This week, NGI takes a look at Cliff Colon’s ContraBand (not to be confused with Bit Brigade), an amazingly fresh and creative jazz album arranging Konami’s classic Contra soundtrack. They also play a few highlights from the recent OCR/Bad Dudes collaboration Heroes vs. Villains, check out some great doujin works that they don’t know anything about, and celebrate Zelda’s 25th with a huge 20-minute medley from Link to the Past by the one and only CarboHydroM. Check it out!
ContraBand album review:
Kyle’s rating: 5 out of 5
Larry’s rating: 4.5 out of 5
==PLAYLIST==
1. Jonathan Underdown – 5OUL ON D!SPLAY (from Gran Turismo 5 Original Game Soundtrack [PS3] :: http://vgmdb.net/album/21975)
2. Germania Monte Mario – Happy Birthday, Mustaches (arrangement of ‘Overworld Theme’ from Super Mario Bros. [NES] :: http://www.germonte.com/)
3. disasterPEACE – Atebite’s Descent: Full on Frolicking (Original track :: http://www.iimusic.net/catalog/2006/10/atebite-and-the-warring-nations)
4. moAbi – Pain the Universe (arrangement from Legend of Mana [PS1] :: http://opus-xero.com/)
5. audio fidelity feat. Eric Griffin, Derek Meler, Marcus Affeldt – Pirate Shout (arrangement of ‘A Pirate I Was Meant to Be’ & ‘Opening Theme’ from Adventures of Monkey Island [PC] :: http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02179/)
6. X-formZ – Deflektor (arrangement from Deflektor [C64] :: http://x-formz.com/)
7. KINOSSA – Light and heaviness (arrangement of ‘Hardman Stage’ from Mega Man 3 [NES] :: http://vgmdb.net/album/14845)
8. Cliff Colon’s ContraBand – Intro ~ Jungle (arrangement from Contra [NES])
9. Cliff Colon’s ContraBand – Energy Zone (arrangement from Contra [NES] :: http://www.contrabandjazz.com)
10. Hally, Utabi – Silver Surfer (from Silver Surfer [NES])
11. bLiNd – Go Ninja, Go (arrangement of ‘Title’ from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [NES] :: http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02177/)
12. Azell – Corneria (arrangment of ‘Corneria’ from StarFox [SNES] :: http://www.ep-melody.com/)
13. FamicomBit – Kick Master (arrangement of Kick Master [NES] :: http://www.dwellingofduels.net/)
14. halc – Peacemaker (arrangement of ‘Theme of TIKAL’ from Sonic Adventure [DC] :: http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02187/)
15. ilp0, Helinä – Snake Eater (Nocturnal Remix) (arrangement of ‘Snake Eater’ from Metal Gear Solid 3 [PS2] :: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/isniemin/Musiikki/)
16. Doctor Octoroc – Cheers (from After These Messages :: http://www.doctoroctoroc.com/)
17. CarboHydroM – Unsealed (medley arrangement of Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past [SNES] :: http://www.carbohydrom.net)
