Friday, January 31, 2014

Pacific Rim... 8-Bit Style!

I've posted the Pacific Rim main theme before, and my friends should know by now that I am obsessed with it. However, I was browsing youtube this morning when I stumbled across an 8-Bit version of the Pacific Rim theme:

So it's just like the original, except it's done in the style of an old videogame. I love it. Not as epic as the original, but it certainly is very funny and pretty cool.
 
On a similar note (music pun, LOL), here's a sped-up version of the Pacific Rim theme:

From the uploader: "it makes it sound a bit more like a Saturday Morning Cartoon" I agree, and I like it. :D

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Cloud City



A very cool track. It gives you the feeling that you're moving through some kind of very exotic alien environment. I've never played Halo 4, so I don't know the real context of this piece, but I'm sure it's cool. 

At first we're given the impression that our surroundings are very high-tech, like we're in a spaceship or futuristic city. Then we slowly move out of the city, through the more dangerous, broken-down parts of town, and then out into the wild... Perhaps a jungle, perhaps a desert, perhaps caves and canyons... let your imagination decide.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Enterprising Young Men


Michael Giacchino is one of my favorite living composers, along with John Williams, Hans Zimmer, and Howard Shore. He was tasked with composing the soundtrack for the new Star Trek movies, and I must say, he did a really good job. I'm not a huge Star Trek fan, but I still think Giacchino did a great job in making fresh new music while still retaining the feel that the soundtracks from the older films/shows had.

In any case, this is probably my favorite part of the entire soundtrack. Do you have a favorite part?

Monday, January 27, 2014

Twoo Wuv

This song has a deep message about true love and commitment that I think has been lost in our culture today. I will be singing this on my wedding day.