Soundtrack Spotlight: Blueberry Garden

Soundtrack Spotlight is a weekly CFD! feature devoted to all things VGM. Every week we celebrate the best in game music, highlight new releases and forgotten tracks, and bring you the best in auditory awesomeness.

I could gush at length about how everyone should buy the wrongfully overlooked Blueberry Garden and experience its deceptively simple gameplay and dynamic environment, but our own Scott Thompson has already addressed this urgent matter in his review of the game from last year.

Instead, we’ll focus solely on one very important part of the Blueberry Garden experience. The music in Blueberry Garden was actually originally composed by a UK artist known as Daduk, though these relatively dour piano tracks are a consistent complement to the quasi-mysterious, almost lonesome feeling one gets when exploring the Garden.

Blueberry Garden is currently $5 on Steam, and the music featured in it can be downloaded here. I highly suggest you acquire both.

ET APRES

VALSE

ENTRE DEUX

LA MARELLE

CEUZ QUE J’OUBLIE

D’EST EN OUEST

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On the new releases front this week we have Ys Seven, the latest entry in developer Falcom’s action-RPG series. The soundtracks to the Ys games have always been an integral part of the experience, and numerous variations and arrangements of this music exist already. That said, Ys Seven’s music is completely enjoyable, even if you’re unfamiliar with previous soundtracks in the series.

MOTHER EARTH ALTAGO

VACANT INTERFERENCE

GREAT TREE (SHANNOA)

ALTAGO RING

EXTENSIVE FOREST GREEN

ISOLATED ISLAND CONSIGNED TO OBLIVION

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In this Backlog edition, we’re sampling a bit of music from Ilomilo, an upcoming XBLA and Windows Phone 7 game. The game, pronounced “eelomeelo”, gives you control over the titular characters, Ilo and milo, in what looks to be quite an interesting and dynamic setting. The music, which developer Southend Interactive has made available for download here, has a very adorable and listenable disposition.