#Nancy Drew games music

[mrs-xenia-and-dagny]

I was on a zoom call with him last year and yeah he basically said it was cost cutting reasons (possibly with the new CEO? I can’t remember exactly). But while he said his departure from the games left a bad taste in his mouth, he really enjoyed writing for the games, and he would be happy to write for the games again. He said it was a great experience getting to chat to the developers and he got detailed descriptions of the types of music they wanted for the game, which you can really tell because so much of the music is sooo good.

Also I’m pretty sure to answer the original question Alibi in Ashes was the last one he wrote music for (though I haven’t checked this so I could be misremembering)

When did Kevin stop writing music for her?

I have no idea why Kevin Manthei stopped creating music for the games, though I’ve tried to investigate why he no longer works with HER.

Does anyone have any info about this though?

(Also, does anyone know which game was the last one he composed? Cause according to the credits for the music from WAC, it looks like “Somatone Interactive Studios” wrote the music, but this forum post explains that CAP must have been the last game that Kevin worked on, and that ”Thomas Regin, North By Sound Audio Productions” was responsible for the soundtracks for TMB and DED at the very least.)

So I don’t know if that means that he took some time off between games before ultimately no longer working with HER. I’m sure this is super easy to find out if you just check out the credits for every game, but I just don’t have the time for that right now, haha.

[just-a-madrigal]

Coucou want fruit!

Ransom of the Seven Ships

Nancy Drew Embroideries

[henrikvanderswoon]

i gotta say, KEY has become a hyperfixation (/pos) for me rn and I am not mad about it in the slightest

[necrotic-nephilim]

another tag game!! thanks for the tag <3 @searchforahero and @kevin-day-is-bi

no pressure tags! i have no idea who has been tagged and who hasn't so uhh @sasheneskywalker @divine-dominion @rottenapricots @redhoodedoutlaw @this-was-a-terrible-idea and anyone else in the discord server (which you should join if you're not there) consider yourself tagged if you wanna do it!

[fairmerthefarmer]

So far Blackmoor Manor is still the top Nancy game for both my sister and I. Other games have better characters I think and even better plots maybe, (or better culprit reveals) but the vibes and music are STRONG. (Both TRT and CUR made us feel nostalgic for the game even though we never played it before. But like, it felt like to both of us as if we had memories of playing it before it was magic)

I think being fans of the Secret Garden and stuff like that as a kid is why we like that vibe so much.

I’ve always wanted to explore a giant old mysterious house. Books like that and even the beginning part of the lion the witch and the wardrobe make it seem so fun.

Also loulou. Love loulou so much.

[naancypants]

Wake up besties, new ND Music Playlist just dropped 🔍✨

[snack-shop-boss]

This is very much a joke I love Hadestown but if you get it you get it

[worstvideogamesong-poll]

Worst Video Game Song Tournament - Round 3 Match 15

Title Music - Manic Miner

VERSUS

Credtrap - Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill

FIGHT!

I would recommend listening to as much as you can of each song before voting, but how you choose is up to you! Remember to be civil in the tags and replies!

Propaganda under cut:

Manic Miner Title Music:

"#but then i heard [Manic Miner Title Music] #just 2 seconds probably #and now the only emotjon that occupies my brain is fear #legit maybe i wont be scared when it wont be dark outside but like i dont think id survive listwning to the whole thi g"

"#however bad you think manic miner is gonna be you are VASTLY underestimating it"

"#seriously [Manic Miner Title Music] hurts #but it's also so funny"

Credtrap:

"JUST LISTEN TO IT. WHAT IS THIS."

"oh god I've never heard the Nancy Drew song before, it's truly terrible. Weird music in the background that sounds like when a pair of headphones is about to go, cringy white boy(?) rapper, trying to make Nancy Drew cool and hip..."

"#great so credtrap's so bad it went unused (well the vocals did). it's awkward in a way a bad parappa player can barely dream of"

"#craptrad"

Feel free to add more propaganda in the tags and replies, or send it to me in the ask box and I'll try to share it as soon as I can!

[drewlyyours]

THE HAUNTING OF CASTLE MALLOY FANCAST

ND #19

Kyler Mallory - Karen Gillan

Kit Foley - Colin O'Donoghue

Donal Delaney - Christopher Lloyd

Matt Simmons - Alfred Enoch

Fiona Malloy - Ruth Connell

when a mortal hears the wail of a banshee, it means someone is about to die

MHM, TRT, FIN, SSH, DOG, CAR, DDI, SHA, CUR, CLK, TRN, DAN, CRE, ICE, CRY, VEN

[kleptonancydrew]

With AO3 down I’m restless and so like any normal person, I went to replay the senior detective massive sudoku and nonogram from SAW. 

