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Christopher Young’s score to Wilson’s Heart the VR Video Game score coming on June 1st!

May 4, 2018 | Ryan Paquet | Comments Off on Christopher Young’s score to Wilson’s Heart the VR Video Game score coming on June 1st! Share this

On June 1, 2018, Varese Sarabande will release composer’s Christopher Young’s score to Wilson’s Heart, the Oculus Rift VR game developed by Twisted Pixel. Christopher Young is known for his many horror film scores including Hellraiser, The Fly 2, Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, Drag Me to Hell, and many more. He also epically scored the first two Monkey King films which OSV has covered in the past. Varese Sarabande offers some more detail on the soundtrack below:

Wilson’s Heart is the award winning Oculus virtual reality game. This game is an immersive first-person psychological thriller set in a 1940s hospital that has undergone a haunting transformation. The player becomes Robert Wilson, a patient who awakens to the shocking discovery that his heart has been replaced with a mysterious device. The original soundtrack features a creepy, horror movie inspired score composed by Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominated composer, Christopher Young (Hellraiser, Spider-Man 3). CD and Digital hit June 1st!

Varese Sarabande Records

You can watch the trailer the game above, and you can download and listen to the game’s End Credits music directly on Twisted Pixel’s website. I’ve posted the track below so that you can listen here too! You can pre-order the CD now from Amazon for $14.98.

Have you played Wilson’s Heart? What did you think of the music? Share your experience with us in the comments!
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Comic Jumper: The Laughter and Music Save You From Breaking Your Controller

December 10, 2010 | Gideon Dabi | 2 Comments Share this

Following the success of ‘Splosion Man, Twisted Pixel has gone ever further out of the box in delivering Comic Jumper, a side-scrolling romp with some 3D sequences and a sharp sense of humor. Instead of the homicidally, adorable, flaming protagonist, we now have a dim-witted, arrogant nincompoop with a loud-mouthed asshole sidekick, Star. Though I always loved ‘Splosion Man, Captain Smiley holds his own and so does the rest of this rather difficult and musical blast.

The story finds Captain Smiley, a comic book hero, with declining sales numbers of his book, forcing him to guest star in other heroes’ series to regain fame and relaunch his solo title – a brilliant premise. Smiley is forced to run the gamut of different genres and series. In a wonderfully clever move, Twisted Pixel opted to assign different composers for the different worlds. (more…)
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‘Splosion Man ‘Splodes Our Hearts (Review)

August 3, 2009 | Gideon Dabi | 7 Comments Share this

‘Sploding onto XBOX Live Arcade to kick off “Summer of Arcade” is Twisted Pixel’s ‘Splosion Man. This little gem has caught the attention of gamers everywhere with its surprisingly substantive package of challenging gameplay, artfully zany presentation, and irresistible protagonist. I absolutely LOVED this game and am happy to report that it is in no small part thanks to its composer, Joshua Mosley.

A relatively small game whose premise it is to ‘splode oneself off of walls and onto evil scientists (turning them into various deli meats) would probably not be served best with an 80-piece orchestral sound (i.e. Shadow of the Colossus, Killzone 2). So, what did Mosley do in his score that made our ears and hearts ‘splode with joy?

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