The Music Of David Orr

Hi everyone! This is a short piece I wrote about a month ago with the game BattleBlock from TheBehemoth in mind. You’ll hear a lot of bounce in this one, but it has some serious moments as well. I looked at a lot of the gameplay videos and put my impression of the game to music. I may write a few more since it’s looking like it’ll be a lot of fun to play! I hope you like it- I read all comments and they’re greatly appreciated!

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If you have a second, I’d greatly appreciate your vote for it on Newgrounds. You can also loop it there as well, if you’d like to hear what the loop sounds like in action!

This has been anticipated for a while by people (sorry to keep you waiting!) I had a tough time deciding how I wanted to release the track. At first I thought I’d release it on a compilation album of music I’ve written to popular games. But, I ultimately decided against that (it didn’t feel right to me), and here we are.

So, I decided instead to upload a 116kbps (decent quality) version of the full piece on Newgrounds for everyone to hear and enjoy. If you like it, you can opt to purchase a much higher quality (320 kpbs) version on the website store. If you have a nice sound system you will hear a difference in sound quality between the two. Plus, it’s a great way to help support my music and maintaining my site!

Comments are always welcome, I’ll do my best to respond. I hope you enjoy it! If you don’t want to visit Newgrounds, you can listen to it here:

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I’ve been contemplating a fresh layout for the site for a while now, and I’ve finally decided to do it. The previous layout was approaching 4 years old, and I think a change of layout corresponds well to the change of decade (happy 2010!)

Along with the redesign, I’m busily working on an online store where you can purchase exclusive Mp3’s, including the full version of Four Brave Champions (Castle Crashers Theme) and Heroic Confrontation (Sonny). Plans for commercial licensing are also on the table. Stay tuned!

I’ll be releasing a full-length track created from a lot of the music from Colony, including some fresh material. I’ve used the capitalist theme in this track (each faction has it’s own theme), which you’ll hear developed through out.

I’ve been meaning to post more previews on my site, so I’ll start the tradition with this post. Enjoy!

Colony Preview

 Many of you may know of the flash artist JAZZA, who’s quite well-known across the web for his high-quality animations and flash games. We’ve collaborated in the past, and I was honored when he asked me to write the music for his new animated series LARRY! You can watch the first episode at Newgrounds. You can hear the theme music I wrote for it on Newgrounds as well.

Thanks for your support everyone, I’ll be making a few updates to the site shorty, including adding in some new music!

 Hey everyone! Krin has just finished a brand new RTS game called Colony! You absolutely have to take a look at this game, it’s well worth it! I’ve had the pleasure of scoring an all-original soundtrack for it, which I’m really happy with. I’ll discuss that in one second. For now, let me tell you about the game. It takes place in the year 2273, on the first planet colonized by man. It features three governments you can play as (each government offers a different play style), and a host of buildings and units. The visuals are stunning- among the most polished I’ve seen in flash games to-date. Once you think you’ve mastered the game, you can put your skills to the test by battling against others using an online multiplayer server!

We took a different muscial approach than the Sonny games this time around. I incorperated more electronic and rock-styles in this soundtrack, to try and play homage (as the game does) to the Starcraft series. We decided to and create a more unique soundtrack- this time around, instead of a few loopable pieces, we created many smaller musical “slices”, that are assembled in any order during the game. Some slices are driving and blood-pumping, others are ambient and mood building. On top of that, each government has a unique theme that will play at certain times to help give each government a unique feel. I find that the music doesn’t get as old as quickly, and you can bet that we’ll be looking at this method to bring a more dynamic and ever-changing soundtrack to future games. This is very much a test run for future soundtracks, so we need to hear your input on how to improve it!

As always, you can head on over to Armorgames and play it, or you can click this link right here. We need your help to make this game a success!