Super Metroid for the SNES has one amazing soundtrack and now Blake Robinson has put together Super Metroid Orchestra, sixty minutes of absolute gorgeous sounding symphonic recordings for all thirty tracks from the classic game. Using a virtual orchestra Blake was able to transform these classic gaming songs into an musical experience bringing you front and center in front of a real live group of classical musicians. You can check out the youtube video below to get a sampling of how great this sounds then head over to either Loudr, iTunes or the website here and pick yourself up a copy today.
Source Link: YouTube | http://metroidorchestra.com/
PRESS RELEASE
The Synthetic Orchestra releases ‘Super Metroid Symphony’ – an orchestral homage to Nintendo’s classic ‘Super Metroid’ soundtrack
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH 19TH 2013
The Synthetic Orchestra releases ‘Super Metroid Symphony’ – an orchestral homage to Nintendo’s classic ‘Super Metroid’ soundtrack
‘Super Metroid Symphony’ (Joypad Records), orchestrated by the acclaimed Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra is an hour long, 30-track symphony dedicated to the iconic music from Nintendo’s classic video-game title, ‘Super Metroid’.
Watch the trailer here “http://bit.ly/11bBgYN” (Approved to post)
Every second of music from the original game has been lovingly recreated using an ultra-realistic, virtual orchestra and the latest audio software. “Super Metroid Symphony’ builds on Kenji Yamamoto & Minako Hamano’s original soundtrack and delivers the symphonic experience that this classic score deserves.
The album’s release coincides with the 19th Anniversary of ‘Super Metroid’ and is available in DRM-Free MP3 or FLAC format from Loudr:
http://blake.so/supermetroid (approved to post) and iTunes:
http://blake.so/supermetroiditunes (approved to post). More information and a full preview of each track can be found on the album’s website:
http://metroidorchestra.com (approved to post).
‘Super Metroid Symphony’ follows the BRSO’s well received ‘Video Game Orchestrations Volume 1’ and contains 30 pieces of music based on the original in-game soundtrack:
1. Science Academy Research Station
2. The Super Metroid Prologue
3. Deserted Ceres Space Colony
4. Ridley – Draygon Encounter
5. To Planet Zebes
6. Arrival on Crateria
7. Beneath Crateria
8. The Space Pirates Emerge
9. Overgrown with Vegetation
10. Spore Spawn – Botwoon Encounter
11. Inside the Item Room
12. The Red Soil Swamp of Brinstar
13. Hostile Incoming
14. Kraid – Crocomire – Phantoon Encounter
15. Burning in the Fires of Zebes
16. Theme of Samus Aran, Space Warrior
17. The Quiet, Wrecked Ship
18. Powering on the Lost Vessel
19. Maridia’s Rocky Underground Water
20. Quicksand underneath Maridia
21. Norfair’s Ancient Ruins
22. Chozo Statue Awakens
23. Continue
24. The Mysterious Statue Chamber
25. Tourian – The Rebuilt Headquarters
26. Mother Brain – The Final Battle
27. Immediate Evacuatation
28. The end of Planet Zebes
29. Credits
30. Finale
MORE ON THE ARTIST:
‘The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra’, also known simply as ‘The Synthetic Orchestra’, is the pseudo-name for British video game music composer and orchestrator Blake Robinson, who has developed a substantial following online, primarily for his orchestrations, recreations and remixes of popular video game music. His website can be found at http://syntheticorchestra.com(approved to post).
