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  Rekindled Memories: Eternal Daughter 10th Anniversary Original Soundtrack Review

  May 9, 2012 | Audun Sorlie | Comments Off on Rekindled Memories: Eternal Daughter 10th Anniversary Original Soundtrack Review Share this Rekindled Memories: Eternal Daughter 10th Anniversary Original Soundtrack Review

  

  David Saulesco has traveled far since his mid teens in the world of video games. Born and raised in a quiet suburb of Stockholm, the child of meatballs and Kalle’s caviar was raised in a musical family which had him bit by the music bug at an early age, and alongside his deep love for music, blossomed also a love for video games. It was almost a certainty even before he entered school that in his life, Saulesco was destined for a life of fun, friends and video games, and now in 2012, Saulesco is working on a wide range of projects, realizing his childhood dreams one after another.

  His road to the video games industry had its largest step in 2002, at the age of 16, when Saulesco was given the chance to compose the music for Derek Yu’s freeware classic Eternal Daughter. A game filled with homage and heart, it gave a unique yet daunting opportunity for the young Swede to make use of his own melodies while also leaving some hints of his inspirations along the way, giving the game it’s charming sound. Now 27, Saulesco has returned to rearrange and update his very first soundtrack for its 10th anniversary.

  Is the rebirth worth your time or as sour as a Swedish lime? Find out! (more…)

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  Eternal Child: David Saulesco Interview

  April 30, 2012 | Audun Sorlie | Comments Off on Eternal Child: David Saulesco Interview Share this Eternal Child: David Saulesco Interview

  

  Since the summer of 2002, David Saulesco has climbed the ladder of success slowly but surely in his lifelong dream to work with video games and music. It was in that year that the then 16 year old composer was launched to indy fame and recognition with Derek Yu’s freeware masterpiece Eternal Daughter. Since then the young man has thrown himself into nearly all ends of both the music and video game industry, producing, arranging, contracting, he even rode on a horse once.

  Now, Saulesco is returning to his proving grounds, and will be releasing the Eternal Daughter 10th Anniversary Original Soundtrack on May 1st. With so many projects behind him and in store in the near future, it seemed only natural to have a chat with the man and speak about his views on composing, video games, symphonic shows and everything in between. Saulesco is never short of his trademark charm, and is of no loss of words on any subject.

  Click the jump to read our interview with David Saulesco (more…)

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  Unsung Prodigy: David Saulesco’s Eternal Daughter (Review)

  October 18, 2011 | Patrick Gann | 5 Comments Share this Unsung Prodigy: David Saulesco’s Eternal Daughter (Review)

  

  I recently played through a fantastic indie PC game. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. It’s called Aquaria. The whole game was put together by two people: Derek Yu (art and design) and Alec Holowka (sound and programming).

  But I’m not here to tell you about Aquaria or its soundtrack. I think many of us already know just how good that soundtrack is (though I’m a little late to the game). Rather, I’d like to go much farther back in Derek Yu’s career, to his indie platform-adventure game Eternal Daughter, which he created with Jon Perry.

  When Yu put this game together, he had a few wet-behind-the-ears composers help him out. This was roughly one decade ago. As things panned out, the majority of the music was written by then-sixteen-year-old David Saulesco.

  I met Saulesco earlier this year at MAGFest. Fellow young-and-prodigious composer Josh Whelchel introduced him to me, citing his work on Eternal Daughter as the big claim to fame. I’d heard of the game, and dabbled with it in college, but never really caught onto the soundtrack.

  That, too, changed after Saulesco released the Eternal Daughter Original Soundtrack for free via, you guessed it, Bandcamp.

  After the jump, my short take on the soundtrack that will hopefully convince you to take the time to click some links and download the soundtrack. And while you’re at it, you can hit up Saulesco via Twitter (@withaknife) and beg him to do another full soundtrack! (more…)

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