"What would 'Metroid' sound like if performed by Vangelis?" was the simple question that went of in my mind early 2016, a question that came about when I was wondering how to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Nintendo's fantastic science fiction adventures. The original "Metroid" was released in Japan back on August 6, 1986 for the Famicom Disk System. It had a strangely compelling, ear-worm friendly soundtrack by legendary composer Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka. At the time I had a ZX Spectrum and was oblivious to what was going on in Japan, so my first game of the series was actually years later, the Game Boy outing "Metroid II: Return of Samus" (the very same game being rebooted and released on the 3DS today!). I have been a huge fan of the series ever since, with some of my fondest memories playing the incredible "Super Metroid" on the Super Nintendo, one of my all time, all system favourite video games I ever played. Truly, I had to make something special to honour such distinguished series, one where the music is a huge part of the experience.
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