Best soundtrack in game ever!?

[SLK]

To find the soundtrack outside of game navigate here
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\DEADBOLT


DBxx.ogg are the right ones
the ones that say DBxx_lp.ogg are the "outside" variants.



Best one is the one from the ending imo- DBX8.ogg

https://chrischristodoulou.bandcamp.com/album/deadbolt
Location to support the artist by buying the album.

[AstronautDown]

I don't mean to be a jerk but your post is a bit contradictory. If you really think this is a great soundtrack, why not post the link for people to buy the album on bandcamp and directly support the composer (that's me, btw)? Sure, the game files are there (although there are differences in the in-game mixes from the album versions) but this is only due to restrictions of Game Maker. If people just go about taking them from the game your cutting off the musicians' reward for their hard work.

Would greatly appreciate if you removed this post as I'm trying to make a living from writing music and it is very hard! Especially if you, as you say, enjoy this music, please help me to be able to keep doing it!

Thank you, and I'm really happy you like the tunes!
Chris

P.S. The tracks are uploaded on my YouTube channel (and soon Spotify). No one HAS to pay to enjoy them. They can pay only if they feel they want to reward me for writing them.

[Galm]

Originally posted by AstronautDown:

I don't mean to be a jerk but your post is a bit contradictory. If you really think this is a great soundtrack, why not post the link for people to buy the album on bandcamp and directly support the composer (that's me, btw)? Sure, the game files are there (although there are differences in the in-game mixes from the album versions) but this is only due to restrictions of Game Maker. If people just go about taking them from the game your cutting off the musicians' reward for their hard work.

Would greatly appreciate if you removed this post as I'm trying to make a living from writing music and it is very hard! Especially if you, as you say, enjoy this music, please help me to be able to keep doing it!

Thank you, and I'm really happy you like the tunes!
Chris

P.S. The tracks are uploaded on my YouTube channel (and soon Spotify). No one HAS to pay to enjoy them. They can pay only if they feel they want to reward me for writing them.

Hey man, bought the game and I'm really enjoying your tracks. Like the OP I was looking around on where to buy the OST and really couldn't find anything linked anywhere on how to buy the OST. I ended up having to go to playdeadbolt.com, look at your team page, GUESS that you were the creator of the music (because you mentioned music in your blurb) and then ended up googling your name to find your bandcamp. So, uh, not exactly the easiest or most straightforward way to find your stuff. I've already bought it and I'm enjoying it greatly. But I have some constructive criticism for you. Before jumping down someones throat about listening to the music files in the game (that they paid for) why dontcha link it somewhere on the main website or the steam page or SOMEWHERE that makes it easy for people to find. Just a thought.

Have a good one.

[AstronautDown]

Thanks for the purchase, I hope you enjoy the album :)

I'm sorry if it sounded like I'm "jumping at someone's throat" but that was not the intention at all. Just wanted to share my thoughts abouy this with you so you can see my point of view. I feel I was pretty mild and did not attack anyone. (Why would I, the OP states that they liked the music, and for that I'm grateful!)

You actually make a good point about the game's page not having a link to the OST. The only reason is, when the game was created there was no link and the page is just not updated yet. A foul on our part admitedly—I would have done it myself but I have no access to the page, I'm just a freelancer.

As far as making the music easy to find, a google search of "deadbolt soundtrack" will get you there. And my name is both in the offical site as in the game's credits. The only reason I don't post the link here is because I don't mean this to turn into a plug. I'm only trying to get a point across.

I hope everyone here can understand that I'm not part of some corporate machine that has people dealing with marketing and SEO while I'm standing back wating for the money to roll in. I'm just one guy behind a PC who's been busting his ass for several months now to get this music ready in time and sounding as best as possible. So forgive me if I sound emotional about this and apologies again if I sounded aggressive.

Thanks to both for enjoying the music,
Chris

[quarty]

Originally posted by AstronautDown:

Thanks for the purchase, I hope you enjoy the album :)

As far as making the music easy to find, a google search of "deadbolt soundtrack" will get you there. And my name is both in the offical site as in the game's credits. The only reason I don't post the link here is because I don't mean this to turn into a plug. I'm only trying to get a point across.

Thanks to both for enjoying the music,
Chris

Thanks for talking about it on this thread! I absolutely have been loving the music and was weirded out to find there's no soundtrack DLC to purchase as has been pretty usual for a lot of Steam games.

Now I know where to find these tracks! I'll definitely grab them--great work on composing this stuff; they fit perfectly with the game and are the ♥♥♥♥.

[AstronautDown]

Originally posted by Peg:

Thanks for talking about it on this thread! I absolutely have been loving the music and was weirded out to find there's no soundtrack DLC to purchase as has been pretty usual for a lot of Steam games.

Now I know where to find these tracks! I'll definitely grab them--great work on composing this stuff; they fit perfectly with the game and are the ♥♥♥♥.

Thank you, glad you like it! :) There are several reasons the OST is not on Steam. I won't go into details here as it is besides the point, but I will say the main reason is that going through Steam means I have zero connection to the audience. Building a relationship with you guys is much more important to me than a couple extra sales (because it means I can do this long-term).

I'll say it again. No one has to pay to listen! The OST will be fully streamable on my YouTube and on Spotify soon, and is fully streamable on Bandcamp already. Buying it is just a way to say "we like what you're doing, keep doing it".

