[via: ANN]

The producers of the live-action film adaptation of Harold Sakuishi’s Beck rock-and-roll manga announced at a Tuesday event in Tokyo that the American band Red Hot Chili Peppers and the British band Oasis will contribute the two theme songs of the film. Red Hot Chili Peppers will provide the opening theme song “Around the World,” while Oasis will provide the ending theme song “Don’t Look Back in Anger.”

Around the World [youtube]
Don’t Look Back in Anger [youtube]

Hells yes.

Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem is a Daft Punk Anime-Musical produced by Toei. It was released in `03 and contains music from the Discovery album. I saw this movie when it came out and I’ve watched it a few times since then, too. The music is great. The supervision is great. All-in-all its a really fun and enjoyable movie. If you like Daft Punk’s music — then without a doubt you’ll like Interstella 5555 as well.

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Direct rip. ID3 Tags and Album artwork added. Find it on mediafire here. Drop a comment if link breaks. Found it via google search. “Yeaaaahhh Boiiiiii~”, “Turn it Up~” etc.

DJ Tiesto’s new album Kaleidoscope came out October 9th. Featuring singles “I Will Be Here” and “Escape Me“. You can pick up the album on Amazon for a smooth $10 — or you can always purchase it via iTunes. Don’t steal it though children. It’s bad for everyone (especially Jesus). Remember, Karma is a bitch.
Anyway, the Album is pretty solid for a Techno/Electronica album and it’s what I would consider to be Tiesto’s best work. All the songs carry a soft-core techno beat with a dozen-or-so guest singers and performers. Tiesto is touring America currently, so if you like his work — go see a show. You can get tickets here. He’ll be in Nashville October 27th @ Limelight.

John Darnielle is the lead Goat of the Mountain Goats. I was super pumped for last Tuesday’s Colbert Report. Why? Cuz’ John was on it — stupid! I’ve been a fan of tMG for a few years and I’ve always enjoyed John’s superior lyrical talent and his sharp humor. John is coming to Nashville with the band on November 20th and he’ll be playing at the Mercy Lounge. Get tickets here. If you show — look for me. I’ll be the fan boy screaming loudly. Very loudly.

Great move. Great song. I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

It’s E3 time and Final Fantasy XIII is on my mind. It’s not exactly new news that Nobou Uematsu isn’t going to be the lead composer on the Final Fantasy XIII project (although he is helping), but don’t fret. Masashi Hamauzu is taking the lead composer roll and, if FF XIII sounds anything like his past works, we should all be in for a treat. Here’s a link to the FF XIII Battle Theme. This composition starts very Nobuo-ish (spoiler: it was probably composed by Nobuo), but then turns into an epic Masashi piece after the intro. Nobuo’s take on Final Fantasy music lately has been pretty edgy. He likes to use power chords and harmonics in his music to express intense moments (Its like where the Indians live, in tents). Masashi’s take is more refined. A lot of Final Fantasy XIII will be composed with a live orchestra (for reference, Masashi was lead composer for Saga Frontier 2 — here’s an example). I imagine Nobuo as the eccentric type of composer who writes Final Fantasy music while taking PCP and listening to Emerson, Lake & Palmer. But maybe my basis is misleading since it’s similar to how I describe myself.