Delicious melodies and lush orchestration from Pokémon Reorchestrated’s Braxton Burks and celebrity piano streamer Kyle Landry
The Bacon Man: Original Game Soundtrack, composed by Braxton Burks and Kyle Landry, was released earlier this month. The soundtrack, like the game, aims to have a little fun with its catchy melodies, lush orchestration, and, of course, irreverent humour that draws inspiration from the likes of Conker’s Bad Fur Day and Earthworm Jim. Fans will recognise Braxton Burks from his Pokémon Reorchestrated series and Kyle Landry as the celebrity YouTube/Twitch piano performer.
“Bacon Man has the brutal gameplay difficulty of platformers like Mega Man X paired with the cartoonish charm of cooky, irreverent games from the ’90s and early2000s — cult classics like Earthworm Jim and Conker’s Bad Fur Day come to mind,” explains Braxton Burks. “To match the zaniness of the game’s themes, we wrote a soundtrack that is equally bonkers. Underlying most of the soundtrack is a bombastic orchestra sound, but genre-wise, we go all kinds of places. Wagnerian orchestra, Grant Kirkhope-esque diddies, EDM, funk, rock… you name it, they made us write it.”
Bacon Man is a full 3D side-scrolling action platforming game. It mixes fighting, shooting, and physics-based abilities to create a challenging experience in a beautifully rendered world inspired by the food groups.
About Braxton Burks
Braxton Burks is a Seattle-based composer and arranger of videogame music. He has successfully funded two Pokémon tribute albums on Kickstarter: Pokémon Reorchestrated: Kanto Symphony, a fully orchestral re-imagining of music from Pokémon Red and Blue, and Pokémon Reorchestrated: Double Team!, an anthology of Pokémon tunes across the series performed by live string orchestra and piano. Both albums have landed on the Billboard® charts and gained international recognition.
About Kyle Landry
Kyle Landry is a classically-trained pianist and composer from Methuen, Massachusetts. His career in music spans over 15 years, and includes original works for film, animation, videogames, and his own album releases. He holds a degree in composition from the Hartt School of Music where he studied under concert pianist, David Westfall. His passion for playing has generated a large fan base on YouTube (650,000+subscribers), with over 700 piano performance videos that have generated millions of views, particularly his piano arrangements of videogame and anime music
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