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ombremad

Shadow of the Colossus

Year: 2005
By: Kow Otani

Another boss rush, but arguably more poetic and bittersweet than Furi. From Team Ico, Shadow of the Colossus puts you in control of Wander, who’s ready to kill massive beasts in order to bring back his beloved to life. Battles of epic scales ensue, as you struggle to find the weakness of your enemy by climbing on them, holding on for your life, hitting repeatedly until you bring a colossus down. Rince and repeat. As you put an end to those ancient and sacred lives, only accompanied by your horse, you feel the pain and destruction you leave behind your path.

For this, Sony picked Kow Otani, a composer well-versed into kaiju movies (he scored for Godzilla, Gamera…). He strikes the perfect combination of powerful fighting themes and heart-wrenching anthems, with full orchestra and choir.

Best picks

Prologue -to the Ancient Land-
The Opened Way
Revived Power
Swift Horse
The Sunlit Earth
The Farthest Land (Reprise)

Full soundtrack

on streaming services

Image for プロローグ～古えの地へ～ by SIE Sound Team
Songlink/Odesliプロローグ～古えの地へ～ by SIE Sound TeamListen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.
#nowlistening#pouetradio#tootradio
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ombremad

Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise

Year: 2008
By: Grant Kirkhope

As video game composers go, Grant Kirkhope has a reputation of doing quirky, zany tunes overused as background music by YouTubers (think Banjo-Kazooie or Donkey Kong 64). But don’t you think that’s all there is to his work, because he’s absolutely competent at more “serious“ soundtracks, back then: GoldenEye, Perfect Dark… and the Viva Piñata series. Only two games came out of it: the original one, as well as Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise (the later builds upon the story of the former, but gameplay-wise, it feels more like a big update than anything else). Despite Microsoft’s best efforts to turn Rare’s games into a full-blown IP for children (going as far as to produce a tie-in TV show, a la Pokémon!), it never really struck a chord with gamers, and quickly disappeared.

Anyway, Viva Piñata is one of the first and most prominent examples of Grant Kirkhope’s work with an actual orchestra (he’ll double down later with the Mario + Rabbids series). On his website, Grant Kirkhope explains that the creative process behind Trouble in Paradise was very “emotional“ for him: back then, everything was going awry at Rare, and he knew that he was going to leave the studio as well, even though he didn’t tell anyone yet. This feeling of nostalgia and sadness can be felt throughout the soundtrack, sometimes taking over the game’s expected uplifting tone. Case in point: the beautiful Bedtime Story — which Kirkhope credits as the last recorded tune from the soundtrack, and thus his very last piece for Rare before leaving.

Now, the legal situation of this soundtrack is a bit confusing. The second game reuses a lot of tracks from the first one, but there are many additions. A soundtrack under the name “Viva Piñata“ used to feature tracks from both games, but it’s nowhere to be find anymore after its record company, Sumthing Else, disappeared overnight. My picks are therefore limited, and mostly come from samples out of Kirkhope’s website.

Best picks

Bedtime Story
Growing Under Moonlight
Snowy Blankets

Full soundtrack

(unavailable for now; I’ll update later if I find a good source for it)

#nowlistening#pouetradio#tootradio
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Scott Rochester

#writerscoffeeclub 3 Apr

please watch 90 seconds of this

from 21secs to 1min54

"Also sprach Zarathustra"

This is the opening of the Talent Show on a Saturday night - The Orchestra of Miss Fortune - with 12 year old AngryBard on KettleDrums - doing 90 seconds of uplifting classical music

Somehow I have to convey this in words in chapter 9!

youtube.com/watch?v=GfwAPg4rQQ

#scifi
#CopperWolf
#writing
#music
#orchestra
#KettleDrums
#writingCommunity

a professional kettle drum player in an orchestra next to a picture of a 12 year old boy with blonde hair who stands behind a copper coloured kettle drum - he is wearing a blue T shirt, has both hands raised, and is holding drumsticks up in the air - the tips of the drumsticks are fitted with large blue heads
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Andy

#Music #PerpetuumMobile #Orchestra #PenguinCafeOrchestra #MaryAndMax #SignsOfLife #Tune #SimonJeffes #UK
One of those lovely tunes you may have heard repeatedly but never known anything about. To me, it’s always been the incidental music in the beautiful Australian film “Mary and Max”, and it’s currently my ringtone!
“Perpetuum Mobile” by Simon Jeffes and The Penguin Café Orchestra. It’s been viewed millions of times on YouTube, and deserves to be viewed millions more.
youtube.com/watch?v=NPpRJoYISS

YouTubePenguin Cafe Orchestra - Perpetuum MobileBy itsfredholmestoyou
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Christian Pacaud

J'ai achevé la première étape majeure de mon plus grand projet musical personnel à date : voici les maquettes des trois mouvements de ma première symphonie, totalisant 24 minutes de musique chargée de l'expérience de multiples moments pivots de ma vie.

christianpacaud.com/musique/sy

Les deux premiers mouvements ont été composés en janvier 2024 (je les avais partagés à ce moment-là, vous les avez peut-être écoutés) et le troisième a été composé en février 2025. Au cours des dernières semaines, j'ai étudié de plus près l'écriture de la harpe et des timbales (pas simple !) et j'ai revisé les deux premiers mouvements pour ajuster certains détails dans le but de préparer la musique pour les prochaines étapes. La prochaine étape sera la production des partitions, pour laquelle les bases sont déjà mises.

L'ambition finale est, vous l'aurez deviné, de faire enregistrer l'œuvre complète par un orchestre. J'ai lancé quelques perches, surtout en vue d'un enregistrement à distance à l'extérieur du pays, mais mon scénario idéal serait de réaliser ce rêve ici chez nous. Je suis conscient que c'est très ambitieux compte tenu de mon anonymat total dans le milieu. Je reste réaliste par rapport à tout ça - n'empêche que j'y travaille !

Si vous croyez pouvoir m'aider ou si vous avez des contacts qui pourraient m'aider à réaliser le projet de donner vie humaine à cette musique, contactez-moi et n'hésitez pas à partager !

Christian Pacaud /// MusiqueSymphonie no 1Voici les maquettes des trois mouvements de ma première symphonie. L'oeuvre a été composée entre janvier 2024 et mars 2025 et totalise 24 minutes de musique chargée de l'expérience de multiples moments pivots de ma vie.
#composer#neoclassical#neoromantic
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Luis Tinoco

NEW ALBUM 👉 "Unfolding" is now available on Artway Next.
A true privilege, to have my music wonderfully performed by João Barradas. The album also features the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, cond. by Joana Carneiro, and a string quartet with Ana Pereira and José Pereira (violins), Joana Cipriano (viola) and Filipe Quaresma (cello). You can now listen to the full album here: open.spotify.com/album/5IRzJTi @contemporarymusic @composers #newmusic #accordion #orchestra #composer

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