Project Eternity Composer: In-house or External

C2B · October 2, 2012

@Justin When is your update going up? Kinda influences when I go to bed.

Ran2Chaos · October 2, 2012

References to Tom Waits and Bach? This man Bell has to be hired.

Would like to know what themes of music there will be, there are going to be different lands and cultures so the music can't all be this typical fantasy stuff that all have European roots, is there going to be diversity in the soundtrack or is that too much from digital archives?

Aedelric · October 2, 2012

So Justin, any chance we can get the sample music from the trailer to listen to? I really like it.

I know you guys want to release the soundtrack and might not be allowed, but we do not get if we do not ask!

Justin Bell · October 2, 2012

So Justin, any chance we can get the sample music from the trailer to listen to? I really like it.

I know you guys want to release the soundtrack and might not be allowed, but we do not get if we do not ask!

Why yes, as a matter of a fact you can

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity/posts/320485

Niarei · October 2, 2012

So Justin, any chance we can get the sample music from the trailer to listen to? I really like it.

I know you guys want to release the soundtrack and might not be allowed, but we do not get if we do not ask!

Update #14 http://soundcloud.co...oject-eternity/

edit: a minute too late...

@ Justin Bell - Very nice compositions, suitably simple and capable of bringing befitting mood right away. What instrument is that magical flute, if I may ask?..

Edited October 2, 2012 by Niarei

Aedelric · October 2, 2012

Why yes, as a matter of a fact you can

http://www.kickstart...ty/posts/320485

What when did that happen?!?

Yay! Thank you.

Cantousent · October 2, 2012

I'm not too swift, but I just heard the trailer music for the first time. lol Feel free to mock me. I deserve it. Still, I really appreciated that update. I'm stoked now!

Justin Bell · October 2, 2012

I'm not too swift, but I just heard the trailer music for the first time. lol Feel free to mock me. I deserve it. Still, I really appreciated that update. I'm stoked now!

Mocking is completely unnecessary, just isn't my style! Things slip my attention all the time. That said, I'm glad you like it!

C2B · October 2, 2012

Thanks Justin

Darkpriest · October 2, 2012

Thanks for the update... I have all the trust that the music will be grand

Anaeme · October 2, 2012

Nice update Justin!

hideo kuze · October 3, 2012

YEAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!

hell yeah!

Already listened to the tracks 5 or 6 times

Glad OE gave the green light on this.

I'll leave another idea in the air...

How about releasing a new theme before the KS is over?

This would be another great wink at the $20 and $25 pledgers to raise their support to the $35 level.

Justin Bell · October 3, 2012

Thanks everyone for your awesome comments! Super inspiring!

Aedelric · October 3, 2012

How about releasing a new theme before the KS is over?

You expect him to compose a new theme in just fourteen days? That is asking a bit much is it not?

Not that I would mind if he did. :D

Sensuki · October 3, 2012

I'm in the I wasn't amazed by the kickstarter campaign music crowd, but I think that doing the soundtrack for the game will really challenge you to produce something great.

First major project, and with current level of passion and dedication is foreboding good results.

Edited October 3, 2012 by Sensuki

Justin Bell · October 3, 2012

Something I posted on the KS update page, thought I'd double post it here. Its sort of relevant!

Just wanted quickly jump in to talk about the music we put up for download vs. the actual music for Project Eternity. The pieces on Sound Cloud were tailor made for the Kickstarter launch trailer. There might be some elements from the trailer that'll make it into the actual score, but mostly it was written to support the message of the video. We're really happy to see so many of you enjoy that.

Now for the best indication for how the music will sound, look no further than the main portion of the update (i.e. "Music with Soul" etc). That really spells out our high level vision for the music. It's going to be great, and we can't wait to dig into that and eventually share it with you when the time comes!

hideo kuze · October 3, 2012

How about releasing a new theme before the KS is over?

You expect him to compose a new theme in just fourteen days? That is asking a bit much is it not?

Not that I would mind if he did. :D

It's a challenge

IIRC (but I could be wrong here) Justin composed the KS theme in 4 days.

Ubica_Padonkoff · October 3, 2012

Ben Houge

Piccolo · October 3, 2012

As much as I love Jeremy Soule as a composer (especially the Oblivion soundtrack), I think i'm more excited about seeing what Justin Bell will come up with for Project Eternity. That last music update was very encouraging.

tamimh · October 3, 2012

Mark Morgan, Mark Morgan, Mark Morgan, Mark Morgan, Mark Morgan, Mark Morgan, Mark Morgan, Mark Morgan, Mark Morgan

Anaeme · October 4, 2012

Tamimh post above shows how insensitive some people can be...I wish there was a way to delete the nonsense this individual just posted

Justin Bell · October 4, 2012

Well, I can't fault tamimh for that. Mark Morgan is a great composer!

dlux · October 4, 2012

Mark Morgan [...] Mark Morgan

Justin Bell, Justin Bell, Justin Bell, Justin Bell, Justin Bell, Justin Bell, Justin Bell, Justin Bell, Justin Bell

LordCrash · October 4, 2012

Justin, your music from the trailer was amazing, really liked it!

I think you know Kai Rosenkranzes (former Piranha Bytes) score from Gothic 3? It's without doubt one of the most sophisticated soundtracks ever produced for a PC video game. I hope PE's soundtrack will at least come close to the quality of that masterpiece!

Samples:

http://tinyurl.com/9yp8lne

http://tinyurl.com/8nwjobg

http://tinyurl.com/997o2e4

Enjoy!

Edited October 4, 2012 by LordCrash

old school fool · October 5, 2012

Yeah, I thought the trailer music worked really well. For both aesthetic and financial reasons (in-house already!) Justin should be given the chance. However, that's not to say additional people couldn't be brought on, depending on the amount of music needed to keep the setting fresh. If there's 4 writers and 7 level designers pumping out scads of content--we know what a workhorse Avellone is all by his lonesome--it would be easy for 1 composer to get overwhelmed. I'd say it would all depend on the amount of content to be scored, who would work well with Justin, the final budget, etc. Mass Effect 1 didn't suffer from having both Wall and Hulick on it, so I don't see why PE would suffer from more than one guy. One thing I don't feel absolutely necessary, especially considering the cost, is full orchestral music. Not that I know all that much about how much full orchestras cost nowadays, but I imagine it's comparatively steep next to the rest of the budget, and furthermore, most orchestral elements can be synthesized pretty well.

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