justinj212

I kind of agree with DA on this one. The gurgle does set the mood, but it pretty much drowns out everything that comes after it without really contributing much. Would have cut it at around 0:40. Really like at around 3:05 when things start to build like crazy, but for some reason there's this gurgling noise over it. I think it souds industrial enough with your other effects.

I enjoyed the percussion and the synths very much. The whole thing had a kind of retro feel to it, which I liked a lot. For some reason it reminded me of a Sonic soundtrack (Sonic 3 or CD maybe).

I like the bubbling sound effects in the background, gives the first part of the song a very swamp-like feeling, but when it changes tone around 1:50 or so and moves into the second part of the song the bubbling noises kind of make it sound like a mad scientist's lab. It goes back to sounding like a swamp around 3:10 or so, but for that bit from 1:50 to 3:10 it just sounds different for some reason. Maybe some frogs croaking or something would also suggest swampy-ness?

Love the funky percussion in the background all through the song, also like the piano bit around 1:45. Very cool stuff

absolutely love the bit around 1:10, which is repeated later in the song as well. The effects do kind of sound like rain falling. A rain of NINJAS?!?

Good work. I like how it builds steadily, and the last :30 or so are excellent. Maybe reading too much into it, but the title suggests there are three parts to the song, and you can feel it growing as it moves from section to section. Or maybe I'm making this up

Am I the only person on OCR who can't really get into L4D? I really like Valve and TF2, but I just haven't enjoyed my experiences with L4D. Maybe I just need some friends who are more into it.

That sounds awesome! PM or email me the lines and I'd be glad to submit them. I have some experience with Audacity too, since I use that to make my radio show.

Hrm. If I post this on facebook, does that count as a Rick Roll for those that click on it? Didn't post meaning to Rick Roll, only meant to point out the similarities. Still, I guess it counts as a Rick Rollin'.

The concert went very well! Our arrangements of Korobeiniki, Dammerung, Kirby Super Star, Odin Sphere, Sonic 3, Warcraft 2, Chrono, and others were very well received. We'll have recordings up in the following weeks at www.umd.gamersymphony.org. Hopefully we might be able to add one of these arrangements to our repertoire here at OCR . We'll see.

Oh, now I remember. I'm working with him on recording the concert. Thought the name sounded familiar o_O Speaking of which, if anyone can't make the concert you can go to www.umd.gamersymphony.org and we'll have concert recordings up in the weeks following the concert. We'll also have youtube vids once we can compile all the video. -Justin

We met him last year? I remember him mentioning you. Would be cool to hang out afterwards. -Justin

The University of Maryland Gamer Symphony Orchestra will hold its FREE Winter Concert on Thursday December 4th at 8PM in the Memorial Chapel on the UMD Campus. The GSO is the only college orchestra dedicated to playing orchestral arrangements of video game music. The groups consists of 100 musicians and staff, with both instrumentalists and a chorus. Last May our concert filled the Kay Theater in the CSPAC with over 600 people! The concert will feature music from Xenosaga, The Legend of Zelda, Chrono Trigger, and more! Come meet the GSO and share in our mission to spread appreciation for video game music as a genre! Mark your calendars and please help spread the word. For more information, see our website at www.umd.gamersymphony.org. For any specific questions or to sign up for our email newsletter, send an email to umdgso@gmail.com. Again, the specifics are: Who: The University of Maryland Gamer Symphony Orchestra What: Winter Concert 2009 When: Thursday December 4th, 8-9:30PM Where: Memorial Chapel, UMD Campus Why: FREE VGM Concert! Web: www.umd.gamersymphony.org Contact: umdgso@gmail.com Be sure to send us an email to sign up for newsletters! Thanks, and I hope to see you there! -Justin Johnston

wow guys, thanks for all the suggestions. I'm sure my listeners will enjoy hearing some tunes from these games. keep 'em coming, I could always use more ideas! afraid I don't have any internets to give people who posted, but I do have some radios if you would like. btw, if you want to check out the show, there are links in my sig. Copy the "subscribe" one into your favorite .rss feed catcher (ITunes, WinAmp, etc.) to get regular updates and access to all my back episodes.

Thanks for the response, and no, I'm not limiting it to 8-bit-era music. It can be any music from any game!

Hey all. I host and produce a weekly radio show at the University of Maryland's radio station WMUC. The show (8-Bit Radio) is dedicated to playing video game music. What I'm asking for are games to feature on my show. What are your favorite video game soundtracks? They can be mainstream or obscure, as long as they have good music! Just let me know what some of your favorite game soundtracks are and, if I find them and play them, I'll give you a shout out on the air. Please help me out by giving me the names of some games to play music from!

I'm a huge fan of Nintendo, and I got my Wii in January '07, but since then it hasn't seen a ton of action. I played through ZTP and Mario Galaxy, along with some SSBB, but that's really about it. Maybe I'm just thoroughly addicted to online gaming, since I spend most of my gaming hours on my PC or on XBOX Live. I don't know why, but my Wii is not getting as much attention as my other consoles by far.

I was totally expecting a rick roll when I clicked on the link, but I was pleasantly surprised. I'll dl and play. Thx for posting!

Alright GSO fans, our group needs a new logo which doesn't potentially infringe upon any copyright laws. We'd like to make a contest out of this. Any logos can be sent to the officer's email (umgso_officer@googlegroups.com) by the drop dead date of August 1st. Here are a few guidelines to help you: -nothing copyright infringing. nothing. no registered characters, hardware, names, logos, etc. -keep it simple. the logo will be printed on objects of varying size, from large to small, so it needs to be visible, clear, and not too complicated. -since the size will be changed, we don't require your submissions to be any specific size. Just make sure it looks good both stretched and shrunken. -we ask you submit both color and monochrome versions of the logo. we ask that you please limit the number of colors in the color version to three. -any text should be legible and used sparingly. -our current pac-man-esque logo and other info about our group can be found here The grand prize (aside from the pride of having us use the logo) will be a free t-shirt, an autographed photo of the GSO, and a CD of our spring performance. Runners up will also receive the CD. If you have any questions, please send them to umgso_officer@googlegroups.com Thanks, -Justin Johnston, UMDGSO Advertising Officer

I should also note: if anyone wants to contribute an arrangement to the UMDGSO, they are welcome to do so. After the concert we will be accepting arrangements for next semester's show (tentatively planned for Dec. 4). Email umdgso@gmail.com with any questions.

Indeed. Patheic. also, if you're interested in this post, you'll probably like my radio show on UMD's campus radio station WMUC. I play all video game music, all the time (from 4-6AM Fridays, at least). You can download the latest episode here. I also have a podcast. Just copy this link into ITunes ("Advanced" --> "Subscribe to Podcast") and you can download all my old episodes for free. Check it out. It'll run through the summer as well, as I'm going to work in CP. The time slot will change after next Friday's show tho. I'll let you know when. -JJ

For all who want recordings and YouTube posts, I'll post a thread here once we've got everything up. Till then, you can check out the recordings on our website: http://www.umgso.com/recordings.php -Justin

Madness? THIS IS GSO! *kicks* sorry all, I had to do it...

Thanks all. Also, there will be cake served after the concert. . . . . . What? I'm serious.

Please spread the word about the concert even if you can't attend. We really want to fill up the entire Kay Theater, which seats several hundred people. Anyone have any other boards they usually read that I should post on? Thanks -Justin