There’s a lot more I’ve left out, so if you’re thinking “Shit. This laidback IDM score to puzzle game Wilmot’s Warehouse works just as well as a standalone piece as it does as the soundtrack to one of 2019’s strangest-if-you-really-think-about-it sleeper hits. While some Aphex Twin music has been used in some video games, I would love to see him actually create an original score for one. Added as a curio just for the hell of it.
Whatever the story is, and whatever the truth actually is, I like to think that there was a game out there that had this score, even if for only a few days or weeks (if at all). James” album) and the computer game angle was just Richard having a laugh. Another legend says that the album is just that - an album that was never formally released (although a couple of tracks were re-worked and released on his “Richard D. Another is that Richard was interested in composing music for computer games and created the album as a promo to show off his skills. The game unfortunately was cancelled but the soundtrack remained, and was dished out on a few promo cassettes for close family, friends and members of the Rephlex record label. James akaAphex Twin was commissioned to compose the soundtrack to an in-development computer game in the mid-90s. And awaaaaaaay we go!Īccording to legend (well, one of them anyway), Richard D. And don’t be offended if your favourite video game music is not listed here: there’s a lot of stuff I left out and your selection might be one of them. I’ve included the year of release and also the platform on which I was familiar with the game (and is most likely where the soundtrack is sourced from in the digital mixtape). It’s my list of my all-time favourite video game and computer game soundtracks, in alphabetical order! There are many like it but this one is mine. Each game has a track (or two and in a couple of cases three) featured in the free-to-listen-to digital mixtape, which is where the second list comes in: it’s the tracklist for the Mixcloud mix.
Filled with games and their soundtracks which have left an impression on me over the (many) years I’ve been playing with my joystick. The first is a list of the games which made my “Favourite Game Soundtracks Of All Time (So Far)” archive. If you’re a fan of VGM then there’ll be something here for you, and - hopefully - some tracks you’ll not only recognise but also love. But I think you’ll like what there is to listen to. Some choices had to be made, some tracks had to be left by the wayside. This was a real labour of love, not to mention a difficult task: trying to whittle down this list to a palatable 3.5 hour playlist was no easy feat (the mix was originally a lot longer!). Running at 210 minutes - about the same length as watching an episode of Riverdale feels - it’s positively stuffed with selected tracks from my own personal history of gaming, from the chiptune 80’s to the midi 90s to the movie-like orchestral scores of today. I’m here to talk about some of my favourite video game and computer game soundtracks and the ridiculously long digital mixtape I’ve compiled for your listening pleasure! The answer is simple: impish minions summoned from the very bowels of hell via an arcane tome of unlimited dark power.
“Where DO you find the time to release such fine records and write such amusing yet ultimately hollow blogs?” I somehow hear you say.
Along with George Romero Weekend, Kung Fu Films Summer Solstice and Bad Movie & Lots Of Drugs Variety Night (All Night, Every Night), it means that we’re always busy celebrating the things that mean a lot to us. Of course, here at Ship to Shore PhonoCo., every day is National Video Game Day.