#Gradius rebirth original soundtrack series#

The originals are fantastic and the medleys offer a nice variety to the soundtrack. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, as he does a good job, but I wanted more out of the album. While the arrangements are suitable to fit the context of the game, I was expecting Namiki to tweak them to make them his own, but instead, he opted to go for a more upgraded sound approach. Although you can only get the Gradius ReBirth Original Soundtrack from the Konamistyle store, I was more interested in this arrange album that was also. Gaming in 2022. While the music on the album is inherently good, I find that this album doesn’t really do much for me on the whole. Gradius as a Text Adventure 2 comments, latest Jun 2008 About 'Act III-2' from Gradius in Classic 0 comments, posted Oct 2007 Gradius Tribute 18 comments, latest Jan 2007 Latest Posts. They can sound disjointed at times and feature quite a lot of noise, but Overall, they make for a nice listening experience, but the arrangement is not as spectacular as one might expect from Namiki. They also feature a lot of strong melodies thanks to the expertise of the Konami Kukeiha Club. Featuring some of the greatest tracks from the Castlevania. Each theme offers some more action based themes and some slower stage themes and each has its own variety. Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth (Original Soundtrack) - Konami Kukeiha Club (1xLP Vinyl Record) Ship to Shore is proud to present the original soundtrack to 2009s Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth on vinyl for the very first time. The medleys feature a variety of themes in a classic sound. Another interesting choice was a track that was never released before from the original Gradius.

#Gradius rebirth original soundtrack series#

Viewed as a video game remix, Gradius ReBirth took levels from previous entries in the series and. There are a variety of action themes, such as “Last Evil” and “Aircraft Carrier,” from Nemesis II and Gradius II, respectively, as well as some more suitable stage themes, such as “Something Ghostly” and “Heavy Blow,” both from Gradius II. are very proud to release on vinyl for the first time. Rather than select the much-arranged classics from the Arcade titles, he mainly selected tracks from MSX, Game Boy, and NES games. That being said, I do appreciate the compilation he chose for the arrangements.

While I wish I could mention more about the arrangements, I think I’d be beating a dead horse if I continued. I really wish he would have diversified them a bit to make them more of his own. Namiki does a great job of translating the themes, but for the most part, they are merely upgraded versions of the originals. However, I found for the most part, that the originals were better. The upgraded synth of the new arrangements does help to create new atmospheres for the soundtrack while maintaining an old-school sound. There are the Namiki arrangements of the original themes, the original themes themselves, and four medley themes by Manabu Namiki. The album itself consists of three sections. Unlike most arrange albums, the arrangements here had to fit in the context of the game, which was a retro and modest one. For such a momentous event, Manabu Namiki was asked by external developer M2 to arrange a variety of themes from the Gradius series to serve as the background music for this space epic.

Artwork par Ian Wilding ReBirth was a game released on the Virtual Console’s WiiWare application for the Nintendo Wii and served as a revival of the Gradius series.

Musique composée par Konami Kukeiha Club.

Remixes des bandes originales de Gradius I, II et III.

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Light in the Attic - Gradius ReBirth Vinyl Soundtrack PixelCrib - Gradius ReBirth Vinyl Soundtrack Black Screen Records - Gradius ReBirth Vinyl Soundtrack The Gradius ReBirth vinyl soundtrack ships from distributors Light in the Attic in Seattle and PixelCrib of Melbourne, Australia. Original music is composed by Konami Kukeiha Club staff members Motoaki Furukawa, Miki Higashino and Kinuyo Yamashita.

Manabu Namiki serves as sound director, with Masaaki Kaneko contributing as mastering engineer. The two-disc vinyl release for the side-scrolling shoot-em-up features arranged themes from the MSX computer, Game Boy and Famicom ports of Gradius series titles. The WiiWare title, developed by M2, revisits and remixes stages from Gradius MSX home computer ports. The soundtrack to Gradius ReBirth made its debut on compact disc in February of 2009.