Wow...

Every once in a while, I come across a YouTube video or forwarded E-mail or song that is just so amazing I have to post it here (as you may have noticed). Well, here we go again: "Mad World" by Gary Jules and Michael Andrews.



I first found this song through that video, the result of a YouTube search for "World in Conflict" trailers. This is, obviously, a fan-made trailer using the song, which it attributes to the Gears of War game soundtrack. Doing a little sleuthing of my own, I found that "Mad World" was never used in Gears of War (at least, not on the official soundtrack) but was used in the official release trailer. The song actually originated in the 2001 film Donnie Darko, along with an alternate mix:



Stay tuned for more such interesting tidbits, plus an in-the-works World in Conflict review!

Amazing...

I recently saw an absolutely incredible animated short on YouTube, and just had to upload it here. So, here it is: "The Piano", a short film by Aidan Gibbons.


The song is "Comptine d'un autre été" by Yann Tiersen, and I actually discovered this touching animation after watching a (YouTube) friend's interpretation of it; needless to say, the interpretation made much more sense after first viewing the original video. Here is "Another Flight, Another Memory" by David aka RuleOfEngagement.



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