Midsummer Songaday: Directory

Hello! This post serves as a means to navigate to the other days of Midsummer Songaday!

Day 1: Xenosaga Episode II - In The Beginning, There Was...
Day 2: Anamanaguchi - Mermaid
Day 3: Diablo Swing Orchestra - Balrog Boogie
Day 4: Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
Day 5: RAGE - Burning Jacob's Ladder
Day 6: LuIzA - Lies Within Dreams
Day 7: Jim Guthrie - Dark Flute
Day 8: Lacuna Coil - Against Me
Day 9: The Hunger Games - Katniss Afoot
Day 10: Castle Crashers - Race Around the World
Day 11: Cirque du Soleil - Incantation
Day 12: Lisa Miskovsky - Still Alive
Day 13: Oceania  -Pukaea
Day 14a: Super Meat Boy - Forest Funk
Day 14b: The Binding of Isaac - The Binding of Isaac
Day 15: VVVVVV - Potential For Anything
Day 16: Cave Story - Title Theme
Day 17: No More Heroes - Pleather For Breakfast
Day 18: Phoenix Wright - Turnabout Sisters Theme 2002
Day 19: Faunts - M4 (Part II)
Day 20: Kinesthesia - Flicklife (mu-Ziq Remix)
Day 21: Mass Effect 2  - Suicide Mission
Day 22: Custom Robo - Heaven
Day 23: Prince of Persia - I Still Love You
Day 24: Sonic Generations - Rooftop Run Act I
Day 25: Rodrigo y Gabriela - Hanuman
Day 26: Nine Inch Nails - Every Day Is Exactly The Same
Day 27: NieR - The Wretched Automatons
Day 28: Funkstorung - Moon Addicted
Day 29: Within Temptation - Memories
Day 30: Metroid Prime - Title

Special Edition: Midsummer Songaday's True Form

That last one is going to be linked when I finish the post, and THAT should be the final post of Songaday. Essentially, it's what I'm putting on the discs since, as I mentioned on one of the days, the discs and the Songaday are not exactly the same, so I thought it would be interesting. Look forward to it!
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Midsummer Songaday: Day 30

Wow, pretty much the last time I'm gonna have to pull that header. Anyway, I'm sure you noticed that I kind of missed the 30th. Since the 29th, I've been going to Go Play NW, and if I haven't been gaming it up there I've been asleep to prepare for the next day. It was incredible, but I still feel a bit bad letting it take priority over Midsummer Songaday - That last day and I would've not missed once! Too bad.
DAY THIRTY: METROID PRIME - TITLE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42u0KB6f5eU&feature=player_embedded
Metroid Prime had it pretty good - it sat at the top of my "absolute favorite games" list until just recently finally falling over to Mass Effect 2. It still holds a firm second place, and its soundtrack is beyond good. In fact, the soundtrack of all three Prime games is incredible. This is just the title music, the first piece on the soundtrack, and it never lets up on the awesome. All three soundtracks recommended to the highest degree. Super-special songs include: Title, Menu Theme, Tallon IV (1 and 2), Phendrana Drifts (1 and 2), Magmoor Caverns, Drowned Frigate, Flaaghra, Meta-Ridley, Metroid Prime (Phases 1 and 2), Credits, and those are just the ones from MP1. In my opinion, there's not much that can fight ME2's Suicide Mission theme, but the MP 1 soundtrack is definitely more consistent in its amazingness.

And a moment to discuss remixes of Metroid
1) Relics of the Chozo. This was the first OCRemix project ever I believe. This remix of the Super Metroid Soundtrack continues to stand firm.
2) Reserve Tank VARIAtions. Made swiftly to support a long-time community member, OCRemix collected Super Metroid remixes from anyone who wanted to put forth a song to raise bLiNd's spirits. The result was a strong album.
3) Metroid Metal. These guys do exactly what they say, and it's sweet.
4) Harmony of a Hunter. This is my favorite. It's an independent collection of remixes from all sorts of Metroid games, spanning the series. It's really amazing. They're also currently making a sequel album, 101% Run, which is going to be extraordinary based on the video previews.

