This is classic gaming awesomeness...

[MyTurnToPlay]

dunno if it's been posted, but I was watching some vids on youtube, and stumbled across this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGTwkcBY_gI

how freakin awesome is that!? I especially enjoy the second song. That song has been stuck in my head ever since I played Nemo as a kid. It is extremely badass. Their funky cover did the game and the song justice.

And here's another cool one also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMqXPA3Ft3s

Apparently, this band covers classic game songs. Pretty talented bunch I think.

Well, I just wanted to share this bit of youtube gold with everyone.

:)

[ThoughtBomb]

Hey while you're at it, check out a band called "The Minibosses". you may have already heard of them, they've covered stuff from Castlevania, Metroid, Zelda, etc. Look em up :)

[NaturalChemical]

That was alright, but I felt like there's really no energy behind their playing. Bands like The Minibosses or The One-Ups, even The Black Mages have stronger arrangements.

[stalepie]

I loved TwinParadox's stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/user/THETWlNPARADOX
He's a fellow DigitalPresser.

There's a TON of GREAT, great youtube covers of video game music now. I remember when there was very little. I remember when Minibosses first started releasing their mp3s.

Here's a great one of Heart of Fire from Castlevania: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcVOkvAa5aM
Kind of famous, I think. But just searching for "heart of fire" pulls up so many others.

Or this one from Italy of OutRun is a good one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZEorre26fg&feature=related

or Nanokojo's Star Light Zone / Mario: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhaHfilvHB0&feature=related

LOVE this Demon's Crest keyboard one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B33fvdChFcA
(more for the keyboard lights than the sound)

there's so many

[stalepie]

Thanks for sharing that link, MyTurnToPlay.

[stalepie]

You may also want to check out some composers playing their own music live. I did not like what I heard from Video Games Live, however here is Koichi Sugiyama conducting the London Symphony Orchestra: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIzkdIf3SGY, Yuzo Koshiro DJing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dOnOKsaQz0&playnext=1&list=PL3C7842BC4CC74BCA, Hip Tanaka (Metroid, Dr Mario) DJing: http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=131132, Koji Kondo playing Mario: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba76TBu1OzI, etc. There are probably many other good ones, but I have not kept up in recent years.

[stalepie]

Oh yes and Daddy Mulk live, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NteidGHXV7U I love this one. I guess it is uber-illegal since it comes from a DVD.

Sorry four-five posts in a row; ya'll live.

great stuff! love listening to this...

[MyTurnToPlay]

thanks for the other suggestions guys. I'm definitely going to check out these other bands to hear what they've got.

I guess the reason I really liked the DescendantsofErdrick video I posted, is because they covered Little Nemo. And that game is very very special to me. So when I stumbled upon their cover, they were automatically badass in my book. :)

[lkermel]

You should try to hunt down the Orchestral Game Music Concerts CDs (there are five of them I think). They were performed in the 1990s by the Tokyo symphony orchestra. They are hell hard to find though...

Zuntata live is also an all time winner in my book !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKafzVxEQfg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvO2EpfrM88&feature=related

[NaturalChemical]

I also have to recommend a radio site I hang out at called Rainwave.cc. One of their stations plays nothing but remixes, and there's a killer Little Nemo cover on there.