ARK The Animated Series Volume 1
@survivetheark
soundtrack, 68 tracks over 3 hrs 4 mins, is out now on all major music platforms! Links below. Substantial thread follows. If you've followed my work over the years then this soundtrack has a bit of everything, soft/intimate to…
The
@Halo
Infinite soundtrack should now be out on all platforms.
Thanks to
#343industries
for entrusting
@cschweitzer
@joelcorelitz
and myself with Infinite's music. I hope you all enjoy the album but more importantly the work in-game, out in 12 hours!
The soundtrack to
@OriTheGame
Will of the Wisps is now available. Link below!
Over 100 ppl involved in the making of this. Will highlight talent this coming week. I'm very happy to have been given the opportunity to compose in this world again. Enjoy!
Random giveaway. Ori Collectors Edition for Xbox. Contains game, in steelbook case, art book, piano collections CD. To make it one of a kind the winner will get their choice of one page of signed sheet music from one track of the WotW OST. To win simply Like and Follow.
The website
@joinhitpiece
is garbage. Selling/hosting NFTs after doing a bot scrape of the entire Spotify catalog. So many affected. Absolutely no way I or publishers would endorse this
Ori + Halo + RK soundtracks up there for starters. A joke, take it down. Please signal boost
- Music from the games that are nominated for music. (Even cool cover versions)
- Performances from the people who do the work. (Mick Gordon, Casey + Ali Edwards, Lyn+P5 music band). This always works.
- And if you really care about music then stop relegating it to pre-show! lol
Composers/musicians using the website
@AudioJungle
by
@envato
to sell royalty free music - Envato have 'updated' - their T&C's to **now have AI train on your items that you have authored and uploaded**
You are opted in AUTOMATICALLY.
Additionally, your items will now be…
So many have asked. Soundtracks from
@Halo
Infinite campaign and multiplayer will be out same day as the campaign. 8th December
(you can finally see who did what between myself
@cschweitzer
@joelcorelitz
@alexbhore
!)
Pretty sure will be on all streaming platforms, preview here
Thrilled to bring you the latest OSTs from one of the greatest game franchises of all time. This music is ICONIC and the Infinite OSTs walk a great line between refreshing innovation and unadulterated nostalgia. Releasing 12/8!!
Pre-order now available:
Did an interview with
@Halo
Waypoint talking about our approach and philosophy to composing Infinite's music, respecting Halo's legacy while also talking about where we plan to take things. Comes with the track written for the end of the campaign demo.
Thankyou to everyone who has listened, continues to listen and hopefully will continue to listen next year and beyond! Next releases not far away at all.
Our tech team has pulled off a major miracle in getting
@OriTheGame
to run on Nintendo Switch. And not just run, but run amazingly well.
Will of the Wisps available today for Switch!
BIG NEWS: iam8bit has teamed up with Moon Studios and Microsoft Game Studios to bring Ori and the Will of the Wisps to the Nintendo Switch! Available TODAY on the Nintendo eShop!
@joinhitpiece
I've never heard such rubbish.
Needs of the artists / labels? What dialog did you have with literally anybody about this?
This should have been caught in pre-alpha, never mind beta.
Better yet, this should never have had to be caught at all.
It belongs in the bin.
They say that an artist shouldn't read the comments. But the comments on this video are an example of what keep me motivated and ultimately why I love doing this. I got into writing music for games to try and help recreate the memories of gaming that I had a child and harness…
"We Aren't Meant to Live Forever" as heard in the
@survivetheark
Ascended trailer is now available on your streaming service of choice.
Apple Music -
Tidal -
Bandcamp -
Spotify -
Sad to see the end of E3. I'll forever have a close attachment with it. The reveal of
@OriTheGame
Ori in 2014 with the glowing wrist bands syncing up with the Spirit Tree lights, and then having the privilege to reintroduce Ori in the sequel in 2017 playing piano on stage are…
Series of tweets coming highlighting talent on
@OriTheGame
score. First, a newcomer to the Ori world, Kristin Naigus
@field_of_reeds
played 21 instruments (pictured) on the soundtrack. She's a genius, and has sound and tone that is in complete synergy with Ori. Some tracks below.
