I’m pleased to announce today that I composed the soundtrack to WayForward’s newest game, Marble Knights. Available today on Apple Arcade, for Apple TV, iPad, and iPhone, this game will have you…rolling with its puns and wit and swordplay. I had a…ball writing the music for Marble Knights, with my score being a cross of high orchestral fantasy and chiptune. Two real consoles starred in the recording!
I’m so happy to share that this allowed me to achieve a dream as well: working with Studio Trigger. They’re one of my favorite anime makers of all time, best known for titles such as Little Witch Academia, Gurren Lagann, Kill la Kill, and many others. I LOST IT when I first found out. I was shaking like a leaf a lot of the time. But it was amazing. I can’t wait for you to see what we did.
I started writing the music more than a year ago and it was hard work but some of my favorite pieces I’ve ever written are in this surprisingly huge soundtrack. Every world, event, boss, and situation has its own music — which is how it should be but is an opportunity we rarely get. WayForward was incredibly open and accepting of my ideas. While some of them took a bit of work to figure out it all paid off in the end.
Marble Knights is a very charming, adorable adventure that’s lots of fun solo, but also supports 4-player multiplayer. The voice acting cast is top notch and the script and writing will have you grinning. I hope that my music supports all of the fantastic work that went into it!