Soundtrack Composer Announcement
I just released a post on my website talking about this game's soundtrack. It's high time I reveal who's composing the music. The soundtrack is actually being composed by me. Yes, I'm also making the music for this. I get a little more detailed about the soundtrack in my blog post, but basically, it mostly won't sound like Atari 2600 music. Though there will be instances of the 2600 sound being used in the OST. Sometimes for entire songs. But overall it will sound more like "real" music. It fits, since the game's art style is mostly hand-drawn, rather than resembling 2600 graphics.
And, for the most part, I've been trying to make the music fit the game's visual style. I say "for the most part" because some songs will sound intentionally out of place. This applies to I'd day about 1/3 of the songs in the game. Get ready, you're in for the surprise of a lifetime with that 1/3 of the soundtrack! That may be hyperbolic, but whatever.
The game will be silent when you play the six levels for the first time. The part when the actual the in-universe 2600 game is being played. This is because Atari games of the time didn't have music for the most part. Like I said before, the game's real story begins after beating these six levels. You'll replay improved versions of the same stages, and there'll be actual music. The addition of real music will really highlight the shift.
I'll eventually share some songs on my website (and possibly here). I've got a lot to choose from. There's actually gonna be a lot more music in this game than you would expect. The songs I'll share for the time being will mostly be character themes, as the "Miscellaneous Character Showcase" series I'm doing there will occasionally feature them. Like I've said before, most of the songs I share for the time being will be temp tracks. I've yet to get all the perfect instrument samples for the soundtrack.
Here's my blog post regarding the soundtrack. I get slightly more in-depth there: https://jakerileygamedevblog.com/2023/07/06/randys-crazy-mission-video-game-soun...