Ftl faster than light music7/25/2023 ![]() ![]() There’s definitely a feeling of the vast, cold loneliness of space, but it’s rarely without a warm feeling of hope looming around the corner. In part it’s great background music for relaxation, but a concentrated listen reveals details and emotion in the tracks. It’s a collection of electronic music that stands well on its own outside of the context of the game. But there’s still a great variation – while some Battle tracks are quite similar to the Explore tracks others venture into techno-like, almost danceable, territory. The interesting part is that most Battle tracks are variations of similar (and identically titled) Explore tracks. The Battle music is probably self-explanatory – it is the music that plays when fighting enemies. Explore music is for when you’re exploring planets, deciding where to go and, well, not fighting enemy ships. The distinction between the two is quite simple. The tracks on the soundtrack are divided up in two categories – Explore (disc 1) and Battle (disc 2). Ironically, large part of the soundtrack is actually quite mellow and relaxing, which might just be why it works so well with the game. Let’s get the all-important question out of the way first – how’s the pressing quality? The sound quality is good and you really get to hear how detailed each track is (because you’re not busy defending your ship from certain doom when just playing the record…). That’s a minor gripe, though, and overall I think the packaging looks very nice. I don’t necessarily think a gatefold would be better, but a sturdier jacket would’ve been nice. Visually it is very impressive, but I do find the single LP jacket to be a little flimsy for holding 2 180g records. Generally, I don’t think there’s much to criticize about the packaging. The records come in 2 dark poly-lined sleeves, which is nice as this kind of sleeve won’t scuff your records. Visually it goes quite well with the space theme of the game and could almost be interpreted as a first-person view of FTL travel. ![]() This effect is a black mixed with a purple-ish red and features a heavy green splatter effect around the center of the record. The release itself is a double 180g LP where the records have a “cosmic splatter” effect. It’s hard to capture in an image, but hopefully the image below gives a vague idea of what it looks like. ![]() But what they didn’t tell was that the cover would be printed on shiny metallic stock. They had already shown mockups of Leif Podhajsky’s cover art back when preorders opened to give an idea of what it would look like. To anyone who’s bought one or more of iam8bit’s soundtrack releases it probably doesn’t come as a shock that the packaging looks really nice. ![]() I still haven’t beaten the final boss, though, but that’s mostly down to me being terrible at it… The Packaging But it wasn’t just the game that was succesful – Prunty’s soundtrack got a lot of praise as well and it was called “ some of the finest game music of 2012” in an interview Prunty did with PCGamer.įor once I am writing about the soundtrack to a game I’ve actually played and I’m aware of how well the music works in the context of this game. The vinyl release was announced all the way back in early October 2015, but the soundtrack and game themselves are a few years older than that and were originally released in September 2012 after the game enjoyed a massively succesful Kickstarter campaign. The fourth album to get this treatment will be Ben Prunty’s soundtrack to the top down spaceship sim FTL: Faster Than Light which was released on vinyl by iam8bit roughly a month ago. For further information in terms of those charges, please contact DHL support or its agents in your country/area.It’s been too long since I last wrote a Now Playing post, but here it is. Customers are responsible for those charges. It’s the reissue that this venerable video game soundtrack - winner of multiple accolades and “Best-Of” nominations - absolutely deserves.Īt the time of delivery, depending on the destination country and area, you may be required to pay taxes, duties, and fees related to the delivery of goods. Plus, for the first time, we’re pressing the album on audiophile-approved 180g black vinyl for the best listening experience yet. This reissue features the original pressing’s beloved album artwork by Leif Podhajsky, and boasts an all-new obi strip, to boot. Now, 10 years later, we’re returning to the stars to celebrate FTL’s impact on gaming with a reissue of its beloved soundtrack, from electronic music maestro Ben Prunty. With its space-opera inspired aesthetics, randomly generated challenges, and fast-paced combat, FTL quickly cemented itself as the ultimate “one more round” strategy game. In 2012, developer Subset Games’ debut title, FTL: Faster Than Light, warped its way into the canon of great roguelikes. ![]()
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