Game soundtrack?

[Xander77]

Various background music - taverns, Svinn village celebration, the credits. That sort of thing. Any way to get the audio files, besides recording the game audio?

[Iain Merrick]

Yes!

The main themes are commissioned work by Laurence Chapman. You can get those (and others, including 80 Days) from his SoundCloud page[soundcloud.com].

The music used in the credits and inventory is Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams[en.wikipedia.org]. We use this great FREE recording by the US Army Strings[musopen.org].

Most of the background sound is Creative Commons audio from http://freesound.org (see the credits for full info). Here are the musical snippets used in parts 1 and 2:

• The "Shamutanti Hillsong" is a shopkeeper improvising on the bağlama[freesound.org] (kind of a lute-like instrument) in Turkey.
  
• The fairground band in Kharé is actually playing outside a pachinko arcade in Japan[freesound.org]
  
• Another Kharé musical snippet is a man playing a type of violin in northern China[freesound.org]. I believe the original Sorcery! gamebooks were partly inspired by Steve Jackson's travels in Tibet, so this tune is probably the most "accurate" representation of Kharé music...
  
• For drama, we use this awesome improvisation on the sargija[freesound.org] by a Serbian musician.

Those links are to the original audio; for the game I extracted 60 seconds or so from each and looped them.

[Xander77]

Thanks! Anything for Sorcery 3?

[Iain Merrick]

Let's see, there aren't as many good tunes in Sorcery 3 as it's set in the wilderness, but we do have:

• The same guy in China playing another violin tune[freesound.org]
  
• A group of drummers in Marrakesh[freesound.org]
  
• More drummers, this time in Buenos Aires[freesound.org]

[Xander77]

Thanks again. Kariamma, Black Elf campfire and Klattaman village?

[Iain Merrick]

Originally posted by Xander77:

Thanks again. Kariamma, Black Elf campfire and Klattaman village?

Yep, the violin is the Black Elf campfire, and the drumming is the Klattaman village. Just browsing through the game data, I'm not sure there is music in Kariamma, but I'd have to play through that section to be sure!

[knuddelholic]

I am pretty sure a soundtrack DLC is out of question even I would love that so very much.
But in look of the complex variety of tunes that will be extremely unlikely. :(

Still, thank you very much for the detailed information about the used music as it allows at least to get the tunes in some way. Still, if a DLC would be possible I hope you could arrange it as it would be so more convenient.
I look forward to possible future similar game releases as I admire your music selection which is as important as emotional carrier then the story telling itself.
Well done.

[schleima]

While listening to my local music station, I heard "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" and assumed they were doing a tribute to video game music tributes. Imagine my surprise when there was no mention of Inkle or Sorcery! as I scrambled to remember the name of the piece so I could Google it later.

Glad to know I'm not crazy :) It's such a beautiful and unique piece

[Analand Sorceress]

I really like the background music when you open the menu to access rations, clues etc. Is this available from Laurence Chapman's soundtrack as well?

[MysteriousPlane]

I hope you figured it out, Analand Sorceress. If not, this is the music that was used: https://musopen.org/music/4751-fantasia-on-a-theme-by-thomas-tallis/

[Analand Sorceress]

Thank-you.