So, if you can't tell, I love the Metroid series' music. And the series - hell, the blog is named after Metroid Prime (thought that did have a specific intention in the past iteration of the blog).

Anyway, it's been an amazing time doing Songaday with everyone again, and I'm hoping that anyone who came to see the music will stick around and keep up with it! If you enjoyed it, let me know, it motivates me to keep going! I'll likely do another Songaday in a few months again, as soon as I have a good batch of music to share again. Also, AP from Go Play NW will show up VERY soon!
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Midsummer Songaday: Day 29

DAY TWENTY-NINE: WITHIN TEMPTATION - MEMORIES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhzJO34SCoc&feature=player_embedded
To be honest, this is settling. I honestly could not pick which Within Temptation song I wanted to use - other options included Somewhere, Destroyed, and Jane Doe, but in the end I picked Memories because it was the first one I heard (through Pandora) and it got me interested enough to check them out more. By the way, if you noticed that all 4 of those songs I named are off the same album (The Silent Force) that's because it's the only album I have, though I've heard plenty of their other work through Pandora, enough to know I like them at least.
So yeah. One more day.

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Midsummer Songaday: Day 28

Well, I seem to have shot myself in the foot with the "not doing it late" thing.
DAY TWENTY-EIGHT: FUNKSTORUNG - MOON ADDICTED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM7JNl-aVYw&feature=player_embedded
I know absolutely nothing about these guys, I just know that I heard this song on Pandora like 4 years ago and still like the song a lot. I keep meaning to check out their albums.

Midsummer Songaday: Day 27

Getting back on board with early posts for the last couple days.
DAY TWENTY-SEVEN: NIER - THE WRETCHED AUTOMATONS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4VA8furPFs&feature=player_embedded
This was a tough choice between this one and this one. Both are great songs, and it's still up in the air which one I put on my disc version (the disc versions of my Songadays sometimes differ slightly from what I actually used).
Everything I know about NieR I know from chatting with Wesker. I have the soundtracks now but will probably never play the game, it just doesn't really interest me. Might watch an LP of it sometime though.

Anyways, thought I'd really quick talk about what's upcoming.
I've essentially given up trying to write full reviews of Snow White and MiB3, I'll probably just jot down some notes and put them up as one post. Light Speed Reviews or some such.
Wrath of the Lamb I actually have intentionally put off a little longer - with the rate that its been getting patched and changed and amended and altered I'm gonna let it stabilize first.
D&D Next stuff is still going good, I'm just giving a little more breathing room before I put up the Bestiary notes.
I've been having a problem writing up the Fiasco APs as well. I'll likely do them like I'm doing those two movies, doing a quicker overview and putting them together.
AotP will be back on soon, when Songaday ends, which is real close!

That's everything I'm late on. So what's new and upcoming?
Go Play NW: I'm going to this story gaming con this Saturday and Sunday! I'm super excited! I'm signed up to play Dungeon World and take part in the Lottery on Saturday and so far am leaving my Sunday open.
Mass Effect: I want to talk about stuff I found out during my completionist Perfect Ending Paragon run. Also, I should talk about the Extended Cut ending DLC that just came out! (ps I really really really like it a lot and it fixes everything I was worried about)
Halo: What? Halo? Yeah, over the past several days I've played through Halo 1 Anniversary, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3 ODST, and Halo Reach. I'd like to talk about the series. This would take the form of a commentary post similar to the one for Mass Effect that I did a while ago. Mostly I want to talk up ODST.
Prometheus: I plan to see this tomorrow (the 27th) but I'd also planned to see it yesterday and the day before and those didn't happen, so we'll see. I do plan to see it though!
Stars Without Number: Still filling out well, will likely give AotP some space to refill in before I start talking about it in detail, but it's coming.

That should be all for now!
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Midsummer Songaday: Day 26

DAY TWENTY-SIX: NINE INCH NAILS - EVERY DAY IS EXACTLY THE SAME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqXmaFPn604&feature=player_embedded
Been enjoying this song a lot today. That is all.

