May 20th, 2013 | Audio Stuff, EarthBound, Videos | 5 Comments

A couple fans have sent me links to this music video of the Onett theme: He’s done this with a lot of other game music too, like this! Check them all out here! ...Read More »

May 8th, 2013 | Audio Stuff, MOTHER 1 | 40 Comments

Skotein sent me this e-mail a while back and it sounds like a pretty neat project! Hi, Tomato! I’m a big fan of both Pokémon and MOTHER and have been running the Pokémon Reorchestrated project on YouTube and Facebook. Basically, I orchestrate and arrange music from the Pokémon games with emphasis on weaving a game’s story/narrative into the music itself. I’ve also enjoyed the ...Read More »

May 3rd, 2013 | Audio Stuff, EarthBound, MOTHER 1 | 16 Comments

You know that version of “Bein’ Friends” that’s on the official MOTHER 1 soundtrack? If not, here it is: Well, folks are starting to work on the music for the MOTHER remake hack, and the latest one by vince94 is based on this vocal version of Bein’ Friends, and it turned out really cool! Bein’ Friends Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is requi...Read More »

May 2nd, 2013 | Audio Stuff, EarthBound, MOTHER 1, MOTHER 3 | 7 Comments

A fan by the name of G reminded me that a bunch of the MOTHER series soundtracks are still available on Japanese iTunes: Mother 1 soundtrack Mother 2 soundtrack Mother 3+ soundtrack Mother 3i soundtrack Even if you don’t live in Japan, you can still buy from Japanese iTunes if you jump through a few hoops. You’ll probably need to create a new account just for Japanese iTunes. You mi...Read More »

April 27th, 2013 | Audio Stuff, MOTHER 3, Videos | 10 Comments

Last week was MOTHER 3′s 7th anniversary, so gBev made a cool video to celebrate! Hey Tomato, I recently recorded a cover of the song “Happy Town?” from Mother 3 for the game’s seventh birthday, and I thought EBC might enjoy it I really like this rendition – when I become rich and famous and have a giant skyscraper of my own I’ll have this play in the lobby or ...Read More »

April 10th, 2013 | Audio Stuff, EarthBound | 13 Comments

One of my favorite things in EarthBound is the final battle song that many fans have dubbed “Pokey Means Business”. It’s been remixed and redone in all sorts of ways, but I think I just discovered my all-time favorite one here: Absolutely amazing job! For reference, here’s part of the video description: Produced by Lauren Henry Arranged and Orchestrated by Wayne Strange Al...Read More »

March 5th, 2013 | Audio Stuff, EarthBound, MOTHER 1 | 27 Comments

I always really liked the little song that plays in EarthBound when you get a new party member, but I also always wondered if it was based on anything. For reference, here’s what plays when you get a new character in EarthBound: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled i...Read More »

February 28th, 2013 | Audio Stuff, MOTHER 3 | 12 Comments

Somehow or other I stumbled upon what seems to be a rendition of the Natural Killer Cyborg battle music from MOTHER 3 as used in a Super Mario World hack. It’s got a slightly different feel to it since it uses different instrument samples, but I really like it a lot: I wonder what the response would’ve been if this song had actually been in Super Mario World or some other Super NES ga...Read More »

February 23rd, 2013 | Audio Stuff, EarthBound, MOTHER 1 | 8 Comments

Jdaster, whose piano work we’ve seen before here, recently released an album of live jazzy piano music of video game music, including a number of songs from EarthBound. You can see/hear a preview of the album here: The EarthBound/MOTHER tracks on it are: Wisdom of the World (MOTHER) Threed, Free at Last (EarthBound) Snowman (MOTHER) Winters White (EarthBound) Smiles and Tears (EarthBound) ...Read More »

February 17th, 2013 | Audio Stuff, Videos | 6 Comments

Robbie Benson, aka Ness from EarthBound Saga, has a band called Super Soul Bros. They performed live video game music during FanimeCon 2012 in San Jose last May, and one of those songs was a soulful, jazzy arrangement of Snow Wood Boarding School from EarthBound. Check it out! Watch more Super Soul Bros. videos here, and check out their album, too! They’ve got lots of good music from Zelda,...Read More »