If you're enjoying things
@Halo
currently, give this man
@alexbhore
a follow. He's responsible for the awesome post-rock themed multiplayer music!
Music in main menu of Technical Preview is rotation of tracks by all Infinite's composers
@cschweitzer
@joelcorelitz
Alex & myself
This day of recording was a career highlight. Recorded the beginning of the game, multiple cutscenes, the entire end level and the ending.
@philharmonia
aced the performance, and it sounds wonderful at
@AIRStudios
The Medium
@TheMediumGame
by
@BlooberTeam
was a really memorable experience. In terms of audio very few games will equal this not just in terms of sound and music quality but how they work together and at all times elevate the game. My favorite audio in a game since Hellblade
What an insane category! 5 extremely different scores and approaches to implementation in all. Very proud to be nominated alongside these.
Thanks to everyone who collaborated to bring this
@OriTheGame
score to life. Most of all thanks to all the fans for the unwavering support!
Your nominees for
#TheGameAwards
Best Score/Music:
👾DOOM Eternal
👾Final Fantasy VII Remake
👾Hades
👾Ori and the Will of the Wisps
👾The Last of Us Part II
Vote:
Winners LIVE on December 10.
It lives! Started scoring this and recording this back in 2021 and it's great to finally see the first 6 episodes out! It is not just a dinosaur show, it has a real soul and characters I had a great time writing themes for, and developing them over the series.
OST out very soon…
Survival of the wildest. Based on the acclaimed video game,
#ARK
The Animated Series is NOW STREAMING in the US and Canada. Coming to other countries with
#ParamountPlus
starting April 19th.
I have been "gifted" an antiquated bassoon. The ultimate troll "present" from
@field_of_reeds
. (I don't know where she sourced it from)
Why a troll present? I can't stand the instrument. It ranks alongside my distaste for peanut butter (awful) and pickles (everything about them…
The eagle-eyed among you will have noticed that yes, I've contributed music to
@DOTA2
International 10 Battle Pass. Was a blast and I hope everyone enjoys it!
Guess the words out. I'm joining industry legends Grant Kirkhope
@grantkirkhope
and Yoko Shimomura
@midiplex
on the Mario Rabbids Sparks of Hope soundtrack.
@MarioRabbids
Delighted to have picked up an Ivor Novello nomination for
@OriTheGame
. To be chosen by other composers and songwriters makes this a real honour. Thanks as always to everyone who helped make this score happen!
Full list of nominees ->
Shadowdrop! I scored the Ruined King : A League of Legends Story game by
@AirshipSyn
@RiotForge
There's 2 albums, one for the in-game score bringing Bilgewater, Shadow Isles and the game characters to life,& one for the inn music of Bilgewater.(thread..)
2 weeks to go until
@princeofpersia
The Lost Crown! Demo coming next week (if you like metroidvanias you will like this game). Really enjoyed composing this soundtrack with Mentrix
Two very different tracks, both of which you heard in the
@survivetheark
II trailer shown at
@thegameawards
. Presented here in full.
ARK II Soundtrack - ARK II Main Theme & Past Lives
Long thread. Interesting topic.
1) It's never been cheaper to equip yourself with gear compared to when I started (esp. taking inflation into account)
2) What *is* a 'decent sample library'? I've heard mockups with cheap sample libraries that sound incredible & vice versa.
It wouldn't cost *that much* to equip every game composer with a decent sample library if they needed one. It wouldn't cost *that much* to slightly close the wealth gap in game audio.
🎵 Let's all take a breath and listen to this track from the Ori and the Will of the Wisps soundtrack! Do you have a favorite piece of music from
#OritheGame
?
Here is the isolated music track for the E3 2018 trailer for
@OriTheGame
. It's a free download at Bandcamp at the link below (also on Youtube). Thanks again
@AeralieBrighton
and
@field_of_reeds
🎶Just over 3 weeks to go! 🎶
Arrangements are done, rehearsals have started, it's a rare chance to hear music from both
@OriTheGame
titles - in the concert hall setting, in a top venue, played by the same orchestra that recorded Will of the Wisps. Hope to see you there!
Tickets for The Jazz of Cuphead and The Symphony of the Spirits are now available at !
Become a part of GMF vol. 4, and prepare for cool educational events and foremost - lots of amazing music from
@KrisMaddigan
and
@garethcoker
!
@OriTheGame
@StudioMDHR
Following Ruined King, I worked again with
@RiotForge
and for the first time,
@DigitalSunGames
to produce the soundtrack for *Mageseeker : A League of Legends Story*, available now on all platforms. Soundtrack links follow:
Spotify -
Wipe that tear from your eye and admire a vessel you'll want to protect at all costs!
This
@OriTheGame
inspired Ancestral Ship Set is available for all
@XboxGamePass
Ultimate subscribers to redeem via the new Perks programme, from now until May 18th. 💙
This time, highlighting, not a newcomer to
@OriTheGame
!
@AeralieBrighton
represents the core DNA of Ori's journey in Blind Forest, and the initation of Ori's journey in the 2nd (as well as another part which I won't say because, spoilers!)
Had no idea about this! Always fun to see what the
@survivetheark
community likes.
Only qualm is Journey's End should be higher - but that's probably recency bias at play for me!
ARK II & Animated Series awaits, looking forward to pushing the music further & revisiting themes.
Soon...
"It's an entirely wordless opening infused with so much warmth, humanity and that heart-soaring feeling that comes when seeing people come together in the face of adversity. I can't imagine being more moved by a video game this year"
@tha_rami
Majority of orchestral soundtrack recordings are sight-read (players have never seen music before) by players on the day. No rehearsal, just straight into takes & then if time -doing spot-fixes on small sections of the piece. Always amazed how 70+ players can make that happen.
Going to use this opportunity (with some obvious bias!) to highlight
@wabisabisound
@andrewlackey
@thebeauanthony
work on Ori 1
@OriTheGame
. Specifically the Bash ability.
Anyone who's played the game will instantly know the sound in their head and how perfectly it synergizes…
Enjoy the sweet, sweet sound of our Music award 🎼🎧 nominees:
🎮 Ghost of Tsushima
🎮 Hades
🎮 The Last of Us Part II
🎮 Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
🎮 Ori and the Will of the Wisps
🎮 Sackboy: A Big Adventure
#BAFTAGames
Congrats to FF7R music team, Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu, Mitsuto Suzuki for their win and great work! And other nominees Mick Gordon, Darren Korb, Gustavo Santaolella and Mac Quayle. Was an honor to be recognized alongside all of you for our work done over the last few years
Good and more importantly, accurate, analysis by
@8bitMusicTheory
of one of my favorite suites of tracks across the Ori games.
How Music Matches Gameplay in Ori's "Shadows of Mouldwood"
Seen a lot of people requesting this. The final cutscene music for
@survivetheark
ARK : Extinction. Here it is. Sorry for delay on DLC soundtracks, very hammered on several things but close to wrapping them up and make sure they are right!
Personal favorite track that I wrote on
@Halo
Infinite Campaign - Endless / Judgement (they are linked)
Favorite of
@cschweitzer
- Finale / Never Tell Me The Odds
Favorite of
@joelcorelitz
- Spire / Hunter's Dance
What about you? Favorites? Surprises? Enjoying the campaign?
Prince of Persia
@princeofpersia
The Lost Crown is out now! Available on Playstation, Xbox, Switch, PC!
Soundtrack co-composed by
@mentrixmusic
and myself also out! Links here -
Before mentioning my own team I want to congratulate Mentrix on her first…
I had more music play in trailers (4.5 minutes) during last year's TGA's than the amount of time allocated to the nominees & winners of music category combined in the last 3 years!