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Midsummer Songaday: Day 25

Home stretch!
DAY TWENTY-FIVE: RODRIGO Y GABRIELA - HANUMAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRfM8t6uvQw&feature=player_embedded
Hello, this is Rodrigo y Gabriela, a pair of brilliant Mexican guitarists. Their work amazed me on disc, and it blew my mind when I saw them live a couple months ago. It was really great, it was the first stop on a new tour and they had energy to spare and put it all into the music.
This is Hanuman off of 11:11, their 2009 album, and also my favorite album. More recently they released Area 52, which teams them up with the band C.U.B.A., and they were with CUBA when I saw them in concert. It's definitely different from their normal fare, but it was quite enjoyable, but I must note that I far preferred the live version to the album - the album moves a bit slow for me.
Anyway, have a good day, and sorry for being a bit late.

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Midsummer Songaday: Day 24

Goodness I'm late today. Sorry.

DAY TWENTY-FOUR: SONIC GENERATIONS - ROOFTOP RUN ACT 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0qNa7e_E7E&feature=player_embedded
I have yet to play Sonic Generations (ugh I suck at Sonic games) but from everything I've seen it looks really great. I immensely enjoyed Pokecapn and crew's LP of the game, and if I was any better at Sonic I think I'd have a great time with it. Congratulations Sonic on getting your mojo back!
Oh yeah, the music! This is Rooftop Run Act 1, which means it's Classic Sonic. Rooftop Run was a level from Sonic Unleashed, a less-good but still good Sonic game. This is a remix of the song, which was originally a bit faster than this and much more guitar heavy. Here's a link! That one very nearly got today's feature in order to save room for a different Sonic Generations song later, but only 7 days left! Other songs I wanted to use from Generations included the City Escape Act 1 remix (oh man it's so good), Speed Highway Act 1, and Crisis City Act 1. If you're noticing a trend, I tend to like Classic Sonic's remixes better. Wish they'd done an Ice Cap Zone remix. By the way, if you want to go get the soundtrack, I recommend against the official one, there was a soundtrack floating around a bit ago that had all the unlockable songs on it and such that was much more satisfying.
Oh, and Sonic Unleashed's soundtrack is also noticeably decent, though less nostalgicly amazing than Generations's.

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Midsummer Songaday: Day 23

DAY TWENTY-THREE: PRINCE OF PERSIA - I STILL LOVE YOU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE9yAR-gZRw&feature=player_embedded
I didn't even realize this gem of a song was hidden inside my PoP soundtracks until it showed up on shuffle a couple days ago. This was apparently in Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, but I haven't played the games (though I got 'em on Steam a while back and have been meaning to), so I'm not sure of the game's context for the song. For independent listening though, hot damn this is good. I think it does something that many game soundtracks struggle to do, and that's blur the line between general music and VG music. Bastion did it all over, and songs like this do it great. Proud to have this one on Songaday.

Gonna put up the D&D Next Character Sheet annotations later. Now that I actually have content I'm trying to only do one a day in order to give each a chance to get some of its own views.
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Midsummer Songaday: Day 22

DAY TWENTY-TWO: CUSTOM ROBO - HEAVEN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0E6XGoRjAg&feature=player_embedded
I only played the Gamecube game Custom Robo (known as Custom Robo: Battle Revolution in Japan, and the fourth entry in the Custom Robo series. It was also the first released to the US). I gotta say, I really enjoyed it. I'd largely forgotten about it until I recently fell upon the soundtrack, and I heard this song, and I got flooded with nostalgia. This is a great game with a fun soundtrack. I gotta play the DS one.
Check out the game, and the soundtrack!

I plan to release my Character Sheet annotations for D&D Next today, and am finishing up the Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP review right now, so see you later today!
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Midsummer Songaday: Midsummer (Day 21)

MIDSUMMER, DAY TWENTY-ONE: MASS EFFECT 2 - SUICIDE MISSION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTsD2FjmLsw&feature=player_embedded
Well, Midsummer, or the Summer Solstice, actually happened about 3 hours ago (it was around 11:00 on the 20th) but that's close enough for me to consider the 21st to be the day. I deliberated quite hard on what song gets to hold this special spot, and this song won out.
I must say, this is without a doubt one of my favorite video game songs I've ever heard, both in and out of context. I've heard dozens of remixes and loved them all, but there's something about the original. Thank you Jack Wall. I'm sorry this work of genius didn't get used or incorporated into other songs for Mass Effect 3. All I know is that this time, my whole team survived the suicide mission, and this music kept driving me on. I can't wait to get to ME2 in my Renegade Run.

