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Game of Thrones Opening – Metal Edition
78 months ago
How awesome is this cover of the Game of Thrones opening music? It was done by a sound designer, Roger Lima, and posted on his website WhiteNoise Lab. I think it really emphasizes the brutal undertones of the series and it also gives me MAJOR CHILLS every time I hear it! Nice work! \m/ \m/
And here it is set to the actual opening credits:
How much are you loving the show so far? I made a little tribute to Hodor today on Twitter, and the actor (Kristian Nairn) liked it! Kind of made my week.
We’ve also been recapping Game of Thrones on Sword and Laser a lot lately, so check it out!
Chiptunes with 8-Bit Band ‘The Glowing Stars’
19 months ago
The Glowing Stars are a relatively new band in the 8-bit scene, but they’ve already played a huge show with Anamanaguchi and Peelander-Z at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco! Oh, and they totally rocked it, too. In this episode of Tech Unexpected, I went down to their practice space to talk to them about how they create their video game-inspired tracks, and we even get some samples from Terry Cruze to make a brand new piece of music!
Here’s part of their performance from DNA Lounge!
If you want to download the song we (ok… they) made, called Cruzeratta, click here! They’re also on Twitter too.
For more videos, head over to Cruzearati.com, and follow the Twitter account here.
I’ve been chiptuned!
51 year ago
I’ve known about the chiptune/demoscene for a while (when I first did a Mahalo Daily clip on the subject back in 2008), but I wasn’t aware of the work of Falling for a Square until today. Why, you ask? Because he titled one of his new demos after me!!!
Yes, it’s just that easy to get my attention*.
But I wouldn’t have written about it if it wasn’t awesome, so please check out the track on his demos page. Thanks to Doctor Popular for the email alerting me to this fact; he makes some pretty awesome music as well, in case you didn’t know.
*The Carps also figured that out a while back.
The Great “Mr. Fancy Pants” Duel
72 years ago
Doesn’t this totally remind you of the rap battle from 8 Mile? No?
The amazing beatboxer Kid Beyond (who I first heard at w00tstock back in the fall) did a damn good job going up against Jonathan Coulton and his ZenDrum, but in the end I’ve gotta give it to JoCo. I’m a sucker for Beyoncé.
The rest of the show, by the way, was also great. Although, Paul and Storm let me down a little, with only a 12 minute long version of The Captain’s Wife’s Lament. DEJECTED ARRR!!!
