Tanuki Suit Riot

I was going to do a quick write-up of the guys until I found out Brentalfloss had already written up a much better review than I could ever do. Check it out here.

In short: LA band, funky-jazz-rock, best song: Contra Base or Zelda II.

Check out their album here: Tanuki Suit Riot – The Edo Sessions

Entertainment System

I don’t know much about these guys outside of the three great albums that they have made. They are apparently based in Baltimore and are composed of 5 guys who rock

Soundwise they are in the metal/rock genre and mostly cover games that came out on the NES, the SNES and the N64. (They snuck in some Sonic there as well) Soundwise they are similar to The Megas, Year 200X and The Advantage.

Of the more original stuff that these guy do, a good cover of F-Zero (Mute City, Big Blue and port Town) as well as Starfox. 

Classical Covers

As we are starting to run low official soundtracks, I am going to put up some classical covers today. I also plan to go into cover bands and general game band music in later posts.

Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra – PLAY! A Video Game Symphony LIVE!

This album was recorded in Prague by the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and contains some classic covers of games like Castlevania, Sonic, Silent Hill, Halo, Kingdom Hearts, Battlefield, World of Warcraft, Oblivion and Guild Wars.

Jack Wall – Video Games Live

Video Games Live, vol. 1 is recordings of various segments from multiple shows, was released in 2008. The music on the album was performed by the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra. The album contains songs from games like Warcraft, Kingdom Hearts, Myst, Medal of Honor, Civilization, Tetris, God of War, Tron, Halo and Castlevania.

London Philharmonic Orchestra – The Greatest Video Game Music

Great album by London Philharmonic Orchestra, 21 songs in all in all some of the gems include: Zelda, Call of Duty, Final Fantasy, Mario, GTA, Oblivion, BioShock, Halo, Mass Effect, Uncharted, Super Mario, Splinter Cell, and Fallout.