Anyway, enough yammering about ME2. Enjoy the song. We're on the final stretch of Songaday!
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Midsummer Songaday: Day 20

DAY TWENTY: KINESTHESIA - FLICKLIFE (µ-ZIQ REMIX)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fvgYZq3pj8&feature=player_embedded
Oh my god. I heard this song, I'm not even sure, maybe 5 years ago on Pandora. I spent years, PLURAL YEARS, trying to get a downloadable copy of it. I eventually found a torrent of the obscure album it was placed on (Miss Kittin's Radio Caroline: Volume I), but I am so unbelievably happy to have a found a real, full version of the song streamable. Thankfully I don't feel like an idiot - the video only went up in February. This is a full version, actually extended from the Radio Caroline original. God DAMN I'm happy about this.
Hope you all enjoy this incredibly good song.

Oh, don't ignore my D&D Next Annotations I just put up!
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Midsummer Songaday: Day 19

DAY NINETEEN: FAUNTS - M4 (PART II)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gISlB1IdUjI&feature=player_embedded
So don't get on me about how this was totally the Mass Effect 1 credits song. That WAS how I was initially exposed to these fellows, but I've actually been enjoying the rest of their work as well. This song is still one of their cooler works though. It's low key, but still interesting. I enjoy it a lot, and you should check out their albums - the Mass Effect songs are just the beginning.
I'll mention that while I prefer M4 Part II over Das Malefitz (the ME3 ending one), they're both amazingly good.

Hey there, keep your eyes open here, I'll actually have cool new stuff that isn't Songaday going up really soon, like, today at some point!

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Midsummer Songaday: Day 18

DAY EIGHTEEN: PHOENIX WRIGHT - TURNABOUT SISTERS THEME 2002
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6JKz6k1boM&feature=player_embedded
If you don't think Maya Fey is an amazing character you can just get the fuck off my blog. Good night.

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Midsummer Songaday: Day 17

Hey there, happy father's day, and sorry for being later than usual.

DAY SEVENTEEN: NO MORE HEROES - PLEATHER FOR BREAKFAST
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TX9o6uZnEs&feature=player_embedded
I had a really hard time picking this one. I knew I wanted to use No More Heroes today, as the game is just chock-full of amazing music. All the variations on the main theme are great, and most of the boss music is great too. However, Bad Girl's theme just takes the cake. All the game's music makes for great stuff to work to though.
No More Heroes 2's music is also pretty good, but not as consistently great as NMH1.
Oh, and for reference, I've never played either game, just watched Chip Cheezum/General Ironicus's LP of the first and have been watching their ongoing LP of the second.

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Midsummer Songaday: Day 16

Aaaand my connection issues just get worse. We seriously need to figure out why our network has been so shitty lately.

So what's the final day of the Indie Trilogy? Why, it's one of the most classic indie games to still enjoy wide spread success. It was made entirely, that's music, art, plot, programming, everything, by one incredible fellow. The game has, in recent years, been ported several times by a company named Nicalis, but the guy;s name is Daisuke Amaya. However, I'm sure you'd know him better as Pixel. That's right, I'm talking about Cave Story!
DAY SIXTEEN: PIXEL - OPENING THEME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SWwydoygeo&feature=player_embedded
The music for this incredible game has been redone several times over the course of the ports, but the original is still the best. It captures all the nostalgia of a fun old 8-bit platformer with the riveting gameplay that makes some modern games look like nothing. It really is the most lasting indie game - until Super Meat Boy showed up, it was basically the undisputed king of the indie industry (even with my personal recent favorite Edmund McMillen out making great games like Gish).
So here you go, Cave Story. Thanks for making everything better.

