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Not every ‘Box boasts a bevy of bucolic ballads from all different types of games. In addition to some charmingly simple tunes, this edition features songs in no less than three languages. You know you don’t want to miss the most famous Swahili composition in all of gaming history!
In this week’s community submissions, Brian Shirk weighs in with a contribution from a certain well-known “Game of the Year” challenger. Jasmine Maleficent Rea gives another strong showing with a tune from a game that may be the uncontested winner of “Perturbation of the Year.” And make sure to check out Evan Killham’s submission — also from ’09 — which may take home “Best Joke Song of the Year.”
If you’re new to the Jukebox, hit the jump to find out more about how to submit a song.
I’ve got two ways to get your toes tappin’:
Method 1: Pick and Choose
My Selections
3) Donkey Kong Country — Aquatic Ambiance
4) Wild Arms — Lone Bird in the Shire
5) Final Fantasy 6 — Shadow’s Theme
7) The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy — Low in the Trees Theme*
8) Psychonauts — Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp
9) Suikoden 3 — Mysterious People
10) Breath of Fire 2 — Fly Pudding
Community Selections
11) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves — Main Theme suggested by Brian Shirk
12) Canabalt — Main Theme* suggested by Alex R. Cronk-Young
13) Brütal Legend — Girlfriend suggested by Evan Killham
14) Silent Hill: Shattered Memories — Acceptance suggested by Jasmine Maleficent Rea
15) LittleBigPlanet — Volver a Comenzar (by Cafè Tacuba) suggested by Stephano Nevarez (++good)
Method 2: Let It Ride
(Click here to listen in a separate window.)
For all you newcomers, here’s how it works. There are few simple rules/guidelines for submitting songs:
1) Every week I will post 15 well-known — and not-so-well-known — songs.
2) For each post, I will choose as many as 14 community suggestions to put toward the 15. I will make up any shortfall.
3) Songs from music games with original music and licensed songs from game soundtracks like Grand Theft Auto are OK. Submissions from games like Guitar Hero or Rock Band will not be accepted. Otherwise, this post may turn into a competition between people’s favorite bands.
4) Each week, I will select one song as the Double-Plus Good Pick of the Week. The winner will receive exactly nothing save that their song will be featured last and will have a “++good” marker next to it.
5) Only one submission response per person, per week.
I will always try to find the official name of any song I use — whether it comes from myself or the community. If I am unable to verify a song’s title, I will mark it with an asterisk (*).
Finally, if you’d like to win the Double-Plus Good Song of the Week, try to think of an obscure song or a song you think I have overlooked in previous posts.
P.S. Big thanks to Evan Killham! Evan went to the trouble of creating an archive of every song ever posted in the Jukebox. I’m working on a good way of incorporating his archivist effort into the current layout of the Jukebox. Look for it next week. For now, you can check it out here.