With the game’s original creator Joar Jakobsson at the helm, while James doing what James does best, the team started their quest to create what is now the esoteric and elegantly brutish Rain World. The new duo founded Videocult, the platform that made this brutal indie platformer a reality. With James’ weeklong musical foray behind him, he was able to completely win over his soon-to-be partner. Here’s what it needs to sound like.’ Wild right? But hey it worked!”Įxtremely wild, indeed - born from a nightmare and brought to life is a quite fitting tale for a soundtrack like Rain World’s.

So I wound up writing I think 12 tracks on spec in the span of a week and wrote to Joar (the lead designer and programmer for Rain World) saying ‘Hey! I need to do the soundtrack for this game. I became somewhat obsessed, to the degree that I actually had a nightmare one night, in which the game came out and the music was terrible and unfitting and ruined everything. “I initially saw the game early in its famous TIGSource devlog, and had a strong visceral reaction to its look, its mood and its characters and had a very clear picture in my head of how it should sound.

Initially discovering the game from its original TIGSource devlog, James had this to say about his musical inspiration and inevitable involvement in the project: Known for his work on games such as Gnomoria and Junk Jack, James has become a synonymous member of the indie game scene for being the mastermind behind the moody and atmospheric soundtrack to Rain World. He is a musician and video game developer based out of Boston, Massachusetts.

James Therrien is the co-member of Bright Primate, and is better known as James Primate in the video game music scene. From nightmares to turntable, let’s uncover how Rain World came to be the soundtrack of a universe drenched in despair. Pressed on “Marine Translucent and Violet” as well as glow in the dark vinyl by Black Screen Records, the soundtrack to Videocult’s instant indie classic has a unique story that I am here to help tell. Enter the dark and dilapidated soundscapes of a world soaked in misery this week with Rain World by James Primate.

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