Mizuguchi's Heavenly Star Hits iTunes
December 15, 2006 12:05 PM | Simon Carless
We've previously raved about Genki Rockets' 'Heavenly Star' music video, which is part of Q Entertainment's Lumines II and is also viewable online - well, now they've put the song on iTunes, according to a press release.
I find it amusing that they're so vague about who the people behind the song are: "Performed by a new group called Genki Rockets and produced by Q Entertainment's own Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the song's catchy and uplifting tune combined with equally striking video has caught the attention of many gamers and was recently nominated Best Song at the 2006 Spike TV Video Game Awards. Genki Rockets is a hybrid group that consists of a few artists and will be collaborating with other artists in the future to bring new music and videos." Contractual obligation issues?
Also noted: ""Heavenly Star" is the first original song and music video produced by game producer Mizuguchi and is currently available as a background (skin) in the puzzle-based video game sequel Lumines II for [PSP]. It will also be introduced into Lumines Live! (Xbox Live Arcade) as the "Heavenly Star Pack" starting early January 2007 for a limited time only." Advertising more add-on packs for Lumines Live? You're a brave company, Q! This is still one of my fave songs of the year, mind you.
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Favourite song of the year? Really?
Not familiar with Lumines 2, I first saw the video on idlethumbs. My first impression was that of a Daft Punk rip off (which it pretty much is), so much so that I actually did a ctrl-f on the page to find out if it was.
But then it just turns into a generic pop princess dance/club mix. If this hadn't been on Lumines, no one would really care, and it would no way attract the blinding adoration which the youtube comments seem to suggest.
hahnchen | December 15, 2006 6:44 PM
Well I for one love this song.
I don't like everything daft punk did. Only the discovery album was all good for me. But I can't see how this song is close to their style ...
This song is soo refreshing I can't even understand your comment unless you're one of those "I've seen better" guys lol
Philou | June 2, 2007 4:18 PM
Incidentally, I can't understand your comment.
Google "Genki Rockets" "Daft Punk" and you'll see that I'm not the only one to make this blindingly obvious suggestion.
It's just a generic europop dance track you'd expect from some by-the-numbers female artist.
hahnchen | June 24, 2007 6:48 AM
Maybe the song might not be all that spectacular, but the way they produced it is pretty cool (if it is true that they just took sound samples from different female vocalists and arranged them so that it sounds like one person singing one song straight through). The song sounds pretty good considering it's from an "artificial" vocalist, and that definitely deserves some points from me.
Ken | August 24, 2007 2:42 PM