MUSICAL MONDAY PRESENTS
BIOSHOCK: TOBOSCUS & BRENTALFLOSS
For today's Musical Monday we have two tunes based off of what could become one of the most innovative and engaging series in gaming history, Bioshock, specifically Bioshock and its upcoming sequel that takes us from the depths of the ocean to the height of American pie in the sky antics of Bioshock Infinite some time early next year. The cool thing about the music dedicated to these very cool games is that the two entertainers in question have a very different approach to the material:
Tobuscus's approach is part of his "literal trailer" series which, combined with his personality, has netted him enough attention be involved in a couple of official trailers for television. He simply watches a trailer, sings about it, and tells a story; sometimes accurate and sometimes completely ridiculous. This one is an especially good trailer to do because of the serious tone, the subtle but interesting music, and the cool story within a trailer feel it already has going for it. Its probably my favorite of his literal trailers, besides perhaps the one for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood which got me to buy the game.
While I really like Tobuscus's Literal trailers, if there was any justice in the internet, brentalfloss's work would be as appreciated and as popular as Tobuscus's. Taking an arguably more creative and easily more time-consuming approach to his songs, brentalfoss usually takes classic music from video games, like Zelda W/ Lyrics, remasters and/or remixes them, and puts lyrics to them usually with some interesting video accompaniment . With the Bioshock Song he took a riskier approach than usual, going for a completely original work that pays homage to one of the best games of all time, and created something that is uniquely brentalfloss (and his name is spelled in lowercase cuz...).
In the end, I implore to check out both songs, subscribe, like, favorite their channels, comment here about your thoughts on the two songs, and share them with friends. If you can throw me some support too, that'd be swell. Also, check out the link below to a vintage Bioshock article I wrote when the blog was new.
