“He doesn’t know, but he’s in the soundtrack!” laughs Kwan, before Lee explains: “Janice’s dad is in a choir, and we recorded a sample of them once, and we templated a lot. “There is a lot of spookiness in the game, generally, as you get later into it, but I think it’s the most intense in the Cathedral… and I think it’s because of the choir samples that Janice’s dad did.” “If you listen to the soundtrack as a whole, it definitely gets darker and darker, until the point you’re near ,” explains Lee. As Tunic’s level design breadcrumbs you into a dark, conspiratorial story, the soundtrack pre-empts it showing you flashes of existential terror long before your eyes get to catch up. Tunic is all about making you explore a place you’re not meant to be, a place in which you do not belong, and the music really helps you understand that. Perhaps Tunic’s music is so successful (and evocative) because it manages to combine organic and synthetic sounds so intuitively, giving the world this rooted sense of place – which is immediately parseable as natural and beautiful – before undercutting it all with Aphex Twin-like elements of ambiance and techno. “Because there is so much nostalgia in other aspects of Tunic, that was one area I thought the sound of classic games could contribute to on the soundtrack, too.” “We didn’t really listen to much music while we were making Tunic, but I kind of wanted to let the memory of Final Fantasy IX – one of the games that influenced me most – come through,” adds Janice Kwan, the other co-composer on the charming adventure title. And we thought it would be nice to bring that into a modern context by just letting what we had in our minds manifest.” “The game kind of feels that way too what you remember games of your past to be like. “We kind-of intentionally wanted the memory of what we liked about retro game soundtracks to guide us when we were making Tunic, but not so much the literal soundtracks themselves,” explains Terence Lee – perhaps better known as Lifeformed – co-composer on the OST. Deftly combining organic instrumentation, synths, glitchy digital effects, haunting choral moments, and this almost-unplaceable feeling of dread, Tunic’s soundtrack perfectly complements a game that starts off feeling like a wholesome love letter to the classic ‘triangle-seeking games’ it cites as inspiration… but ends up feeling like nothing else you’ve ever played. A game that launched in 2022, it’s freed from the limitations of those dusty old console soundchips, and it has more space to get into your ears – into your head.
If you’re of a certain age and you think back to the games of your youth, there’s probably a sound in your head the soaring, heroic motifs of Zelda, the funk-laced, Jackson-engineered beats of Sonic, the mournful orchestrations of Final Fantasy. This week, Dom Peppiatt chats to the development team behind Tunic about the game’s ambient soundtrack, how the memories of games from the past can form the foundations of unforgettable experiences today, and why music is just as important as any other part of the development process. The Makings of a Career (feat.Rock The Spacebar is a twice-monthly column investigating the great music that underpins your favourite games. Trevor Estes) Oliver Lewin & Dillon Terry Slipping Away Oliver Lewin & Dillon Terry CD 1 1Įlle’s Melody Oliver Lewin & Dillon Terry Prices and shops where you can buy it are at the right column. Support composers, artists and performers so they can release more music in the future. If you like Before Your Eyes Original Soundtrack, we strongly recommend to buy it. Soundtrack consists of 20 tracks tracks with duration over about 40 minutes. Album was composed by Dillon Terry / Oliver Lewin and was released on February 21, 2022. Here you can freely listen to preview tracks from Before Your Eyes Original Soundtrack.
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