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Dale North Presents Perfect Selection Vol. 2

Dale North Presents Perfect Selection Vol. 2

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Scarlet Moon is the publisher of many many video game remix albums, as well as several authentic indie game albums including the works of composer Dale North. They’ve just announced North’s latest: a follow-up to PERFECT SELECTION, Dale’s mix of material from projects he’s taken on. The first album with that title came out in 2019; Dale’s been working hard since then and has amassed enough material to put together a second. “For a collection of miscellaneous one-offs, the first collection proved to be pretty popular,” remarks North. “I thought to myself: I have a lot more where that came from! They say variety is the spice of life and that really fits with how smaller projects help keep the work on bigger ones like full games excting and fresh. New perspectives and new collaborators help push us towards new possibilities. It’s fun to share the musical places I’ve been in these collections and have others enjoy them.” PERFECT SELECTION Dale North vol. two contains material from across Dale’s work

Dale North’s Astral Ascent Soundtrack Now Available

Dale North’s Astral Ascent Soundtrack Now Available

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We’ve written about the compositions of Dale North before: he’s the man behind such video game soundtracks as RWBY: Arrowfell, Wizard of Legend, Wargroove 2, Dreamscaper, Sparklite, and he also wrote the theme song to Nintendo Minute back when that was a thing. The latest game to bear his music, Astral Ascent, steps out of Early Access to become a full product on Steam today, and there’s more: Dale’s soundtrack is being made available separately at the same time. “The score accentuates the majestic beauty of the game world as well as the intense boss battles with the Zodiacs.. Listeners will enjoy hearing the exploration, combat, and boss battle music heard in each of the game’s diverse areas of the astral prison know as the Garden,” says Scarlet Moon, publishers of the soundtrack. North’s work for Astral Ascent features a live orchestra and vocals by Emi Evans (NieR, Dark Souls, Star Wars Visions). Astral Ascent is a 2D platformer roguelite set in a modern fantasy world. You play as one

Dale North’s Soundtrack For Dogfight: A Sausage Bomber Story Now Available

Dale North’s Soundtrack For Dogfight: A Sausage Bomber Story Now Available

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Later this month, Katsu Entertainment LLC will be releasing Dogfight: A Sausage Bomber Story on Steam. It’s a bullet hell shooter where you weave old-styled airplanes in and out dodging massive amounts of enemy fire…but the twist this time is that you appear to be defending a society founded on an obsession with hot dogs. You are defending the nations of Fredonia, Relishtonia, Krautsbourg, Dijon Terre and others (you get the theme) against the Vega Nation who wants to conquer them all. We thought maybe the theme would be extended to the point you SHOOT hot dogs at enemy aircraft, but nope — normal bullets. Everything is about hot dogs except when it comes to war — THEN it’s time to get serious. The big reason we’re bringing up Dogfight is because Dale North composed the soundtrack. If you recall, he’s a prolific game scorer who’s been behind the music tracks in Dreamscaper, Wizard of Legend, RWBY: Arrowfell and others. North usually offers a soundtrack album for the games he

Helvetii Soundtrack By Dale North And Emi Evans Now Available

Helvetii Soundtrack By Dale North And Emi Evans Now Available

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Last Friday Helvetii, a character-action game set in Gallic Celtic mythology, was released for consoles and PC (except XBox). You play as war chief Divico in 100BC Gaul, who has just declared victory over the invading Roman legion but is now fighting something an axe can’t slay — a mysterious rot claiming the land around him AND his body. Divico must journey out to undo the source of the rot and restore what was lost inside him. That’s the game, but the subject of this post is the soundtrack. The music to Helvetii was created by Dale North, a pretty prolific video game composer who’s done the tracks for RWBY: Arrowfell, Wizard of Legend, Dreamscaper, and also the theme tune for those “Nintendo Minute” videos from a few years ago. Since Helvetii takes place in another era with another culture, North felt he had to go the extra mile and supply lyrics in the native tongue. The finished soundtrack actually has lyrics in Gaulish, written and sung by Emi Evans

Scarlet Moon Releases Dale North’s Marble Knights Soundtrack

Scarlet Moon Releases Dale North’s Marble Knights Soundtrack

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We’ve spotlighted the work of video game music artist Dale North here before. His latest work is the soundtrack for Marble Knights, a competitive brawler where all the fighters have giant round marbles for lower bodies and victory involves mastery of rolling physics and ricocheting off each other in just the right way. Marble Knights was developed by Wayforward, who always does good work, but unfortunately the game is currently exclusive to Apple Arcade. The soundtrack, however, isn’t. Scarlet Moon just released North’s score, which they describe as “a playful and grandiose orchestral fantasy soundtrack with retro accents.” “I had a lot of forward momentum rolling into my work on the soundtrack for Marble Knights,” North recalls for this one. “The fantastic art, gliding gameplay, and outstanding voice work all made spinning up the music very easy. And, of course, I almost lost my marbles when I heard I’d be working with Studio Trigger, one of my favorite animation studios ever. Needless to say, being able to write this fantasy/chiptune

