Final Fantasy XV soundtrack album debuts in December
Square Enix's North America online store has slated the release of the Final Fantasy XV soundtrack for December 21 on compact disc and Blu-Ray. Written by Kingdom Hearts composer Yoko Shimomura, excerpts of three piano arrangements are currently streaming on the Japanese language soundtrack website.
iam8bit presses The Last Guardian vinyl soundtrack
Game-themed event organizer iam8bit has published The Last Guardian vinyl soundtrack album, composed, orchestrated, and conducted by Takeshi Furukawa. Music from the PlayStation 4 exclusive, designed by Fumito Ueda, features the London Symphony Orchestra, Trinity Boys Choir, and London Voices at Air Studios.
Fragments EP arranges Legend of Mana themes
Fragments EP is the seventh release by game arrangement group Zephyr Cradle, scheduled for publication during the M3 hobbyist festival taking place at the Tokyo Ryutsu Center. Excerpts of all three music tracks, written by Yoko Shimomura for the PlayStation role-playing game Legend of Mana, are streaming on SoundCloud.
Breath of Fire I ~ III soundtrack collection published
Available for purchase digitally for the first time outside of Japan, Capcom has published Breath of Fire I ~ III Original Soundtrack Collection through the English language online store. The compilation includes 192 music tracks in MP3 format from the Super Nintendo and Sony Playstation role-playing games.
Pirate Pop Plus soundtrack debuts on Bandcamp
13AM Games has debuted the ten-track, collaborative soundtrack to Pirate Pop Plus, available for purchase digitally through Bandcamp. Game designer Hawken King of Tokyo's Dadako Studios just recently published the sprite-based bubble-popper, which supports crossbuy on New Nintendo 3DS and Wii-U consoles.
Duality Blu-ray arranges Final Fantasy XIV
Square Enix has posted excerpts from each track from the second Final Fantasy XIV acoustic arrangement album, composed by composer Masatoshi Soken. The Blu-ray music disc "Duality" will containing live band and piano arrangements of music from Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward, scheduled to ship December 7 in North America.
Ship to Shore publishes Lagrange Point vinyl
Ship to Shore has pressed the Lagrange Point vinyl soundtrack, composed by the Konami Kukeiha Club in 1991. "This Japan-only release contained a special memory mapper chip (the VRC7)" writes the publisher, "that enabled the cartridge to produce FM synthesis, giving it a quality that no other Famicom/NES game can compete with."
Hitoshi Sakimoto scores The Zodiac Age for PS4
Tokyo-based developer Square Enix has announced a high definition remastering of Final Fantasy XII exclusively for the PlayStation 4 home console. Titled "The Zodiac Age," music for the role-playing game is by Basiscape composers Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata, with audio editing by Keiji Kawamori.
Final Fantasy Record Keeper soundtrack site opens
Square Enix has opened the official website for the Final Fantasy Record Keeper soundtrack album, along with posting a crossfade sample video to YouTube. The free-to-play smartphone game for iOS and Android mobile platforms includes arrangements of music by Keiji Kawamori and Yuko Komiyama.
Final Fantasy XIV Before the Fall score samples
Square Enix has uploaded a crossfade sample movie from the Final Fantasy XIV: Before the Fall soundtrack album. The Blu-ray music disc was released last year, with themes composed by Masayoshi Soken from A Realm Reborn's patches "Through the Maelstrom," "Defenders of Eorzeo," "Dreams of Ice" and "Before the Fall."
Square Enix previews Valkyrie Anatomia score
Square Enix has uploaded a crossfade video featuring music from the smartphone title Valkyrie Anatomia, a prequel to Valkyrie Profile. "Second Attack," "The Immortal of the Labyrinth," and "Behave Irrational Part II" by series composer Motoi Sakuraba are also streaming in full on YouTube, via the Square Enix Music channel.
The Megas cover Castlevania on The Belmonts
Cover band The Megas have recorded a three-track album at Dr. Light Studios in Los Angeles, arranging themes from Konami's NES action titles Castlevania and Castlevania II: Simon's Curse. The Belmonts EP is available digitally through The Megas' Bandcamp page.
Data Discs publishes Golden Axe I & II vinyl
London-based label Data Discs has opened orders for their seventh collaboration with Sega: the Golden Axe I & II vinyl soundtrack album. Scheduled to ship in September, music from the sidescrolling Sega Genesis/ Mega Drive beat-em-ups is by Tohru Nakabayashi and Naofumi Hataya.
iam8bit presses Rez vinyl soundtrack
Game-themed event organizer iam8bit will publish the Rez vinyl soundtrack to celebrate the forthcoming release of the PlayStation VR remake Rez Infinite. The item is scheduled to ship in late October, together with a 48-page retrospective art book by writer Nick Hurwitch and designer Cory Schmitz.
