Royal Rainbow: The Katamari Damacy Mixtape
Few game soundtracks are flawless: You may have a couple of standout hits, but chances are you're going to have a couple of stinkers as well. One possible exception, however, is
Katamari Damacy .
From Tetris to Metroid: The 'Hip' Tanaka Mixtape
Hirokazu
"Hip" Tanaka's music is infectious. It gets in your blood. Metroid, Tetris, Kid Icarus: if you own a Gameboy, or a Nintendo you've had one of his songs stuck in your head. Possibly for a week.
From Dark Souls to Valkyrie Profile: The Motoi Sakuraba Mixtape
Some game composers are absolute workhorses. They'll be so prolific in such a short span of time, that you'll almost forget that they did entire soundtracks. Motoi Sakuraba is just such a composer.
The Valkyrie Profile Series, Dark Souls, the Baten Kaitos Games, the Star Ocean Games and every freakin' Tales Game:…
The Kotaku Mixtape Vol. 10 - Westerns
Everybody loves cowboys. They're as American as apple pie, they're hard boiled gunslingers and most importantly they have some of the best theme songs of any hero you'll meet, hands down.
Today on the Kotaku Mixtape, we're looking at the best music to appear in Wild West video games. From that wackyness of Zan:…
Today on the Kotaku Mixtape, we're looking at the best music to appear in Wild West video games. From that wackyness of Zan:…
The Kotaku Mixtape Vol 9: Tommy Tallarico
Growing up, there were certain game composers I was aware of. Uematsu? Check. Koshiro? Check. But Tommy Tallarico wasn't one of them.
A lot of that is because he was a sound designer first, dipping his hands in everything from Prince of Persia to the best of Shiny Entertainment. He also co-founded Videogames Live,…
I've Gone And Injected Wub Into All This Beautiful Video Game Music.…
Usually, around this time each week, I throw a video playlist together for the Kotaku Mix Tape, but this week I was a little distracted by The Wub Machine.
The Kotaku Mixtape Vol 8: Metal
If the goal of your game is to make your player feel like a badass, you can't really go wrong with good old-fashioned metal. Nothing beats it. Don't get me wrong, you can still screw it up, but If I had my way, there'd be far fewer sweeping orchestras and more Slayer in games. Because, honestly, it's freaking metal.
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From Uematsu to Lucasarts: A Kotaku Melodic Mix-Tape Roundup
Ever since we started
Kotaku Melodic, our own video master Chris Person has been creating lovely Mixtapes featuring various themes, composers, genres and games.
The Kotaku Mixtape Vol 7: The Golden Age of Lucasarts
There was a time, years ago, when LucasArts could do no wrong. They were unstoppable. Every time I got their catalogue,
The Adventurer , in the mail I would instantly pour over every page and start saving my allowance. It was a magical time to be a gamer.
The Kotaku Mixtape Vol 6: SimCity and Beyond
If you're reading this, you probably wasted hours and hours of your youth on Simcity 2000. Chances are you also know the weird, off-beat soundtrack by heart. But in the 90's, Will Wright's Sim Franchise was massive, and SimCity 2000 was only one one game in a series that spanned subjects like healthcare reform and the…
The Kotaku Mixtape Vol 5: All The Cheesy Game Music You Can Handle
There is a very sick part of me that loves cheesy music and movies. I blame it on being left alone with basic cable in the 1990's: You couldn't change the channel without hearing some schmaltzy song playing in the background!
And so today on the Kotaku Mixtape, we're celebrating at some of the cheesiest songs to ever …
The Kotaku Mixtape Vol 4: Nobuo Uematsu
When you talk to people about game music, Nobuo Uematsu is gonna come up.
It's just going to happen, and with good reason: the guy is the John Williams of the Final Fantasy series. The sheer volume and quality of work the man has produced is pretty staggering, and I can think of a number of gamers who have wept…
The Kotaku Mixtape Vol. 3: Jazz in Games
Bombastic, orchestral soundtracks are great and all, but they're not always what's called for in a game. Sometimes you need something a bit more laid back - a bit more cool.
Sometimes you just need a little jazz.
The Best Gaming Mixtape You'll Ever Hear
Akira the Don, rapper, producer, hip-hop musician and gamer, dropped nearly an hours worth of amazing Street Fighter-themed music on his site this week.
Capcom Has Its Marvel VS Capcom 2 Mixtape Covered
Capcom shows off the cover to its Marvel VS Capcom 2 hip-hop mixtape today, with a limited-edition vinyl version of the soundtrack up for grabs at the San Diego Comic-Con this week.