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Jillian Aversa
Jillian Aversa (née Goldin) is an American vocalist and composer best known for her contributions to video game soundtracks, YouTube music videos, and as a soloist with the international concert tour Video Games Live. In addition to her performances of video game music, she is a composer of contemporary New Age/ World music and has released several solo albums. Her music video performances have received news coverage in ''Polygon'', ''Wired'', Nerdist, and ''Game Informer''. Video game soundtracks *'' Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'' (2011): vocalist *'' Halo 2 Anniversary'' (2014): vocalist *'' Halo: Spartan Assault'' (2013): vocalist *'' Halo: Spartan Strike'' (2015): vocalist *'' God of War: Ghost of Sparta'' (2010): vocalist *''Soulcalibur V'' (2012): vocalist, composer * ''Civilization V: Gods and Kings'' (2012): vocalist *'' Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword'' (2007): vocalist *''Killer Instinct'' (2013): vocalist *'' Katamari Damacy: Tap My Katamari'' (2016): vocalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Game Music
Video game music (or VGM) is the soundtrack that accompanies video games. Early video game music was once limited to sounds of early sound chips, such as programmable sound generators (PSG) or FM synthesis chips. These limitations have led to the style of music known as chiptune, which became the sound of the first video games. With technological advances, video game music has grown to include a wider range of sounds. Players can hear music in video games over a game's title screen, menus, and gameplay. Game soundtracks can also change depending on a player's actions or situation, such as indicating missed actions in rhythm games, informing the player they are in a dangerous situation, or rewarding them for specific achievements. Video game music can be one of two kinds: original or licensed. The popularity of video game music has created education and job opportunities, generated awards, and led video game soundtracks to be commercially sold and performed in concerts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soulcalibur V
is a fighting game, fighting video game developed and released by Namco Bandai Games for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2012. The sixth main installment in Namco's ''Soulcalibur (series), Soulcalibur'' series of fighting games, ''Soulcalibur V'' is the follow-up to ''Soulcalibur IV'' and retains the weapon-based combat that characterizes the series but follows a new character, Patroklos, who aims to rid his sister of a curse brought upon her by an ancient weapon. It is the last original ''Soul'' series timeline game. The game received positive reviews, in which it was praised for its gameplay, atmosphere and character creation, but was criticized for the removal of fan favorite characters and for its story mode. Gameplay Like the previous games in the series, ''Soulcalibur V'' is a weapon-based fighting game. Players use high and low vertical and horizontal attacks to damage opposing player characters and can block incoming attacks or parry enemies' moves to gain a tactical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Brandon
Alexander Brandon (also known as Siren in the demoscene and tracker community) is an American musician, former member of Straylight Productions, who composed music mostly for games produced by Epic Games, or games based on Epic technology, including '' Unreal'', '' Unreal Tournament'', '' Deus Ex'', '' Tyrian'', ''Jazz Jackrabbit 2,'' and the cancelled game ''Jazz Jackrabbit 3D''. Brandon is also a voice actor, having been cast most recently for the parts of Ancano and Amaund Motierre in the Role Playing Game '' The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'' by Bethesda Game Studios. Brandon started composing music at the age of 14 when he got an Ad Lib music synthesizer card for Christmas. He worked in several MOD music groups over his composing years in the late 1990s, including the Kosmic Free Music Foundation. During that time, he also composed for several musicdisks such aReturn to Stage 9 Brandon has built several audio departments, starting with Ion Storm Austin in mid-2000. This was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroki Kikuta
is a Japanese video game composer and game designer. His major works are ''Secret of Mana'', ''Trials of Mana'', ''Soukaigi'', and ''Koudelka'', for which he also acted as producer and concept designer. He has composed music for seven other games, and worked as a concept designer in addition to composer for the unreleased MMORPG ''Chou Bukyo Taisen''. He became interested in music at an early age, but earned a degree in Religious Studies, Philosophy, and Cultural Anthropology from Kansai University. He spent the next few years working first as a manga illustrator, then as a composer for anime series, before coming to work for Square in 1991. After composing the soundtracks for his first three best-known works, he formed his own video game production company, Sacnoth, for which he was the president and CEO. After producing and composing ''Koudelka'' in 1999, he left to become a freelance composer. Since his departure he has formed his own record label, Norstrilia, through which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zircon (composer)
Andrew Aversa (born June 23, 1987), known professionally as zircon, is an American electronic musician, composer, and audio technician primarily known for his work on video game soundtracks, including '' Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix'', '' Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge Special Edition'', ''Soulcalibur V'', '' Pump It Up'', and ''Newgrounds''. He is an adjunct professor at Drexel University. Career Aversa began arranging video game music, which he uploaded to OverClocked ReMix, in the early 2000s. Personal life Aversa lives in Maryland with his wife, Jillian Aversa, who is a vocalist, songwriter, and performer on video game soundtracks. He is also an adjunct professor at Drexel University as well as a Drexel graduate. He has made multiple appearances at conventions and festivals, such as MAGFest MAGFest (Music and Gaming Festival, originally the Mid-Atlantic Gaming Festival) is an annual festival held in the Washington metropolitan area that celebrates vide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Tin
