Conquest of the Coastlands: Game Soundtrack

Conquest of the Coastlands has been a lot of fun to work on. It’s basically an educational role-playing game, I’d recommend reading about how they fuse the role-playing elements with the educational elements on their website, here.

I was asked to provide the in-game music for the project. The harmonic language is quite simple, I used a few secondary dominants, but the usual I, IV, V, vi, III, ii (no vii of course) chords appear all over. The chord progressions move pretty slowly as the instruments work through patterns for some time before moving to another chord. This always helps establish a nice atmospheric vibe. The score is fully orchestrated and features a lot of decorative harp sections. I even had the opportunity of using a Bansuri with some cool musical ‘turns’ for a nice and smooth tribal feel for the temple track.

The game is currently in development, but it shouldn’t be too long until its release. It was a pleasure working on the project as everyone was prompt and professional with their feedback and input.