If you’re a fan of video game music and you haven’t heard of Smooth McGroove, I’m not going to judge you for your ignorance. Nobody’s perfect. However, you might want to redeem yourself by watching this video from Mega Man X. I’ll wait.
GameChops has released a full-length video game remix album dedicated to chill-out and house mixes of classic NES and SNES titles. Produced by Doni, a Canadian musician living in Taiwan, Button Masher Remastered includes updated and polished versions of his most notable video game tracks from the past decade. The album includes a brilliant remix of Stickerbrush Symphony from Donkey Kong Country 2, along with a tongue-in-cheek remix of Pokemon’s famed Lavender Town Theme, to a progressive re-imagination of Final Fantasy X’s Mt. Gagazet.
Dj CUTMAN teams up with Portland-based producer collective TEAM BANZAI for a dark and dank remix of A Link To The Past’s Boss Battle theme. This track is the second in the Link to the Future series, three remixes propelling classic game music into the future, while taking inspiration from the lore of the game. Each track is inspired by a piece of the Triforce. Check out the past edition, Courage by James Landino.
Splatunes is a celebration of Nintendo’s new video game SPLATOON! The GameChops “Squid Squad” came together to create this mixtape of remixes and re-imaginations of some of their favorite tracks off of the Splatoon soundtrack.
Download the whole album, name your price, on Bandcamp.