Cyber Centre - Electronic Music, OSTs and Interviews — interview

FFO: Beneath a Steel Sky, Syberia 3 and Return of the Obra DinnFavourite Track: The Chase     Thomas Brunet took the time to answer a few questions we had about their work on the Chants Of Sennaar soundtrack. Here's what they had to say! Q1: It seems fair to assume that Chants of Sennaar is at the very least loosely based on the biblical story of The Tower of Babel. Did you use this concept as a jumping-off point for the soundtrack or any of its tracks specifically?A1:  Actually, the Tower of Babel appeared quite late and only as a quick way of pitching the game. Of course it has...

FFO: Frogun, HARVESTELLA, Paper Animal RPG and Cozy Grove Samantha van der Sluis took the time to answer a few questions we had about their work on the upcoming game Cloudscape. Here is what they had to say!    Q1: One of your upcoming games "Cloudscape" is an adorable pixelated life sim. How did you create the chiptune sounds for that score?   A1: Thank you! It's an incredible project to work on, and I hope the fans will appreciate the love and care we put into the game. The overall score is a hybrid between orchestral and synth/chiptune sounds. I decided to go with...

FFO: South of the Circle, Weapon Shop de Omasse, Impact Winter and Papers, PleaseFavourite Track: Digital Shores   Corentin Brasart took the time to answer a few questions we had about their work on the Flat Eye soundtrack. Here is what they had to say!    Q1: How do you create songs that are ambient but still carry a sense of urgency?   First thing is that I needed my soundtrack to match the game's pacing both in terms of gameplay and narrative; Flat Eye is a light management game where you have to constantly expand your station and fulfill your clients' needs, and Flat Eye's...

STRAYLIGHT released on all platforms on Jan 31, 2023! It is available on everything VR.  Get it for Meta Quest 1 & 2, Playstation VR, all Steam VR headsets, and Windows Mixed Reality devices.The STRAYLIGHT OST by Rob Kovacs was recently released on January 27, 2023 on Emperia Records. Rob took the time to answer a few questions we had about their work on the STRAYLIGHT soundtrack. Here's what he had to say!Favourite Track: The Last Campfire Q1: Do you ever generate ideas on the piano and then transcribe them into electronic music? A1: Yes! Almost all of the STRAYLIGHT ideas were started on piano. Ouroboros and Devil...

FFO: Creaks, Black The Fall, SILT and SomervilleFavourite Track: First Dive   Joel Schoch took the time to answer a few questions we had about their work on the FAR series. Here is what they had to say!   Q1: How do you feel your sound has evolved in the 4 years between FAR games? A1: I think my preference for recording and discovering sounds myself has deepened. I have also ventured into playing the flute or clarinet in recent years. I think I'm still addicted to learning new sounds. Still, I feel that I'm scratching at the surface of what's possible with...