If you like remixes, check out the Cave Story Remix Project, or the Cave Story Remix Project II! Nutritious has an extraordinary remix of the final battle on OCRemix, titled The Unbroken.

Hey, so what indie game musics didn't make it into the Trilogy? Well, the easy answers are Bastion, Castle Crashers, and Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP - I've already used them before! As for runners-up, the choice gets a bit harder. Fez has a great soundtrack by Disasterpiece, and C418's Minecraft soundtrack is supposed to be perfectly suited to the game (though I don't play Minecraft so I don't know). But sometimes indie games can manage to put together great gameplay, great story, and even fitting music yet still produce a soundtrack that no one would listen to out-of-game. Things that fall into this are stuff like LIMBO, or Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
So who DOES do it right too? Who would be Indie Trilogy day 4? Bit.Trip. I love the music of the Bit.Trip series - all 6 games (though I'm not huge on Fate). They all have their own flair, and they all are simply amazing. Thing is, don't download or the soundtracks. Convert video playthroughs into music - the beauty is in the way the beats you hit enhance and modify the music. Check out Ambisagris's LPs of the Bit.Trip series. He's good enough at the games for them to sound natural, and it's a subtitled LP so you can convert and not be any worse off for it. Bit.Trip Flux's Epiphany is gorgeous, as is Bit.Trip Void's Id. Unfortunately, the series makes it hard to find specific videos to put up for Songaday. Really, my best advice is to go play the games.

Hey, Speedgamers is going now!
http://www.thespeedgamers.com/
Almost 6500 dollars raised of the 50,000 goal for the week in just 12 hours! Come enjoy, and donate! 100% of donations go directly to ACT Today, a charity supporting autism research!

Anyway, 'night.
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Midsummer Songaday: Day 15

DAY FIFTEEN: MAGNUS "SOULEYE" PALSSON - POTENTIAL FOR ANYTHING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj8MsbgpjaQ&feature=player_embedded
Well, if you don't know him Souleye is a cool guy who makes sweet 8-bit-style music and who recently did the excellent music for this excellent indie game, VVVVVV by Terry Cavanagh. It's a hell of a lot of fun, and it's really hard until you get the hang of it. Learning how to play that game fast and well is one my more prideful indie game moments - at the moment I'm down to being able to do it with about 55 deaths in 25 minutes (did a 24:28 run earlier, a record for me!). Seeing as my first 20-trinket run was 1400 deaths over 4 and a half hours, I'm pretty happy.
Anyway, so check out the game and play it! It's cheap, the music is amazing, and you'll either have a ton of fun or rage at it for a few hours while having tons of fun.

Oh, hey! TWO shout-outs for things to go check out!
The first is the Let's Plays of RidgeTroopa! This is a cool dude I know from DeviantArt, he's an amazing pixel artist. More relevantly, he used to do LPs a few years back but took a break to just occasionally do some marathon streams. I saw some of those, and they were damn entertaining, so hey, check him out at his Youtube and Twitter feeds!
http://www.youtube.com/user/CheepCheapPlayers
https://twitter.com/#!/CheepCheaps

Okay, the other one is TheSpeedGamers. These are a bunch of guys who are now a little bit internet-famous who livestream them playing through a whole franchise of games in like 3 days with 24/7 live commentary. The whole time, they're collecting donations that go entirely to charity. In December, just by playing video games live on the internet, they raised $20,000 in four days for a selection of charities.
As per their usual schedule, Summer comes with not a 3-day marathon but a WEEK-LONG one. This year, pokemon. Every single Pokemon game, every spinoff, catching every pokemon, one-at-a-time live on the internet, collecting donations for ACT Today! Want to support a great cause? Want to hear hilarious people talk and do ridiculous things for donations (dairy challenge? shots of the most powerful hot sauce out there? hell yes)? Want to see guys play through games at mach speed? The  come join us starting tomorrow at 4pm PST!
http://www.thespeedgamers.com/
If there's one thing that can curb my Mass Effect addiction, even temporarily, it's these guys. Hope to see you in the chat there!

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Midsummer Songaday: Day 14 Double-Up!

Hey, welcome to the Indie Trilogy! Today, tomorrow, and Saturday I'm going to be featuring the music from three indie game composers that I just love. Who are they? Well, I guess you'll have to come back and see...
But today, I'm forced to bend my own rules. As it were, two of my favorite indie games share a composer (and a designer!), and I refuse to only showcase one. So today you get TWO songs! Who could I possibly be talking about? Why, it's Danny Baranowsky! He's a remixer originally (with mutliple songs on OCRemix), but more recently has been doing soundtracks, including ones for a pair of very successful Edmund McMillen games...

DAY FOURTEEN: SUPER MEAT BOY - FOREST FUNK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xHttYIwocY&feature=player_embedded
It's questionable whether Forest Funk is truly the best song in the game, but it sure as hell is the most iconic. This is one of the first songs you hear, and really sets a tone. Other champion songs include The Battle of Lil Slugger and Can o' Salt.
But seriously, this game's music is out of this world.
FamilyJules7x did a Super Meat Boy medley last week, a Hot Damned Hell remix a while back, and an extraordinary remix of The Hospital - so extraordinary that it got on the soundtrack.
And what could the other game be...

DAY FOURTEEN: THE BINDING OF ISAAC - THE BINDING OF ISAAC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5mnDcZu0I0&feature=player_embedded
I can't say enough good things about this game (or its expansion, but I'll finish that review soon). This is the title screen music. This games music runs the gamut from creepy and light like this song to full on intense action music for boss fights (check out Thine Wrath, it nearly beat out this song for the feature!). It really is just a great song and game.
Just go buy the soundtrack, seriously. Hell, if you check his Bandcamp page, on the Binding of Isaac Soundtrack page you can get tracks 29-37 for free if you want more samples.

So that's Danny Baranowsky's double feature. Come back tomorrow for the next Indie Game gem! (and no, the three days will not include Bastion or Superbrothers since I've done them before. They would definitely be here though if I hadn't).

AGH fucking network connection keeps failing every thirty seconds! This is really annoying!
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Midsummer Songaday: Day 13

DAY THIRTEEN: OCEANIA - PUKAEA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epyxn-OsCKI&feature=player_embedded
Now here's some obscurity for you! Wikipedia doesn't even have a page for these folks, and google does its best to try to make you look for something else. From Last.Fm: "Oceania is a New Zealand band which combines Maori music and modern music. The band’s lead singer is Hinewehi Mohi. Music is written and performed by Mohi and Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke fame."
Here's their page on the album: http://www.last.fm/music/Oceania/Oceania
And the singer's website: http://www.hinewehi.com/
Okay enough linking, about the song. This is the first song off the 1999 album, and like everything else in the album it's sung in Maori. But the album itself is still a huge breath of fresh air into things, and remains one of my favorite examples of world music (along with stuff like Niyaz). So seriously, the album is great, give it a listen (if you can) or totally buy it, it's good stuff.

Hey, guess what? The Mass Effect Trilogy Perfect Ending Replay Run completed! I got 100% of quests in all three games, 100% paragon the whole way through, saw the Perfect Ending. I've been sitting here wondering what the hell I'm supposed to do now that I don't have any more Mass Effect (writing up all those posts I owe this place didn't come up). Chances are it won't be long before I start an Mass Effect Trilogy Renegade Run as female Shepard. Ended up doing a bunch of Stars Without Number stuff though.
Anyway, later.

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Midsummer Songaday: Day 12

 

DAY TWELVE: LISA MIKOVSKY - STILL ALIVE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TERyxFfMqDk&feature=player_embedded 

Wow, I could have sworn I used this in February. But no, so it comes today. I love the song, it was made for and used as the main theme for the game Mirror's Edge, which is an excellent game, and one of the most interesting modifications to the standard FPS formula in recent years along with Portal. Speaking of Portal, I'm aware that both of these games used a song named Still Alive - as much as I enjoy the Portal one, this one is a much better song to listen to listen to as music (though Portal's was excellent in context of the game).

So yeah, enjoy. There's a good deal of mixes out there if you want to look.

Come on EA and DICE, bring on Mirror's Edge 2 already!

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