Let Me Tell You a Story


Let Me Tell You a Story is the second album by American band Random Encounter released September 21, 2013. The album consists of 18 songs, contemporary rock arrangements of the music from various video game soundtracks. This represents a fan-made mix between video game covers and original songs inspired by video games. The album boasts many collaborations with artists within the video game music scene, beyond it, and even recordings made with the band's fans.
Promotion for the album was primarily based out of Random Encounter's website, Facebook, Kickstarter, and was supplemented by various tour stops around the United States during their Winter east coast mini tour, as well as regular performances in their home city Orlando, Florida, and an album release show.

Track listing

  1. "The Day After" – 0:50
  2. *originally from Final Fantasy VI
  3. "Swamp Witch" – 2:39
  4. *an original
  5. "Frog's Theme" – 1:59
  6. *originally from Chrono Trigger
  7. "Wind Scene" – 2:20
  8. *originally from Chrono Trigger
  9. "Not You" – 3:08
  10. *an original inspired by "The Legend of Zelda"
  11. "Purple Angel" – 5:02
  12. *a parody mashup of Purple Haze and One Winged Angel
  13. "Heart of Fire" – 2:05
  14. *originally from Castlevania
  15. "Cave Story" – 2:14
  16. *originally from Cave Story
  17. "Ocean King" – 2:47
  18. *an original
  19. "Serpent Trench" – 1:25
  20. *originally from Final Fantasy VI
  21. "Katamari on the Rocks" – 3:17
  22. *originally from Katamari Damacy
  23. "Tal Tal Heights" – 1:52
  24. *an original inspired by "The Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening"
  25. "Yoshi's Castle" – 1:59
  26. *originally from Yoshi's Island
  27. "Still More Fighting" – 2:54
  28. *originally from Final Fantasy VII
  29. "Death of a Friend" – 3:38
  30. *an original inspired by Final Fantasy IV
  31. "Slam Shuffle " – 2:19
  32. *originally from Final Fantasy VI
  33. "Another World" – 4:10
  34. *an original inspired by "Another World (video game)"
  35. "Wind Waker" – 3:36
  36. *an original inspired by "The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker"
The album is available for free listening and download on the Random Encounter website.

Personnel

Random Encounter
“Guest artists”
  • Dr. Wily The NESkimos – Vocals
  • Phil Robertson – Drums
  • Under Polaris – Chiptune
  • Stemage of Metroid Metal – electric guitar
  • brentalfloss – vocals
  • Amanda Lepre – vocals
  • Helios – piano
  • Joseph Sanzo – trumpet
  • Mike Trebner – sitar
  • Travis Morgan – vocals
  • The Random Encounter Geek Easy Chorus – vocals

Reception

Let Me Tell You a Story has been given critical acclaim by Almost Nerdy, Nerdy Show, Destructoid.com. and Russian magazine Mir Fantastiki