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Robyn Miller has released the soundtrack to the short film Little Potato

April 3, 2017 | Ryan Paquet | Comments Off on Robyn Miller has released the soundtrack to the short film Little Potato Share this

Robyn Miller, the composer of the soundtracks to Myst, Riven and Obduction has just released the soundtrack to Little Potato. The short film directed by Wes Hurley & Nathan M. Miller just won Best Documentary Short at the SXSW Film Festival earlier this month. The filmmakers describe the film as an autobiographical documentary that tells the story of Little Potato‘s journey growing up gay in the Soviet Union before and after the fall of communism, his mother’s struggles to create a better life for them both, and their eventual escape to America via her becoming a mail-order bride.

Robyn Miller also shared some details on his approach to the soundtrack on his newly re-designed website.

Wes came to me with a daring musical vision: he wanted an upbeat 80’s synthpop sound. For music nerds, here are the tools I used: Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S88 and Komplete Ultimate, Pianoteq 5, Macintosh and Logic Pro X. The score was recorded at my home in Seattle.

Robyn Miller

You can sample the album’s remaining tracks on Amazon where it can be purchased digitally for $8.99.

Where you at the SXSW Film Festival this year, and did you have a chance to see Little Potato?
Game Music, Indie Music

Go Behind The Scenes of the Obduction Soundtrack with Composer Robyn Miller

October 25, 2016 | Ryan Paquet | Comments Off on Go Behind The Scenes of the Obduction Soundtrack with Composer Robyn Miller Share this

In case you missed it, Original Sound Version recently conducted an extensive interview with composer Robyn Miller Known where we discussed his score to Cyan Worlds latest game, Obduction. We also briefly touched on the composers work on the game Myst and Riven. You can read the full interview with the composer here. One of the topics we covered was music that did not make it into the game.

Following the interview Robyn Miller said he planned to share some of this music on his Soundcloud page. I for one have always loved behind the scenes videos ever since movie box sets came with bonus VHS Tapes. The composer shared three of these tracks about a month ago. It is not that often that we as listeners get to hear the behind the scenes of a video game soundtrack, but you can listen to those tracks with Robyn Miller’s comments here.

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Featured, Game Music, Indie Music

INTERVIEW with Composer Robyn Miller on the Obduction Soundtrack

August 29, 2016 | Ryan Paquet | Comments Off on INTERVIEW with Composer Robyn Miller on the Obduction Soundtrack Share this

Last week we reported on the release of the soundtrack to Obduction a new game from Cyan Worlds, the creators of the original classic games Myst and Riven. Robyn Miller composed the music for Obduction and he graciously took the time to talk to Original Sound Version about composing the score.

In our interview Robyn Miller provides insight on how he became a part of the project, his approach to scoring the game, and his favorite tracks on the album. He also answers a question I’ve had for years about the Cyan introduction music. Read on for our extensive interview and listen to tracks from the score that formed part of our discussion.

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Game Music, Indie Music

Obduction Original Soundtrack by Robyn Miller AVAILABLE NOW

August 26, 2016 | Ryan Paquet | Comments Off on Obduction Original Soundtrack by Robyn Miller AVAILABLE NOW Share this

The Obduction Original Soundtrack was released on August 24, 2016 along with the game. Robyn Miller co-created and wrote the music for both Myst and Riven: The Sequel to Myst, and this marks his return to composing music for a Cyan Worlds title. After E3 2016 the Obduction soundtrack made my list as one of my most anticipated soundtracks. You can listen to the 28 track album through the bandcamp link below.

<a href="http://robynmiller.bandcamp.com/album/obduction-original-game-sountrack">Obduction – Original Game Sountrack by Robyn Miller</a>

At my first listen I can firmly say that Robyn Miller’s return to scoring for video games is a welcome one. The album cover is also an impressive work of art. You can also watch the official launch trailer for the game featuring Robyn Miller’s music.

You can purchase digital copy of the soundtrack on bandcamp for $7. You can also purchase the full game for $29.99 at the official Obduction page. Stay tuned to Original Sound Version for more on the Obduction soundtrack next week when we’ll share our interview with composer Robyn Miller.
Game Music

Robyn C. Miller shares the first track from the Obduction Soundtrack

July 11, 2016 | Ryan Paquet | Comments Off on Robyn C. Miller shares the first track from the Obduction Soundtrack Share this

On Friday, composer of the music for Myst and Riven, Robyn C. Miller @tinselman on Twitter, tweeted that he had released his first track from the upcoming Obduction soundtrack. He also noted that the soundtrack will be out hopefully in early August after the game’s official release date of July 26, 2016.

He’s also tweeted that the soundtrack is in it’s final stages, and I can’t wait to hear it as I am still a huge fan of the Myst and Riven soundtracks. Obduction will be available on Steam July 26, 2016 and you can read all of the latest news about the game on the official site.

Is Obduction a soundtrack you’re looking forward to?
Game Music

Cyan’s Obduction Announces Music Composer

November 19, 2015 | Ryan Paquet | Comments Off on Cyan’s Obduction Announces Music Composer Share this

On November 13, 2015, Cyan’s kick-started game Obduction, a spiritual successor to the hit Myst series announced on their developer blog that none other than Robyn Miller will be composing the music! Robyn Miller famously composed the music to the original Myst game, and its sequel Riven. In fact these were the first video game scores I ever owned on CD.

The blog also provided a shot of Robyn Miller’s work space where you can see he’s already begun writing the score. No samples of the music have been released yet but if you missed it, Robyn Miller re-mastered the soundtrack to the original Myst game which is still available for purchase over at Loudr.

If you want to be notified when pre-orders are available you can sign up with the Obduction team here. Keep checking back with us here at OSV for news on this soundtrack as I’m very eager to hear it!

Do you have any of the soundtracks from the Myst series? Is this a soundtrack you’re looking forward to?
Miscellaneous, Reviews

The “Quintessential” de Benedictis: Quintets (Review)

October 8, 2010 | Patrick Gann | Comments Off on The “Quintessential” de Benedictis: Quintets (Review) Share this

I absolutely love the experience of popping a new CD in the tray and being surprised, in a most positive way, by what I hear.

This time around, it happened with Paul de Benedictis’ “Quintets,” released in 2007. We last talked about de Benedictis a few weeks ago in reference to his self-composed-and-performed piano solo album Power of One. It was an interesting album, but one that didn’t fully capture my attention. It was better as background music than as music one could get lost in.

All that changes with “Quintet.” In this album, a variety of 5-piece groups (piano, strings, wind, vocals, even a mute trumpet) perform music written by de Benedictis. And it’s all sorts of awesome. I’ve gone from cautiously optimistic to “when is this guy going to write some more music?” And, seriously, with his association with the industry of audio engineering, this guy needs to start getting recognition in media. In other words, the guy should be featured in a videogame score. That’s my thought.

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