‘Crimson Moon’ soundtrack is available to stream featuring modern metal icons
The soundtrack to power fantasy adventure game Crimson Moon is available to stream, featuring contributions from HEALTH and members of Ice Nine Kills and Periphery – check it out below:
Gothic high renaissance action-adventure role-playing game Crimson Moon launched last week with developers ProbablyMonsters also sharing the game’s heavy metal soundtrack.
The “brutal, symphonic fury” was created by Christopher Wilson while the game’s four boss fights feature contributions from HEALTH, Ice Nine Kills’ Ricky Armellino, Periphery’s Misha Mansoor and metal YouTuber Jared Dines.
“When I got invited to collaborate with the incredible team at ProbablyMonsters to help bring Crimson Moon to life, I was so honoured,” Armellino said in a statement. “The game is an epic action RPG that brings gothic and classical elements together with heavy metal, and making these tracks was a blast.”
You can now buy the 34-track album on Steam or stream it via Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music.
Speaking to NME, composer Christopher Wilson explained: “Crimson Moon is heavily inspired by metal music of all kinds; you can see it in the art style, the narrative, and of course the score. Much of the project is an homage to classic heavy metal themes and iconography, and we thought it was only proper to bring in some heavy-hitter musicians to round out the score. Not only did they bring additional authenticity and considerable technical talent, but they also added a greater breadth of metal styles.”
“Bringing on musicians who are also gamers was also hugely important to the process,” he continued. “It gave us a common understanding of game genres, titles we could reference, and most importantly a real excitement for what we’re building with Crimson Moon because they understand and love the art form.”
Crimson Moon currently has a “mixed” player-review score on Steam but developers have promised an update is in the works.
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