It's not every morning that you wake up to an email from the legendary Tommy Tallarico. It's even rarer when he's trying to offer your readers an insane prize pack worth over $1,500, but that's exactly what happened today!
Albums, videos, scores, posters- Mr. Tallarico is offering us a frankly absurd amount of digital content to promote his latest project, Video Games Live LEVEL FOUR, which has just successfully met its Kickstarter goal. One big reason the Kickstarter was able to reach its goal so easily is because they're offering donors rewards worth four times what they pledge, all sorts of incredible video game music and goodies. If you haven't backed it yet, you're going to miss out- the Kickstarter ends on Friday.
The fourth album from the incredibly successful live music tour will be released on February 18, 2015. It will contain new symphonic arrangements from a staggering list of games, inlcuding Donkey Kong Country, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Final Fantasy VI, Metal Gear Solid 3, World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, League of Legends, Earthworm Jim, BioShock, Uncharted, Assassin's Creed, Resident Evil, Cave Story, and much, much more, including a seperate Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross piano arrangement album.
"The music industry has changed a lot over the past 13 years since we started Video Games Live, and no record company was willing to take a chance on risking the money needed to create the project to the high quality and standards that it needed to be," said Tallarico. "The traditional record companies didn't believe in the concept and they thought we were crazy... but the outpouring of fan support from around the world was incredible and inspirational. We proved to the world that people DO care about video game music and we believe that lightning can strike twice."
They have already proved it but can still use your support for this project! Enter the contest and you'll also help them out.
HOW TO ENTER
Entering our contest is simple- you just need to share the word. Write a Twitter or Facebook post including the following link to the Video Games Live LEVEL FOUR Kickstarter- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1916334303/video-games-live-level-4-lets-do-it-again
Then comment on the page below with a link to your post, and you'll be entered into a random drawing to receive the download code.
WHAT YOU'LL WIN
Take a deep breath and dive in- one lucky winner will receive all of the below via a digital download code.
VIDEO GAMES LIVE: BONUS ROUND
(digital album)
NOT SOLD IN STORES OR ONLINE! ONLY AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY FOR A LIMITED TIME THROUGH THIS PROJECT!
This 25 song Special Edition Collectors album was created for the Kickstarter campaign as a bonus gift for anyone who pledged $5 or more. It includes music from VGL creator and game composer Tommy Tallarico, VGL conductor (and Grammy Award winner) Christopher Tin (Civilization IV), VGL guest conductor (and Grammy nominated) Austin Wintory (Journey), VGL guest conductor Eimear Noone, Balder's Gate II composer Craig Garfinkle, VGL performer Frank Klepacki (Command & Conquer), VGL vocalist Jillian Aversa (Halo, God of War), Andrew "zircon" Aversa (Soul Calibur V, Street Fighter II HD), YouTube vocal sensation Peter Hollens, VGL performer and internet sensation Viking Jesus, a special OCRemix FF VI "Terra's Theme" from Zelda Symphony Music Director Chad Seiter AND MORE!
VIDEO GAMES LIVE: LEVEL 3
(digital album)
This is the reason we started the Kickstarter campaign in the first place! Video Games Live: Level 3 is the 3rd album of symphonic & rock video game music from the award winning 10 year+ world touring Video Games Live concert series. The album was recorded with a 72+ piece orchestra, 80+ person choir and full rock band consisting of world famous game composers from around the world. Each music segment in Video Games Live is personally arranged and orchestrated by the original composers and also uses input from the actual game designers & producers and game developers & publishers.
The album track list consist of NEVER BEFORE RELEASED Video Games Live music arrangements from game franchises including Shadow of the Colossus, Skyrim, Journey, Zelda, Pokemon, Monkey Island, Final Fantasy, Chrono Cross, Dota 2, Silent Hill, World of Warcraft, Beyond Good & Evil, Street Fighter II, Portal, Tetris AND MORE! (final setlist to be contingent on game publisher approval).
Earthworm Jim Original Artwork
(digital)
This is a digital copy of original artwork of Earthworm Jim playing a guitar created exclusively for Tommy Tallarico (composer of Earthworm Jim) from Earthworm Jim creator Doug TenNaple.
VIDEO GAMES LIVE: VOLUME ONE
(Special Extended Collectors Edition - digital album)
This was a studio recorded album but the Special Extended Collectors Edition includes studio & live performances never before released including Castlevania, Halo, Mass Effect, Myst III, Earthworm Jim, Advent Rising AND MORE!
