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January 2017
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Cue of the Week: “The Ghostly Kitchen”

This week’s selection is the next cue from Gree/Vitei’s arcade shooter, “Ghost Attackers VR”, recently launched at VR Park Tokyo.

The second level of the game is a cluttered kitchen, worlds apart from the grandiose foyer or ballroom levels. Correspondingly, I thinned out the ensemble to feature solo instruments like violin and accordion, and gave the music a bit of an Eastern European folk flavor.

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January 2017
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Ghost Attackers VR launches in Tokyo

I had tremendous fun last month scoring my first VR game. Ghost Attackers VR (Vitei/GREE) is an arcade installation game that’s part of the brand new VR Park Tokyo in Tokyo’s Shibuya district.

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The game is a two-person collaborative experience, where the primary player (a.k.a. the one with the gun) wears the VR helmet and blasts away attacking ghosts in a haunted mansion environment. A secondary player participates with a tablet, and is responsible for controlling the flashlight.

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Keeping with the game’s larger-than-life visuals, I gave the game a colorful and often-frenzied orchestral score, sometimes feeling like a mad scherzo, other times like a twisted Eastern European folk tune, and yet others like a dark gothic minuet. Here’s a quick excerpt for you.

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January 2017
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Cue of the Week: “The Ghostly Foyer”

This cue from Gree/Vitei’s “Ghost Attackers VR” (currently thrilling arcade-goers in Tokyo) accompanies the first level of the game. A first-level cue can effectively define a game score, since it’s the music players are likely to hear most frequently. In this case, the music reflects the madcap pacing of the arcade experience, and the zany-yet-spooky quality of the visuals.

The music is © GREE, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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December 2016
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Cue of the Week: “The Ghostly Ballroom”

I recently had great fun scoring a ghost-shooting game by Vitei that launched with the new VR Park Tokyo. This week’s cue comes from the game’s ballroom level, wherein the majesty of formal dance is combined with laser fire and ghost carnage.

(And if you’re wondering just how much fun you’re missing by not being in Tokyo, check out this video.)

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