Sword & Sworcery LP - The Ballad of the Space Babies has been issued on vinyl, cassette, and CD, complete with beautiful packaging designed by Superbrothers game artist Craig D. One track in particular, “The Cloud,” actually featured guest appearances from Owen Pallett and Arcade Fire collaborator Michael Olsen. This was a collection of songs you actually wanted to listen to outside of gameplay.
retro bit music, gaudy string arrangements) for something more personalized, nuanced, and slyly atmospheric. Guthrie’s thoughtful, eclectic soundtrack notably eschewed typical game soundtrack aesthetics (i.e. Which makes perfect sense, seeing as the composer himself was a foundational part of the game’s creation. Not only was the game a huge success across the board – winning a number of awards, garnering critical acclaim, and eventually being named a “landmark“ in Apple’s App Store – but its use of music was also recognized as being essential to the experience. Back in 2011, the Toronto musician (who may be best known for his work in the early 2000s Canadian indie rock scene, including Islands) composed, performed, and produced the soundtrack for a beautifully cinematic adventure game called Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP. It’s only right that to start an Indie Game Composers guide with Jim Guthrie, as he may be one of the first to truly legitimize the field and help it find a wider audience. As popular culture’s obsession with inhabiting virtual spaces continues to increase, shouldn’t we give a fraction of that thought and consideration to those who paint our experiences with sound, emotion, and atmosphere? Here are 10 reasons why the answer is “Yes.” Some of these artists are making totally bonkers music, some of them are subverting video game tropes with incomparable style, and some of them are actively changing the relationship between music and games. In an effort to give curious ears a proper jumping off point, I’ve compiled a list of notable musicians, producers, and composers who are doing fantastic work with low-budget game soundtracks.
Sure, there are a few underground games that somehow reached pop culture ubiquity – Monument Valley and Minecraft quickly come to mind – but they’re just the surface of a huge industry teeming with ingenious creativity.Īnd practically all of the best and certainly the most interesting video game music in recent memory – save for, like, HEALTH’s Max Payne 3 OST – has come out of the indie scene. Small independent developers are constantly breaking boundaries and setting new standards in the gaming world, but you have to pay close attention to catch these gems.
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Just like in music, there’s much more to video games than what we see in commercials and plastered onto windows at the mall.
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