Starsiege Developer Diary - Edgen

[Edgen]

ahhhhhh.. As I sit here trying to think of stuff to say my brain is going 300 miles a minute and my finger just wants to clickity click the mouse to create other things. So many ideas, so little time, not getting paid enough. The story of my life.

Well, I guess I'm on a temporary hold for the Starsiege 2845 project simply because they are not ready to implement the audio/music just yet. So, in the meantime I'll tell you what I'm working on now or just recently completed. As you may or may not know, my absolute passion is film music. The type of sounds and chords that really functs with your brain and rips out your heart. I like to call it, "Upliftingly Dark" Cinematic Film and Game Music. I'll sit down from time to time and just watch a movie, and say.. "Damnit... my music is just as good as that!" and i slowly come back down to earth and realize I'm not in the heart of it all. "LA LA Land" or otherwise known as Hollywierd. (maybe by the time you guys read this I'll already of moved and this journal/blog will be worthless )

Anyway, if you can't follow me yet, its because I have a hard time following myself but if you are.. heck ya.. keep reading!

I just finished up a short film by Mr. Hai Luu called, "The Takamori Legend". it is a stellar little 2D animated anime/ninja flick and is currently nominated for the top 20 at the TGSNT website which showcases some of the best animated short films in the world. This is only the 2nd event, but apparently its pretty huge. So i'm definitely honored to be a part of it. you can hear the soundtrack, images, links etc at my site www.edgen.com/music/takamori

Along with that, I just got the gig to score Jeff Lew's "Killer Bean 3". Not too many details, but it should be a really amazing flick whenever its finished. Jeff was the lead animator for the Matrix Reloaded movie and was responsible for many of the Neo and Agent Smith fight sequences. His work can be found at www.jefflew.com

I'm working on a Shite ton of websites, 2 indy features, and 3 short films. Again, by the time you read this It'll most likely double or worse.. fold all together and I'm still not getting any work. (crossing my fingers)

And.. lastly.. I'd like to introduce you to my Kingdom. Kings and Kingdoms. This is a personal project of mine that started when I created a medieval type music track and named it Kings and Kingdoms. I liked the melody so much that I created a few more. next thing I knew, I had 20+ tracks and an idear for Triology feature film hollywood big budget style. So, I'm in the process of developing all the characters, the lands, the stories, the music, the finances and everything else that would take a project to fruition. Since no one has come to me, I took it in my own hands to start my own. Now... Only if I got paid big bucks doing the thing I love. Its turned into quite a personal investment of my time and energy but I'm convinced it will totally pay off in the end. You can visit my world at www.edgen.com/kings

Other than that, I hope you'll sign up for the mailing list and that you enjoy my latest music, and lets just hope I get a few more tracks out for ss:2845 soon. After all, I've been on this project over a year and everything about me has improved. So lets hope the score just keeps getting better and better!!

All the best of luck and thank you for taking the time to read my rabble babble.

/j

and here's a few tracks for my Kings and Kingdoms Project:
http://music.edgen.com/edgen_kandk_vengence.mp3
http://music.edgen.com/edgen_kandk_dragons.mp3
http://music.edgen.com/edgen_kandk_betrayal.mp3
http://music.edgen.com/edgen_kandk_theking.mp3
Enjoy!


oh.. <<--this guy is friggin' hilarious!!!

[Mhaddy]

Do you have any ETA as to when we can expect music to be integrated into the game, and will this be before or after the ATR?

Oh, and as I mentioned to you earlier, Vengeance and Jester are rightious tunes.

[Edgen]

thank you! totally...

I believe it'll happen after the ATR.