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A question for Joppa

    • 49 posts
    March 3, 2015 7:28 PM PST

    Joppa you design the music from everything I gather. I have heard some really good stuff including the "theme song." Do you take inspiration from anywhere? What bands do you follow? Also have you heard of the band "Punch Brothers?" If not check them out they had a wicked fiddle player!

    • 133 posts
    March 4, 2015 11:44 AM PST

    His favorite band is Back Street Boys and I hear ever piece he is working on will sound much like their music, and if I understand correctly every zone in pantheon will be inspired by a song of theirs..

    • 49 posts
    March 4, 2015 1:40 PM PST
    Lawl that's awesome!
    • 3016 posts
    March 4, 2015 2:00 PM PST
    Exmortis said:

    His favorite band is Back Street Boys and I hear ever piece he is working on will sound much like their music, and if I understand correctly every zone in pantheon will be inspired by a song of theirs..

     

    So far..everything I have heard is just great.   Just fit the vid scenes right from the start.  

    We are lucky to have these people.  :)  

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    • 176 posts
    March 5, 2015 12:28 PM PST
    Borumber said:

    Joppa you design the music from everything I gather. I have heard some really good stuff including the "theme song." Do you take inspiration from anywhere? What bands do you follow? Also have you heard of the band "Punch Brothers?" If not check them out they had a wicked fiddle player!

     

    I love Punch Brothers! "Movement and Location" is probably my favorite :)

     

    I take inspiration from so many different places...I used to be a singer-songwriter and I've developed a type of craft for coming up with memorable melodies and song structures. I love the music from many different MMOs, including EQ1 and Vanguard. I'm also quite smitten with the Lord of the Rings soundtracks and a lot of Hans Zimmer's works and techniques.

    • 318 posts
    March 5, 2015 12:37 PM PST

    When I heard this song the other day, it made me think of you Joppa and your work with music. I just imagine you listening to this in order to get pumped up before you start composing. Kind of like your theme song. :)

     

    http://youtu.be/SbSM02_1k34

    • 610 posts
    March 5, 2015 12:42 PM PST
    Wellspring said:

    When I heard this song the other day, it made me think of you Joppa and your work with music. I just imagine you listening to this in order to get pumped up before you start composing. Kind of like your theme song. :)

     

    http://youtu.be/SbSM02_1k34

    Is it just me or does song remind anyone else of the Mary Tyler Moore theme song?

     

    • 49 posts
    March 5, 2015 4:18 PM PST

    great song choice! I think my Favorite song is "Clara" although my buddy bought me the new album on record and I am awaiting it with great anticipation.

    I really agree that Vanguard and EQ1 had some pretty epic music. I remember hearing that EQ theme the first time I logged in watching the loading screen was magic. Just think you will be a part of that for a new generation! Exciting stuff man keep it coming. And thanks for taking the time to reply.

    Sevens: haha funny stuff bud!

    • 378 posts
    March 5, 2015 8:53 PM PST

    All this talk of game music has put in the mode to play and listen to the original HomeWorld game again, best music that was every matched with a game.

    I swear that game would have been only half as good if they had different music.