eriq
09-18-2006, 08:15 AM
Great review of Al Emmo. I agree with most of it. The part of the review I completely disagreed with was the music. During the production of the game, I was sent the soundtrack. I listened to it extensively for about a month late at night (with the cool breeze blowing through my window) while working on the website. Sometimes I felt like I was actually working by a campfire in the desert - totally atmospheric. Calling the soundtrack "fairly negligible" is a disservice to the musicians. The soundtrack was agreed to be made a promotional item towards the end of the project due to overwhelming response from players and reviewers.
Am I going to push the purchase of the soundtrack? HELL YEA. And not only because I designed the lovely packaging ;)... but because it's truly quite an amazing body of work. From one HUGE Sierra fan to another, If you appreciated all the Roland MT-32 music from the Sierra classics, you owe it to yourself to buy this soundtrack.
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“The music of Al Emmo has nothing to be jealous of compared to the music we used to listen to in the classic Sierra games.”
- Adventure Europe
“... Superbly done. The original soundtrack really adds a Western atmosphere to the game world at large and punctuates some of Al’s predicaments.”
-Four Fat Chicks
I LOVE the music! Fantastic job! It’s probably one of the best sound-tracks I’ve heard for any adventure game (and I’m an “old fart” who’s played a lot of adventure games) The music set the mood and the feel of each scene and area of the game perfectly and added such a “natural” flow to the pacing of the game and various scenes. Myself being an amateur harmonica-player, I can much appreciate the obvious skill and effort that went into creating the many varied musical scores within this game.
- Don McPherson (aka Barbarian),Hong Kong
The soundtrack was magnificent. Being a musician that plays 4 instruments and sings, I can definitely appreciate it when you can close your eyes and listen to a track from a game, and see everything about the room completely just from the melody. Even down to the pianist hitting the random off note, everything was a masterpiece. I can tell a lot of work went into it, and I know from experience it takes a lot of heart to make music to match ANYTHING. Salut on a fantabulous job.
- Sean Swartzwelder (aka Neodraven), Wisconsin, USA
Am I going to push the purchase of the soundtrack? HELL YEA. And not only because I designed the lovely packaging ;)... but because it's truly quite an amazing body of work. From one HUGE Sierra fan to another, If you appreciated all the Roland MT-32 music from the Sierra classics, you owe it to yourself to buy this soundtrack.
http://www.eriq.net/adventuregamers/ae_soundtrack.jpg
“The music of Al Emmo has nothing to be jealous of compared to the music we used to listen to in the classic Sierra games.”
- Adventure Europe
“... Superbly done. The original soundtrack really adds a Western atmosphere to the game world at large and punctuates some of Al’s predicaments.”
-Four Fat Chicks
I LOVE the music! Fantastic job! It’s probably one of the best sound-tracks I’ve heard for any adventure game (and I’m an “old fart” who’s played a lot of adventure games) The music set the mood and the feel of each scene and area of the game perfectly and added such a “natural” flow to the pacing of the game and various scenes. Myself being an amateur harmonica-player, I can much appreciate the obvious skill and effort that went into creating the many varied musical scores within this game.
- Don McPherson (aka Barbarian),Hong Kong
The soundtrack was magnificent. Being a musician that plays 4 instruments and sings, I can definitely appreciate it when you can close your eyes and listen to a track from a game, and see everything about the room completely just from the melody. Even down to the pianist hitting the random off note, everything was a masterpiece. I can tell a lot of work went into it, and I know from experience it takes a lot of heart to make music to match ANYTHING. Salut on a fantabulous job.
- Sean Swartzwelder (aka Neodraven), Wisconsin, USA