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Browsing around Kickstarter I found this really interesting project (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jeriaska/videogame-music-in-context-dvd-interview-series) about video-game music that totally needs help funding. As I'm typing, with five days left, the project is about 70-75% funded. I couldn't find this previously covered. If this sounds too much like an ad, it's because I truly want to see this funded. So here we go.

The project, called Videogame Music in Context, is actually composed of three DVDs and an album release with both the soundtrack and a remix CD of the free indie game Hydorah (http://locomalito.com/juegos_hydorah.php). The first two DVDs are interviews; one with interviews with commercial Japanese video-game composers and one with independent game music composers. The final DVD is a Tour DVD with live performances with, among others, chip musician Nullsleep (http://nullsleep.com/) from their 2010 tour (http://www.nullsleep.com/collapsed_desires/).

The commercial-game interview DVD features Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy), Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill) and many others as well. Some more famous than others. I really love the calm and philosophic style of these, judging from its trailer (http://vimeo.com/16825751).

For the indie one I'm really excited about seeing Daisuke Amaya (Cave Story) on an interview. Not only for Cave Story, but he seems like a really nice person from the interview he did with Nicalis (http://vimeo.com/5620042). Personally I'm particularly interested in seeing Shinji Hosoe as well, he did a really beautiful arrange version of a song from one of my favorite games ever, Espgaluda. There's a trailer (http://vimeo.com/16877706) for this one as well. For more composers, see the Kickstarter page.

I'm really excited about this and would be sad to see it not happen. I don't think something like this has been done with artists from Japan, and especially not to this extent. If you think this sounds as interesting as I do, please check out their Kickstarter page (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jeriaska/videogame-music-in-context-dvd-interview-series) for more information. Pledge rewards include the physical Hydorah soundtrack release as well as all of these DVDs. I hope you'll decide to help them out as well!

Edit:

Interview (http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2010/07/gryzor87s_retroinspired_sound_1.html) with Hydorah composer Gryzor87 on IndieGames.

Already dropped some money into this! Definitely a great initiative and some content I'd give my right arm to see. You don't often get to see/hear about composer's views on games so it's interesting to me as a game music composer too.

I also happen to be on the Hydorah arrange album which I KNOW is gonna be awesome with stars like SoulEye on it. :)

The Kickstarter project currently has just four days to raise a little over $500 in order to be funded.   

As good a reason as any for me to bump this thread! Come on TIG, there are INDIE game composers and devs in there too!