The House of Hitstun

Kazumi Totaka and Minako Hamano – Song of Awakening

Wednesday, July 29th, 2020 at 11:12 am | Audio

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode)
Day 12: Music that makes you sad
From The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (GB, 1993)

The moment lasts just long enough to tear your heart out.

Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun

Hydelic and Kate Brady – Always Been but Never Dreamed

Tuesday, July 28th, 2020 at 11:11 am | Audio | Video

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode)
Day 11: Puzzle game music
From Tetris Effect (PS4, 2018)

Multiplayer modes are coming, but will they use the VR environments and keysounded music that made this the best classic Tetris?

Source: YouTube and Hydelic, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun

Yoshino Aoki – Battle Field

Monday, July 27th, 2020 at 11:10 am | Audio

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode)
Day 10: RPG battle music
From Mega Man Battle Network 6 (GBA, 2005)

I’m actually playing Battle Network 1 right now. I passed up Battle Network when it was new because it wasn’t the new Mega Man platformer I wanted. Today, its unique battle system really stands out.

Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun

Reo Uratani – Les Vagas

Sunday, July 26th, 2020 at 11:09 am | Audio

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode)
Day 9: Music from a licensed game
From Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars (Wii, 2010)

This is the theme for Hurricane Polimar’s second stage. I’m not sure if I have the correct composer for this track.

Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun

Yasuhisa Watanabe – Girl of Power

Saturday, July 25th, 2020 at 11:08 am | Audio

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode)
Day 8: Music from a shooter (first or third person)
From Border Down (Dreamcast, 2003)

I’m glad lots of people chose shmups for this prompt. There’s so many good soundtracks to choose from, and I’ve got more coming.

Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun