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Project Focus: PS3 game 'Okabu' soundtrack
How this project was approached
The game designer at Hand Circus created a brief which contained reference tracks for the creative team to use as inspiration for initial ideas.
An authentic musical feel
The composition team used authentic instruments to create a palette of African sounds. When the parts were recorded, they were left as they are, no editing was done to the sounds. This gave the sound a natural, imperfect & 'played' feel.
Character voices
All of the character voices have been created under the direction of Andy our in-house producer. He guided the voice artists to evoke the right emotions from their adaptations of a mixture of African languages.
Creating in-game SFX
Every single moment in the game has to have a sound to match, which provides a certain personality to the game. The atmosphere of fun and playfulness was reached by using musical sound effects.
Game Soundtrack, SFX and Integration
London based Hand Circus enrolled Resonate Music to take on the task of creating a custom African game soundtrack, in-game SFX as well as character voices. Unit Studios have a close working relationship with Resonate Music, so had a large involvement in the creative processes.
Okabu musicians creating a live vibe to the soundtrack
The music was formed through friendly collaboration
All the character voices were custom-created to work within game
Okabu soundtrack feature video
This video contains interviews with the game developer and also the composers & musicians involved in the project.