While training with him or fighting opponents later on, arrangements of his very music play in the background! But when he is introduced along with other ally Julie D’Aubigny, an original track plays with a violin solo that suggests Joseph’s virtuosity as a fencing master and musician. For instance, Eugene’s fencing teacher in the game is the incredible historic figure Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-George, who was both a fencing master, a composer and a virtuoso violinist. The result is that of a post-modern, fictional 18th Century France which is nevertheless filled with real, historically accurate music. In a way, I had to ‘cheat’ both sides of the score, an idea which I found quite compelling, since Card Shark tells the story of Eugene, a card cheater and con artist. To be able to achieve that, I had to make the original music sound like it could have been written in 18th Century France, whilst re-arranging and editing the classical pieces I had chosen, in order to make them feel as if they had been written for the game. We had about 50 musicians performing the score across various line-ups, including orchestral players, specialist baroque musicians, a boys’ choir, and singers specialized in early music who had already performed my previous score for the video game ‘Astrologaster’.Īn important part of the project was balancing a historical, research-driven approach, with the creation of original character and location themes, in order to strike a stylistic continuity throughout the game. It was engineered by Nick Taylor (record and mix engineer) and performed by some of the UK’s finest session musicians, conducted by Benjamin Woodgates. The score was recorded in about four days at the legendary AIR and Air-Edel Recording Studios in London. All the music content heard in Card Shark is made of these new recordings, specifically produced for the game. The score comprises of 110 minutes of music, including approximately 60 minutes of original score and 50 minutes of a classical soundtrack, mostly from the 18th Century and the French Baroque. I was the composer and music director for Card Shark, the recently released adventure game by developer Nerial, set in 18th Century France.
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