A Warrior’s Odyssey

• Game Music, Miscellaneous

  Sci-Fi Concept Album “The Woman Astronaut” To Be Released

  July 8, 2015 | Brenna Wilkes | 1 Comment Share this Sci-Fi Concept Album “The Woman Astronaut” To Be Released

  

  One of the ladies behind the scenes of the music of several games and films has released her sophomore concept album full which details a sci-fi epic journey through music.

  Penka Kouneva has credits to several games, including score production on Gears of War 3 and the co-composer of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands as well as orchestration of several Hollywood films including Elysium. Having released her first concept album, A Warrior’s Odyssey in 2012, Kouneva successfully Kickstarted her second album, The Woman Astronaut last year, with the album releasing through Hollywood soundtrack label Varese Sarabande.

  “THE WOMAN ASTRONAUT is an original concept album, presented in a cinematic orchestral-electronica style, telling the story of the life journey of an astronaut: adolescence-homeland, young adult, and maturity.”

  The 14-track album is still on pre-order, but will release on July 10th on the label’s website for $14.95.

  The Woman Astronaut – Website

  To learn more about the composer, visit her website.

  Penka Kouneva – Website | Facebook

• Miscellaneous, Reviews

  A Warrior’s Odyssey, A Composer’s Journey (Review)

  November 8, 2012 | Patrick Gann | Comments Off on A Warrior’s Odyssey, A Composer’s Journey (Review) Share this A Warrior’s Odyssey, A Composer’s Journey (Review)

  

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  Bulgarian-born composer Penka Kouneva is a recent member of the game music community, but she’s been doing film and television score for much longer. Her game credits include co-composing Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands with Steve Jablonsky, doing arrangements for the Gears of War games and most recently arrangement for World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. She also had an original composition featured on the charity album Play for Japan.

  Recently, Ms. Kouneva released an original album that acts as a sort of homage to modern war-based FPS’s, RTS’s, etc. The album is entitled A Warrior’s Odyssey, and it serves as both an excellent demo album for Kouneva as a composer to send to game developers, and an excellent album for media score nuts to dig into.

  After the jump, I’ll have more details on this lengthy, epic treat from one of Europe’s lesser-known musical prodigies, as well as some photos from the album’s recording sessions.

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