music
Gerudo Valley on Ocarina and Acoustic Guitars
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=DeSki8_j9_Q[/youtube] Gerudo Valley was always one of the most soothing tunes to listen to from Ocarina of Time. Many people have tried to cover it but these musicians (David on Ocarina and “Jorel” on Guitars) totally made the song their own with their own interpretation on the song. On a side note, which Zelda title do you believe had the best sound...
Music For Your NES!
Those familiar with the wonderful days of listening to fine chip tunes from your favorite NES games, would be happy to hear that a composer is releasing music for the NES. Although it isn’t of games you have played, but of original tracks that this he has created. Alex Mauer is a somewhat well known “chiptune” creator, who has worked on many video game sounding songs, using the a...
Learn To Play Lost Woods On Your Violin
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCh3z314r5M[/youtube] Anyone classically trained in the violin looking to learn how to play one of the best songs from Ocarina of Time? Ben Chan, a very skilled violinist has taken the time to upload a tutorial on how to play this song and has also included his own sheet music to download. So if you’re interested watch the video, check out the sheet mu...
Infendo interviews Tommy Tallarico
At Infendo we try to bring you the most positive and informative news we possibly can. When my review of Video Games Live was being plagued by some imposters who were pretending to be Tommy Tallarico, I took the initiative to get in contact with him and try to find out what exactly was going on. When we finally started talking we managed to have nice conversation about Video Games live and gaming ...
Video Games Live: The Wolf in Sheep’s clothing
Video Games Live is supposedly a concert of epic proportions bringing together video game music and symphony orchestras. This concert was started by Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall, who are both composers in the world of game design. Since this show was stopping in New York City at the Beacon Theater, I just had to go out and see this, seeing as everyone is talking about it. This seemed to be the pe...
Super Mario Singing Star provides desktop invincibility
Tough day at the office? Boss on your back? Being overwhelmed by Goombas? Just need a break? Simply hit the button on the back of this Super Mario Bros. Singing Invincibility Star and sit back. You’ll be protected from harm as the Singing Star plays the Invincibility Theme from Super Mario Bros. and you become an office hero. The Singing Star goes for $18 at ThinkGeek.
Awesome Wii Sports and Vanilla Ice mashup
This, my friends, is most awesome.
Where has all the good video game music gone?
It’s not often one comes across good original video game music. The last memorable (and new) score I think I heard was Shadow of the Colossus from 2005… until today. Enter my new favorite (what I think is) orignal game music; the Dinner Dash: Sizzle & Serve theme for DS. While I can’t speak for the game (out tomorrow, preview here, and it sounds cool), the music is just bangi...