Music

Harmonix picks up the Rock Band pace this week with an awesome nine-pack of songs from Queen! The Queen Extravaganza 02 pack releases today for $14.99 (1200 Microsoft Points), and you can grab each individual track for $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) a piece. Read More

No matter what decade owned your youth, it’s the best. So that leads me to a time machine in the form of a soundtrack for I Melt With You, the story of a group of friends in the midst of their 40s coming together for what they think is their regular Read More

I could never tell you what Hugo was about based on the bus ads. Does he live in a clock? Is he some sort of hunchback? No and no. He’s an orphan who lives in a train station dead set on finding out what happened to his late father. But even if Read More

One can only wonder if the likes of Bach and Handel would have been Twilight fans, but as far as Music From the Twilight Saga for Chamber Orchestra goes, it’s well put together music that showcases more the emotions of the movie without the likes of hit Read More

How do you follow up a week of Nickelback on Rock Band? By pretending that week never happened, for one. But you could also drop four new tracks into the game, one each from four different bands spanning from 1985 through 2011! Read More

Ultimate Songs from the Pit takes ten new tracks and adds them to six remastered tracks from Songs from the Pit. The production quality of the album is clear; it should be since the engineer has also worked with MC Frontalot and Godsmack. Read More

Be still, my thudding heart. Rock Band has answered all my prayers (and surely yours, as well!) with this week's downloadable content: a five pack of songs from legendary rock icons Nickelback! Read More

I admit I was a little afraid that this album wouldn’t live up to the high bar set by Coulton’s previous music, but I’m glad to say that that fear was completely unfounded. This album is great! Read More

Whether or not you are an aficionado of Hawaiian music, I highly recommend this soundtrack. It is perfect for those times when you need something to help you relax and escape stress. Read More

It's a great week for keyboard fans as Stevie Wonder makes his debut on Rock Band with a downloadable five pack of songs. Read More

And we round out this three part series with some new releases from Scrub Club, an independent record label for (mostly) nerdy artists. Everything they put out online they give away for free, but they take donations. Read More

The music of War Horse is more subdued and understated than much of Williams's other material, and it sometimes sounds like it should go with a different type of movie. Still, it is a John Williams score, and as such it is well worth an hour of your Read More