[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.