VERSUS
July 15, 2016
VERSUS is a two-part album that brings together the Gamelark and Materia Community VGM communites to celebrate decades of fighting music: 47 tracks of fighting game covers, just in time for the 2016 Evolution Champion Series. The album brings in music from world-renown games including Street Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom, Pokken Tournament, Mortal Kombat, Tekken, among many others. “VERSUS was a perfect opportunity to show the collaborative nature of the VGM community,” says Allen Brasch, founder and head of GameLark. “We see countless collaborations between individual artists so I thought, why not collaborate between labels?”
Allen Brasch and Sebastian Wolff set up the album to be a friendly competition between the two groups, in the spirit of collaboration and of the fighting game genre.
“I think that both GameLark and Materia Community artists felt compelled to do their best work on this album,” says Brasch. “There was a friendly competition between the labels, but it happened in the best way possible. Everyone was trying to top themselves, to make the best track they could, and I think the end result shows that.”
©Ⓟ 2016 Materia Collective LLC
Track List & Credits
VERSUS was made possible by the following individuals:
GameLark: Album Artist
Materia Community: Album Artist
Allen Brasch: Album Producer, Creative Director
Sebastian Wolff: Creative Director, Album Producer
SonikBuster: Marketing
Don Corgi: Album Art, Design
Emily McMillan: Marketing
James C. Hoffman: Album trailer editor
Lauren the Flute: Marketing
Michael Schiciano: Mastering
Viking Jesus: Marketing
Monica Wang: Marketing
Disc 1
1Holy Orders (from "Guilty Gear XX")4:43
NPC: Producer, Arranger
2Swamp Stage(from "Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes")3:13
Lord Bif: Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer
Dave Sheik: Bass
Marc Papeghin: Trumpets
subversiveasset: Saxophone
3Vega's Theme (from "Street Fighter II: The World Warrior")3:32
130Grit Sound Studio: Producer, Arranger
4Phantasmagoria (from "Soul Calibur IV")3:15
SixteenInMono: Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer
BillytheBard11th: Bass
5Ken's Theme Goes With... (from "Street Fighter II: The World Warrior")4:29
Hashel: Producer, Arranger
6Xiaoyu's Theme (from "Tekken Tag Tournament")3:03
A.J. Klaproth: Producer, Arranger
7Tiger's Family (from "Dead or Alive 5")1:51
Bassoonify: Producer, Arranger
8Dr. Doom's Theme (from "Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds")2:18
subversiveasset: Producer, Arranger
9Guile's Theme (from "Street Fighter II: The World Warrior")3:18
RichaadEB: Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer
insaneintherainmusic: Saxophone
10The Tiger King (from "Street Fighter II: The World Warrior")2:38
Jackson Alexander Parodi: Producer, Arranger
11Moonlit Wilderness (from "Tekken 5")3:11
Ryan Lafford: Producer, Arranger
12Theme of F.A.N.G (from "Street Fighter V")2:25
Toxodentrail: Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer
Bassoonify: Bassoon
13Theme of Spider-Man (from "Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes")2:59
Steven Morris: Producer, Arranger
14Mortal Kombat Theme (from "Mortal Kombat")3:41
Qumu: Producer, Arranger
15Black Winter Night Sky (from "Tekken 2")4:47
BlackearacheXD: Producer, Arranger
16Orchid's Theme (from "Killer Instinct II")2:33
Project Genesis: Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer
PyjamaPantsMusic: Vocals
17Jago's Theme (from "Killer Instinct")4:01
Ro Panuganti: Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer
Jackson Alexander Parodi: Accordion, Vocals
18Antares (from "Tekken 5")4:29
Hyde209: Producer, Arranger
19Main Menu Theme (from "Street Fighter V")3:00
PyjamaPantsMusic: Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer
Ryan Lafford: Guitar, Bass, French Horn
20Sabrewulf's Theme (from "Killer Instinct")4:10
Ubaldo B: Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer
TeraCMusic: Vocals, Violin
21King George Island, Antarctica (from "Tekken")5:09
Soundole: Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer
Steven Morris: Electric Guitar, Congas, Wine Glass, Additional Synths
22Theme of Jin (from "Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes")4:10
