Cyber Centre - Electronic Music, OSTs and Interviews — interview

FFO: Bionic Commando, Motor Crush, The Outer Worlds and VaneFavourite Track: Gardener (III) Ratvader was kind enough to answer a few questions we had about their work. Here's what they had to say! Q1: A couple of years ago you worked on the music for a side scrolling platformer called Wunderling. Were there any classic games from the genre you looked to for inspiration?A1: Loads of them! Mario of curse. I’ve been exploring different moods of musical expression these past years and rediscovered my love for films and the film music universe, even though it feels like Im just scratching the surface....

FFO: Portal, The Unfinished Swan, Manifold Garden and MystFavourite Track: Energy Failure  Damian Sanchez is the composer and audio director at the game studio Crema. He was kind enough to answer a few questions about their work. Here's what he had to say! Q1:  You have handled both the sound design and soundtrack composition for several projects in your catalog. Is it difficult to maintain a consistent sound palette and ensure all of the audio elements work together? A1: In my opinion, when you have a hand in everything, it's not that hard to achieve consistency as both, music as well as sound, share the same...

FFO: Tunche, Paradise Killer,  Orangeblood and Jun SenoueFavourite track: Highway SlickerDemon Turf (Original Game Soundtrack) by Fat Bard & M.R. Miller  We reached out to Fat Bard to ask them about their work on the recently released Demon Turf! Here is what they had to say. Q1: Your tracks on the Demon Turf soundtrack seem to have a funk / disco influence. Are there any artists from those genres that inspired you directly?We’re big fans of the Japanese pop band, Sakanaction, so there’s no doubt some of their sound inspired the more traditional funk and disco tracks. Moreso we turned to a lot...

FFO: Geist, ObsCure, Haunting Ground and Time SplittersFavourite Track: Breakout   Graeme was nice enough to answer a few questions about his incredible body of work as well as "Second Sight" which was recently rereleased on steam. Here's what he had to say!   Q1: The 6th generation, multi platform hidden gem "Second Sight" has been released on steam. As lead composer on that project was that something you were happy to see?A1: I wasn’t aware it was on Steam but I’m happy that it is, the more people get the opportunity to have access to these older games the better. A lot of...

FFO: Tropico 6, Frostpunk and  Age of Wonders: Planetfall   Favourite Track : Water That Gives Life   I asked Zofia about the Timberborn OST as well as her work on the upcoming strategy /city builder Scortchlands. Here's what she had to say! Q1: A lot of your catalogue consists of Strategy and City Builder games. Are these genres you grew up playing or discovered later? A1: I remember playing Sim City a lot as a kid and I loved it! The reason why I have worked on mostly strategy games though is probably that one of my first game music commissions was for a strategy game Worlds...