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N°3: Castle Crashers-Space pirates

After being delayed for almost a month ( thanks to being quite busy), the new post is finally here.
And today, we'll have some Castle Crashers OST.
Released in 2008, Caste Crasher is a mix of Beat em All and RPG. Starting in the depths of Indie gaming, it finally rose to the rank of an hailed and praised title. Although the game in itself is a jewel of humour,fun and totally kicks asses, there is no doubt that its OST had a major role in this game success.

Full of energy, mixing metal with techno, while still having the orchestral tracks you would expect from a medieval, heroic fantasy themed game. And then I heard Space Pirates.
I was seriously thinking all video games now were bound to have some orchestral, grandiloquent music ; till this one started.

A few high-picthed keyboard notes, followed by a groovy bass and groovy drums. Nothing more, nothing less. And by being so simple, this particuliar song directly echoes to the 90's games, when most of the music was made with only a keyboard, with some similarities with the early work of Alexander Brandon (who is, by the way, nothing less than the composer of Tyrian, Jazz Jackrabitt, Deus Ex and Unreal Tournament OSTs, just to name a few)

As a result, you get an upbeat, light, jumpy, joyful track, with a bit of Irish music aftertaste, and probably one of the most refreshing you will hear. And it also proves that sometimes, simplicity is a virtue.

Hope you'll enjoy this track as much as i do, and see you later for the next post.
-Aliascent
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