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The Last Symphony

by Richard Gould

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    "The Last Symphony" contains extended tracks from within the game itself as well as five bonus tracks exclusive to the soundtrack. Album artwork and liner notes are also included in your download. For those who want to delve deeper and learn the stories behind each piece, I've included short descriptions both on this page (highlight each track, click 'info') and in the download as a pdf.
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A Beginning 00:36
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First Movements 03:05
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The Prodigy 01:34
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Fun & Games 01:24
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Too Young For War 01:42
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Fix Bayonets 02:21
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Mr. & Mrs. Carmine 02:11
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Writers Block 01:47
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Once In A Letter 02:27
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Curious Composition 01:26
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Sedentary Travels 02:04
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The Lesson 00:30
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Peter 01:43
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For All That Was Lost 01:05
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Stiff Upper Lip 04:41
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Cadence 01:51
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Reflections 01:48
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about

This soundtrack contains music from and inspired by The Last Symphony, a narrative driven hidden object game developed in 2012 by Shoefish Games and the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab.

Play the game: gambit.mit.edu/loadgame/thelastsymphony.php

Interview with Clara Fernández-Vara (Product Owner, Researcher) & Richard Gould (Composer & Sound Designer): techtv.mit.edu/videos/21488-the-last-symphony-game-design-research

A note from the composer: The music is strongly interwoven with the story of the Carmine siblings and can reveal certain elements of the story (if you pay attention). Think of it as a sort of musical hidden object game. There are specific melodies, harmonies and instrumentations associated with the characters and objects within the game. I hope you enjoy this soundtrack and I encourage you to play the game that inspired it.

"As the player builds a logical grouping of objects, a harmonious symphony swells. The music in the game is absolutely lovely, and perfectly compliments the soft, hand-drawn art." - Leigh Alexander, Gamasutra

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released November 6, 2012

Music Composed and Orchestrated by Richard Gould
Live Cello performed by Ro Rowan
Live Violin performed by Richard Ludlow
Additional Audio Editing by Matthew Hines
Album Artwork by Alex Kintner

Special Thanks: First and foremost, I would like to thank all the members of Shoefish Games. It was a joy to work alongside you all, your inspiring work ultimately drove me to create this soundtrack. I would like to thank my family without whose support I wouldn't be where I am doing what I love every day. I want to thank the entire GAMBIT Game-Lab staff for affording us all such a wonderful opportunity to work alongside each other, on such unique projects in wonderful surroundings. I would like to thank my professors at Berklee who share their knowledge and inspire me to reach my full potential. A special note of thanks goes to Laurynn who put up with me during the long evenings during which I worked on this soundtrack. Lastly, I would like to thank those who contributed directly to this work out of kindness alone, Richard, RoRo, Matt and Alex.

© 2012 M.I.T. and MDA. All Rights Reserved

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My name is Richard, I'm an award-winning Composer and Sound Designer for Film, Video Games and Interactive Media.

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