Stranger's Wrath Soundtrack Announced

[Ajiellyn]

Michael Bross recently revealed in an email that a Stranger's Wrath soundtrack is currently in preparation. I'm very excited, and I thought you'd all like to know.

Like I mentioned, the soundtrack will be released in two volumes and we hope to officially announce more details soon. We're still determining release date, but I assume it'll be available within the next 2-3 months for Volume 1. The current thought is that Volume 2 would come out approx. 6 months after that. Each volume will have at least 25 tracks each.

I was hoping to hear about a Munch's Oddysee soundtrack, but they might not do one, understandably:

It's hard to tell if the Munch soundtrack will ever be released. It's a bit complicated to explain the details, but there was a special process to put that music together so that it worked interactively in the game on the Xbox. It was created in layers, so it would take a fair amount of effort and time to prepare it for a soundtrack release.

He also provided me with a very interesting interview he did for a Russian game music site called Game OST (This is the English version):

http://www.en.game-ost.ru/articles.p...17&action=view

[Xavier]

Wow this is truelly awesome! Thanks for letting us know
Can't wait to buy this OST!

[Jordan]

Wow, I'll definately buy this, anything for a little Oddworld fandom.

[Arxryl]

This.will.be.awesome. I can't wait for that time!

[Venks]

Great find my friend.

[Wil]

This is marvellous news! A huge huzzah to Michael and the SW soundtrack. Both volumes will be in my collection almost as soon as they are released. Cheers, Ajiellyn. This news is going straight on OddBlog.

[Matriar]

Hey, I don't know if you guys knew this yet, but Michael Bross has gotten the rights to release the Oddworld Stranger's Wrath soundtrack! The first volume will hopefully be released in the next 3 months or so. And he'll be announcing more details soon.
I read these news on Bross.com and I'm pretty excited about it.

[Jordan]

This is great news! I'll be definately buying it, I hope it isn't too expensive.

[Matriar]

I didn't hear anything about the exact price.

But I heard that the CD is gonna have about 5 hours music to be listened and 50 tracks to enjoy.

[Jordan]

5 hours!? Wow! I'll finally be able to get my hands on some Oddworld merchandise.

[Matriar]

????!

Ajiellyn, why did you put my thread in yours? What was wrong with mine?

[Jordan]

????!

Ajiellyn, why did you put my thread in yours? What was wrong with mine?

I think one of the mods moved the posts from your thread into this one, seeing as it was created first.

[Matriar]

Hmm...

This doesn't make sense because I actually made this thread first, didn't I?... oh, well.

[Creepy Doc]

Whoo-hoo that's great!

[Mac Sirloin]

Righteous, I thought that those few extra tracks on his site were all that was to be added, but lo and behold, I am wrong.
Definitely Buying it, expect some of these to appear in COZ.

[Jordan]

Judith, take a look at Ajielyn's post time, and look at yours, who created it first? I loved the extra tracks though. I even burnt them all to a CD.

[Matriar]

Damn, am I an idiot. You're right, I forgot to take a look at the date... sorry.

I even burnt them all to a CD.

And I put all the SW soundtracks I could download on my Mp3 player, heh.

[Wil]

Most joyous news! Anticipation enshrouds me.

[Xavier]

But I heard that the CD is gonna have about 5 hours music to be listened and 50 tracks to enjoy.

Read the first post

Volume 1 will "only" have over 25 tracks.

Plus the 5 hours of Music will not be release everything is not intrestig enought to be released on an OST.

G-OST: Before composing a musical score for Munch's Oddysee, have you listened to Ellen Meijers music? How can you describe an adaptation to this mysterious and weird universe of Oddworld?

Michael: I didn't really listen to the music from any of the earlier Oddworld games. In general, the music in previous games did not influence me that much. The big influence really was spending time with the director, Lorne Lanning, to understand what he wanted from the music. Lorne can be very demanding and has high expectations when it comes to quality work, but it's also rewarding to work with him for that reason. He pushed for all these sometimes strange but usually relevant ideas that required much extra effort from me, but I enjoyed that challenge.

G-OST: Do you think you managed to catch the soul and atmosphere of the series?

Michael: Yes, but I think that I captured it much better on Stranger's Wrath than Munch's Oddysee. The issue with Munch is that I had a very small amount of time to compose the music and the technical capabilities of the game were limiting from an audio standpoint, so I didn't really get the chance to do everything I wanted to do.

G-OST: How many minutes of music you wrote for Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath?

Michael: I estimate I wrote about 5 hours of music for Stranger's Wrath. Most games don't have that much music. I still wished that I could have written more for it.

G-OST: Will the whole material be included on the disc?

Michael: All the important tracks will be on the soundtrack album and there will be over 50 tracks released. That's a lot of music. Like any movie or game, though, not all music is suited to be on a soundtrack album. As an example, some of the music that I created for certain cinematic was purely background and is not that exciting to listen to when heard without the visuals.

G-OST: Oddworld Inhabitants are now become movie makers. Do you have any plans in assisting them?

Michael: I got together with Lorne Lanning (Oddworld's creator) a few weeks ago, and he and I keep in touch on a consistent basis. I consider him to be like a big brother and a friend. At this point, my focus is on my current projects, but I believe that in the future my path will cross with Lorne's again.

[Matriar]

Read the first post

Yes, sorry. I didn't know anything about Ajiellyn's thread when I started mine.

By the way, Michael Bross said something about the "first volume". Maybe there are 25 soundtracks on this one, and 25 soundtracks on the second volume, maybe...

[Kamille]

I hate to say it but I don't really remember the music from the game haven't played it in a while, but this is fun because it's oddworld news

[Wil]

Excellent news, everyone! According to the official press release published on Michael’s site, the worldwide release and ship date of Music From Oddworld Stranger’s Wrath, Volume 1 is Monday, 30th July, but for $14·99 you can pre‐order the CD version from his music store right away!

Later, you’ll be able to buy the CD from Amazon (but read this page first), and Nettwerk will handle digital distribution downloads through iTunes, Rhapsody, Yahoo! Music, and eMusic.

The soundtrack’s info page includes a track listing (with downloadable previews of each track) and an image of the awesome album art. The twenty‐five tracks contain 73 minutes’ worth of music.

I’m pre‐ordering my copy right away.

[Arxryl]

Awesome news! I'm definitely buying a copy!

[Creepy Doc]

Whoo-hoo!!

[Matriar]

Thanks for the information, Max the Mug!
I just pre-ordered one. *is proud of being an owner of a credit-card* I also purchased the music from Bross' secure site because I wanna make that guy rich by his excellent works!

[Jordan]

Hm... Only those in America can get it...? Great. I'm missing out yet again. I give up, I really do.

[Matriar]

Hm... Only those in America can get it...? Great. I'm missing out yet again. I give up, I really do.

No, European also can get it. Just give your address when you pre-order it. I'm Swiss and it worked for me too.

[Jordan]

No, European also can get it. Just give your address when you pre-order it. I'm Swiss and it worked for me too.

Is there a way to pay in British pounds?

[Matriar]

Is there a way to pay in British pounds?

I think, it should work for the other countries and their values too. Try it.

[Wil]

You use PayPal to pay. PayPal converts your currencies for you.

PayPal is your pal.