An interview series on the creative context of videogame music: in Japan, for independent games, and at live chiptune events. Read more
An interview series on the creative context of videogame music: in Japan, for independent games, and at live chiptune events.
About this project
Welcome to Videogame Music in Context, an investigation of soundtracks for games featuring prominent designers and composers. Guests include Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy), Hip Tanaka (Creatures Inc.), Daisuke Amaya (Cave Story) and Baiyon (PixelJunk Lifelike).
Outside of the interviews, the project has entailed filming live chip music performances for Nullsleep's Collapsed Desires tour for a separate DVD. In addition, Spanish developer Locomalito has joined us to create for their freeware shooter Hydorah a 2-disc CD soundtrack and remix album.
Pledge to the project to fund the following:
Videogame Music in Context in Japan DVD: recent video interviews with Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy), Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill), Hip Tanaka (Game Boy Camera) interview by Baiyon, Hideyuki Fukasawa (Super Street Fighter IV), Hideki Sakamoto (echochrome ii), Noriyuki Asakura (Tenchu 4), Takashi Tokita & Naoshi Mizuta (Final Fantasy Legends), and other game creators to be announced soon. These would all be in Japanese with English subtitles.
Trailer: http://vimeo.com/16825751
Independent Videogame Music in Context DVD: recent video interviews with Baiyon (PixelJunk Lifelike), Dan Paladin (Castle Crashers), Daisuke Amaya (Cave Story), Shinji Hosoe & Ayako Saso of SuperSweep (Prismatic Solid), Nigoro (La-Mulana), Takashi Iura (PixelJunk Monsters), Daniel Olsén (ilomilo) and other independent game creators to be announced soon. This would be a mix of English language and Japanese with English subtitles.
Trailer: http://vimeo.com/16877706
Excerpts: http://vimeo.com/17229314 / http://vimeo.com/17866124
Nullsleep Collapsed Desires Tour DVD: live performances (not interviews) from the 2010 Collapsed Desires Tour, featuring chip music artists Nullsleep, Trash80, Starpause, Crashfaster, Mr. Spastic, and omake bonus material from the 2010 Tokyo Blip Festival. This one contains some swear words, so be prepared for it.
Trailer: http://vimeo.com/17109749
Hydorah Original & Arrange Soundtrack Album: 2 compact discs, which would be designed graphically by Spanish independent game developer Locomalito. Disc one would include the original soundtrack to Hydorah by Gryzor87. Disc two would feature arrangements by Matheus Manente (IWADON Tribute Album), Magnus Palsson (VVVVVV), Mattias Häggström Gerdt (Cobalt), Pocket Groovy (You Have No Legs), DJ MasterKOHTA (Cafe La Siesta), & ThePlasmas (Here Comes a New Challenger II Turbo), among others.
Bandcamp: http://hydorah.bandcamp.com
Videogame Music in Context cover design by u(yuu) The Door of Arcadia - http://arcadia-art.com. Collapsed Desires cover design by Videogramo - http://videogramo.8bitpeoples.com. Hydorah Original & Arrange Tracks cover design by Locomalito - http://www.locomalito.com.
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Rewards
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Pledge $10 or more
6 backers
Receive access to our trailers and backer-exclusive blog updates.
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Pledge $20 or more
11 backers
You'll receive the blog updates, mp3s for each track of the Hydorah Original & Arrange Soundtrack, as well as video files featuring commentary on the making of Nobuooo.com's multimedia projects.
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Pledge $30 or more
24 backers
Single DVD: Receive the above mentioned digital content, along with any one of the three DVDs of your choice. 1 disc in total. Ships from the continental United States. Please add $5 for international shipping.
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Pledge $50 or more
18 backers
Double DVD Bundle: Receive all the digital content mentioned above and any two of the DVDs of your choice. We'll throw in the 2-CD physical release of the Hydorah Original & Arrange Soundtrack album. 4 discs in total. Please add $10 for international shipping.
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Pledge $70 or more
19 backers
Triple DVD Bundle: Receive all the digital content mentioned above, along with all three of the DVDs, as well as the physical release of the Hydorah album. 5 discs in total. Please add $10 for international shipping.
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Pledge $150 or more
10 backers
Support Pack: Receive the above, and also two additional game-related music albums from friends of Nobuooo. 7 discs total, free international shipping. You will also be sent a signed, hand-written note of thanks from the site founder and will be mentioned on the website.
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Pledge $500 or more
1 backer
In addition to everything mentioned above, because you are awesome you will receive one extremely limited edition homemade DVD-R with Nobuooo video content. 8 discs in total, free international shipping. You can also request a one-hour meeting with the site founder, either through skype or in person depending on our availability. It's a unique opportunity to hear our advice on your career in the videogame industry, or lend us your guidance on how to provide the best possible content in the future.
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Funding period
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