Wizard Of Legend Is The Latest Game To Be Given The Prescription For Sleep

Wizard Of Legend Is The Latest Game To Be Given The Prescription For Sleep

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Two years ago, Wizard of Legend was released for consoles and PC. It’s a procedurally generated roguelike where you guide a wizard through ten-floor dungeons called the “Chaos Trials.” The game received good reviews and strong sales, and if you liked the soundtrack (composed by the great Dale North), good news: it’s been remixed as the latest installment of Scarlet Moon Records’ Prescription For Sleep series. Prescription For Sleep covers popular game tunes in soft lullaby form. The previous eight albums have covered Shovel Knight, Undertale and many more. Soon Wizard of Legend will be added to that list, with every track in the game covered: 01. Wizard of Legend 02. Lanova’s Treasures 03. Prepare for Chaos 04. Freiya’s Cage 05. Atlas’s Terrace 06. Zeal’s Forge 07. Shuu’s Spire 08. Arcane Refuge 09. Duel 10. Duel of Legend 11. Magical Merrymaking 12. Reconciliation (Original) “I’ve been working with Dale North for many years, and it made sense for us to pay tribute to his amazing breakout soundtrack to Wizard of

Mystiqa Backers to Receive Dale North Composed Five-Album Soundtrack

Mystiqa Backers to Receive Dale North Composed Five-Album Soundtrack

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Scarlet Moon Productions announced that every backer of the Mystiqa Kickstarter campaign would receive a Dale North composed, five-album, soundtrack package. North has been the composer for titles, such as Wizard of Legend and Sparklite. The Mystiqa soundtrack will feature natural ambiance throughout the game’s seven distinct biomes, and orchestral combat cues for the game’s boss encounters. Secret of Mana composer, Hiroki Kikuta, is also a part of the talented Scarlet Moon Productions team. If the appropriate stretch goal is hit, he will compose the title theme for Mystique. Developer Julian Creutz has been hard at work on Mystiqa for the past three years. The procedurally-generated top-down action RPG was inspired by The Legend of Zelda and incorporates many modern RPG features, including four-player local multiplayer. The world of Mystiqa focuses heavily on exploration. The action RPG combat emphasizes and rewards skill over grinding. Players will find epic bosses scattered throughout Mystiqa’s overworld and its underworld. Because of the procedurally generated nature of the game, every time a player plays,

Scarlet Moon Releases Wizard Of Legend: The Complete Soundtrack

Scarlet Moon Releases Wizard Of Legend: The Complete Soundtrack

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Dale North is a video game composer who grew up in Tokyo and lives today in San Diego. He’s provided the soundtrack to many video games and even some video game-related promotional material (the themes for the official Nintendo Minute series on YouTube were composed by him). Last year he created the soundtrack to The Long Return, a game about a young cub reliving the memories of its lost mother. This year he finished up work on the game Wizard Of Legend by contributing the soundtrack to its Thundering Keep DLC. Combined with the previous DLC release, Sky Keep, and the Wizard Of Legend game proper, it equals a lot of material North couldn’t collect in a soundtrack until the game was complete. But now it is, and it adds up to a hefty soundtrack. This is the COMPLETE collection. “it has been a pleasure to be able to continue to contribute music to Wizard Of Legend over the past year since the initial launch,” says North, “and now I’m

Dale North’s The Long Return Soundtrack Now Available

Dale North’s The Long Return Soundtrack Now Available

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Dale North is a video game composer who grew up in Tokyo and lives today in San Diego. He’s provided the soundtrack to many video games and even some video game-related promotional material (the themes for the official Nintendo Minute series on YouTube were composed by him). One of North’s more recently published works is the soundtrack to The Long Return, a game about a young cub reliving the memories of its lost mother. The tunes you hear in this game will soon be collected thanks to Scarlet Moon Records. “The Long Return came along at a time where I was really feeling the need to express myself musically so I was grateful for the chance,” says North. “I was immediately taken by its story, adventurous spirit, and emotional range, so I knew it was the perfect opportunity for that expression. Big, sweeping melodies and heavy thematic work expressed through strings, piano, and woodwinds tell the story of this cub’s journey over the course of the game, incorporating adventure, sorrow,