GRcade

I thought some people might be interested in this. It just started, with StarFox, and is (apparently) going to run for four hours (counting breaks, I assume). It's also Nintendo's 121st birthday today, so what a perfect way to celebrate. It's by the group who did Symphonic Fantasies last year, which was generally considered fantastic, so it's bound to be worth a listen.

http://www.wdr.de/radio/audioplayer/pop ... ized=false

Concert Program

Fanfare for the Common 8-bit Hero
Original opening fanfare composed by Jonne Valtonen

Star Fox :: Space Suite
Composed by Koji Kondo & Hajime Hirasawa
Arranged by Shiro Hamaguchi

Super Mario Bros. :: Retro Suite
Composed by Koji Kondo
Arranged by Roger Wanamo

F-Zero :: Race Suite
Composed by Yumiko Kanki & Naoto Ishida
Arranged by Shiro Hamaguchi

Metroid :: Samus Aran - Galactic Warrior Suite
Composed by Kenji Yamamoto & Minako Hamano
Arranged by Torsten Rasch

Donkey Kong Country :: Aquatic Ambience
Composed by David Wise
Arranged by Masashi Hamauzu

Pikmin :: Variation on a World Map Theme
Composed by Hajime Wakai
Arranged by Hayato Matsuo

Super Mario Galaxy :: Galactic Suite
Composed by Koji Kondo & Mahito Yokota
Arranged by Roger Wanamo

The Legend of Zelda :: Symphonic Poem
Composed by Koji Kondo & Toru Minegishi
Arranged by Jonne Valtonen

Good shout.

Mario stuff is excellent.

I've only just been able to recognise a song.

If someone could find a way of recording this - my son's coming home in the next 10 mins and I'll miss a fair bit of this putting him to bed - that'd be amazing.

The entire thing is being recorded by people on GAF, so you'll be able to catch it afterwards once they upload it. They'll even be nice enough to cut it into individual sections, if I remember last year.

The Alchemist Penguin wrote:The entire thing is being recorded by people on GAF, so you'll be able to catch it afterwards once they upload it. They'll even be nice enough to cut it into individual sections, if I remember last year.

Awesome. Will they cut out the German guy?

Its finally getting good

They're doing Galaxy now, then taking an intermission. They must be planning for the Zelda section to be long, or they've got a surprise ending planned.

I keep forgetting Pikmin's music was done by Hajime Wakai; I get it mixed up with Animal Crossing, for which I think Kazumi Totaka provided the music.

SMG Music

Neph wrote:SMG Music

Indeed.

The Alchemist Penguin wrote:The entire thing is being recorded by people on GAF, so you'll be able to catch it afterwards once they upload it. They'll even be nice enough to cut it into individual sections, if I remember last year.

Brilliant. Just tuned in now and it's two German people talking about strawberry float knows what. Something about a piano. I pressed the pause button hoping in vain it would start from where I left it.

Anyone had a particular favourite arrangement, so far?

The original retro Mario one was fantastic, as was the Galaxy one.

Zelda time now!

Galaxy was a smart arrangement; really close to the game, too.

Looking forward to this. Having been spoiled by the Big Band CD and Hyrule Symphony, I'm worried that my hopes are excessively high.

Bit miffed I missed Star Fox arrangement. Enjoyed Pikmin, though!

This is a glorious version of Kokori Village. The bar for Skyward Sword has been set.

Have you heard the stringed arrangement of the forest from the Hyrule Symphony album? I got the impression that this particular version borrowed some of its elements; it's a fantastic melody. If Skyward Sword could somehow peer the sheer sense of it, that would be a miracle. (Makes me wonder who the lead composer will be. Minegishi, probably.)

Edit: That's a stellar rendition of Twilight Princess's most elegant piece of music. Sublime.

Missed this, but someone has uploaded a couple of them to youtube.

Fanfare for the Common 8-bit Hero

Lylat Wars and StarWing (Space Suite)

Super Mario Bros

Will update this post if any more are added.

Updated...

F-Zero: Race Suite

Metroid (Suite Samus Aran - Galactic Warrior)

Donkey Kong Country (Aquatic Ambiance)

Pikmin: (Variation On A World Map Theme)

Nice, listening to the Metroid one now.

Someone on GAF has put all the songs into an album http://www.mediafire.com/?osvld7qwbo1gd22

Holy gooseberry fool, a brief rendition of the Corruption menu/end credits music on the last track. It's wasted in that, should have been a full track