Today’s episode on the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO network is the long-awaited second episode of our NEW orchestral video game show, THE 1UPBEAT with Eric Silver. We have a massive backlog of shows (it’s all Erik’s fault) and we are going to release them as fast as humanly possible starting with this episode.
This particular show was meant to go up in December of 2018, unfortunately, it was relegated to the back burner where it has stayed for the past few months (you are such a slacker, Erik).
Better late than never (that doesn’t help at all, Erik) here is Eric Silver’s celebration of video game music released in 1988 featuring live recordings of some of the very best music from the video game world that year featuring SUPER MARIO BROS. 3 (Kondo), MEGA MAN 2 (Tateishi), FINAL FANTASY 2 (Uematsu) and much more.
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Eric Silver was eight years old when he first discovered the joy of movie scores. Like many, John Williams’s STAR WARS scores inspired a passion and determination to learn music. He worked hard to learn the trumpet by first playing along to these scores, determined to master the memorable melodies by Williams and his contemporaries.
As Eric got older, popular movie scores started to take a less prominent and melodic approach, and video games were incorporating more live orchestrations. The melodies of FINAL FANTASY IV and others mimicked those sweeping movie scores of a now-bygone era. His focus had shifted away from movies as orchestration became the new standard in games. Suddenly, the memorable melodies and emotional magic of game music became his motivation to share it with as many people as possible.
Today, as an ex-future music educator, Eric has conducted and arranged for game music concerts and written some of his own music for video games. The tradition of sharing a passion for this music continues with the premiere of The 1UpBeat, which explores some of the best orchestral game music from thirty years ago to today.
