Sand Land Sandstorm Trailer Leans Into The Meme With Iconic Trance Song
Sometimes, a meme is such a perfect fit for another piece of media that its creators can't help but bring the two together. Bandai Namco is the latest to seize the moment, as a new trailer for the upcoming Sand Land has implemented a very popular dance tune--with a very fitting name--from the late 1990s.The trailer shows Beelzebub, the pink devil-like hero of the game, as he fights monsters and giant bugs both with his bare hands and with custom-made vehicles. The background music is Sandstorm, the popular trance song released by Finnish DJ Darude in late 1999. Sandstorm was the first single released from Darude's album Before The Storm, which was first released in Finland in 1999 before hitting shelves in the US in September 2000. The single reached platinum status--which means it sold over 1 million copies--in the US.Continue Reading at GameSpot
Sometimes, a meme is such a perfect fit for another piece of media that its creators can't help but bring the two together. Bandai Namco is the latest to seize the moment, as a new trailer for the upcoming Sand Land has implemented a very popular dance tune--with a very fitting name--from the late 1990s.
The trailer shows Beelzebub, the pink devil-like hero of the game, as he fights monsters and giant bugs both with his bare hands and with custom-made vehicles. The background music is Sandstorm, the popular trance song released by Finnish DJ Darude in late 1999.
Sandstorm was the first single released from Darude's album Before The Storm, which was first released in Finland in 1999 before hitting shelves in the US in September 2000. The single reached platinum status--which means it sold over 1 million copies--in the US.
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