Jinked

There are certain game composers whose music style is just… theirs. The times signatures used, preferred instruments, the way epics sway and sweep before falling into a perfect loop that’s mandatory in almost all video game music. The one whose style is most noticeable to me is Motoi Sakuraba. His work is unmistakable. I hear a song I’ve never heard before in a game I’ve [...]

I was in choir for one year in high school: my last year. I was also the one senior girl in a predominantly beginning freshman choir. Because I had never sang in any high school choir before, the teacher had to analyze my range and figure out where to place me. He wanted me to be a second soprano. I fought him and said, “I [...]

Today’s video contains what some might deem a spoiler for the book The Shack, so watch at your own risk. :) I ran into my first audio copyright violation on YouTube today, in which I had a 20-second clip at the end of today’s video with the Nina Gordon song “Now I Can Die” playing in the background. Within a minute of posting the video, [...]

When I was younger I idolized three game composers: Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Mitsuda and Yoko Shimomura. Their works were something amazing, something that went beyond the bloops and bleeps of 8-bit music. Magical, ethereal compositions of electronic goodness. I didn’t find out about Yoko Shimomura until later in 2000, when I played Legend of Mana. I fell in love with her music right away. It [...]

This morning I found a CD my friend Marty made me at least seven years ago. On it were 12 variations of “Terra’s Theme” pulled from in the game, random orchestral albums and a handful of remix communities. I hadn’t listened to the CD in years; I had forgotten about it, actually. I put it in my car and listened as I drove the same [...]