pure glory if we tried to just record them all at once, so we're going to split this batch into two albums.

And so it is, that after many months of arranging music and watching professional Starcraft, we've now ended up with about two releases worth of songs. We would probably hemorrhage with pure glory if we tried to just record them all at once, so we're going to split this batch into two albums.

The first one will be all of the tv, cartoon and movie themes that we grew up with, smelted into shimmering metal. The Pokemon theme song is on this one as some of you know, along with This is Halloween from The Nightmare before Christmas (one of several Danny Elfman songs we're doing on this one, a favorite composer for sure), The Flintstones, The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest (if you haven't heard that one look it up, it's awesome), and a song that for the moment I'm calling In the Hall of Inspector Gadget. Also, we have this psychotic arrangement of Under the Sea from The Little Mermaid with 220bpm shredding and steel drums that will make you pass out from laughing and headbanging at the same time. In the next few weeks we'll reveal some more about it as we get started with the recording. As to the amount of songs, I honestly don't know yet how many we want to put on this release. It could be an EP, it could be an album, only time will tell.

And the second one is back to video game music! We've got most of the core material done for that one as well, so we'll have plenty of time to kick it around and refine it. I'll save revealing those tracks for later, but I recently did an arrangement of Snake Man from Mega Man 3 that I can't wait to hear live, should it make the cut. I'd love to have the first one come out later this year, and the second one in 2010, but we'll see how that works out with touring etc.

We just got all of our new gear together and we'll be setting it up and getting our tones starting this weekend. Our drum and bass sounds are already way better than Metal Kombat, and Saturday the never ending quest for the perfect recorded guitar tone begins anew.

I can't really generalize on the sound for this album, but there are definitely more dark moments than Metal Kombat, and the gleeful moments of cheer are more intense and ecstatic. It is also heavier and shreddyer, but every band says that. So don't take our word for it now, you see when the time comes.

-Chris Marchiel and Powerglove

FF4 Project Listening Party! THIS SATURDAY!

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:38:27 PDT

OA posted on OverClocked ReMix:

To help commemorate the release of OCR's 14th album, Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption, We are going to be throwing an IRC listening party!

Here's the INFO!!

WHEN
SATURDAY JULY 18, 9PM EST

WHERE
Channel #OCRFF4 on irc.enterthegame.com
http://www.ocremix.org/info/Chat

WHY
Because album releases are more fun with others commenting on stuff, and there will be some other fun activities, including trivia for FABULOUS PRIZES!

Here Comes a New Challenger II Turbo available now for free download and pre-ord

Mon, 25 May 2009 10:14:10 PDT

genoboost posted on GM4A:

Game Music 4 All and Scrub Club Records are excited to announce that the highly anticipated Here Comes a New Challenger II Turbo is now available for free download and also taking pre-orders for pressed copies!

gamemusic4all.com/newchallenger2
Pre-order pressed copy through this link

DISC 1
1. Dial-Up Town - Jay Tholen VS Shael Riley
2. Oh Yeaah - D-Form VS MC Chesire Grin
3. Battletoads and Double Dragon Medley - Nanaki's View VS Girlz Melon
4. Puppeteers - Superpowerless VS Conyeezy and Hairetsu
5. Secrets Don't Make Girlfriends - Nerd Army VS My Parent's Favorite Music
6. Rockin' The Rhymes - Arcane Addiction VS MC_Loki and Killa GHOZT
7. 8 Bit Flashback - Doctor Octoroc VS ZOMBIES! ORGANIZE!!
8. Barnstormin' Round - Matheus Manente VS MC Not A Rocket Scientist
9. Rhyme Pirates - Atarimatt VS Legendary Wizard
10. Blip - The Spork VS Epic-1
11. Final Solta O Frango Fantasy - killsaly
12. Sales Love - Spamtron VS TRS-1
13. It Is What It Is - Peppermint Pony VS Attack Slug and Thugmasta J

