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Update #2 · Jul 2, 2012 · 23 comments

Hey everyone, Stacy Davidson here. We're fast approaching 50% funding, which is super exciting! Thanks to each of you who are out there making this project a reality before our eyes!

Today I wanted to give you all a peek at what's going on with the score (BTW don't mind the "click here", that's for YouTube).  After lengthly discussions on the tone of Jack Houston, Iain Kelso has sent me a short demo of his progress and I'm so excited about where this is going that I wanted to show it to everyone immediately. I'm sure Iain expected a stack of notes and about ten more passes before coming close to what we wanted (which is so often the case with any project), but he has a way of nailing the exact feel I'm looking for right out of the gate. Like myself, Iain grew up on big, massive sci-fi scores like the Star Wars and Star Trek films, and all the work of John Williams, and we usually seem to see eye to eye on this sort of thing. I just couldn't believe how full, bright and majestic his very first pass turned out to be, and...

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Download: jackhouston_score_sample1.mp3 | 2.9MB

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      Creator Talon2000uk on July 3, 2012

      Nice.!

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      Creator Mats Andren on July 3, 2012

      awesomeness!!

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      Creator Nelson Carter, Negotiator on July 3, 2012

      Thats great, Love it :)

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      Creator Tom Champion on July 3, 2012

      I loved it, it was a fantastic and I look forward to playing the complete score.

      This is going to be epic, the music just adds so much to a game.

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      Creator Stine *Sio* Lycke on July 2, 2012

      That really sounds like it could be from an epic movie. Very epic sound. Very beautiful.

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      Creator Serena Nelson - Hero of the AGRM on July 2, 2012

      Just heard the music. I can't wait to listen to the entire soundtrack now.

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      Creator Tobar on July 2, 2012

      Woah, that was fantastic.

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      Creator Michael Shaw on July 2, 2012

      Definitely makes me even more excited for the soundtrack part of the reward.

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      Creator Ryan Hicks on July 2, 2012

      wow thats just beautiful

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      Creator RoyMartin on July 2, 2012

      Amazing!

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      Creator S.D. on July 2, 2012

      Wow, that was really quite a treat... it immediately put me in the "Michael Land meets John Williams" frame of mind. Thank you for this teaser!

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      Creator Michael Hoffmann on July 2, 2012

      Phantastic!

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      Creator Warbird Games on July 2, 2012

      ThomasN: no orchestra, but we are definitely looking at recording with live instruments when the score is finished. We did this for our last film, Jacob, and the results were stunning.

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      Creator Warbird Games on July 2, 2012

      Gonchi: You got it buddy! MP3 added!

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      Creator Serena Nelson - Hero of the AGRM on July 2, 2012

      I'm at work right now, so I can't hear it. I'll have to do it when I get home. However, if John Williams and the Star Trek/Star Wars movies were major inspirations, I know that I'll love the soundtrack.

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      Creator ThomasN on July 2, 2012

      Is this played by an orchestra?

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      Creator Michael Hartmann - Dream Traveller $6.13 on July 2, 2012

      Great.

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      Creator Dablue on July 2, 2012

      Very cool man, reminds me of THE galaxy quest movie!

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      Creator Riggo on July 2, 2012

      Wow... Great!!!

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      Creator Gonchi on July 2, 2012

      Awesome. Any chance we can get a downloadable MP3?

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      Creator Steven "Blackthorne" Alexander on July 2, 2012

      Wonderful! Sounds really amazing. Great composer there.

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      Creator Pedasn - "Asylum" Backer on July 2, 2012

      love it

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      Creator Michael Shaw on July 2, 2012

      It's...brilliant!

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