Taylor Davis’ wonderful work on the violin brings the Kokiri Forest theme to life. There’s some simple but hugely effect special effects that give this music video that a host of extra geek points. You can download the song from various sites, including iTunes, or buy physical albums too. Pop over to her YouTube channel […]
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.
Game of Thrones done North by Northwest style
Saul Bass was an American designer who worked for Alfred Hitchcock. He invented a new type of kinetic typography and put it to work on title sequences for moves like North by Northwest, Vertigo and Psycho. Skip ahead to more recent times and you’ll see sequences inspired by his style in the likes of Catch […]
Happy memories with “I am the Doctor” on violins
Here’s one for Doctor Who fans. “I am the Doctor” is Murray Gold’s theme for Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor. If you’ve seen the TV series you’ll remember the music. I’m no fashion expert but that TARDIS Lara’s wearing looks like a Black Milk item so that and the katana blades on the bookcase behind her […]
Are you annoyed that “He Looks so Perfect”
This Warp Zone music video is a parody of 5 Seconds of Summer’s “She Looks So Perfect”. It took me a little while to get into this video but they start to range from computer character to computer character – complaining about the impossible physiques of male characters. I suppose it’s a twist on some […]
Beyond 8-bit; an evolution of video game music as a surprising acapella
Okay, I’ll admit. I’ve seen plenty of Mario and Sonic acapellas now. It’ll take a little bit more than that to earn a blog post these days. Step forward Triforce Films. This isn’t just an acapella (with a touch of cosplay). This is a tour through the evolution of computer game music and that means […]
The Household Cavalry perform Game of Thrones
This performance of the iconic Game of Thrones TV series opening theme happened during the changing of the guards outside Buckingham Palace. I speculate this doesn’t happen very often as there would be more YouTube footage of it. A stroke of luck then that Omer Barnea had a great view and was recording from the […]
Portal Turrets sing “Game of Thrones”
As it turned out there was some interest in the Ska version of Game of Thrones‘ iconic opening theme. So; could it get any stranger? There’s Game of Turrets. The vocals here are by the video’s creator Harry Callaghan and if you’re a true fan you can download the tune at Bandcamp. If you’re musically […]
The Game of Thrones theme transformed into ska
Ska is a Jamacian music genre that started in the 50s. I know it from the so-called Second Wave and Third Waves of the 70s and 80s with bands like Madness. By the the 90s ska had made it to the United States and now ska has made it to Game of Thrones thanks to […]
Akira’s theme with a classical twist and cosplay topping
This is the first post on a YouTube channel called Player Piano. Got to say; it looks interesting. The channel is focused on Sonya Belousova, a piano player, and in this video she brings with her musical friends all cosplaying Akira. She also brings Eru Matsumoto who uses a neon bow for her electric cello […]
This is a thing: Batmetal
It’s Batman meets Metal. In particular, this is ArhyBES’s take of Dethklok’s Face Fisted. Their “new” band is called Children of Batman and this remake is called Batface. You might not want to listen to this at work because, well, metal. And swearing. I like the arrangement of Red Hood, Robin and then Nightwing across […]
