Bastion's Story Book Come To Life

I am going to continue with the indie games with the next one that I will be talking about and it goes by the name Bastion. Bastion is a top-down action RPG game that was released 2011 on Xbox Live and later to PC and PlayStation systems. Bastion was created over the course of two years by Supergiant Games. The reason this game is help up to other indie critical darlings it because of two reasons: dynamic narrator and music. 

In the game, you play as a character simply known as "The Kid" who is instructed by the games narrator to save their world from ultimate destruction. The narrator in the game is very special because he almost guides your character step by step through the world by commenting on your combat skills or maybe suggestion taking a certain path. 

The composer to this game was recruited by a long time friend who was working on the game to come in and give it a try. This was Darren Korb's first video game soundtrack that he had ever made, but he has had prior experience with TV and movie scores. Korb was stated as saying that the soundtrack has a sound like American frontier and exotic fantasy music. All of the music for the soundtrack and 3,000 lines of narration were recorded in Korb's closet. The songs also has a very distinct because its a mix of acoustic and overlaid beats. From this fantastic soundtrack I will be talking about two songs that fit into the American frontier and exotic fantasy music.

The first song I will be talking about is the American frontier song "Slinger's Song". The song just oozes feel of a wanderer in the woods or walking into a very rural small town. The use of the steel guitar makes this vibe impact even more.This one is my favorite on the soundtrack.

The other song that captures the exotic fantasy music is "Terminal March". The sound is so exotic and interesting it will easily keep your attention and the overlaid beats fit perfectly with the acoustics. 

The music on this soundtrack works so well for two reasons. One is that Korb worked on the show Deadwood which was a western TV show that had a lot of acoustic instrumentation and the other is that the music fits this exploration theme because all of the music sounds like different terrains that you explore in the game. This soundtrack is held very high on the mantle of some peoples favorites and it honestly deserves it. You can take a listen to the album on YouTube and buy the album from Supergiant Game's BandCamp. Thanks for reading.