MyNewSoundtrack: Producer, Arranger
Disc 2
1Select Your Character (from "Mortal Kombat 1")3:11
Rich Douglas: Producer, Arranger
2Best Friends (from "Persona 4 Arena")3:28
When The Clock Strikes: Producer, Arranger
3Guile's Theme (from "Street Fighter")2:35
King of Tangents: Producer, Arranger
4Jin Kazama (from "Tekken 3")3:05
James C. Hoffman: Producer, Arranger
5Lust Sin (Jin's Theme) [from "Blaz Blue"]2:30
Trev Wignall: Producer, Arranger
6Magikarp Festival (from "Pokken Tournament")3:42
Ben Wallace: Producer, Arranger, Piano, Electric Piano, Vocals
Andrzej Filipski: Additional vocals and claps
Bonnie Bogovich: Additional vocals and claps
Nautilus T Party: Additional vocals and claps
insaneintherainmusic: Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
Darby Cupit: Additional vocals and claps
Doug Perry: Vibraphone, Drumset, Vocals
Ian Martyn: Additional vocals and claps
Laura Intravia: EWI synths, Vocals
Manuela Powidayko Alberici Souza: Additional vocals and claps
Matheus Garcia Souza: Vocals, Violin
Peter Bobinski: Mixing Engineer
Sam Bobinski: Bass, Vocals
Sean Schafianski: Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
7Reach Out To The Truth (from "Persona 4 Arena")4:13
Viking Jesus: Producer, Arranger, Guitars, Bass, Drum tracking, Mixing Engineer
8Choose Your Character! (from "Super Smash Bros. Melee")3:22
Outset Initiative: Producer, Arranger
9✶✷ ＣＯＮＦＲＯＮＴＡＴＩＯＮ !! ✷✶「feat. MEIKO V3」(from "Soulcalibur II")4:06
Hunter Bridges: Producer, Arranger
10Ultra Sabrewulf (from "Killer Instinct")2:11
Leslie-Anne Snipes: Producer, Arranger
11The Last Soul (from "from "Streets of Rage")4:24
Xander Cruise & The Bare Knuckle Band: Performing Artist
Josh Barron: Producer, Arranger
Xander Cruise: Vocals, Lyricist
Andrew Steffen: Strings
Ann Zeng: Piano
Daniel Romberger: Trombone
Doug Perry: Drums, Vibes
Ian Martyn: Bass
John Robert Matz: Trumpet
Tim Kuehlhorn: Mixing Engineer
12ESAKA Team (from "King of Fighters")3:25
Younes Elbayad: Producer, Arranger
13Stage Sakura (from "Street Fighter Alpha 2")3:39
Joshua Matthews: Producer, Arranger
1411th Street (from "Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition")3:59
Sean Schafianski: Producer, Arranger
Ben Wallace: Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone
Ian Luckey: Bass
Tiago Rodrigues: Electric Guitar
15Mortal Skombat(from "Mortal Kombat")2:12
Louie Aronowitz: Producer, Arranger, Performer
16Dance of Dragons (from "Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection")3:34
Fredrik Häthén: Producer, Arranger
17Fighter Select (from "Super Smash Bros")3:05
James Campbell: Producer, Arranger
18The Lives We Left Behind (from "Skullgirls")3:09
Djentle Kitty: Producer, Arranger
Jacob Pernell: Guitars, Vocals, Strings, Synth, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer
Jordan Chin: Guitars, Vocals, Drums, Synths
19Forsaken Sanctuary (from "Soul Calibur III")2:56
Masha Lepire: Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer
20Guile's Theme (from "Street Fighter")3:41
Ann Zeng: Producer, Piano, Mixing Engineer
Alex Crosthwaite: French horn
Melancholy Robot: Drums, Electric Guitar, Mixing Engineer
Devin Gunay: Mixing Engineer, Arranger
Elwin Martin: Trumpet
Hannah Rodriguez: Bass guitar
Sam Marton: Trombone
21Wilderness (from "Golden Axe")1:31
Bárbara Hernández: Producer, Arranger
22Escape From The City (from "Super Smash Bros WiiU")3:09
23A Challengers Theme (Eiji Theme) [from "Battle Arena Toshinden"]2:22
Tiago Rodrigues: Producer, Arranger
insaneintherainmusic: Tenor Sax
Daniel Romberger: Trombone
Ian Martyn: Bass
John Robert Matz: Trumpet
Jordan Chin: Guest Solo Guitar
Kasey Polk: Clarinet
Michael Schiciano: Mastering Engineer
Sean Schafianski: Alto Sax
24Guile's Theme (from "Street Fighter")2:16
Matthew S. Harrison: Producer, Arranger
25(I Wanna) Take You For a Ride (from "Marvel vs. Capcom 2")4:29
Michael Garrett Steele: Producer, Arranger
Daniel Romberger: Trombone
Doug Perry: Drums
Ian Martyn: Bass
John Robert Matz: Trumpet, Arranger (brass arrangement assist)
Kaleb Knight: Baritone Saxophone
Sirenstar: Vocals
Nautilus T Party: Second Guitar solo
Ravi Krishnaswami: Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer
Tiago Rodrigues: First Guitar solo
Xander Cruise: Rap Vocal