My OST to the #PacificDrive Whispers in the Woods DLC is now out on Steam! Check out this preview of the main theme, "The Harmonic Fellowship", featuring vocals by Paolo Andrea di Pietro!

(and bowed strings-you're-not-supposed-to-bow by yours truly 😅)

Link in first reply!

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Looking back on it, #PacificDrive was a fun but very unusual project to work on - writing the individual pieces went by pretty quickly, but creating each "instrument" from scratch could take weeks of recording, editing, programming, and looking for happy accidents out in the real world!

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PRODUCTION TIP: This video explains how I like to "de-noise" random phone recordings using an envelope follower!

On the subject of #IvaliceChronicles announcement, I'll again give credit where credit's due - Sakimoto's brilliant #FinalFantasyTactics score was a HUGE influence on my work on many games, including #Helldivers2 - This clip from "The Right Side of History" being a prime example!

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#PacificDrive OST won @ the #indiegameawards ! Grateful for this honor, & the chance to write a score so different from my others.

Thanks to @ironwood.bsky.social for trusting me with this, soloists D’Anthoni Wooten (vocals) & Sam Suggs (doublebass), & engineer @jordanfehr.bsky.social !

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Here's another example - cell phone recording of some annoying construction drills that I turned into a pad for #PacificDrive !

MUSIC PRODUCTION TIP: Continuing from the previous tip, don’t be afraid to record any cool sounds you hear out in real life; even if just with your phone! You don’t necessarily need perfect quality recordings to make an expressive, unique sample instruments :-)

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