VIDEO GAMES LIVE: LEVEL 2
(Special Extended Collectors Edition - digital album)
This was our live album that went along with our PBS Special and DVD/Blu-Ray. The Special Extended Collectors Edition includes additional live performances never before released including Kingdom Hearts, Warcraft, Tron AND MORE!
JOURNEY PIANO ARRANGEMENT ALBUM
(digital album)
This album produced by Journey composer Austin Wintory is being made specifically for this project based on the Grammy nominated Journey soundtrack
TRON LIGHT CYCLE BLUEPRINT
(digital)
This is a digital copy of the Video Games Live Tron Light Cycle blueprint used to make the life-sized Tron Light Cycle that appears in the show.
VIDEO GAMES LIVE: LEVEL 2 CONCERT VIDEO
(digital copy)
This is a digital copy of our award-winning DVD/Blu-Ray filmed as part of our PBS Special.
EARTHWORM JIM ANTHOLOGY
(digital album)
Includes 28 digitally recorded and re-mastered songs with live instruments and uniquely arranged remixes.
NOT SOLD IN STORES! ONLY AVAILABLE HERE THROUGH THIS OFFER!
TOMMY TALLARICO: GREATEST HITS VOLUME II
(digital album)
Contains 29 digitally recorded songs from 12 games including Earthworm Jim 1 & 2, Treasures of the Deep, Spot Goes to Hollywood, Madden Football, Skeleton Warriors AND MORE! NOT SOLD IN STORES OR ONLINE! ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS OFFER!
CLASSIC ARCADE MEDLEY CONDUCTORS SCORE
(digital - .pdf format)
A digital copy of the conductors score used for the Video Games Live Classic Arcade Medley segment containing over 25 Classic Arcade Games in chronological order.
BIOSHOCK PIANO SHEET MUSIC
(digital - .pdf format)
This is a digital copy of the piano sheet music used in Video Games Live from the fan favorite mega-hit “Cohen’s Masterpiece” by Garry Schyman, also known as "Scherzo No. 7 - Andante con Fuoco" from the game BioShock.
VIDEO GAMES LIVE BLIZZARD CHINA POSTER
(digital)
A beautiful hi-res digital poster from our 2013 Blizzard shows in China.
VIDEO GAMES LIVE 2008 TAIWAN POSTER
digital)
A beautiful hand drawn digital art poster from our 2008 tour in Taiwan.
MDK SOUNDTRACK
(digital album)
An exclusive and rare, out-of-print digital download of the MDK Soundtrack album
NEVER BEFORE RELEASED IN DIGITAL FORM! NOT SOLD IN STORES! ONLY AVAILABLE HERE THROUGH THIS OFFER!
TOMMY TALLARICO: VIRGIN GAMES GREATEST HITS VOLUME ONE
(digital album)
Released in 1994, this was the very first video game album to ever be released worldwide and on a major record label (Capitol Records). Contains digitally recorded music from The Terminator - Sega CD, Global Gladiators, Cool Spot, RoboCop vs. The Terminator AND MORE! OUT OF PRINT! NOT SOLD IN STORES OR ONLINE! ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS OFFER!
CHRONO TRIGGER & CHRONO CROSS CONDUCTORS SCORE
digital - .pdf format)
A digital copy of the conductors score used for the Video Games Live Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross medley.
FRANK KLEPACKI - CONQUERING 20 YEARS
(digital album)
Featuring 15 brand new tracks composed in the varied styles of Frank's past game soundtracks. While Frank has largely been synonymous with his "Rocktronic" style since composing the themes of the popular Command & Conquer series, This 7th solo offering contains quite a bit more variety, featuring the styles of 8-bit, 16-bit, ragtime, classical, electronica, metal, and symphonic rock just to name a few.
VIDEO GAMES LIVE WORLD TOUR POSTER
(digital)
A beautiful hi-res digital poster from our 2012/2013 WORLD TOUR.
7 VIDEO GAMES LIVE CONDUCTORS SCORES
(digital - .pdf format)
Digital conductors scores from the following Video Games Live segments: Kingdom Hearts, Earthworm Jim, Advent Rising, Halo Trilogy, World of Warcraft (Montage), Command & Conquer (Hell's March) & End of Nations.
That's more music than you'll likely know what to do with. Good luck, and don't forget that Tommy Tallarico and Video Games Live is currently on tour!
