{"id":5847,"date":"2017-11-21T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/music_rare_and_iam8bit_are_releasing_battletoads_and_conkers_bad_fur_day_soundtracks_on_vinyl"},"modified":"2017-11-21T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T15:30:00","slug":"music-rare-and-iam8bit-are-releasing-battletoads-and-conkers-bad-fur-day-soundtracks-on-vinyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/21\/music-rare-and-iam8bit-are-releasing-battletoads-and-conkers-bad-fur-day-soundtracks-on-vinyl\/","title":{"rendered":"Music: Rare And iam8bit Are Releasing Battletoads And Conker&#8217;s Bad Fur Day Soundtracks On Vinyl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rare may not be under Nintendo&#8217;s wing anymore but the UK studio is responsible for some amazing 8, 16 and 64-bit titles such as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/battletoads\">Battletoads<\/a>,<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/donkey_kong_country\"><strong>Donkey Kong Country<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/banjo_kazooie\"><strong>Banjo-Kazooie<\/strong><\/a>, to name just three.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the company is teaming up with <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/store.iam8bit.com\/\">iam8bit<\/a> to produce vinyl soundtracks for three of its classic games:\u00a0<strong>Battletoads in Battlemaniacs<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/conkers_bad_fur_day\"><strong>Conker&#8217;s Bad Fur Day<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>Viva Pi\u00f1ata<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re celebrating <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MusicMonday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MusicMonday<\/a> in style by announcing three new vinyl soundtracks! Battlemaniacs, Conker and Viva Pi\u00f1ata, all in collaboration with our chums at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iam8bit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iam8bit<\/a>. See what\u2019s in store here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p6wYkMK4tP\">https:\/\/t.co\/p6wYkMK4tP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UmgZH5nVhV\">pic.twitter.com\/UmgZH5nVhV<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Rare Ltd. (@RareLtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RareLtd\/status\/932719453204295681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full PR:\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>With the holiday season barrelling inexorably towards us and home-made mince pies making regular appearances around the company, we&#8217;ve begun indulging in furtive daydreams of brightly wrapped packages with our names on them. And blow us down with a festive feather if our chums over at iam8bit haven&#8217;t provided the perfect gift idea: a whopping three new vinyl editions of classic Rare soundtracks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As with our previous iam8bit collaboration (on the sold out Battletoads, Banjo-Kazooie and Perfect Dark vinyls) it&#8217;s Rash, Zitz and Pimple leading the charge \u2013 this time with Battletoads in Battlemaniacs, a 16-bit brawl through the nefarious Gamescape featuring a soundtrack originally composed by David Wise, seeing its first ever official release 25 years later. (We think most of you should have finished level three by now.)<\/p>\n<p>Not to be outdone in the catchy-tunes-accompanying-gratuitous-violence department, Conker and the Bad Fur Day crew make some noise in a double-LP outing that chronicles the hedonistic hero&#8217;s misadventures. There&#8217;s previously unreleased music here from maestro Robin Beanland, alongside fan favourites like Rock Solid and Sloprano \u2013 well, we were hardly going to leave them out, were we? You&#8217;d be livid.<\/p>\n<p>If that all sounds a bit hectic, fret not! Soothing tunes from a papery paradise await within the double-disc Viva Pi\u00f1ata collection, the music of which is guaranteed to chill and charm you in equal measure courtesy of Grant Kirkhope and a chuffing great orchestra. Naturally, we&#8217;ve snuck some never-before-released tracks in here too, both from the original game and its sequel Trouble in Paradise.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As if that wasn&#8217;t enough, each of the albums offers you access to a digital version so you can listen on the go without having to lug your gramophone around. Tempted? Then we highly recommend a visit to iam8bit&#8217;s site to learn more \u2013 and see the accompanying range of stylish Rare character pin badges. Preorders coming soon!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Will you be placing a preorder for these? Let us know with a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rare may not be under Nintendo&#8217;s wing anymore but the UK studio is responsible for some amazing 8, 16 and 64-bit titles such as Battletoads, Donkey Kong Country and Banjo-Kazooie, to name just three. 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