Music

Watch Akira Yamaoka And Michiru Yamane Perform Live Saturday On Twitch

Published

9 years ago

November 6, 2014

Video game music fans, take heed! This Saturday, starting at 5pm EST, VConcert will be streaming live via Twitch to bring you 10 hours of performances from renowned composers such as Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill), Michiru Yamane (Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night), and more. This is the first time that the concert will be made available for streaming.

Mariachi Games Creative Director Mariano Latapi di Carlo explains:

VCONCERT got its start after our friend, Akira Yamaoka, visited Mexico for a special show where he performed with a mariachi band. This experience got us thinking about doing a proper show with Akira, and VCONCERT was born. It’s been a difficult ride financially, but our passion for games and game music has seen us through to our third annual concert, and we couldn’t be more happy to know that fans who can’t join us here in Mexico will also get to enjoy the show via the Twitch stream.

Head below for a trailer and the full line-up.

The full line-up:
Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill, Lollipop Chainsaw)
Michiru Yamane (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Skullgirls)
The Megas (Megaman tribute band)
C418 (Minecraft)
El Huervo (Hotline Miami)
M.O.O.N. (Hotline Miami)
Power Glove (Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon)
Brian Cubría: Chip Damage (Nintendo jazz band)
Mortal Konga (Videogame cumbia)

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Music

“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

Published

1 week ago

April 9, 2024

John Squires

It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.

Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.

Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.

“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.

“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…