Brent Kennedy plays Binding of Isaac Piano Collection
Brent Kennedy's second album arranging music by Danny Baranowsky is now available to stream in full on Bandcamp. In the style of Super Meat Boy Choice Piano Cuts, The Binding of Isaac Piano Collection arranges nine of Danny B's compositions from the popular indie game distributed through Steam.
Proteus by Key and Kanaga launches on Steam
Proteus by Ed Key and David Kanaga has launched on Steam for PC and Mac. Explore a dream-like island world in this award-winning independently developed game, where the dynamic soundtrack to your play experience is created in real time by the three-dimensional 2D surroundings.
Hotline Miami soundtrack launches on Steam
The full 22-track music score to Hotline Miami has been made available for purchase in mp3 format through Stream, featuring music by El Huervo, Scattle, Jasper Byrne and other artists. The PC title has been nominated for both the 2013 Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Choice audio awards.
Indies dominate 2013 GDC audio award nominations
In addition to the five audio finalists for the Independent Games Festival, the Game Developers Conference has named three independently developed game titles nominees for the 2013 Game Developers Choice audio award. The nominees are Journey, Hotline Miami, Sound Shapes, Halo 4 and Assassin's Creed III.
Wave Trip's geometric levels mimic music sequencers
In Wave Trip, a musical arcade game for iPhone and iPad, you are an astronaut traversing a geometric world, where all objects have musical properties. Developer Lucky Frame is currently a finalist for the 2013 Independent Games Festival's excellence in audio award for their previous iOS application Bad Hotel.
Antichamber due out January 31 on Steam
The long-awaited first-person puzzle game Antichamber, recipient of the 2012 IGF Award for Technical Excellence, has been given a release date of January 31 for PCs on Steam. Designed by Alexander Bruce, music for the independently developed title is by Siddhartha Barnhoorn, with sound design by Robin Arnott.
Jessica Curry to present on Dear Esther at GDC 2013
IGF finalist Jessica Curry will present on her music score for Dear Esther at the 2013 Game Developers Conference. Her lecture, entitled "Creating Powerful Scores with Limited Resources," will delve into the backround music's "emotional power and innovative fusion of digital effects and live instrumentation."
IGF 2013 announces Excellence in Audio finalists
The Game Developers Conference's Independent Games Festival has announced the 2013 finalists for the Excellence in Audio award category. They are Kentucky Route Zero (Cardboard Computer), Bad Hotel (Lucky Frame), 140 (Jeppe Carlsen), Hotline Miami (Dennaton Games) and PixeljJunk 4am (Q-Games).
Reworks That Matter remixes Blocks That Matter
Morusque (Yann Van Der Cruyssen) has released a nine-track, free remix compilation, arranging the soundtrack to puzzle platformer Blocks That Matter. Participating artists on Reworks That Matter include Disasterpeace (Runner 2), Z.E.P. (Voxatron), Studio Cleophas (Age of Enigma) and Romain Gauthier (Squids).
Studio Cleophas teases Remixes That Matter
Yann Van Der Cruyssen's soundtrack to Blocks That Matter will soon be treated to a remix album arranged by ten game composers. The news comes from Studio Cleophas, composers of Age of Enigma: The Secret of the Sixth Ghost, in the form of a teaser filmed with vocalist Leïla Andres.
Gryzor87 releases Maldita Castilla soundtrack
Spanish game composer Gryzor87 has released the soundtrack to developer Locomalito's latest freeware title, the Ghost'n'Goblins-esque Maldita Castilla. The free-to-download 39-track game score emulates the Yamaha YM2203 sound chip to recreate the feel of a 1985 arcade game. Cover art is by Jacobo Garcia.
Christopher Tin scores Karateka
Grammy Award-winning composer Christopher Tin has scored Jordan Mechner's iOS remake of the classic martial arts fighting game Karateka. The composer is best known for his music for Civilization IV and album Calling All Dawns, which received the historic first Grammys awarded to music written for a game.
James Primate shares Mega Quad game scores
James Primate of the chiptune group BR1GHT PR1MATE has made four of his indie game scores available for "name your price" through Bandcamp. Published by GameChops, the Mega Quad VideoGame Music Bundle includes Nanoloop and LSDJ music from Abrickadabra, Junk Jack, LiquidSketch and Tangled.
