Glittering soundscapes Needless to say, Nintendo’s favorite monkeys had to swing into the bandwagon of 3D collect-a-thon platformers—more like ‘collect a ton’ due to the exorbitant amount of collectibles included in this game—courtesy of parent… Read More »Inside The Score – Donkey Kong 64 – Crystal Caves
Huge blade runner “Beyond the edge of reality, lies a story of ultimate conquest. A story of war, and friendship. A story of a love that could never be, and a hatred that always was.… Read More »Inside The Score – Final Fantasy VII – Opening / Bombing Mission
Jet forward The bandicoot went into the final frontier of space years before Mario did—that is, only if we count out the idiosyncratic star world or Rainbow Road—And even if he pretty much lifted his… Read More »Inside The Score – Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back – Rock It / Pack Attack
Cartoon soul Buragata! Or whatever is the sound that the tiki mask Aku Aku makes since pretty much every person has their own interpretation (in truth it is gibberish and was never intended to mean… Read More »Inside The Score – Crash Bandicoot – Main Theme
The Xave-Files In the year 2023 cars will fly, the governments of the world will be controlled by reptilians waging wars with big corporations, AI has gained conscience and laptops become weapons. These are all… Read More »Inside The Score – Perfect Dark – Main Menu / Institute Menu
Exotic horror Everyone talks about the GoldenEye pause music but that is only because few souls managed to finish the Aztec mission on 00 agent—guilty of doing it with save states on the Switch—and discover… Read More »Inside The Score – GoldenEye 007 – Egyptian
Musical conspiracy Just in time—in some territories at least—to celebrate James Bond’s Day. Here is an analysis and deconstruction of the iconic Nintendo 64 cartridge that brought 4-player couch multiplayer to universities and family houses… Read More »Inside The Score – GoldenEye 007 – Severnaya Bunker Complex
Solitary space opera Coming from the outer reaches of space, from the wreckage of a space station orbiting a planet with a pulsating glow, is the transmission of the official interplanetary distress signal that means… Read More »Inside The Score – Metroid – Title Theme
A glitch in the system How about we throw some more love to the eminent chiptunes that paved the way? Music at its most pure and distilled form; even a string quartet has more dynamics… Read More »Inside The Score – Metroid – Kraid’s Lair / Brinstar Depths
A Fistful of Rupees Befitting the most westernized iteration of the Zelda series, here is an out of field sub-film where our vaquero steps into a non-medieval town that comes right from the Wild West… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Hidden Village
Marche funébre, the darkest hour “Shadow and light are two sides of the same coin… One cannot exist without the other” Of course Zelda herself here is referring to Twilight Princess and The Wind Waker,… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Midna’s Lament
Pure adventure awaits Just like the wind blowing at your back, the call to adventure is strong on this one. You close your eyes, feel the breeze, a mixture of air and water, and then… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – The Great Sea / Ocean Theme