[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.

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.

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.

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.