Nitro Game Injection #220: Siren’s Call (PC Games Special featuring Alexander Brandon )

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NGI’s long-overdue PC Games Special is finally here, and with an amazing special guest: legendary game music composer Alexander “Siren” Brandon joins Kyle and Larry for nearly 2 hours to talk about his career, the state of the game industry, and the work he’s been doing with his production company Funky Rustic, along with showing off his awesome voice acting chops! They also check out tracks from Alex’s games and albums, including Tyrian, Deus Ex, Unreal Tournament, Dust: An Elysian Tail, and Initium Squared, along with original works from the albums Earthscape and Violet Electric!

PLAYLIST:
1. Machinae Supremacy – Theme From Jets’n’Guns (from Jets’n’Guns [PC] :: http://machinaesupremacy.com/albums/jetsnguns-soundtrack/ )

2. Toshinori Numata & Ryuichi Katsumata – Skyscrapers (arrangement of music from SimCity 2000 [PC] :: http://vgmdb.net/album/1193 )
3. John Cobbett – Man’s Fire (from The Sims 2 [PC] :: http://vgmdb.net/album/30070 )

4. Ashane, Zoast, pingosimon – Progcraft (arrangement of music from Starcraft [PC] :: http://dwellingofduels.net )
5. Krank – Jazz Castle Adventure (arrangement of music from Jazz Jackrabbit 2 [PC] :: http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02227/ )

6. Alexander Brandon – Tyrian, the level (from Tyrian [PC] :: http://alexanderbrandon.bandcamp.com/album/tyrian-original-soundtrack )
7. Alexander Brandon – Savara, the return (from Tyrian [PC] :: http://www.gog.com/gamecard/tyrian_2000 )
8. Alexander Brandon – Severn City (original work from the album Earthscape :: http://alexanderbrandon.bandcamp.com/album/earthscape )
9. Alexander Brandon – The Illuminati (from Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition [PC] :: http://vgmdb.net/album/910 )

10. Alexander Brandon – Snowstorm (original work from the album Violet Eclectic :: http://alexanderbrandon.bandcamp.com/album/violet-eclectic )
11. Alexander Brandon – Organic (from Unreal Tournament [PC] :: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_Tournament_soundtracks )
12. Alexander Brandon – Aurora (from Dust: An Elysian Tail [XBLA] :: http://hyperduck.bandcamp.com/album/dust-an-elysian-tail-original-soundtrack )
13. Funky Rustic – Resolution Part 1 (from Initium Squared [Web] :: http://www.funkyrustic.net/Initium2.html )

14. C418 – Moog City (from Minecraft [PC] :: http://c418.bandcamp.com/album/minecraft-volume-alpha )
15. Ailsean – Bulfyi In West Freeport (arrangement of music from Everquest [PC] :: http://vgmixarchive.com/ )
16. London Philharmonic Orchestra – Seasons of War (arrangement of music from World of Warcraft [PC] :: http://vgmdb.net/album/29540 )

17. Jason Graves – Just Another Day In Utopia (from City of Heroes: Going Rogue [PC] :: http://vgmdb.net/album/20218 )
18. Dummy – Stalker (arrangement of ‘Stalker’ from Duke Nukem 3D [PC] :: http://www.youtube.com/dummeh )
19. Mazedude – Silent Healer (arrangement of ‘The Healer Stalks: Map02′ from Doom II [PC] :: http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01894/ )

20. George “The Fat Man” Sanger, Team Fat – The Fastest Sport (from Papyrus’ NASCAR Racing [PC] :: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR_Racing )
21. Jug – Footsteps [The Ultimate Destruction Speedway] (from Destruction Derby 2 [PC/PS1] :: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_Derby_2 )

22. norg – Mass Exodus (medley arrangement of music from Ultima: Exodus [PC/NES] :: http://dwellingofduels.net )
23. Jonathan Coulton – Want You Gone (from Portal 2 [PC] :: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/wiki/Artificial_Heart )
24. Alexander Brandon – End of Level (from Tyrian [PC] :: http://www.alexanderbrandon.net/ )

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