The 6th album of orchestral video game music from the award winning 16 year world touring video game concert... Video Games Live!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Video Games Live: LEVEL 6 .mp3 version sending TODAY!!
over 5 years ago
– Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 01:55:15 AM
Hi Everyone!,
IT'S HERE AND ON THE WAY!!!!!
As promised, today you will all be receiving (before anyone else on the planet!) the Video Games Live: LEVEL 6 album!!! You will only be receiving the .mp3 version today... all of the other versions and Rewards are being worked on and we are looking to release all of the digital materials by the end of October or beginning of November. As digital rewards are uploaded, I will be sending Updates.
Today you will get an e-mail from Humble Bundle giving you your exclusive download code for the .mp3 version of the album. ONLY the original backers of the LEVEL 6 Kickstarter project are receiving this album today! NO ONE ELSE!!! The album isn't scheduled to be released for another few weeks! I am so excited for everyone to hear this!!
PLEASE do not share these files or put them anywhere online. I need your trust and honesty. As a lot of folks are aware, we actually lose money when we create these albums. Our only chance to continue doing this is to sell this to the public through iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, etc. If you illegally post our music... it damages us and the project GREATLY! Please be aware that we've all worked so hard to create this and you have been an incredible part of helping to make it happen. So please don't illegally post any of this music on the internet and destroy our only chance to continue creating music for the world. Thank-you!
Here is the final album cover for LEVEL 6...
We are also JUST finishing up the Donkey Kong Country Piano album! We're calling it Donkey Kong County: Piano + Player 2. The reason being is that we invited a lot of other solo musicians to record with the piano including original DKC composer David Wise! Can't wait for you to hear it! Check out the album cover for this one!
And finally... you will be receiving your SURVEYS on Monday. They will come from BackerKit. You will be able to purchase additional physical & digital ADD-ON's as part of the survey.
Please let me know what your favorite songs are on the album!!
Will be in touch again soon!
Tommy Tallarico
Album finished! Full Setlist Revealed! Album Cover done! 1st teaser listen!
over 5 years ago
– Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 02:24:57 AM
Hey Everyone!,
The album mixing & mastering is COMPLETE! Here's a pic of me & Grammy award winning mastering engineer Patricia Sullivan from last week. Patricia has mastered all of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones music for decades! (as well as many other orchestral albums & soundtracks).
Patricia Sullivan & Tommy Tallarico mastering Video Games Live: LEVEL 6 at Bernie Grundman's.
I also wanted to share with you the FINAL setlist! We actually ended up adding 2 more songs!! I worked with film/tv/video game composer Craig Garfinkle (also our Score Recording Producer and conductor Eimear Noone's husband!) to bring to life a special Baldur's Gate arrangement! He was the composer of the game and we had a little extra time while recording and were able to fit it in at barely any cost to the project (because of all the arranging, orchestrating and mixing he provided for free!). So thank you to Craig for getting this incredible never before heard special Baldur's Gate Suite on LEVEL 6! AND.... there is also a very special HIDDEN track on the album as well! I'm not going to say what it is... but I know that some of you will find it absolutely HILARIOUS when you hear it as it's been requested for many many years. ;) Special thanks to the #Poutination guys for making it happen.
Here's the final setlist!
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Trailer
Pokemon – “Gotta Catch ‘Em All!”
Final Fantasy X – “To Zanarkand”
Metal Gear Solid
Undertale – “Once Upon A Meglovania”
The Last of Us – “All Gone (No Escape)”
Earthbound (Mother) Montage
Destiny – “Union”
Tomb Raider Suite
Nier: Automata – “A Beautiful Song”
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II Suite
Classic Arcade Medley PLUS!!! A special hidden secret track!! ;)
Are you ready to check out the LEVEL 6 album cover designed by the legendary Josh Dunlop?? Here it is!
Video Games Live: LEVEL 6 album art by Joshua Dunlop
But wait! There's MORE! :)
I put together a 10 minute teaser for everyone! Please SHARE this on social media. Hope you're ready! Please let me know in the comments which song you like the most so far. Here ya go...
Thanks for listening. I'm now gathering all of the footage and interviews for the documentary and I'm also starting to put together all of the credits and final graphics/artwork for the album liner notes. Phew!
As always, thank-you for your trust and support!
Tommy Tallarico
At Skywalker Ranch editing/mixing! Zelda track revealed!!!
over 5 years ago
– Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:52:46 AM
Hi Everyone!,
Sorry I haven't been doing more updates during the recording process. I've been literally working 20 hours a day on the album (along with a team of others!). Been preparing and recording like CRAZY!! I got to Skywalker Ranch on Sunday and started the editing process early Monday morning. Everything is going great and we start mixing on Sunday.
Some of these tracks have almost 300 musicians on them!! Nier in particular has 15 percussion tracks alone!! The editing process is INTENSE as we try to line up every note together! Imagine!! There are literally HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS if not MILLIONS of individual notes being played on this album. But I can honestly say that this is my favorite one so far. I can't wait for everyone to hear it!
And speaking of that... I haven't told ANYONE yet about which Zelda: Breath of the Wild track will be on the album. UNTIL NOW!!
Keep in mind... this is NOT mixed at all!! This is just the pure sources coming out of the mixing console. This is how we edit and synchronize everything before we start mixing.
Recording Session in Prague has started! Join us LIVE tomorrow!
almost 6 years ago
– Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 11:37:19 PM
Hi Everyone!,
Arrived in Prague yesterday and we started recording the orchestra today!
Tomorrow we will be doing a live stream of the recording session! We'll be doing just strings & woodwinds. I record all of the brass, percussion, piano, choir, soloists, etc. separately. Gives me a lot more flexibility when we're mixing the music.
Here are the different local times for the stream depending on where you are located...
Thursday, July 26 @ 8am US Pacific Thursday, July 26 @ 11am US Eastern Thursday, July 26 @ 4pm UK GMT Thursday, July 26 @ 5pm Prague
Here's a pic in the control room of me and our biggest backers (Josh & Ravi from Poutination) who came out to Prague to join us in the fun! These are the guys who MATCHED all of the final days pledges and allowed us to add that 11th tune! Tomorrow our $10K backer David Moore will be joining us as well!
Hope you'll be able to join us tomorrow. If not... we'll be posting the stream on the LEVEL 6 Kickstarter page so you'll be able to see/hear it whenever you'd like.