DISC 2
1. Jupiter Cafe - Nestroyer VS TYT
2. Give Zelda To Me - Norwegian Recycling
3. Bizarro Paradise City - Shael Riley VS Bizarro Stylus
4. Contra - ThePlasmas VS 8-Bit Duane
5. I Like Anime - majin wreck VS IllGIll, Magitek, Kabuto the Python, Emperor Pilaf, and Random
6. The Flow - DJ Snyder VS Dual Core
7. Revolution - Temp Sound Solutions VS Shinobi, Kabuto the Python, and Conyeezy
8. Love's Blade - Beethovenboy VS nameless
9. King of the Dirt - Bit Mummy VS King Nasty
10. Megaman X Medley - Videogame Orchestra VS Girlz Melon
11. I Don't Pay For Shit - IllGill VS mCRT
12. Blue Skies - Megatone VS King Pheenix
13. Sentimental Graffiti - Swampyboy VS Category

Special thanks to EMPulse for mastering, Doctor Octoroc for artwork, and Madhatter for website design! Also NoWhistlers for telling me about CDPosterShop.com who is pressing the album. More Special thanks to all the artists of course who made this project happen, as well as everyone who has supported this endeavor since HCNC1 last year. Even more special thanks to MisterB, Hex, Shinobi Onibocho, Chibi Ma, and Lo Tech for moral support.

An OverClocked Christmas: Volume 2 Released!

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:10:51 PST

Completed monday, and now released today, An OverClocked Remix: Volume 2, an unofficial Christmas album produced by me, with great music from a variety of composers from OCRemix is now available for you to download and enjoy!
Album art by TheCoop, and tracks by Xerol, PrototypeRaptor, TheCoop, and others. To download the album, please visit http://www.williammichael.net/aocc_v2, and if you have not listened to the first album, you can find it here at http://www.williammichael.net/aocc.

Enjoy, and Merry Christmas!

The Smash Brothers New Web Site! AND A SURPRISE!

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:36:04 PST

From SnappleMan's post on OCR:

Hey everyone! Just relaying a message from everyone's favourite band... THE SMASH BROTHERS!!!

The Smash Brothers have finally pulled it together and gotten a web site going. Now experience their bacon-infused goodness - without the smell of bacon - in the privacy and comfort of your own living quarters.

CLICK HERE------->http://www.thesmashbrothers.com<-------CLICK HERE

This wicked-cool web presence (put together by the ridiculously awesome Mazedude) contains generic information, band member bios, and links to samples from OUR BRAND NEW EP <--- that's the special announcement, kids. The EP is being printed right this very moment and will be available at MAGFest. We are only doing a very small run of this one, however, so make sure to swing by our table and pick up a copy. Five Dollars, Six Songs. Bargain bin prices! We won't be undersold!

Skrypnyk Releases New Album, ''Suburbia''

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:24:14 PST

"Greetings. I would like to present to you, my first full length album Suburbia."

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"Over the past two years, I've been working off and on this album. Trying to do a style a little different then what I've normally done. A more psychedelic, chill-out, downtempo style while keeping everything atmospheric and ambient.

"With 11 songs, it comes in at over 44 minutes in length. Making it my longest release to date.

"Want to support this starving artist? Send a donation via paypal

"Don't have any spare change and still want to help out? Tell you're friends, family, school mates, co-workers, allies and enemies. Word of mouth is my #1 choice in advertisement.

"Enjoy, and thanks for listening."

-Skrypnyk

Any fan of Skrypnyk's work will already know what to do. However, his original work is very underrated and mostly unknown, so if this stuff is new to you please do check this out. He doesn't seem to like attention but he needs some forced upon him :D so download away!

