More “Army” music from Iraq

Well my brother has made some more songs during his deployment in Iraq and so I’m going to give him another shout out to the lack of audience I have. By far the best song he has made so far is “I’m an Aide.” Really the only thing that could make it better is if it was expanded a bit as a song. Still though amazing lyrics, decent tune probably a bit derivative but I don’t know the acoustic guitar that well, but the video really makes this song. he recycles a few of his pictures from his aide power point joke slides but he has some really awesome ones towards the end with all the different bands, a real treat. Anyway, awesome song, awesome video… it deserves more attention even if only because it was made by a US soldier.

Video Game Music

Music, for me, is one of the most important aspects of a video game. When used correctly it can provide atmosphere, ambiance, or character to a game. Music in general, especially epic or moody pieces, I enjoy so I thought I would make a list of my top 10 favorite video game songs. The music had to be, to my knowledge, original for that video game, or video game series. Also to prevent this from being a list of mostly Legend of Zelda music (haha) I limited myself to one song per franchise but you might find me talking about other songs in each songs description. So without further explanation, my favorite video game songs:

10. Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal- main theme

The expansion to the best RPG of all time’s main menu music is incredibly epic. It might have been because of having to spend hours in the character creation screen with this music playing but I can no longer associate Baldur’s Gate II with much else other than this and the original’s main menu music. The original’s doesn’t quite match this in epicness and awesomeness but is no less catchy and so this wins out between the two.

9. Portal- Still Alive

The first time I beat Portal was 3 hours after it came out. And then this song played. I could not stop laughing. A lot more funny and a lot less creepy than HAL 9000’s “Daisy Bell.”