The hardcore American video game fan has been known embark on some pretty wild and awesome projects, even if some of them do happen to be complete fakes. But there's just something about the industriousness of the Japanese hardcore that puts all of us to shame; just take a look at any Japanese-created levels of LittleBigPlanet, and you'll realize their devotion eclipses ours by a pretty large margin. So what, exactly, am I getting at here? Well, in researching Friday's post about the music of Mother, I stumbled upon a collection of YouTube videos that were too cool to keep to myself.
The Devildom String Orchestra (at least, that's what I think the entire group calls itself) is a collection of Japanese musicians that arrange video game and anime music into real, live instrumentations. And they do all of this while wearing extremely creepy masks. The most disturbing thing about this group, though, is that their videos really aren't getting the attention that they should. You can access all of them by going to Tuengxx's YouTube page, but I've highlighted a few of the better ones below for your convenience.
A very nice Chrono Trigger medley.
More tunes after the cut.
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