My Review of MOON8 (2010)
Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon is one of the greatest albums of all time. Spending 741 weeks on the Billboard charts and being the sixth best-selling album of all time in the UK, Dark Side of the Moon still fascinates people to this day. There was a time when I would listen to the entire album before I went to bed just because it would help me go to sleep. Also, I would get some pretty trippy dreams every now and then. Not sure why.
I wasn’t even smoking weed when I started listening to Pink Floyd. I was just a curious kid who wanted to listen to the best music around. Since I watched a lot of VH1 and would search around online for great music, I eventually found my way to Dark Side of the Moon. Although it may not be my favorite Pink Floyd album, it still remains one of my favorites. It’s one of those albums that you stay away from for a while and then one day you just put it on, sit back, and relax.
When I first heard that someone did an 8-bit version of Dark side of the Moon, I got really excited. You see, during that time I was just discovering 8-bit artists like Anamanguchi, Bit Shifter and Random (the rapper, although I now know of the dj.). So it was like being able to discover my favorite music all over again, and what better album to do that than Dark Side of the Moon?
8-bit music isn’t for everyone; I’ve met plenty of people who just don’t get it. However, those who do enjoy 8-bit music should check out MOON8. Brad Smith, a video game programmer, really put a lot of time into this album. Starting in 2006, MOON8 was a labor of love that got shelved for a while after Smith got a job. However, by February of 2010 Smith got back into the project, finally finishing MOON8 in March of 2010.
Pink Floyd purists may not appreciate it as much as old school gamers will, but any real fan of music will be mesmerized by the bleeps and bloops that meld perfectly to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. (I really hope someone thinks of new words besides bleep and bloop to describe 8-Bit music, it seems kind of patronizing.) When listening to MOON8 it really does sound like it could be part of an NES game, in fact it was created within the limitations of a North American NES. So, if anyone wanted to make a Dark Side of the Moon video game, they could. (They probably shouldn’t, though.)
MOON8 is a great album and should be checked out by not only video game fans, but also Pink Floyd fans. The best part about this is that you don’t even have to pay anything for the album, it’s free to download. So you have no reason not to check it out. If you’ve ever been interested in 8-Bit music or just wanted to check out a new rendition of Dark Side of the Moon then MOON8 is the perfect place to start.
You can download MOON8 at http://rainwarrior.thenoos.net/music/moon8.html
