The Music of Video Games [111] Secret of Evermore

total annihilation

Amazing game, amazing music.

For me, Secret of Evermore has got the best musics of all times.

It was actually the first soundtrack he composed. Pretty cool, huh?

The CD soundtrack for this game also had a few extra tracks in higher quality (i.e. not the game midi). I loved 10 Print Hello World. I lost the CD and managed to contact Soule, but even he couldn't get ahold of it.

@fmKindari i can tell you how to get the Evermore CD

One of the greatest and most unique game soundtracks of its time and - dare I say - ever. It may not be complex but it was cathartic and very ambient - I have an appreciation for minimalism if it's done right and I believe this soundtrack got that right... a soundtrack doesn't NEED sweeping choruses, string sections, complicated chords or formulas to be good.... sometimes it just needs to emphasize the feelings and emotions of the story it supports... and this one did that expertly, IMHO.

@kkeelan 100% agreed! The instrumentals are incredible and the ambient sounds of a busy market place, a steaming bog, and the engine room of a great space station are awesome and have yet to be repeated in any game since then.

It's good to see Seoule [sp?] still doing what he does best but it's sad to see his still very sorely underrated in the public eye. He still gets his dues when it comes to awards and such... though I still think this is his best work. I think he should be composing for movies and not video games, if you ask me.

I like ambience and catharsis too, haha