Video game music is a staple around the WingDamage offices. Especially considering our very own Main Finger is known to remix it from time to time. We’re also pretty big Mega Man fans, as evidenced by the fact that two of our regulars also write for The Mega Man Network.

If you are like us in this regard, then good news! OverClocked ReMix just released a brand new Mega Man 9 themed album, Mega Man 9: Back in Blue. It contains 18 tracks of remixed goodness from the likes of Sixto Sounds, bLiNd, Joshua Morse and our very own Jesse “Main Finger” Gregory.

It was a long time in the making, and lot of blood, sweat and robo-tears went into its creation. So much so that a sequel game came out before this album was able to. So the only question left is, what are you waiting for? Go download it now!

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While Nintendo has been awfully quiet about the 25th anniversary of Metroid in favor of pushing Zelda, fans have been putting together their own tribute. Metroid fan site Shinesparkers.net enlisted the help of artists from the OverClocked ReMix community as well as other musicians from around the net to put together a two disc album of music covering the entire Metroid series.

Harmony of a Hunter concentrates pure Metroid fandom into a two and a half hour musical celebration. 24 different artists including Zircon, Stemage (of Metroid Metal), Mazedude and many others contributed to the album covering a variety of styles. You’ll hear music from the game that started it all right up to Other M.

There’s talk of a very limited physical release, but for now space jump over to the official site and download the album and all its artwork for free. It’s guaranteed to increase your life’s completion rating.

Source: Shinesparkers Download the Album: Harmony of a Hunter

2011 has been a crazy year for game anniversaries. It seems like every other day has been host to one, and today is no different. July 5th marks the 15th anniversary of SEGA’s cult classic, NiGHTS Into Dreams... To celebrate the occasion, OverClocked ReMix has released their latest album, NiGHTS: Lucid Dreaming.

The two disc arrange album features a variety of genres including ambient, orchestral, pop, disco, new jack swing, piano, jazz, world music, chiptune, opera, and rock styles by 32 different artists. Like all OCReMix albums, you can download it for free on the official site. But before that, check out the trailer below. (more…)

In 2005, the OverClocked ReMix community took on the challenge of remixing the entire soundtrack to Sonic The Hedgehog 2 with Hedgehog Heaven. In 2006, they arranged the music of Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles with Project Chaos.

Now, almost five years later, the remix trilogy will finally be complete with The Sound of Speed, an album of new interpretations of the music from the original Sonic the Hedgehog. The thirteen track album marks the community’s 25th project release.
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Finally, there’s an album with remixes of those Cyborg Justice songs you’ve been dying to hear all these years! What’s that? You aren’t familiar with Cyborg Justice?! I guess I’ll let you slip by this time seeing as how I barely recall it myself (other than a vague memory of it inspiring me to make some clay figures of robots with interchangeable parts).

Joking aside, game and TV composer Brian Davis’ new album, In Memory of the Mega Drive, features a very interesting collection of music. The 50-track album covers a variety of songs from the system known to North America as the SEGA Genesis. (more…)

If you’re anything like our Editor in Chief, you probably got at least a few of those VVVVVV tunes stuck in your head as you died over 700 times in your playthrough. Well now you can hear them as you’ve never heard them before, re-imagined by a wealth of other indie artists that composer SoulEye affectionately refers to as “true heroes.”

Among the artists are Danny B (Super Meat Boy), Mattias Haggstrom Gerdt (Cobalt), and Mutherpluckin B (8 Bit Democracy) to name just a few. The $10 price of admission will grant you a digital or even a physical copy of the 23-track album, PPPPPPowerup! (more…)

Looking for a way to prepare your inner trainer and get psyched up before Pokémon Black and White release this Sunday? What better way than to revisit the music of the series in the form of The Missingno Tracks, a Pokémon arrange album from the OverClocked ReMix community.

The album features 28 tracks arranged in a variety of styles by 18 different artists, totaling over 90 minutes of music. It’s a labor of love from the fans, to the fans. And, like all OverClocked ReMix albums, it’s absolutely free to download. Check out the trailer below and catch the album before it runs away. (more…)

How would you like to hear Super Metroid remixed by the co-composer of Mass Effect 2? Heroes vs. Villains, a free album of game music arrangements by fans of the medium, has turned such a scenario into reality.

This is the first official collaboration between game remixing giant, OverClocked ReMix, and The Bad Dudes. Two opposing factions. One album. Who will survive this climactic battle of epic proportions?

Heroes vs. Villains features 20 songs from 10 different franchises including Monkey Island, Streets of Rage, Kirby, and many more. (more…)

Is there a distinct lack of funky jams in your life? Have you been suffering from a deficiency of tracks with which to get down and funky? We at WingDamage are here to help.

We’re giving away a copy of The OneUps new album, Intergalactic Redux, to one lucky reader. You can hear for yourself the new sound of The OneUps as they transform the classic videogame songs you love into funktastic voyages through space and time. All you have to do is read the rules below and tell us which videogame song you’d like to hear the band take on someday and you’ll be entered to win a physical copy of their new album.

And while you wait to find out if you’ve won, why not check out our interview with the band’s main man, Mustin?

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Now here’s something interesting. We’ve heard of episodic games, but what about episodic albums? Rather than waiting several years to release all five discs of their new album, Final Fantasy V: The Fabled Warriors, OverClocked ReMix has decided to do make it available one disc at a time.

Of course, like all OCR albums The Fabled Warriors is 100% free (and available in both MP3 and FLAC formats). Each disc is labeled after a different crystal with Disc I taking the name “Wind”. While we may only have access to one disc at the moment, it features 9 songs spanning many different genres from a variety of artists including Sixto Sounds, Zircon, DarkeSword, and more.

So head on over to the album’s site and grab Disc I. Afterall, it’s free. Still not convinced? Check out the teaser video after the break.

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