Please observe a complete symphonic orchestra recording the Vampire Survivors soundtrack

From a pure comedy standpoint, like a sort of farcical slapstick angle, Vampire Survivors actually is the present that retains on giving. What began as a dude’s aspect mission to develop over time and idiot round with some game mechanics concepts was an enormous, big hit. It did not have a narrative. The soundtrack was 

Now an expert symphony orchestra recorded totally scored, composed, and carried out soundtrack music for its second DLC, Tides of the Foscari, full with conductor and soloist credit. You possibly can watch a video of it occurring.

All for a $2 game about vampires where the joke is that there are completely no vampires current. For those who personal Vampire Survivors on Steam, nicely, you personal all these tracks too, as they’re a part of the soundtrack there.

As a lot of you who’ve been following Vampire Survivors from the start know, the soundtrack has at all times been a brilliant essential a part of the game (sure, much more essential than the story 😜 ),” stated creator Luca Galante in a Steam publish. “Throughout Early Entry I might usually obtain a observe from our predominant composers and musicians, Daniele and Filippo, and use it to get myself in the appropriate mindset whereas constructing new components of VS. The game wouldn’t be what it’s right this moment with out its music.”

“The orchestra recording is by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra (in addition they labored on movies like Parasite and Get Out and video games like Injustice 2). The recordings befell over six hours of recording periods with a complete of 76 musicians, and the biggest session concerned a 56-piece orchestra. It was actually fairly moving and spectacular to see melodies from our little game carried out like that. An enormous due to all of you for permitting us to go nuts by hiring an orchestra,” he stated.

PC Gamer’s Ted Litchfeld referred to as Vampire Survivors’ Tides of the Foscari DLC the “excellent $2 jolt of the game I fell in love with final 12 months” and it is laborious to disagree together with his evaluation. Extra goofy dudes, extra bizarre weapons, extra secrets and techniques to de-secrete.

One other huge W for the game that beat out Elden Ring for BAFTA game of the 12 months.