So, for no good reason I decided to drop an email to the gang at Harmonix, to say thanks for making an amazing game, and to ask them if there were any plans to release a complilation album of the music of Guitar Hero (something which I’m sure we all agree we’d buy now that we rock to the music regularly).

I was pleased to see they responded, and I figured I’d post the email and response here.

From me:

Im sure you know by now, but Guitar Hero is amazing, inventive, and some of the best fun to be had in a console.

My friends and I only came to Guitar Hero recently so we are a little late to the ball (or early for GH2 !) but I just wanted to let you know you have done an amazing job. It was even enough to get me to buy a PS2. Well done! Even better to know its a local game company that has brought such a great game to the world.

Thanks and looking forward to Guitar Hero 2,
Russell
Medford, MA

P.S. Is there any chance you and / or Sony will release an album / collection that has the songs of Guitar Hero as a collection. I’d buy one

And the reply:

Hi Russell,

Thanks for the kind words. We do have all the indy band music from GH available at Apples iTunes online store. Red Octane, our publisher for Guitar Hero, has considered putting out a CD of the game music, but all the licensed songs would have to be re-licensed for that, and it’s a bit of a nightmare. We’ll see.

Rock on,
-Mike

Well, we Monkeys have discussed amongst ourselves how we figured that the liscencing must have been a crazy hurdle to overcome, but I bet now bands are lining up to be a part of the sequel. Lets hope everyone gets onboard a compilation CD, and in the meantime, we can all enjoy the less-red-tape-laden indy scene.

Thanks for the response Harmonix, and thanks again for an amazing game.