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The Banner Saga Available for Pre-Order
Pre-Order the official Soundtrack CD for the newly released, highly touted video game THE BANNER SAGA! GRAMMY-nominated, composer Austin Wintory created an earthy, multi-layered orchestral score for the single player role-playing tactical game from Stoic Studios, currently available on PC and Mac. The soundtrack score features the Dallas Wind Symphony, recorded by GRAMMY-winning engineer Keith O. Johnson and the Reference Recordings team at the Meyerson Symphony Center,in Dallas, TX. In addition the score features a…
Austin Wintory Takes You Through the Process of Creating a Piece for a Video Game
Ever wondered how Austin Wintory’s process works? Ben Kuchera of Polygon asks Mr. Wintory the same question: “I became taken with the 16th track on the soundtrack, called “Three Days to Cross,” and Wintory agreed to walk me through the process of taking a piece of music for a game and bringing it to a soundtrack. Video game soundtracks, and how music is written for games in general, is a complex, often unsung part of development.”…
Gamespot puts Austin Wintory in Good Company
High praise for the upcoming Fresh! From Reference Recording CD release, The Banner Saga, featuring the Dallas Wind Symphony and music by composer Austin Wintory: “As I played The Banner Saga, I was swept away by its chilled tapestry of brass harmonies and meandering woodwind melodies. It was as if the musical score had been woven together of shimmering mithril, evoking both the bleakness of the frozen landscape and the stubbornness of the varl race.…
Stream a track from The Banner Saga
Your first “official” listen to the upcoming Fresh! From Reference Recordings CD, The Banner Saga, featuring the Dallas Wind Symphony and music by composer Austin Wintory:
Behind the Scenes of The Banner Saga
Take a look behind the scenes of the Dallas Wind Symphony recording sessions for the Austin Wintory Banner Saga soundtrack:
Dallas Morning News features Banner Saga!
The Dallas Morning News Pop Culture Blog has a fantastic new feature and interview on Austin Wintory’s The Banner Sanga soundtrack: “As a game, The Banner Saga is much more than its mechanics. Yes, the turn-based strategy gameplay is well-made and worth the price of admission, but much of the experience is anchored in its writing, its art and its music. That music was composed by an increasingly well-known name in video game soundtracks, Austin…
Austin Wintory’s Banner Saga inspires video
Featuring the music of Austin Wintory: From “Banner Saga”: The Videri String Quartet have released a music video and their inspiration was The Banner Saga. Composed by Austin Wintory, arranged by David Peacock, & performed by Videri String Quartet. The Videri String Quartet created this video after hearing the soundtrack by Austin Wintory as well as seeing the game setting. Vikings, violins, and video seem to make a great combo! Click for more information on…
Austin Wintory and The Banner Saga featured in The New York Times
Composer, Austin Wintory and the upcoming soundtrack, The Banner Saga, got a wonderful feature in The New York Times over the weekend. Have a look at the article, which features a picture from the Dallas Wind Symphony recording sessions! “Mr. Wintory considers his next project — a warm, earthy score for the role-playing video game The Banner Saga, set for release this month — a step in this direction. The score incorporates dynamic cues that…
Dallas Wind Symphony Banner Saga Recording Sessions
Here’s a look at yesterday’s “The Banner Saga” recording sessions with the Dallas Wind Symphony: Watch live video from awintory on TwitchTV Find out more about “The Banner Saga” in yesterday’s post.
Stream the Dallas Wind Symphony Recording Seession!
Austin Wintory The Reference Recording team is in Dallas for another exciting Dallas Wind Symphony CD! Dallas Wind Symphony Records Composer Austin Wintory’s THE BANNER SAGA! Soundtrack Watch the Recording Session LIVE today (7/30) at 4:30pm (Central)! The Banner Saga: Factions Factions is the free multiplayer release of The Banner Saga, a role-playing, turn-based strategy game putting you in control of a clan of battle-hardened viking warriors. From the composer Austin Wintory: It takes place…