I’ve just finished the final music for the new Arvale game and I’m damn proud of it.
The original castle music from Arvale 1 is a classic and really opens up the feel of the game when you start out in Entoque Castle. Since the new Arvale will be starting from the same castle, I wanted to keep the same feel and touch on a few motifs but without reusing any of its melodies.
The music combines lots of Strings, Marching Percussion, some solo Flute, and French Horns plus Trumpets to round out the brass section. I was very excited to squeeze some Baroque Harpsichord in there too. What do you think?
New Arvale Castle music here: castle_preview
You can compare to the original Arvale 1 castle here: arvale1_castle
With that said, all of the music is finished (aside from two cutscene themes which I will piece together later).
Next up, I will begin working on maps. I have no idea how I will blog on the progress of that without spoiling too much of the game, but I’ll figure something out.
In addition, I’m headed out to Europe tomorrow. I’ll be visiting Budapest, Amsterdam, and Portugal to conduct some heavy drinking business. I’ll be sure to take some shots and keep you updated on that as well 🙂
See you soon!
Photo Credit: PhillipC