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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Ys Online soundtrack now free download]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/30/ys-online-soundtrack-now-free-download/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/30/ys-online-soundtrack-now-free-download/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/30/ys-online-soundtrack-now-free-download/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/betas/" rel="tag">Betas</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/new-titles/" rel="tag">New titles</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/ys-online/" rel="tag">Ys Online</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ysonline.com"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" align="middle" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/09/ysonlinegrabat580.jpg" alt="" /></a></div>
If you're anything like some of us at Massively, the music in your games really adds something to the experience. While <em>Ys Online</em> may not snag the headlines here very much, it's an MMO based off of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ys_(series)">series of Japanese RPGs </a>that reaches back into the 1980s. The Ys IP has also been spun off into <a href="http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?type.web=1&amp;type.unknown=1&amp;type.tvspecial=1&amp;type.tvseries=1&amp;type.ova=1&amp;type.other=1&amp;type.musicvideo=1&amp;type.movie=1&amp;show=animelist&amp;orderby.name=0.1&amp;noalias=0&amp;do.search=search&amp;adb.search=Ys&amp;char=y">two anime series</a> produced in the late 80's and early 90s. <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/ys-online"><em>Ys Online</em></a> is still in <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/07/01/ys-online-heads-into-open-beta/">open beta in Europe</a>, but they're already making the game's soundtrack available for free download. You can preview the tracks on the <em>Ys Online</em> Europe site and download each track individually, or just grab the whole soundtrack as a zip file. <br />
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The <em>Ys Online</em> soundtrack is composed by the same people <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzo_Koshiro">behind the score</a> of the various Ys titles in the past -- <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/yuzo-koshiro">Yuzo Koshiro</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieko_Ishikawa">Mieko Ishikawa</a> and Hideya Nagata.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/30/ys-online-soundtrack-now-free-download/">Ys Online soundtrack now free download</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.ysonline.com/official_sounds>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/30/ys-online-soundtrack-now-free-download/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19178170/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/30/ys-online-soundtrack-now-free-download/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>audio</category><category>call-of-solum</category><category>composers</category><category>compositions</category><category>downloads</category><category>fantasy</category><category>free</category><category>hideya-nagata</category><category>mieko-ishikawa</category><category>music</category><category>open-beta</category><category>score</category><category>soundtrack</category><category>ys</category><category>ys-online</category><category>yuzo-koshiro</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Egan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guild Wars music to be featured in PLAY! concert series]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/12/20/guild-wars-music-featured-in-play-concert/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/12/20/guild-wars-music-featured-in-play-concert/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/12/20/guild-wars-music-featured-in-play-concert/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/guild-wars/" rel="tag">Guild Wars</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-real-world/" rel="tag">Events, real-world</a></p><center><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Soule"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2007/12/guild-wars-lions-arch-1_400x300.shkl.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br /><br />The official <em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/Guild-Wars/">Guild Wars</a></em> website and the official site for the concert series <a href="http://www.play-symphony.com/">PLAY!</a> are trumpeting the <a href="http://www.guildwars.com/events/press/releases/pressrelease-2007-12-19.php">addition of some MMO music</a> to Seattle musical performances. <a href="http://www.jeremysoule.com/">Jeremy Soule</a>'s <a href="http://gwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=GWVaultInterviews.Detail&amp;id=20">work on the <em>Guild Wars</em> campaigns</a> joins his compositions from <em>Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion</em> and <em>Prey</em> on the touring circuit. The prolific composer is <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6172544.html">probably one of the most recognizable names</a> in game music today, having won numerous awards from a number of prestigious groups. They currently only have a few stops on the schedule for the 2008 tour, but hopefully this new musical addition will make its way to a venue near you.<br /><em><br />ArenaNet has announced that music from its </em><em>Guild Wars franchise of games will be performed as part of the "PLAY! A Video Game Symphony". This world-wide symphonic tour features music from a number of top videogames, including songs from </em><em>Guild Wars. The tour kicks off in Fort Worth, Texas, on January 19, 2008 ... </em><em>Guild Wars has been praised for its rich soundtracks created by renowned video-game music composer Jeremy Soule and co-composer Julian Soule. The Soule brothers have created music for the entire </em><em>Guild Wars franchise including the original </em><em>Guild Wars, as well as the </em><em>Factions<sup> </sup> and </em><em>Nightfall<sup> </sup>campaigns. The music of </em><em>Guild Wars is also featured on CD in special edition retail packages for each campaign.</em><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/12/20/guild-wars-music-featured-in-play-concert/">Guild Wars music to be featured in PLAY! concert series</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.guildwars.com/events/press/releases/pressrelease-2007-12-19.php>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/12/20/guild-wars-music-featured-in-play-concert/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1066788/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/12/20/guild-wars-music-featured-in-play-concert/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>compositions</category><category>game-music</category><category>guild-wars</category><category>jeremy-soule</category><category>oblivion</category><category>play!</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Zenke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
