Last year I had the pleasure of interviewing a budding video game composer named Simon David while he was promoting his debut album, ‘NotAGameCollection’. Now game soundtracks have always been a pet love of mine, let alone soundtracks inspired by actual OSTs as is the case with this particular album, but the reason why David’s work continues to stick out in my mind is the admirable level of consistency in his work.
Category Archives: Soundtrack
Free Soundtrack of the Week: Torchlight II
Runic Games don’t follow rules established by other developers. Their games are cheaper, designs are more ambitious and surprisingly their top-quality soundtracks cost absolutely nothing to download. Continue reading
Free Game Soundtrack of the Week: Nitronic Rush
Game soundtracks are finally starting to get the respect they deserve and rightly so. Now it’s not unusual for big releases to pack in a soundtrack CD along with a game or at least the means to download an MP3 compilation, by paying a little extra. Sometimes though developers and publishers are kind enough to release their work for free and that’s what this weekly blog spotlight focuses on. Continue reading
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