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Today's track is the Main Theme from Colin McRae Rally 3
Hey guys! This song is available for download! Read the article to find out where and how!
The Colin McRae Rally games are a long running series way back from the PSX era, currently the series is known the DiRT series (Though in PAL regions, it still has Colin McRae's name on the title). There were five CMR games in total and two DiRT games (with a third one in development) and all of them pretty good. The CMR series offer a really good rally simulation with an arcade feel. Probably my favorite racing games ever, but I'm not here to talk about the games, I'm here to talk about the music.
The CMR series is not notorious for its music, but one track really stands out and it is the Main Theme for CMR3. It is pretty similar to The Chemical Brothers' "Star Guitar", which many have even confused with (even yours truly). It's a really good song though, it starts slow and then the beats start to pick up the song, like a trance-styled song. Probably one of the few songs I let play while the attract video plays, considering that the video is pretty well synched with the song itself.
Also, as a random note, the song doesn't have a real title, it is just the "main theme" (the makers of the song, Octagon Music, told me so via email a long time ago when I contacted them). Curious, huh?
If you want to download this song and hear other songs from the series, go to www.octagonmusic.com/games
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Kinect Discussion, Gran Turismo 5 delays, PSN Original TV Shows, Apple augmented reality patent, Updated Xbox Piracy Measures, Capcom Classic iOS Arcade, Marvel vs Capcom art book and MORE on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice- Orange Lounge Radio!
Kinect seems to be on the minds of our hosts in studio, as there was plenty of time for us to try out the new system with us having last week off. We compare the two Dance Games, the big Dance title, and the smaller title hardly anyone seems to be talking about- Dance Masters. You might be surprised at what our hosts find to be the pros and cons of each game.
The whole show isn't about Kinect though, as we get into some other top news stories including news about Playstation Networks "dream" of being the next HBO, and a new iPhone arcade app from Capcom that includes limited free retro gaming goodness. Indie games are moved on XBOX Live which has some people ticked off, and Bejeweled 3 has a release date.
As this is the show where EVERY gamer has a voice, we get into some phone calls that include a report from the Nintendo World Store re-launch in New York City, and a memorial for a video game youtube channel so over the top you would think the guy actually died. All this and MORE including twitter topics, emails and chatroom antics, all on another episode of Orange Lounge Radio!
Apologies for the Rocky Horror joke (just youtube it) but I did spend most of my halloween watching it on tv... (and one song does make reference to Transylvania, so there. :P)
Technically this one's late for Halloween (which was Sunday), but I figured since FOX can get away with showing Treehouse of Horror a week late, I think I should get a pass, too. Anyway the series I picked for this installment is Konami's long-running series about the Belmont's war against the evil Lord Dracula, Castlevania! So grab your whip, and hit the jump below to travel to Transylvania!
And what better way to celebrate such a holiday with no other than Castlevania.
Today's track is Simon Belmont's theme from Super Castlevania IV
Please note due to copyright issues I can not make this song available for you to download directly
I probably can't say more about Castlevania than you might already know about now, but I can say that it's probably one of the most acclaimed series in video game history. There are lots of games that revolve around the Castlevania canon and many different game styles too, though something that has always been a staple in the series is the music. Castlevania has many songs that are iconic to the series like Vampire Killer or Bloody Tears, but one of my favorites, if not the best, is Simon's theme. It really captures the Castlevania atmosphere as a whole but also gives a pretty strong theme to the main character of the game, Simon Belmont.
Be also sure to check out the page this coming week for a new entry on Retro Rearview featuring Castlevania, it's going to be pretty good.
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