If some of the steampunks in this Savant – Kali 47 look familiar it is because they’re from the League of S.T.E.A.M. Less familiar is the story. This is supernatural meets Steampunk meets a good ol’ cowboy story. In this case; a story that’s available in 4K should want to burn bandwidth. Warning: Dubstep.
Geeky music videos
Welcome to the Music category, where we turn up the volume on the sounds of geek culture. This is your destination for epic gaming soundtracks, synthwave scores, chiptune artists, and bands whose lyrics are inspired by our favourite fandoms. We celebrate the music that provides the backdrop to our adventures, from the sweeping orchestrations of a fantasy epic to the pulsing beats of a cyberpunk future.
We have a special appreciation for the visual side of music, and this section is always on the lookout for clever, creative, and unapologetically geeky music videos. If a song tells a story or an artist has a unique vision, you'll likely find their videos featured here. Tune in and discover your next geek anthem.
A Smallville Man blends Superman with the Foo Fighters
A Smallville man was written and illustrated by Mauricio Abril. It uses more than 150 illustrations to tell an original Superman story. It’s a perfect match to the Foo Fighter’s Walk.
Competition: Win Jeff Penny’s Odds and Ends
Jeff Penny is an ASCAP composer and arranger who creates original music often inspired by computer games. You can find his official site at JeffPenny.com and follow his social media accounts, including a Facebook fan page, from there. His YouTube channel as the video game inspired tracks, along with anime covers and other titles. Geek […]
On the Spot: Video game music
Tune in for Halo, Skyrim, Final Fantasy 7, BioShock and Chrono Cross. This video is done to support Player Piano’s Indiegogo campaign (backer link) and follows on from their “on the spot” jammin’ to Nintendo themes. It works like this: Tom plays clips of music to talented composer and pianist Sonya Belousova. Sonya then tries […]
Doom metal Game of Thrones?
Is this a thing? Venezuelan musician Santiago Rodriguez Almenara and band have transformed the iconic Game of Thrones’ opening tune into a slow, heavy, anthem. Okay, I know this isn’t doom metal but my mind can’t back cycle back to my small collection every other time I give this cover version a listen too. The […]
Christmas Lights Star Wars style
This video is good for the outset. You know what you’re going to get; the new habit of decking your house outs in enough lights to land a plane and carefully timed effects to music. I think there’s a surprise at around 1:30m which makes it even better. Tom BetGeorge’s video has had over 1 […]
On the spot jammin’ to Nintendo themes
To support their Indiegogo campaign the Player Piano team put composer and pianist Sonya Belousova on the spot. Sonya was played a little clip from a number of Nintendo theme tunes and had just a few seconds to compose her own piano take on the classic. She does very well.
Short film: Envoi
It’s a bleak sci-fi future. There’s a tyrannical government. A famous musician has lost his band to the system and so returns from hiding for one final performance. What do you think? Different? Straight forward and elegant or underwhelming? Did you know you can use this random teleport link to jump over another short film?
Christopher Lee releases heavy metal Christmas single
There’s no doubting Christopher Lee’s geek cred. He’s been in oodles of our movies – The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, James Bond, The Wicker Man and even Dracula. This year his Christmas metal single is a cover of “Hark! The Herald Angel Sings” and is called “Darkest Carols, Faithful Sing”. You can grab […]
Player Piano takes on Street Fighter’s Guile Theme
A blast from the past or were you just playing Street Fighter the other day? In this video composer and pianist Sonya Belousova takes on the iconic Street Fighter game series. This video is interesting for a few reasons. Firstly, Player Piano have an Indiegogo campaign on to raise funds. Secondly, how much did this […]
