https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYyO_rUvdx8 Jeff Penny is an ASCAP composer and arranger who creates original music often inspired by computer games. You can find his official site at JeffPenny.com and follow his social media accounts, including a Facebook fan page, from there. His YouTube channel as the video game inspired tracks, along with anime covers and other titles. […]
On the Spot: Video game music
Tune in for Halo, Skyrim, Final Fantasy 7, BioShock and Chrono Cross. This video is done to support Player Piano’s Indiegogo campaign (backer link) and follows on from their “on the spot” jammin’ to Nintendo themes. It works like this: Tom plays clips of music to talented composer and pianist Sonya Belousova. Sonya then tries […]
Doom metal Game of Thrones?
Is this a thing? Venezuelan musician Santiago Rodriguez Almenara and band have transformed the iconic Game of Thrones’ opening tune into a slow, heavy, anthem. Okay, I know this isn’t doom metal but my mind can’t back cycle back to my small collection every other time I give this cover version a listen too. The […]
Christmas Lights Star Wars style
This video is good for the outset. You know what you’re going to get; the new habit of decking your house outs in enough lights to land a plane and carefully timed effects to music. I think there’s a surprise at around 1:30m which makes it even better. Tom BetGeorge’s video has had over 1 […]
On the spot jammin’ to Nintendo themes
To support their Indiegogo campaign the Player Piano team put composer and pianist Sonya Belousova on the spot. Sonya was played a little clip from a number of Nintendo theme tunes and had just a few seconds to compose her own piano take on the classic. She does very well.
Short film: Envoi
It’s a bleak sci-fi future. There’s a tyrannical government. A famous musician has lost his band to the system and so returns from hiding for one final performance. What do you think? Different? Straight forward and elegant or underwhelming? Did you know you can use this random teleport link to jump over another short film?
Christopher Lee releases heavy metal Christmas single
There’s no doubting Christopher Lee’s geek cred. He’s been in oodles of our movies – The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, James Bond, The Wicker Man and even Dracula. This year his Christmas metal single is a cover of “Hark! The Herald Angel Sings” and is called “Darkest Carols, Faithful Sing”. You can grab […]
Player Piano takes on Street Fighter’s Guile Theme
A blast from the past or were you just playing Street Fighter the other day? In this video composer and pianist Sonya Belousova takes on the iconic Street Fighter game series. This video is interesting for a few reasons. Firstly, Player Piano have an Indiegogo campaign on to raise funds. Secondly, how much did this […]
Player Piano Indiegogos for great geeky piano music
Player Piano is responsible for one of my favourite YouTube creations of the year. They covered the Akira theme so well. Now they’ve given us a Tetris cover and asked for Indiegogo support. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC8p5yo47JQ [Back this Campaign] This is a flexible funding so Player Piano don’t need to hit their target of $60,000 to cash […]
Stirling does Dragon Age
Geek favourite Lindsey Stirling is back with a special effects rich Dragon Age video. She’s worked hard to produce videos that are suitable for the YouTube audience and bring her violin music to a wider audience. Just how large is Stirling’s audience? This video has been out 3 days and has had over 2.5 million […]
