Do you like creepy atmospheric games? Do you like equally creepy and atmospheric music to go along with it? Then you should probably check out the newly released original soundtrack for the dark platformer, SPATE, composed by Mike Raznick.
“We knew that the role of the music would be to enhance SPATE’s dark, rainy atmosphere while allowing the player to feel the emotional arc that Detective Bluth experiences during his slow descent into madness,” reflects Raznick. “The soundtrack would be epic, but it had to be ambient, atmospheric, ethereal, and sometimes atonal. Rather than drive the emotional experience of the game, it would subtly immerse the player.”
Raznick’s background in music includes Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus, Firefall and the mobile version of Tekken, as well as work in the film industry. For the SPATE soundtrack, he’s joined by cellist Martin Tillman (The Dark Knight, The Ring) in a live string quintet and accompanying orchestra. In addition to the game’s somber and dark ambient platforming gameplay, it also featured an interest drinking gameplay mechanic (the character drinks, not you…though nobody is stopping you) that boosts your physical abilities at the cost of your mental ones. Raznick’s intricate soundtrack also accompanies a visual aesthetic created by Eric Povan of Walt Disney Animation Studios that lends to the dark atmosphere.
The complete SPATE Original Videogame Score includes over 50 minutes of music, and is now available for $7 USD on Bandcamp.
Source: Scarlet Moon Productions
