So hey there, retro VGM-savvy Vizzers! Have you guys and gals ever heard of Diggin' In The Carts, by the Red Bull Music Academy?

It's a pretty interesting documentary about old-school game music from the 8 to 32-bit eras, its history, influences and what it influenced, with interviews with famous composers such as Yuzo Koshiro (Streets Of Rage trilogy, ActRaiser, Ys, Revenge Of Shinobi, Etrian Oddyssey), Yoko Shimomura (Megaman 2-6, Street Fighter II), Hitoshi Sakimoto (Final Fantasy Tactics, Gauntlet IV), Hirozaku "HIP" Tanaka (black-box NES games, EarthBound) and Michiru Yamane (Castlevania Symphony Of The Night) and modern-day musicians influenced and inspired by them, such as Anamanaguchi (Scott Pilgrim VS. The World, Mercenary Kings) and several hip-hoppers from the RBMA itself.

In it, they all share some pretty interesting trivia about their time as VGM composers. Did you know that back in the day Namco's employees were forbidden by law to talk about their projects in public, in fear of having the company's games bootlegged/pirated? Or that Gimmick!'s soundtrack - one of the most technologically advanced and beautiful on the NES - was inspired by the composer's college days in rural Japan and his love of the saxophone? I certainly didn't!

It's divided in six episodes, with each episode being released in a Thursday from September and early October. Currently only two of them are available, with the most recent one (from September 11th) focusing around the NES' technological limitations, how could they be explored and how Konami and Sunsoft managed to find their ways around them.

It's a pretty interesting watch for fans of video game music both new and old, so check it out if you're interested!