Virt supplying remixed tunes for Contra 4

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Virt supplying remixed tunes for Contra 4

Posted Jun 28th 2007 11:45AM by Eric Caoili
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We've been in love with Jake "Virt" Kaufman's video game soundtracks (e.g. Shantae, Godzilla: Domination, Scurge: Hive) and micromusic remixes for years now, so it pleased us to no end to hear that he would be working with WayForward on Contra 4's themes. Not familiar with his discography? Here are three of our favorite Virt arrangements and chiptune covers that we grabbed from his site:

Contra - "Contravirt" (6.0 MB MP3)
Castlevania II - "What a Horrible Night" (2.0 MB MP3)
Michael Jackson - "Thriller (VRC6 Cover)" (4.1 MB MP3)

How did the Konami fanboy react when he was initially approached with handling Contra 4's music and sound design? "After I got off the phone with the dude I couldn't stop pacing back and forth for like 10 hours. I was afraid I would suddenly grow tentacles and then question reality and then wake up in my bed and it was all a dream ... Alas, my tentacles are REAL."

Tags: contra, contra 4, Contra4, ds, jake kaufman, JakeKaufman, konami, music, nintendo, nintendo ds, NintendoDs, remix, remixes, soundtrack, soundtracks, tune, tunes, virt, way forward, WayForward

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

6-28-2007 @ 3:18PM

JC Fletcher said...

If I made a game, I would totally have a chiptune soundtrack. I've thought about it a lot.

Contra is a perfect choice for this. Great news.

6-29-2007 @ 11:52AM

Mooga said...

The Thriller one is quite awesome, actually :)

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