Before you begin reading this review, I implore you: if you don’t know the name Winifred Phillips, just check her credentials on Wikipedia right now.
Though she has had recent involvement in the game music scene, perhaps the most impressive work of hers is the music she composed and produced for NPR‘s Generation Radio Theater Presents (later retitled Radio Tales). She was a radio actress for this program alongside all the music written here. As a long-time NPR fan, I have to point this out to contextualize Phillips’ past work.
Since familiarizing herself in the world of game music, Phillips worked on God of War earlier this decade, and SimAnimals earlier this year (see our coverage here). Now, she’s moved on to Spore Hero, the Wii-exclusive side game to the innovative “create-your-own-species Sim” Spore, which received mixed reaction last year despite much early hype. Spore Hero for Wii was released very recently (first week of October 2009 in North America and Europe), and Phillips’ score went on sale, digitally, through EA’s record label EARS in the same timeframe.
For our review of the Spore Hero Original Videogame Score, follow the jump. And don’t let the cover art fool you: this is really, really good stuff. (more…)
