My friends,
This past week has been nothing short of surreal. I spent three years spent working on Journey, just hoping it would be a great game and would be well-received. Now, beyond the overwhelming response to the game itself, the soundtrack has suddenly found a life of its own. It was immediately in the Top 30 on iTunes in the US and the actual #1 album in Japan, Spain and a few others. In terms of the Soundtrack charts, it's #1 or #2 in over a dozen countries! Many of you have asked about the physical CD's, which I'm afraid I still can't send an update for yet, but know we're working very hard on them and they'll be ready soon!
To say thank you for all of this wouldn't even begin to cover it ... check my blog in the next 24 hours or so where a new post will hopefully approximate how this whole thing has made me feel.
In the meantime, I wanted to let you know about an exciting new project I'm thrilled to be a part of, and how you can help make it great! The game is called THE BANNER SAGA. It's an incredibly beautiful looking game, with an artwork style and emotional sense that instantly spoke to me.
But here's the exciting thing: the Kickstarter campaign which is financing the game has one week to go and today we've announced some new music-specific rewards (including signed CD's, signed sheet music, and a visit to the final recording sessions)! Please check them out, forward it to friends and consider backing it. That money raised will go directly into the production value of the score (hiring musicians, engineers, studios) to make it sound fantastic.
As a taste of what we can do with just a little bit more than what's there now, here is a piece I did a couple years ago that's likely to fall in a similar vein: The Eternal Warrior. If you like it, please please take a look and consider supporting this truly "art for art's sake" game.
Finally, because I always love sending you free music, I asked on Twitter recently if you would like to hear music of mine that's in the vein of Journey, or something totally different and the results were split straight down the center.
So first, here is the 'similar' one, which I wrote about 5 years ago for a touching indie film called Back Soon: Logan Reflects (The full album is available on iTunes).
Second, the wildly different one, is from a score I did for a friend's short film last year called Vessel: Vessel; To say that this was fun to record would be a hilariously absurd understatement. Our recordings consisted of 9 cellos, 3 bass trombones and 2 serpents(!) all in the room together sawing away.
Thanks again - some other really exciting news is coming soon so make sure to follow me on Twitter, Facebook or YouTube via the links below.
cheers!
-Austin
