Comments on: Game Music Postnatal: Nancy Drew Dossier – Lights, Camera, Curses!

By: James

James — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:46:12 +0000

It was a very interesting read but none of the audio files are working

By: Music Without Technology? « Music Tech Talk

Music Without Technology? « Music Tech Talk — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:31:24 +0000

[...] similar talent level, perhaps an even greater creative level than other forms of composition. Even game composers will add at least one live musician when given the chance, and would probably jump at the chance to [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:54:37 +0000

I have been trying to catch up on all your posts since I am a new reader. I really love what you are doing in your line of work and am very fascinated by it. This post was very informative, giving insight into a world of compositions that receives much less attention than it deserves. The more I read about game music and listen to your finely crafted scores, the more interested I become in being a part of this industry. Please, keep on writing more posts like this. Who knows, I may go that direction some day, and I might have you to thank for it.

By: thegamecomposer

thegamecomposer — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:55:33 +0000

Very happy you enjoyed it! Thanks for reading.

By: thegamecomposer

thegamecomposer — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:54:41 +0000

One thing I forgot to mention is that the signature piece, as well as many other mystery themes out there, owes a lot to Patrick Gowers’ score of Sherlock Holmes. I believe we can thank Gowers for equating solo violin to mystery.

By: Rob Hudson

Rob Hudson — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:54:02 +0000

Really interesting “Postnatal” article.

Thanks so much for sharing, The music sounds awesome!

Rob.

By: thegamecomposer

thegamecomposer — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:10:37 +0000

Thank you very much for the compliment. That means a lot coming from such a big fan of the Nancy Drew games. And I’m very happy the length of Generic fooled you.

I do hope you give the second Dossier game a try when it comes out. The developers have really honed this new style of gameplay which I think will attract some of the people who may still be on the fence about the Dossier series.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:42:18 +0000

I’ve been a huge fan of the Nancy Drew series since the very first one back in the ’90s, and though I don’t like the Dossier edition quite as much as the main series, I have to say that the music was one of the very best aspects of the game–it fit perfectly.

In fact, it might just be my favorite soundtrack of any Nancy Drew game. It gave the game a very cinematic feel which really suited the movie backlot setting. I’m amazed that Generic is only 46 seconds!

I really hope you have the chance to score future mysteries in the main series.