An OverClocked Christmas: Volume 2 - Unofficial Christmas Album Project

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:40:38 PST

As many of you know, last year, I headed a project called An OverClocked Christmas, which brought together some very talented individuals who gave us eleven tracks of very cool Christmas music. Well, I'm at it again this year. I've started An OverClocked Christmas: Volume 2, and it's the next logical step.
It's an open project, so anyone who is interested in contributing a track can submit a WIP (by the first WIP date, of course) for the project. It's a small project, and runs until Monday, December 22. The first WIP deadline is Wednesday, December 10 at 11:59pm. Which means, I have to have it in my inbox by then (see thread at OCR for more info).

Anyone interested in joining the project, please check the first post, and post in the thread to let me know that you're joining so I can add you to the main post. Also, there is no limit on the number of songs you can do, as long as you can handle the work load, I'm always happy to accept multiple songs from the same artist.

virt releases Kwakfest Album preview video

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:42:13 PDT

Okay, so I’m a year and a half late, but you guys know all the crazy stuff that’s happened in the past year and a half –I have not forgotten about my album(s), and last weekend I finished recording all my best Kwakfests, and I’m releasing a few previews as Youtube videos.
Here’s the first:

Keep checking back for more info, this is going to come together quickly, I think. So far, plans are to sell an actual disc and maybe put it on iTunes somehow. We will see.

mithius releases ''The Story of Hyrule''; 44 track arrangement/original album.

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:38:41 PDT

A few days ago, on a couple of forums, community member mithius released "The Story of Hyrule." An epic 44 track album, comprised of both arrangements from Zelda 1 through a Link to the Past, as well as a number of original tracks. The post was long and kind of disjointed, the website was a bit "1996", but the music was absolutely AMAZING. That's when I decided to start work on a proper website and hosting to really showcase mithius's hard work.
I want to point out that, even though it's hosted under the ReMix:ThaSauce subdomain, this album is NOT affiliated with R:TS or ThaSauce at all. I simply wanted to make sure this album got proper presentation. All the music and story on the site is by mithius and mithius alone. All I did was give him a website and some hosting. (I would've like to give him a subdomain, but that's just not an option at this point.)

Anyway, give it a listen an enjoy an epic musical journey through the lands of Hyrule!

Original discussion on OC ReMix.

Original discussion on ThaSauce.

SynthCrap Vol. 1 Released

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:25:35 PDT

After a year of delays and setbacks, SynthCrap Vol. 1 is finally finished. The album consists of ten ambient and electronic tracks totalling nearly an hour, and a hard copy release is planned for sometime this summer.

Download the album at http://music.xerol.org/synthcrap/

ThaSauce Unveils Super Mario Land 2 Project

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:51:36 PDT

For Immediate Release
April 1st, 2008
Contact: Tyberius H. Guenley, (suzumebachi@gmail.com)

BELEN, NM--ReMix:ThaSauce, in cooperation with Dupaszef, LLC, is proud to present Super Mario Land 2: Tremendous Achievement. Super Mario Land 2: Tremendous Achievement is an achievement unlocked in video game music remixing. Such a great achievement to have been achieved is truly an achievement in itself. Super Mario Land 2: Tremendous Achievement is the remixing community's first official Super Mario Land 2 remix project, an honorable achievement. Also an achievement, is the incredible talent involved in this achievement. Greatly achieved artists, such as:

Beatdrop
injury
Children of the Washing Machine
that Mexican guy
Emmanuel Samuelson IV, Esq.
MC TOAD
OverCoat
that Swedish guy
OverCoat

This achievement is available to the public at:

http://remix.thasauce.net/sml2/

Downloading of this achievement is free on the condition that you share this achievement with your unachieving friends. After downloading this achievement, users are allowed to select songs from this collection of achievement and listen to them. The act of listening to these songs is an achievement all on its own. Tell your friends. And your mother. Ty Guenley, ThaSauce Admin, ReMixer, Forum Troll, IRC Troll, World of Warcraft Player, Haver of Basic Skills, Project Director for Super Mario Land 2: Tremendous Achievement (http://remix.thasauce.net/sml2/), and Generally Standup Guy, writes:

"This is totally a crowning achievement. Not unlike the crowning of a newborn child, or like the King of Canada or something."

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