#Game Music

[msbarrows]

Belgium late 90s devs: "Hey we're making a cool game set on an alien world, using game engine technologies that no one else has released a game utilizing before. Can we have some dramatic music to listen to while riding across the voxel landscape on our twanha mounts??"

Composer Lennie Moore, who apparently believes in go big or go home: "Sure, gimme a sec, I'll just go hire the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Choir."

japanese game dev in the 90s: hey dude can you make some music for our game about anime girls getting fucked sloppy style

guy who's about to push the PC-98 sound card to its absolute limit and create the most heartachingly beautiful music you've ever heard: Yeah okay

[koboldfactory]

New music time:

this time it's a track for the bird game I should be working on more often lol

[2mello]

I'm in Bomb Rush Cyberfunk!!

I've been holding this back for a long time--INCREDIBLY EXCITED to say my song "I Wanna Kno" was chosen for the Bomb Rush Cyberfunk soundtrack. Grateful to director Dion Koster for seeing something in the track and letting me help color the game world of New Amsterdam. I still can't believe I'm part of one of the coolest games ever in a music lineup like this. Out now on PC/Nintendo Switch, coming to consoles soon after!

[kystral]

[fieldsofmistria]

Enjoying Fields of Mistria's music? 🎶

Check out our full soundtrack on YouTube and listen whenever you want!

🎵 Music by Hidehito Ikumo and Catton Arthur

🔗 OST Playlist Link

[alphachromeyayo]

Nearly finished Umineko When They Cry... phew, what a wild ride 🧙‍♀️

Here's a little taishōgoto version of some of my favourite music from it 🦋

If you dig this, maybe check me out on Bandcamp! 💖

[smileyface098]

THE MURDER OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (GAME ASSETS)

HELLO. I extracted all of The Murder Of Sonic The Hedgehog game assets. You can find sprites, backgrounds, audio files and other stuff here (no credit needed) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CCZy4UllhMBWPC7tco5gE-wCUoxCQJ6x?usp=sharing

EDIT: I uploaded the animations and other stuff I don't quite understand (I know nothing about coding) and also a link on how you can extract the assets yourself. I hope it helps. If you do something using these please share, I'd love to see. Thank you!

[youmegravity]

Working on the jazzy evil villain theme for Cake Quest! This goofy little guy 🍰

[boltcutterparty]

I have THOUGHTS on Ifan's Theme. Mead Gold and Blood is a masterpiece and if you haven't seen Borislav Slavov's talk about his composing process you absolutely should (it's on YouTube), but hear me out:

+Spoilers under the cut+

His theme is divided into three acts. At first we get the flute - maybe a bansuri, but I'm not sure - lively and light-hearted, but slightly dissonant, which perfectly mirrors how we're introduced to him as a character. He's charismatic, he's nice, cracking jokes and enjoying himself even under dire circumstances. But there's a layer of darkness to him he won't reveal (yet). We know pretty early on that he's an actual contract killer, and definitely hiding some shit. Ifan's sweet side is not a front, but it's not all there is to him, either.

Then, in act two - after you get a brief piece of the main theme, which for me signals his connection to the divine, but maybe I'm reading into it too deep - the flute keeps going, but it gets MORE dissonant, in contrast with the strings rising in the background. It's hectic. There's a sense of danger and despair, and this part always makes me think of Ifan running through the forest to deliver the rift portal to the elves.

Then, the third act. We've got brass, and the flute stops, it sounds triumphant, there's a sense of overcoming that despair that we have in part two. It's the perfect soundtrack to him getting his revenge, placing his trust in himself and his friends instead of the leader that doomed him, and giving divinity back to the people. That part also plays after he kills the lone wolves, he's changing as a person, breaking free from his past, and he's choosing a different path like he does at the end of the game (at least, as a companion with high approval.)

And I know people think differently about this, but for me, that's his "good" ending - and deeply tragic that it isn't canon, that he makes one more misplaced sacrifice in Lucian's name, and the cycle goes on.

Man idk. It's such a banger.

[adam-sadmon]

Something I really like and noticed upon re-listening to the Elden Ring soundtrack is the harpsichord and guitar in Mohg, Lord of Blood. At least in comparison to the medieval aesthetic of the world and most of the OST the use of more 'modern' instruments really help set it apart and ingrain the idea of a coming age, beyond the medieval realm of the Lands Between, a new Dynasty.

[thewandererh]

anyone ever heard of unravel? it’s one of my absolute favorite games, and it’s message and experience will never leave me. you’re a lil yarn fella exploring the memories of an old lady, and uncovering a heartfelt and realistic story of growth and loss along the way. absolutely gorgeous scenery, puzzle design, and metaphor of a game.

it does all of this with absolutley zero words. the only thing you hear from the game is ambience…and the music. i need to talk about the music.

one thing that’s always stood out to me about Unravel’s music is that it’s based completely on violin. composed and preformed by frida johansson and henrik oja, it’s a work of art (and awesome for studying!). i love this choice of experimenting with an emotional instrument to describe different areas: it succeeds so naturally in capitalizing on the emotion. your character goes through areas themed with sun, snow, water, ice, forests, and metal, and the music compliments it every step of the way. the environment changes pallette after pallette as you experience the story through a vessel of expression that admires and fears the world around it.

you are a yarn cat reminiscing on the good and bad of life. you go through trials and triumphs just like anyone would. but in this journey through the eyes of a wordless red thread of destiny, you experience life to the fullest. this thesis is reflected to its full potential in the music.

frida and henrik are masters of expressing emotion through music alone and i will always admire them for that. never have i heard a question, statement, and exclamation interpreted so thoroughly through instrumentals. they handle cord progression and storytelling so extremely well. the sequel, Unravel 2. continues this emotional-musical trend while incorporating different instruments too, giving the game a collaborative and heartfelt feeling. they add guitar and digital doodads that groove endlessly in their own ambient way, further expanding the style of the unravel games. the music of this game (series?) is a friend to you on your journey—empathizing and playing with you through the ups and downs. it’s a masterpiece of design and i will never stop preaching praises for it.

please play the game (and it’s sequel with a friend!!) on steam. i am on my knees. please. it isn’t covered as much as it needs to be and deserves all the love it receives. the message is timeless, the music is wonderful, and the puzzles are worthwhile. it’s an absolute indie gem that will never leave you for as long as you live.

.-.

this was something different for me, and a bit of a ramble-tumble, and that’s ok. i’ve always admired video essays and rants on social media that feel like persuasive essays. i’m been experimenting with wordplay and sentence structure recently, and wanted to give something like this a try :]. it’s unprofessional since i’m no expert, but i’m noticing something and commenting on it to the best of my ability. thanks for reading!💛

[furapoggers]

wrote mario paint styled track for my fren game :P

[bowserinthesky]

Dunno if someone already uploaded here, but here is the special collab between squid sisters, off the hook and deep cut that they made for the grand fest