It’s hard to believe that it’s been 20 years since Mother, the game that started Shigesato Itoi’s quirky RPG trilogy debuted on the Japanese Famicom. When I first played Earthbound (Mother 2) for the SNES, I was immediately stricken by the music. I’m convinced that there is no other possible score that could properly and effectively convey this game’s unusual sense of humor and charming, unabashed optimism. The more I write music, the more I begin to realize the incredible impact this game’s soundtrack has had on my creative endeavors. Mother is a truly inspiring musical odyssey, and a landmark achievement in sound for video games.
So, what better way to celebrate two decades of Mother than by riding around town on your bicycle, launching bottle rockets at sunglasses-wearing crows and listening to Bound Together, the fantastic JoeCam-curated Earthbound remix tribute album. If you’re a fan of Earthbound/Mother and you’ve never heard Bound Together, you’re in for a treat.
48 quality rearrangements by a plethora of musicians from OverClocked Remix, OneUp Studios and VGmix comprise this absolutely stellar volume. The album is of course free-to-download, as many worthwhile things are. Click the download link below!
Download: ‘BOUND TOGETHER: An Earthbound Remix Project’
Happy MOTHER’s Day!