[drewlyyours]

Y’all gotta play “Killer Frequency” it’s this. It’s also very Nancy Drew games and I love it. I’ve already finished it twice.

the classic trope of "what if you went to a town and it was weird" never fails

[sp0o0kylights]

I once had to pose in a ton of photos for a friend's AP photography final back in high school so may I present to you:

Steve Harrington, who gave in to Robin's begging that he act as her weird art model for her senior year portfolio (the same one her teacher is encouraging her to bat out of the ballpark and enter into contests.) 

She's doing a whole thing on fashion, subcultures and sexuality using photos and collaged poetry, a project that has Steve trying on different outfits and posing in different places. 

"This might help me land a scholarship, Dingus." She hisses while she's got him bent over her bathtub, spraying parts of his hair blue with wash-out dye.

Steve, soulmate and best friend extraordinaire, goes through it all with minimal (for him) bitching, even if the goth outfit feels absolutely ridiculous, and the 'geek' photoshoot downright laughable.

He starts to have fun when she has him mimic Nancy's straight laced, all A's good girl aura, and equally has a blast with the country look (he has no idea where Robin got a miniature horse but it conned him for every piece of food he had on him and then some.) 

The final piece is the one they're struggling with, the one Robin's now (fake) dying his hair partially blue for. 

A few hours later and he's dressed up once again in a studded leather jacket, the tightest jeans he owns ringed with belts, and combat boots.

 Robin had even talked him into letting her use eyelash glue to attach a few metal studs on his face--two acting as an eyebrow piercing and one on his nose. 

The looks he drew took a minute to get used too when all was said and done, Robin dragging him around Hawkins while she tried to find the 'perfect backdrop' but he's not gonna lie. 

He kinda enjoys being punk Steve.

That is, until Robin has him posing in an alleyway and Eddie Munson comes around the corner, jaw right about falling to the floor.

Even better? 

Eddie doesn't recognize him. 

Not at first, when he siddles up to Steve, nodding to the handkerchief in Steve's back pocket and then flicking the pink triangle pin on his jacket with a finger. 

Steve owes Jonathan a bottle of his father's best alcohol for giving him enough knowledge to get through the music razing Eddie subjects him too, and Steve's all too happy to play the part of punk asshole to Munson's music-snob metalhead.

It's not until Eddies playing with his hair and Robin gives in to letting him have a quick break from the shoot that he gives up the ghost, leaning in to whisper in Eddie's ear. 

"Gotta say, Munson," Steve all but purrs."I wasn't expecting you to fall for the Harrington Charm that fast."

"What?" Eddie asks, jerking his head back to look at him with wide eyes. 

Maybe it's the outfit giving him the extra ounce of courage, but Steve likes to think more that it gives him the freedom to lean forward and brush their lips together. 

Eddie doesn't return it, but that's alright. 

Steve's played this game enough to know that it was merely a hook for a real kiss. 

"Okay." Robin says, annoyed, camera at her side. "Steve, I'm happy that you're finally exploring that repressed as fuck homosexuality we keep arguing about, I really am, but I have to get this last photo!" 

He ignores her, instead nudging Eddie's shoulders.

"Care to pose with me?" Steve asks, grinning. He can tell Eddie still isn't sure if this is a joke, that he's seconds from running, and reaches out to tug on his black handkerchief. "Get Robin her photo, and then talk about this after, Mr. S&M."

Eddie flushes scarlet, but after some reassurance (and wheelding) from Robin, finally agrees. 

(Later, he agrees to a date, which Steve also credits the outfit for.

Even if Robin demands half the credit.) 

[naancypants]

The year is 1940, so hang your hat and find a table at this swanky bar as a selection of vintage tunes fills the room around you!

(aka, I got inspired😁💜)

[lavenderlace16]

Rebloging this so I can find it again: these are amazing!

I've started making playlists on Spotify inspired by Nancy Drew games!

Here are the links!

Treasure in the Royal Tower

Secret of the Old Clock

Danger by Design

Legend of the Crystal Skull

The Haunting of Castle Malloy

Warnings at Waverly Academy

The Silent Spy

Sea of Darkness

I'm working on more, so stay tuned (for danger)!

[worstvideogamesong-poll]

Worst Video Game Song Tournament Round 1 Match 60

Credtrap - Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill

VERSUS

Cole Train Rap - Gears of War

FIGHT!

I would recommend listening to as much as you can of each song before voting, but how you choose is up to you! Remember to be civil in the tags and replies!

Propaganda under cut:

Credtrap:

"JUST LISTEN TO IT. WHAT IS THIS."

Cole Train Rap:

(none included)

Feel free to add more propaganda in the tags and replies, or send it to me in the ask box and I'll try to share it as soon as I can!