Aside from having the best name ever, the live music event known asEXTRA HYPER GAME MUSIC EVENT 2008may also have the best guest/performer list ever:
This guest list is basically a list of game music gods in Japan. Hip Tanaka did everything good from Nintendo that Koji Kondo didn’t. Yuzo Koshiro is a legend, scoring everything fromStreets of Rage IItoShenmue. And don’t get me started on Yasunori Mitsuda. Just don’t.
This show kicked off last year with a live stage and a DJ stage, and will be returning for a repeat performance on October 13th at a place called Studio Coast in Japan. I’m going to try to elbow my way into this event, as well as anotherdoujin music eventtaking place the same day. Look for my coverage of both shows right after TGS next month.
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