Admittedly, this is
coming from someone who’s always at least two years behind on the latest tech
trends (ask me about my cell phone!), but I have to say I don’t see the point
behind some of these music services. Don’t
get me wrong, I’m not advocating pirating music; I’m just saying that if you’re
out for good songs, you won’t be left wanting -- and you don’t have to spend a
cent. I’ve made a couple of full CDs out
of songs from Newgrounds composers, and gotten some great satisfaction out of
them. OverClocked Remix is absolutely
packed to the brim with high-quality, high-impact tunes, and can applea to your
sensibilities whether you know the game songs each remix handles or not (pro
tip: go download EVERYTHING by Sixto Sounds). Artists will occasionally offer entire
soundtracks online for free, whether they’re by game composers or not. And that’s ignoring the existence of YouTube.
The tradeoff for this
is that I’m severely limited in my
knowledge of current music stars and trends; IIRC when asked about what the
difference was between the music of Katy Perry and Taylor Swift, my response
was “Maybe they’re isn’t one, and they’re both robots out to conquer the world
with audio-based brainwashing for their villainous overlords.” I don’t know what a Nicki Minaj is supposed
to be, but it sounds unpleasant. Even
meme-tastic songs like “Gangam Style” and “Call Me Maybe” (I think that’s what
it’s called) are lost on me. Then again,
the tradeoff for that is an intimate connection with video game music -- and
when that music is firing on all cylinders, man oh man is it something else.
Which brings me to
today’s post -- and the Repository’s first video game-themed song.
