Rob Kovacs (@robkovacsmusic) 's Twitter Profile
Rob Kovacs

@robkovacsmusic

Composer for STRAYLIGHT | G.A.N.G. Award Winner | Concert Pianist | Singer/Songwriter | Twitch Partner | AKA @88bit | 📧: [email protected]

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Glad to be back in San Francisco for GDC this week! 🎵 Wed 12:30 PM PT – Performing at the Game Developers Concert (may be streamed). 🏆 Thurs 7:00 PM PT – Performing at The G.A.N.G. Awards. If you’re at GDC, let’s connect! Game devs, let’s talk music for your game! #GDC2025

Glad to be back in San Francisco for GDC this week!

🎵 Wed 12:30 PM PT – Performing at the Game Developers Concert (may be streamed).
🏆 Thurs 7:00 PM PT – Performing at The G.A.N.G. Awards.

If you’re at GDC, let’s connect! Game devs, let’s talk music for your game! #GDC2025
Materia Collective (@materiacoll) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Composed and arranged by Sebastien Skaf, this performance by 88bit 🎹 (Rob Kovacs Rob Kovacs) brings fresh energy to the piece while staying true to its heart.

88bit 🎹 (@88bit) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is an absolute fireball of a piece and was a beast to record. Please enjoy my latest recording of “Jitter” from Katawa Shoujo by composed and arranged by Sebastien Skaf out today! materia.to/KatawaShoujoPi…

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Back from my 4th Game Developers Conference—what an inspiring and fun week! 🎶✨ Highlights: performing in the Game Developers Concert, arranging & performing for the G.A.N.G. Awards, the Demo Derby, and connecting with amazing friends & industry folks. Grateful for this community! 🎮❤️ #GDC

Back from my 4th <a href="/official_gdc/">Game Developers Conference</a>—what an inspiring and fun week! 🎶✨ Highlights: performing in the Game Developers Concert, arranging &amp; performing for the G.A.N.G. Awards, the Demo Derby, and connecting with amazing friends &amp; industry folks. Grateful for this community! 🎮❤️ #GDC
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It was a thrill performing Austin Wintory’s "What's Yours Is Mine" from Monaco in front of 1000+ people at Game Developers Conference. This version is fairly true to the OST version, though I did beef it up a bit for the performance. Huge thanks to Austin for trusting me with this solo moment!

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21 years ago on this day, I gave the world premiere *solo* performance of Piano Phase by Steve Reich. (Pardon the VHS quality audio and video.) youtube.com/watch?v=AnQdP0…

88bit 🎹 (@88bit) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm very honored that my recording/arrangement of Radical Dreamers from Chrono Cross has been nominated for a Game Remix Award!

I'm very honored that my recording/arrangement of Radical Dreamers from Chrono Cross has been nominated for a Game Remix Award!
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I have new music out today! -- L'Etoile from Katawa Shoujo composed by Sebastien Skaf. It's a very serene and beautiful little piece -- one of my favorites from the collection that I've been recording. open.spotify.com/track/0E7SLxKe… 1/2

Rob Kovacs (@robkovacsmusic) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It was a fun surprise to hearing one of my Straylight songs played live in a Name That Tune trivia! Nicely done @Jer_Roque! VGM CON twitch.tv/vgmcon/clip/Am…

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The sheet music for my Radical Dreamers arrangement is out now! It’s a detailed transcription of my performance—expertly transcribed by Pablo Enver - Pianist and carefully edited by me. Hope you enjoy playing it! 🎹 musicnotes.com/l/TTFrJ

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This Saturday at 7:30 EDT, I’ll be performing my Marble Madness piano arrangement at the North American Conference on Video Game Music in Cleveland! 🎹🕹️ It’s a 2-day event full of fascinating talks on VGM. Join online or in person: nacvgm.org #ludomusicology #nacvgm

88bit 🎹 (@88bit) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The VGM Pianists just released a tribute album to Pokémon which features my first ever Pokémon arrangement - Game Corner from Gold & Silver! It's a very rhythmic, high-energy song that really slaps! Give it a listen as well as the whole album here - fanlink.tv/PokemonVGMPian…

88bit 🎹 (@88bit) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm excited to share my latest video game piano arrangement: Game Corner (from Pokémon Gold & Silver) composed by 一之瀬 剛 / Go Ichinose! I recorded and arranged this for the VGM Pianists Pokémon tribute album (which you should check out too!) 🎧 ➡️ youtu.be/PgqDgYwIP8w (1/3)

I'm excited to share my latest video game piano arrangement: Game Corner (from Pokémon Gold &amp; Silver) composed by <a href="/GoIchinose/">一之瀬 剛 / Go Ichinose</a>!
I recorded and arranged this for the VGM Pianists Pokémon tribute album (which you should check out too!)
🎧 ➡️ youtu.be/PgqDgYwIP8w
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Dom "The Bomb" Palombi (@dompalombimusic) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New VGM DUO!!! The homie 88bit 🎹 aka Rob Kovacs posted a sick jam of a Pokémon Gold and Silver Classic, and I had to add drums to this! Hope y’all dig it, Happy Friday!!!

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I'm very excited to share the first video from the upcoming Katawa Shoujo Piano Collections, which I’ve been recording and are scheduled for release this June on Materia Music! youtu.be/mVZWvVLd4HA

88bit 🎹 (@88bit) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Huge news! I’m performing my first-ever European 88bit piano concert—live in Munich, Germany on June 18! AND, I’ll be joined by the breathtaking soundtrack vocalist Julie Elven 🎶! Huge thanks to composer Alec Shea for making this concert happen.

Huge news! I’m performing my first-ever European 88bit piano concert—live in Munich, Germany on June 18! AND, I’ll be joined by the breathtaking soundtrack vocalist <a href="/JulieElvenMusic/">Julie Elven 🎶</a>! Huge thanks to composer <a href="/AlecSheaMusic/">Alec Shea</a> for making this concert happen.
Rob Kovacs (@robkovacsmusic) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exciting news! In June, I'll be traveling with No Exit New Music on a two-week European tour to Greece, Italy, Poland, and the Netherlands! Before that, we'll play 3 free concerts in Cleveland, starting tomorrow (Wednesday) at The Cleveland Museum of Art. More info at noexitnewmusic.com

Exciting news! In June, I'll be traveling with <a href="/NoExitNewMusic/">No Exit New Music</a> on a two-week European tour to Greece, Italy, Poland, and the Netherlands!

Before that, we'll play 3 free concerts in Cleveland, starting tomorrow (Wednesday) at <a href="/ClevelandArt/">The Cleveland Museum of Art</a>. More info at noexitnewmusic.com