Drawing inspiration from Vangelis, Ghibli & more.
Earthblade, the next game from Celeste developer Extremely OK Games, was sadly cancelled earlier this year following what studio founder Maddy Thorson described as “a disagreement about the IP rights of Celeste”. We only got a very small taste of what this follow-up would offer — a Game Awards reveal trailer and the odd blog post — but now composer Lena Raine has shared a “concept album” of her work on the project and, expectedly, it sounds beautiful (thanks, Eurogamer).
‘EARTHBLADE ~ Across the Bounds of Fate’ is now available to listen to and buy on Bandcamp. It consists of nine brand new tracks, both “conceptual and implemented”, which Raine hopes will tell her own version of the game, and draws inspiration from the likes of Vangelis, Joe Hisaishi’s work on Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Yoko Kanno’s Cowboy Bebop score.
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