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• Game Music, Indie Music

  Broken Age’s Complete Soundtrack is Out Now

  April 28, 2015 | Michael Hoffmann | Comments Off on Broken Age’s Complete Soundtrack is Out Now Share this Broken Age’s Complete Soundtrack is Out Now

  

  Coinciding with the release of the second act of Broken Age, Peter McConnell’s complete soundtrack to the Kickstarted Double Fine game is available today. You can purchase the digital version on several platforms, including Amazon, iTunes, Bandcamp, and on Sumthing Else Music. A physical version of the soundtrack is set to be released later in June of this year.

  The complete Broken Age album includes the original set of tracks from act 1, released last year, and the additional music from the second act of the game. This brings the grand total of pieces on the soundtrack to 30. The album features performances by the Melbourne Symphony, the band Clarinet Thing, and The New Vocal String Quartet. If you’re a fan of McConnell’s work on Broken Age and enjoyed what he wrote for act 1, you’ll want to check out this complete version of the game’s score.

• Game Music, Music Production

  Take A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Broken Age’s Music and Audio

  April 14, 2015 | Michael Hoffmann | Comments Off on Take A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Broken Age’s Music and Audio Share this Take A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Broken Age’s Music and Audio

  

  As part of the backer updates on the Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter project, the game’s development process has been documented in a video series by 2 Player Productions. The multi-part documentary includes interviews with the staff, at various points of Broken Age‘s development cycle, and behind-the-scenes footage of the creation process. A select number of episodes feature content about the game audio side of Broken Age‘s production. The first fourteen episodes of the documentary are now available to non-backers on the Double Fine YouTube channel.

  

  (The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra performing “Battle at Shellmound”)

  Part of Episode 11, “Ship It,” takes viewers to Peter McConnell’s studio as he writes music for one of Broken Age’s cutscenes and explains his process for composing and finding inspiration for his music. There’s even more game audio covered in Episode 13, “Crash Landing a Plane.” This episode features Camden Stoddard and the rest of the Double Fine audio team working on foley and sound design, while McConnell works with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to record some of the larger orchestral pieces for the soundtrack.

  If you haven’t had the chance to watch the Double Fine Adventure documentary, it’s a fascinating look at the development of the first part of Broken Age. The episodes mentioned above are highly recommended viewing, especially if you’re a fan of the game’s music and audio. Be sure to check those episodes out, and the complete documentary itself.

• Game Music, Indie Music

  Massive Chalice OST is Available Today on iTunes, Amazon, and More

  February 2, 2015 | Michael Hoffmann | Comments Off on Massive Chalice OST is Available Today on iTunes, Amazon, and More Share this Massive Chalice OST is Available Today on iTunes, Amazon, and More

  

  The soundtrack to Double Fine’s latest game project, Massive Chalice, will be available on several new platforms. The Massive Chalice OST had its original release on Bandcamp back in November of 2014, in time for the release of the game on Steam Early Access. The soundtrack features a mixture of electronic, ambient, and orchestral elements, all designed to compliment the unique turn based strategy game. The soundtrack was composed by Brian Trifon and Brian Lee White, who make up the Finishing Move music and sound production company.

  The complete Massive Chalice OST will be available today for download on iTunes, Amazon, Xbox Music, and Google Play. If you haven’t had a chance to pick this soundtrack up, you will now have a few more opportunities and options available for grabbing yourself a copy.

• Experimental, Software

  Amnesia Fortnight Bundle Includes Game Prototypes and Their Soundtracks

  March 12, 2014 | Michael Hoffmann | Comments Off on Amnesia Fortnight Bundle Includes Game Prototypes and Their Soundtracks Share this Amnesia Fortnight Bundle Includes Game Prototypes and Their Soundtracks

  

  The game prototypes created from Double Fine’s Amnesia Fortnight 2014 are now available on the Humble Bundle store. As with other bundles, this one also includes the soundtracks for the games. The games include Dear Leader, Mnemonic, Steed, and Little Pink Best Buds. These are not full or complete games, but prototypes that were created during this year’s Amnesia Fortnight.

  For those of you not familiar with Amnesia Fortnight, it’s a two week long event held within Double Fine. The company selects a handful of game pitches from company employees. Once the projects are chosen, the employees who came up with each selected pitch is made the leader of a small team. These small teams spend the next two weeks building a prototype of the game idea. It’s a chance for employees to gain some experience designing and creating a game, and it allows them to see their own ideas being formed into an actual game.

  This year’s Amnesia Fortnight included guest team lead Pendleton Ward, the man behind the TV show Adventure Time. The two week event was also recorded and broadcast as a documentary series by 2 Player Productions, that you can watch on Double Fine’s Youtube channel. It’s an interesting set of game prototypes and it’s also a great way to grab the soundtracks to these unique games. For those of you interested in trying out some interesting game experiments, this may be worth a look. The Amnesia Fortnight 2014 Bundle will be available for the next few weeks on the Humble Bundle store.

• Game Music, Reviews

  Broken Age: Act 1 OST (Review)

  January 29, 2014 | Michael Hoffmann | 1 Comment Share this Broken Age: Act 1 OST (Review)

  

  Like many people, I was excited about the Double Fine kickstarter. The potential for creators like Tim Schafer to help revive the point-and-click adventure game genre was something I could get behind. After a few years of waiting, the Double Fine game titled Broken Age has had its first half released. As a backer I was able to play through an early copy and listen to the game’s soundtrack. For this game, Double Fine brought in game composer Peter McConnell. McConnell has previously worked with Tim Schafer on games like Psychonauts, Grim Fandango, and Brutal Legend. Since this is only Act 1 of Broken Age, this is technically only the first half of the soundtrack. When Act 2 comes out later this year, there will undoubtedly be more music and a second soundtrack.

  Now because the main appeal to games like Broken Age are the story and the areas you explore, I feel a minor spoiler warning is due. With most of the soundtracks that I review, I like to take into account how the music relates and works within the game. The music can certainly stand alone and be critiqued for its own merits, but its interaction with the game is still an important aspect. Because of this, I will end up discussing certain sections of the game and that may spoil minor plot points or reveal parts of what you will experience in the game. I promise that this review will not contain any major plot spoilers or solutions to puzzles. However, there are inevitably things that may give hints or details about portions of the game. The very names of the album’s tracks can even give things away. So following the jump after this paragraph, I will be going into potential spoiler territory. Read on if you dare. (more…)

• Chip Music, Game Music

  Double Fine Releases Soundtrack to its Flash Games

  September 1, 2011 | Gideon Dabi | Comments Off on Double Fine Releases Soundtrack to its Flash Games Share this Double Fine Releases Soundtrack to its Flash Games

  

  Double Fine, makers of such games as Brutal Legend and Grim Fandango, has just released a soundtrack containing tracks from its Flash games Tasha’s Game, My Game About Me, and Host Master and the Conquest of Humor. The collection, now available on iTunes (link HERE), is entitled Double Fine Action Arcade Soundtrack. Clocking in around sixty minutes of music, this collection features over forty tracks from games as well as several bonus tracks. Attributed only to composers Bert Chiang and Razmig Mavlian, the soundtrack features some wonderfully fun and catchy chip music (review to come) as well as some “sound card” tunes.

  [via Joystiq]

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