We talk a lot about music from Japan, but it’s rare that we get to check out game music from China. I was fortunate to have met composer Roc Chen several years ago at the Composer Expo in Los Angeles, and I’ve stayed in touch with him and kept up with his music ever since. He’s very prolific, and writes for a variety of titles (he’s scored over 100 games to date), and I’m continually impressed with the progress he’s made.
One of the projects he worked on last year was a game called Luvinia Online, an MMORPG (Chen works on a lot of these) with a fantasy setting. The last project of Chen’s that I listened to was Secret Online, an MMO with a heavily Chinese influence, that utilized traditional Chinese instruments and was a lot of fun to listen to (it’s available on iTunes if you’re interested), but Luvinia Online is pure European fantasy, and it’s scored as such. It definitely contrasts with some of his past work, so I thought it’d be fun to review the soundtrack.
Hit the jump for our review of the Chinese MMORPG Luvinia Online soundtrack! (more…)
