About Patrick Kulikowski

Patrick Kulikowski I'm a Rutgers University graduate with aspirations of joining the game industry. I have a strong love for videogames and their music. When not serving as a contributing writer for Game Music Online and Gameranx, you'll see me working on my game music drum cover project "VGdrum" and managing my Breath of Fire Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube fan pages.

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Author Archives: Patrick Kulikowski

Super Meat Boy on PS4 and PS Vita will have a new, different soundtrack [UPDATE]

October 2, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

UPDATE: Composer Danny Baranowsky reached out and wrote a blog post detailing his reasons for not licensing out his Super Meat

Bionic Commando OSTs and more packed into Top Secret Original Sound Collection

October 1, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

Capcom and City Connection have teamed up once again to provide retro game music fans with Senjou no Ookami &

The World is Square: SquareLove

September 18, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

Album Title: The World is Square: SquareLove Record Label: Bandcamp Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: September 11, 2015 Purchase: Download

Hitoshi Sakimoto Interview: From Old Drivers to Orchestral Concerts

July 26, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

Hitoshi Sakimoto, without any doubt, belongs to the Eastern game music’s hall of fame. His credits include well-known titles like Final

Hip Tanaka pays tribute to the late Satoru Iwata

July 14, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

Fans and game industry personnel of all tiers have been posting emotional tributes online following the news of the death of

The truth behind GoldenEye 007’s “uncompressed” soundtrack

July 10, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

Chances are you may have seen the internet explode when YouTube user Video Game Tracks uploaded original, “uncompressed” tracks from the soundtrack

Distant Worlds – Music from Final Fantasy: Los Angeles, June 2015

July 8, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

E3 2015 was like a fan fiction gone wild for many Square Enix fans, and the Distant Worlds concert during

Jayson Napolitano Interview: Focusing on Scarlet Moon

July 4, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

Jayson Napolitano is the founder of Scarlet Moon Productions, a videogame music PR firm, record label and artists group all wrapped

Grant Kirkhope Interview: What to Expect from Yooka-Laylee

June 24, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

Grant Kirkhope is one of the most popular game composers in the Western games industry. He achieved great recognition at

Hiroshi Tamawari Interview: Switching from Games to Opera

May 18, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

Hiroshi Tamawari helped to define the sound of Konami’s PlayStation era, with his leading roles on Vandal Hearts, Azure Dreams, and Vandal

Final Fight Original Sound Collection

April 21, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

Album Title: Final Fight Original Sound Collection Record Label: City Connection Catalog No.: CDGM-10026 Release Date: December 20, 2014

The Universality of Video Game Music Panel (Video)

March 14, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

If you attended PAX East 2015 last weekend, then I hope you were able to make it to my “Universality of Videogame

You Bred Raptors?: Grant

March 12, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

Album Title: You Bred Raptors?: Grant Record Label: Bandcamp Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: November 18, 2014 Purchase: Download at

Peat Rains & Michael Zucker Interview: This Place is Haunted

March 11, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

Peat Rains is the bassist and frontman of videogame music cover band This Place is Haunted and “pre-historic post-rock” band You

Distant Worlds – Music from Final Fantasy: Newark, January 2015

March 2, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

I’m not entirely sure how the organizers behind Distant Worlds – Music from Final Fantasy were able to pull off

PAX East 2015: The Universality of Videogame Music Panel

February 28, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

If you’re attending PAX East 2015 next week from March 6 – 8, then I highly recommend attending my “Universality

Nobuo Uematsu Interview: Final Fantasy, Craft Beer, and Other Glorious Things

February 27, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

Nobuo Uematsu is considered one of the most famous and well-respected videogame composers of all time, having worked on a

Yuu Miyake and Yoshihito Yano Interview: MAGFest 13

February 24, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

Yuu Miyake is a game music pioneer best known for being the sound director and lead composer for the Katamari

MAGFest 13: Maryland, January 2015

February 20, 2015 by Patrick Kulikowski

The amount of things one can do at MAGFest is seemingly limitless; nevertheless the concerts tend to be its biggest

Descendants of Erdrick – Advent

November 21, 2014 by Patrick Kulikowski

Album Title: Descendants of Erdrick – Advent Record Label: Bandcamp Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: November 22, 2014 Purchase: Download at