One step forwards (music in mainshow - live performances from current games👍) two steps backwards
Yes. 1200 pages of score (on A3 paper), many thousands more of parts. Here's a tiny tiny fraction of it... (a set of parts for violins IIRC)
(Yes the paper is all recycled post-session, I hope we all move to electronic music stands that can be annotated by musicians soon...)
Soooo I don't know much about the technical aspects of music composition, but
@garethcoker
tells me the score for ARK The Animated Series is about 1200 sheet/pages long (all recorded live). I gather that's... a lot of music😁 (~7 hours runtime)
A brief look at the soundtrack recording for
@OriTheGame
Will of the Wisps at
@AIRStudios
. Thanks again to everyone involved
@philharmonia
, all soloists and crew who brought it all to life!
Soundtrack available on all platforms!
I've generally been extremely lucky to be very well supported on all my work but Jeremy and all the team at Wildcard working on the game and show have always gone the extra mile to put me in the best position to deliver for the game and the show.
The Animated Series was such an…
I believe that
@garethcoker
's ~7 hour live score for Parts 1 & 2 on ARK The Animated Series to be a magnum opus; it's a transcendent work, and I believe when listeners/viewers experience the entirety of it together they'll feel the same. It's a whole vibe, man!
When all hope is lost and humanity’s fate hangs in the balance, the Master Chief is ready to confront the most ruthless foe he’s ever faced.
#HaloInfinite
launching December 8, 2021.
♾️
Thank you to
@Official_AIAS
for the Original Music nomination amongst such great company, and congrats to Moon Studios and
@OriTheGame
for picking up 5 in total!
Ori and the Will of the Wisps has received *five* nominations in the
#DICEAwards
!
Thank you so much
@Official_AIAS
for this honor. 💜🏆
View all nominations here:
ARK
@survivetheark
DLC soundtracks finally available - includes Scorched Earth, SOTF, Aberration, Extinction and the seasonal tracks. Will be on Spotify and all the other streaming services very shortly. Grab it here in lossless. Also on YouTube.
Good to be back at
@AIRStudios
today for video game sessions, and to be working again with composer Gareth Coker, following the success of his music for
#arksurvival
.
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown Main Theme
@princeofpersia
by yours truly and
@mentrixmusic
- featuring an awesome cello solo from Cremaine Booker (aka 'ThatCelloGuy' on Youtube)
Full soundtrack on all major DSPs. -
Thankyou
@IGN
for the review of
@survivetheark
Animated Series, and especially for the (rare) callout for the "operatic music that captures emotion and intensity".
Soundtrack out on 29th at all distributors. Pre-save here -
If you played Ori WotW, you've heard Kristin. Her instruments permeate almost every environment in the game, my favorite being "In Wonderment of Winter" She'll be on stage for the Ori concert in London. I can't wait to see her share her unbelievable talent
I am beside myself with excitement to be attending GMF as a soloist for "Symphony of the Spirits", a concert celebrating
@garethcoker
's scores for Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Performed by the London Philharmonia & Hertfordshire Chorus!
To celebrate today's launch of Ori and the Will of the Wisps, we're pleased to announce the 2xLP vinyl soundtrack of
@garethcoker
's haunting new score, and a brand-new reissue of Ori and The Blind Forest.
Both soundtracks are available for pre-order now!
Greek muse Euterpe looks on!
#TheIvors
Can't quite believe this one, especially being British. A genuine honor to be given this award for
@orithegame
from a jury of other composers and songwriters.
A retrospective on both soundtracks for
@OriTheGame
penned by yours truly. Originally written last year for
@gamemusicnet
magazine, now available to read online.
I remember when I started doing music that it was nigh impossible to do significant work on the road. Now with powerful laptops, external SSDs and USB-C, as well as super portable controllers, you can get a fairly robust setup while travelling that can fit in a backpack.
🎶We recently revealed in the ExtraLife Charity Stream some more music from ARK The Animated Series -- part of the series' nearly 7-hour live-orchestrated original score by
@garethcoker
, a magnum opus!
Have a listen: