Video games live Level 3 - Out now!
The album is yours for 9 bucks.
Well, this day sure started off really good. Why is that? You may ask yourself. Because i just found out that Video games live Level 3 are now avaible to buy! =) And better yet, we have asked for a review copy. So i hope to review Video games live Level 3 asap.
But in the mean while, please enjoy the preview video of Video games live level 3.
You can buy Video games live Level 3 via the following sites:
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/level-3/id816471334
Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/o29229s
CDBaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/videogameslive3
Press release:
"Dear members of the press!,
Last year Video Games Live successfully funded it's 3rd album on Kickstarter. In fact... it was the 3rd highest grossing album of all time on Kickstarter raising over $285,000!
27 game composers and over 175 musicians from around the world got together to record the album! We recorded in a total of 16 cities and 11 different countries including...
Tokyo, Japan
Paris, France
Prague, Czech Republic
Dubia, UAE
Santiago, Chile
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Lima, Peru
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco, CA
Denver, CO
Atlanta, GA
Philadelphia, PA
New York City, NY
Toronto, Canada
The Netherlands
The bulk of the symphonic and choir work was done by the very famous City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorale. The orchestra is one of the most recorded and award winning orchestras in the world and have been around since the 1940's. They have done HUNDREDS of movies, TV shows, commercials, live shows, albums and of course video games. You might recognize some of their video game work in games like Banjo Kazooie, Call of Duty, Viva Pinata, Heavenly Sword, Company of Heroes, Kameo, Killzone and many more. We utilized a 72 piece orchestra and 80 person choir.
Some of our Game Composer Musical Special Guests included...
Akira Yamaoka from the Silent Hill series (guitar)
Norihiko Hibino from the Metal Gear Solid series (saxophone)
Michael Land from LucasArts (keyboards)
Peter McConnell from LucasArts (acoustic guitar)
Clint Bajakian from LucasArts/Sony (bass guitar)
Laura "Flute Link" Intravia (vocals, flute)
Jillian Aversa from God of War, Halo, Soul Calibur series (vocals)
Chris "Vertex Guy" Kline from YouTube fame (guitar & bass)
...and myself... Tommy Tallarico on guitar.
The entire project was mixed at Skywalker Sound on George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch property.
Mastering of the album was done at the world famous Bernie Grundman's in Hollywood, CA. with symphonic genius (and multiple platinum and gold album recipient) Patricia Sullivan. Patricia has worked with everyone from U2 to Paul McCartney to of course big film composers such as John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer & James Horner (just to name a few). Patricia is the person to go to IN THE WORLD for big Hollywood Symphonic music. Some of her past movie soundtrack mastering projects include franchise films such as ET, Star Wars, Star Trek, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Hunger Games, Pirates of the Caribbean and hundreds more!
Here is the final tracklist for the album. For our 3rd album, our goal was not only to record some of the greatest video game music of all time... but to include some amazing music that people typically may not expect to hear on a video game compilation album. Games like Beyond Good & Evil, Shadow of the Colossus, Monkey Island, Journey, etc.
Final Fantasy® VIII - “Liberi Fatali”
Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Chrono Cross™ - "Scars of Time"
Composed by Yasunori Mitsuda
Skyrim™ - “Dragonborn Theme”
Composed by Jeremy Soule
Tetris® Opera
Based on the poem “Korobeiniki” by Nikolay Nekrasov
Arranged by Greg Cox, Original Arrangement provided by the Gamer Symphony Orchestra at the University of Maryland
Zelda™ 25th Anniversary Overture
Composed by Koji Kondo, Arranged by Laura Intravia
World of Warcraft® - "Invincible"
Composed by Russell Brower & Jason Hayes, Lyrics: Neal Acree & Derek Duke
The Secret of Monkey Island®
Composed by Michael Land
Beyond Good & Evil™
Composed by Christophe Héral, Arranged by Tommy Tallarico
Pokémon®
Composed by Jun’ichi Masuda, Arranged by Tommy Tallarico
Silent Hill™ 2 - “Theme of Laura”
Composed by Akira Yamaoka
Journey™
Composed by Austin Wintory, Arranged by Tommy Tallarico
Dota™ 2
Composed by Tim Larkin & Jason Hayes, Arranged by Tommy Tallarico
Shadow of the Colossus®
Composed by Kō Ōtani, Arranged by Tommy Tallarico
Street Fighter II™
Composed by Yōko Shimomura & Isao Abe, Arranged by Tommy Tallarico
Still Alive (Live!)
Composed by Jonathan Coulton, Performed by Laura Intravia & Tommy Tallarico
The project was due on February 18th and unlike most Kickstarter projects... WE WERE ON TIME! That could be a headline in itself! :) The album was released last week to fantastic perfect 5 star user rating/review on both iTunes and Amazon."
