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Drakken May 15, 2007 11:57 PM
Konami music coming to iTunes & other online digital distributors
 
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?op...=5638&Itemid=2

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Originally Posted by Next Gen
Konami and Sony BMG Music Entertainment have inked a deal that will bring Konami’s library of music to major online music retailers such as iTunes and Rhapsody.

It will be the first time that original songs from Konami games will be available through digital distribution.

Music will be featured from game franchises including Contra, Castlevania, Silent Hill, Dance Dance Revolution, Elebits and Gradius.

The library of songs goes back 25 years.

Konami said in a statement that the music would also be available to through major mobile carriers and Konami’s official website.

In 2005, Electronic Arts signed a similar deal with Nettwerk Music Group that brought music from recognizable EA franchises to major online music retailers.
Always nice to see this kind of stuff happen. I use Rhapsody, and it's nice to see a lot of the EA soundtracks on there (including all the Sims ones that most people don't have). Hopefully more companies will begin doing this.

THE POWER OF WATER May 16, 2007 12:32 AM
Now, I wonder if they're just going to put up old albums for download like Akumajou Dracula Best, or if these are actually going to be new compilations. Probably the former, but I don't think Contra ever made its way onto a CD by itself unlike everything else.

guyinrubbersuit May 16, 2007 12:41 AM
That's some pretty awesome news. I'm glad that video game companies are doing this. It started with Square Enix, EA and even the Mother 3 soundtrack is on iTunes. That is pretty damn sweet and I support that 100%. Still would prefer hard copies however.

Drakken May 16, 2007 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by CHz (Post 434410)
Now, I wonder if they're just going to put up old albums for download like Akumajou Dracula Best, or if these are actually going to be new compilations. Probably the former, but I don't think Contra ever made its way onto a CD by itself unlike everything else.
Yeah, the coolest part about this would be them potentially releasing music from games that haven't had official soundtrack releases.

CelticWhisper May 16, 2007 11:09 AM
This is fantastic news.

I've been a Mac fan for about 7 years but have had nothing to do with the iTMS due to their relative lack of non-mainstream stuff (and absolute lack of VGM), and the DRM infections on their files.

If these tracks are indeed released, and most importantly without DRM, it may finally be what pushes me over the edge to iTMS adoption.

Not only that, it would lend a HUGE amount of credibility to VGM and do wonders to reduce the niche status it currently holds. You don't get much more "hip" than iTMS nowadays, at least where music is concerned.

Great news indeed.

orion_mk3 May 16, 2007 11:37 AM
Good news; iTunes' game music has been growing by leaps and bounds lately. I can remember when they didn't have a thing; now they've got major Squeenix tunes, some US releases, and even more in the future.

If we were film music fans, we'd probably all be whining about how digital distribution is worse than being unreleased. But years of ripping and total neglect of the genre have hardened us :)

EDIT: Holy cow, Mother 3 is actually on US iTunes! 2 versions, no less! That's both incredibly cool and incredibly stupid.

Summonmaster May 16, 2007 11:57 AM
It's great, although at first impression I had low expectations, thinking this might be a Jpn only thing. I just hope that after they try this they don't decide that the effort is less than the reward and they decide to stop doing this. Hopefully our niche of VGM lovers nationwide is enough to make a decent amount for their revenues and make them decide it is indeed worth their time to cater to us.

THE POWER OF WATER May 17, 2007 12:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Summonmaster (Post 434596)
It's great, although at first impression I had low expectations, thinking this might be a Jpn only thing.
Yeah, this is something that I just thought of. I wonder how much of this new stuff Konami is actually going to be released in the U.S. iTMS?

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Originally Posted by orion_mk3 (Post 434588)
EDIT: Holy cow, Mother 3 is actually on US iTunes! 2 versions, no less! That's both incredibly cool and incredibly stupid.
MOTHER3+ and MOTHER3i, right? They're both different arrange albums. Gotta catch 'em all!

The iTunes release of MOTHER3+ has a bonus track not on the physical CD. :o

russ May 17, 2007 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by CelticWhisper (Post 434573)
If these tracks are indeed released, and most importantly without DRM, it may finally be what pushes me over the edge to iTMS adoption.
When did itunes music store start releasing music that wasn't DRMed?

Of course, Amazon.com is getting ready to unveil their own digital music store soon, which will feature DRM-free mp3 files. So maybe Konami and other game developers will be releasing their songs to Amazon's music service, so you can get your fix without worry about DRMed .aac or .wmv flies.

Guru May 17, 2007 01:15 PM
If it were up to Steve Jobs, iTMS wouldn't have DRM. He's a vocal opponent of the format -- but major labels refuse to sell their music through iTunes if there isn't some form of DRM.

I don't know how Amazon is going to get away from it, but if they figure out a way to do it and still manage to have support from every studio, I can't imagine iTMS will be far behind in getting rid of their DRM.

Chaotic May 17, 2007 01:20 PM
But up a couple of DDR Albums and then we're talking. :|

CelticWhisper May 17, 2007 03:39 PM
Now they need Shadow of the Colossus, the Xeno series, all the recent SMT/Persona soundtracks, and everything Eric Brosius has ever done.

What could also be awesome is if, when you buy a new game, it includes promotion codes for free iTunes/Amazon/eMusic downloads of the game's soundtrack. Hell, even 50% off would be sweet. I dislike the concept of "unreleased bonus tracks" mostly as a side effect of my love for a complete, comprehensive, official OST but maybe arranged versions of tracks or something to that effect would be cool too.

You know, similar to what they did with God of War, but without requiring shitty Sony proprietary software (that also happens to be Windows-only).

Music4Games May 21, 2007 04:18 PM
Ubisoft today announced plans for digitally released game soundtracks:
http://www.music4games.net/News_Display.aspx?id=603

guyinrubbersuit May 21, 2007 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by CelticWhisper (Post 434573)
This is fantastic news.

I've been a Mac fan for about 7 years but have had nothing to do with the iTMS due to their relative lack of non-mainstream stuff (and absolute lack of VGM), and the DRM infections on their files.

If these tracks are indeed released, and most importantly without DRM, it may finally be what pushes me over the edge to iTMS adoption.

Not only that, it would lend a HUGE amount of credibility to VGM and do wonders to reduce the niche status it currently holds. You don't get much more "hip" than iTMS nowadays, at least where music is concerned.

Great news indeed.

You could always burn them to a disc and rip the disc allowing for DRM free MP3s.


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