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Music to Level Up Your Day: Bloodborne

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I don't know much about musical theory, nor am I a musically inclined person. However, I do love to listen to video game soundtracks. They can be a powerful listening experiences in their own right, or be as evocative as the scores composed for film. Each of these posts will feature a sampling of music tracks from a single game title, or series/franchise in some rare cases. A complete list of these can be found on the Video Game Music page. Composer: Ryan Amon, Tsukasa Saitoh, Yuka Kitamura, Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Cris Velasco, Michael Wandmacher North American Release Date: March 2015 In the decrepit Victorian-era inspired city of Yharnam, a blood-borne disease is transforming the residents into literal beasts. A Hunter must slay the beasts to unravel the cities mysteries and end the plague. The soundtrack was composed by a mix of Japanese and Western composers, using a 65-piece orchestra and a 32-member choir. The Hunter | (Character Theme) Cleric Beast | (Boss Th...
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The Land That Time Forgot

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Intro: This is a series on old dinosaur movies. Specifically, I am looking at anything released before 1990; before Jurassic Park revolutionized cinema with its CGI animation. I will not be covering anything "dinosaur-adjacent", such as kaiju monsters like Godzilla or the creature from The Giant Behemoth, which are perhaps inspired by dinosaurs, but clearly not meant to represent any real world genus. I will also be skipping over films that are heavily dependent on "borrowed" footage from other films, such as the Valley of the Dragons / Prehistoric Valley . Also known as: Runtime: 1 hr 31 min Background: The Land That Time Forgot is a 1974 British-American co-production based on the 1918 novel of the same name. American International Pictures provided the bulk of the budget and filming was done at the Shepperton Studios in England. Some landscape scenes were filmed at a disused claypit in Reading, Berkshire. The prehistoric animals were hand puppets...
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Devil May Cry (2025) - Where Is The Humanity?

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Devil May Cry is a 2025 animated series based on the video game franchise of the same name. The TV series was written by Indian-American film producer Adi Shankar and animated by the South Korean studio Mir. Adi Shankar claims he was approached to write the script by Capcom (game developer) in response to a Devil May Cry cosplay he had worn. Adi (incorrectly) thought the DMC franchise was dead and that the new Netflix series would be his chance to revive it, unaware that the video game, Devil May Cry V, had just released in 2019 to critical and financial success.  Dante's long-time English voice actor was not asked to reprise his role for the show. He was replaced by the game's voice actor for Nero (Dante's nephew). Opening Song: Rollin' (by Limp Bizkit) Credits Song: Devils Never Cry Remix (by Evanescence) Some episodes include a licensed insert song. I have included links to the songs in the episodes where they appear. Spoiler Warning: I am going to gi...
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Music to Level Up Your Day: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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I don't know much about musical theory, nor am I a musically inclined person. However, I do love to listen to video game soundtracks. They can be a powerful listening experiences in their own right, or be as evocative as the scores composed for film. Each of these posts will feature a sampling of music tracks from a single game title, or series/franchise in some rare cases. A complete list of these can be found on the Video Game Music page. Composer: Lorien Testard Singer: Alice Duport-Percier, Ben Starr, Victor Borba Choir: Marie-Cécile Henry Brossard, Céleste Lejeune, Annabelle Daguise, Axelle Verner, Gaël Lefevre, Fabrice Foison, Alexandre Artemenko, Maxime Saiu North American Release Date: April 24, 2025 In a dark fantasy version of the Belle Époque era, those at or above an ever-decreasing age are erased in a yearly event called the "Gommage". Volunteers of Expedition 33 set out to destroy the cause of the Gommage, a being known as the Paintress. ...
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Music to Level Up Your Day: Wild Arms

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I don't know much about musical theory, nor am I a musically inclined person. However, I do love to listen to video game soundtracks. They can be a powerful listening experiences in their own right, or be as evocative as the scores composed for film. Each of these posts will feature a sampling of music tracks from a single game title, or series/franchise in some rare cases. A complete list of these can be found on the Video Game Music page. Composer: Michiko Naruke (Wild Arms 1, 2, 3 & 4) Masato Kouda (Wild Arms 4, 5) Nobuyuki Shimizu (Wild Arms 4) Ryuta Suzuki (Wild Arms 4) Noriyasu Agematsu (Wild Arms 5) Singer: Machiko Watanabe (Wild Arms 1) Naoki Takao (Wild Arms 1) Shinichi Naruke (Wild Arms 1) Kaori Asoh (Wild Arms 1, 2, 3, 4) Nana Mizuki (Wild Arms 5) Each story takes place on a planet called Filgaia, which contains deserts, plains, forests, mountains, and arctic tundras. The wilderness that encompasses most of the landscape is inhabited by dangerous...
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Music to Level Up Your Day: Baldur's Gate III

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I don't know much about musical theory, nor am I a musically inclined person. However, I do love to listen to video game soundtracks. They can be a powerful listening experiences in their own right, or be as evocative as the scores composed for film. Each of these posts will feature a sampling of music tracks from a single game title, or series/franchise in some rare cases. A complete list of these can be found on the Video Game Music page. Composer: Borislav Slavov Singers: Sarah Baylus, Mariya Anastasova, Lawrence Schick North American Release Date: August 3, 2023 After surviving the crash of a dimension-crossing ship, Tav (the protagonist), finds themselves infected with a tadpole from a race of monstrous cephalopod known as illithid. Alongside others similarly infected, they attempt to find a cure before the tadpole matures. Main Theme, Pt. 1 | (Menu Theme) Dream Walk (classical version) | (Character Theme) Nine Blades | (Battle Theme) Harpy Song | (...
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Castlevania: Nocturne - Season 2: All Bark, No Bite

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Castlevania: Nocturne is an American animated television series based on the video game series of the same name. It acts as a stand-alone follow up to the Netflix Castlevania animated series and loosely adapts the 1993 video game Rondo of Blood and its remake Dracula X, with elements taken from Symphony of the Night and Harmony of Dissonance. Select characters from the game Bloodlines also make an appearance. Spoiler Warning: I am going to give a synopsis of each episode and my opinions at the very end.  
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