Christopher Chiyan Tin (born May 21, 1976) is an American composer of art music, often composed for film and video game soundtracks. His work is primarily orchestral and choral, often with a world music influence. He has won two Grammy Awards for his classical crossover album ''Calling All Dawns''. Tin is perhaps best known for his choral piece ''Baba Yetu'' from the video game ''Civilization IV'', which in 2011 became the first piece of video game music to win a Grammy Award. His Grammy win was considered a significant milestone for the critical acceptance of music from video games as a legitimate art form, and following his win the Recording Academy retitled their visual media categories to become more inclusive of video game soundtracks, before eventually creating a dedicated Grammy award for 'Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media'. Early life and education Christopher Tin was raised in Palo Alto, California by immigrant parents from H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calling All Dawns
''Calling All Dawns'' is a classical crossover album by Christopher Tin released in 2009. The album won two Grammys at the 53rd Grammy Awards for Best Classical Crossover Album and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for the song "Baba Yetu", the theme for the 2005 video game ''Civilization IV''. The win marks the first time in history that a Grammy has been awarded to a composition written for a video game. The album is a song cycle in three movements: day, night, and dawn (corresponding to life, death, and rebirth). Twelve songs are featured on the album, each sung in a different language. Many of the lyrics find their sources in important pieces of world literature, including excerpts of long works such as the Hebrew Bible, the Bhagavad Gita, and ''The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'', and also smaller verses such as the Lord's Prayer, Māori proverbs, and Japanese haiku. The album features a similarly diverse set of vocal traditions, including opera, Irish keeni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pump It Up (video Game Series)
''Pump It Up'' () is a music video game series developed and published by Andamiro, a Korean arcade game producer. The game is similar to ''Dance Dance Revolution'', except that it has five arrow panels as opposed to four, and is typically played on a dance pad with five arrow panels: the top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right, and a center. Additional gameplay modes may utilize two five-panel pads side by side. These panels are pressed using the player's feet, in response to arrows that appear on the screen in front of the player. The arrows are synchronized to the general rhythm or beat of a chosen song, and success is dependent on the player's ability to time and position their steps accordingly. The original version of the game was originally released in South Korea in September 20, 1999. The game has also been released in other markets, such as North America, South America, and Europe. ''Pump It Up 2019 XX: 20th Anniversary Version'' is the latest version of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where The Water Tastes Like Wine
''Where the Water Tastes Like Wine'' is an adventure game developed by Dim Bulb Games and Serenity Forge, and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment. It was released for Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows in February 2018. In November 2019, Serenity Forge announced that ''Where the Water Tastes Like Wine'' would also be released on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Gameplay ''Where the Water Tastes Like Wine'' is a narrative-driven adventure game. Players explore a Great Depression-era United States, hearing and collecting oral stories and passing them along. Stories are used as a form of progression, with characters gradually opening up to the player in response to the provided stories, which in turn allows one to learn their true stories. The player may purchase goods to replenish their hunger or tiredness, with money being earned and then spent on the aforementioned goods, or in faster means of transportation. Several means of transport are available, inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadowgate
''Shadowgate'' is a black-and-white 1987 point-and-click adventure video game originally for the Apple Macintosh in the MacVenture series. The game is named for its setting, Castle Shadowgate, residence of the evil Warlock Lord. The player, as the "last of a great line of hero-kings" is charged with the task of saving the world by defeating the Warlock Lord, who is attempting to summon up the demon Behemoth out of Hell. Later that year, a color version of the game was released for the Amiga and Atari ST, and in 1989 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Gameplay The player must solve a series of puzzles throughout the castle to proceed to the Warlock Lord's chamber. Due to the castle's perilous nature, at least one lit torch must be in the player's possession at all times. If the torch is extinguished, the player soon stumbles, breaking his neck, and must then continue from a saved game (or the area in which they died, in game console versions). Only a finite number of torche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimson Dragon
''Crimson Dragon'' is a rail shooter primarily developed by Grounding Inc. and published by Microsoft Studios as an Xbox One launch title. The game was published in 2013 in the West, with a Japanese release the following year. Set on the planet Draco, the story follows a dragon-riding soldier hunting the source of a disease that threatens Draco's human colony. The gameplay features the player moving an aiming reticle and shooting enemies while the dragon flies through 3D environments either on a fixed track or freely within arena-like zones. The dragon can be moved using either a standard gamepad or the console's Kinect peripheral. ''Crimson Dragon'' was announced in 2010 for Xbox 360 under the title ''Project Draco'', using Kinect-only controls. After changing platform, standard controls were added and elements of its graphics and music were changed. Several '' Panzer Dragoon'' staff worked on the game including director Yukio Futatsugi, designer Tomohiro Kondo, artist Manabu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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