Good Music Get! Kyle Bobby Dunn & Shank
We normally don’t post about music on Good Game Get! but Kyle Dunn contacted me and I felt the instrumental qualities of his pieces could easily lend themselves to video games. Coincidentally Andy wanted to post something music related too!
Kyle Bobby Dunn is a Brooklyn, NY resident and musician. Dunn’s primary musical aesthetic lies in minimalism, yet his scope is maximum. He seems to be able to effortlessly create sounding pieces that are warm, accessible, and never pretentious.
I’m a big fan of simple is better and in the case of Dunn’s arrangements, I’d have to say it holds true for his work.
Listening to one of my favorite songs of his, In Search of a Poetic Whole I really feel like a game developer should get with him as soon as possible to construct a soundtrack for a game. His art and vision are already at an incredible level, and I can only imagine that he is going to keep carefully accelerating towards even more beautiful work.
Words can only describe so much of the ethereal droning and soothing structure that Dunn creates - so I highly recommend giving his work a listen.
You can purchase his latest two disk greatness at Darla.
- Kyle
Shank, the ultra-violent side-scrolling tale of revenge from Klei Entertainment, was released onto the PSN and XBLA this week to mixed reviews. Looking over the reactions, it seems to have potential, but looks to suffer from issues of repetitive gameplay. I suppose that should be expected from a game that has you constantly moving to the right and stabbing dudes, but if that’s the kind of game you like, I’m sure you’ll like Shank.
I can say the same thing about Shank’s soundtrack, also released this week and free to stream or download at the Shank website. I’ve been listening to it all morning and enjoying it’s sharp percussion, smokey acoustics and electric guitar riffs that sizzle like rope-burns. Clearly musicians Vince de Vera & Jason Garner of Vancouver, the creative duo behind this collection, are big fans of the soundtracks of Quentin Tarantino films and similarly moody, Tex-Mex rock.
Like the game, this music won’t be for everyone, but it’s a nice addition to any video game soundtrack collection and worth the time it takes to check it out.
- Andy