Take care,
Chris

[AstronautDown]

Originally posted by S1S Mr.Pancake:

https://chrischristodoulou.bandcamp.com/album/deadbolt

btw here's the link for the album. As you can see, "Now I am become death" on album version has 4:54 and OGG file of the "Now I am become death", which is DBF1 is only 2:44 long.

I'm not against to you (op) or anything, but make sure that you know that you are listening to the incomplete version of the original.

Thanks for posting the link :) I want to make it VERY CLEAR that I didn't reply to this to scold the OP or anyone else! After all, a person who reffered to my music as "best soundtrack in game ever" is awesome in my book!

And it's not so much a matter of "original" versions. The ogg files are the in-game versions and the ones on bandcamp are the album versions. They are both original in their own way. Tracks in the album are treated more with a music LISTENER in mind. They have longer and more natural finales and sometimes extended solos, and are mastered differently, to sound better on a hi-fi audio system. In-game files are trimmed to loop properly and make an uninterrupted experience for the PLAYER and are mastered for better listening via gaming headset and PC speakers, as well as leaving room for the game's SFX.

Thanks again, everybody, I'm happy to know that you enjoy the music! :)

[bek]

i agree. awesome soundtrack. great job! (:

[OC ReMix]

"Reaper (and) Blues" is most badass track imo :)
You are brilliant, chris!

[All Knight Party]

Bought the game and the album yesterday. With a soundtrack this good, I am not surprised that all of the undead denizens of Deadbolt have chosen to only listen to Chris Christodoulou on their boomboxes and in their clubs. I was super stoked to see another game by Hopoo out and when I saw they commissioned you again, I was completely sold, and you and your friends who did the recording definitely knocked it out of the park.

[Haudegen]

its a good soundtrack, but I think Hotline Miami´s soundtrack is better. Also there is no tjing like "the best" soundtrack, everybody likes something else.

[kilozombie]

I dunno. Hotline Miami's soundtrack fits the vibe of 70s Miami, maybe, and this game fits its own universe. However, Hotline Miami's soundtrack is tracks collected from other artists where this one is entirely original, so I think it wins out by a pretty huge margin.

[R3SPL3ND10R]

A truly great soundtrack. It's like a mature version of Hotline Miami's one.

[Five-Piece]

I'll say it again. No one has to pay to listen! The OST will be fully streamable on my YouTube and on Spotify soon, and is fully streamable on Bandcamp already. Buying it is just a way to say "we like what you're doing, keep doing it".

Take care,
Chris [/quote]

Chris,

I just wanted to let you know how much I love your music! I have many hours logged in ROR. The tracks you produced for that game were an absolute game changer. ROR wouldn't be what it is without your contributions.
I had no idea you have this stuff online to listen to for free (though I would totally buy your music if you could steer me in the right direction).

What was your inspiration to name the ROR extra album after the engineer? Is he your favorite character? I've been wondering for a couple of days.

I listened to your soundtracks today while at work (data entry). It really gets me in the zone.

Best wishes and thanks so much for your attention to detail. Hope to hear more of your work soon.

[AstronautDown]

Originally posted by i can has u?:

I had no idea you have this stuff online to listen to for free (though I would totally buy your music if you could steer me in the right direction).

Thank you! The link to the DEADBOLT OST can be found on the original post of this thread (thanks Gandalf for adding it!). From there you can find all my albums! Plus there's always a link to my bandcamp in all my youtube videos' descriptions ;)

Originally posted by i can has u?:

What was your inspiration to name the ROR extra album after the engineer? Is he your favorite character?

The idea is that using the seperate audio stems you become the engineer of the music, doing some tinkering of your own (engineer is the term used for people doing the recording, mixing, etc. in music studios). I don't really have a fav charac from RoR since I have not played that much on account of me sucking at it :)

Originally posted by i can has u?:

Best wishes and thanks so much for your attention to detail. Hope to hear more of your work soon.

Thank you for the kind words (all of you), it means a lot!

P.S. We added a pinned topic to the forum with the link to the OST since some people correctly argued that it's not that easy to find :)

[kilozombie]

Originally posted by AstronautDown:

Originally posted by i can has u?:

I had no idea you have this stuff online to listen to for free (though I would totally buy your music if you could steer me in the right direction).

Thank you! The link to the DEADBOLT OST can be found on the original post of this thread (thanks Gandalf for adding it!). From there you can find all my albums! Plus there's always a link to my bandcamp in all my youtube videos' descriptions ;)

Originally posted by i can has u?:

What was your inspiration to name the ROR extra album after the engineer? Is he your favorite character?

The idea is that using the seperate audio stems you become the engineer of the music, doing some tinkering of your own (engineer is the term used for people doing the recording, mixing, etc. in music studios). I don't really have a fav charac from RoR since I have not played that much on account of me sucking at it :)

Originally posted by i can has u?:

Best wishes and thanks so much for your attention to detail. Hope to hear more of your work soon.

Thank you for the kind words (all of you), it means a lot!

P.S. We added a pinned topic to the forum with the link to the OST since some people correctly argued that it's not that easy to find :)

It's him!!!
Just wanted to say I love the new soundtrack, even if it's noticably different from RoR's. Are you considering doing an audio commentary about them eventually like with the other album? That was really informative and sheds new light on every track. Anyway, keep on keepin' on. Planning on buying it on Bandcamp pretty soon.