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The Banner Saga Nominated for Three BAFTA Awards!
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2015 Game Awards nominees have been released and The Banner Saga was nominated for three! Nominated Categories include: Audio Achievement Music Debut Game Full Nominee List The Banner Saga Austin Wintory, composer The Dallas Wind Symphony Maluka and Peter Hollens, vocals; Taylor Davis, violin Composer Austin Wintory created an earthy, multi-layered orchestral score for the single player role-playing tactical game from Stoic Studios, currently available on…
Austin Wintory Conducts The Banner Saga
Austin Wintory conducts the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in The Banner Saga: The Banner Saga Austin Wintory, composer The Dallas Wind Symphony Maluka and Peter Hollens, vocals; Taylor Davis, violin GRAMMY®-nominated,*BAFTA-winning 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 Winds (America’s Premier Windband), recorded by GRAMMY-winning engineer Keith O. Johnson and the Reference…
The Banner Saga Wins Geekie Award
The Banner Saga has the 2014 “Geekie Award” for Indie Video Games and included a great feature for Austin Wintory’s Soundtrack: “The journey is enhanced by a beautiful and haunting original score by Grammy nominated, and two-time BAFTA winner, composer Austin Wintory conducting The Dallas Winds orchestra, as well as a powerhouse trio of acclaimed YouTube sensations: Peter Hollens, Malukah and Taylor Davis.” Congrats to The Banner Saga Team!
Banner Saga a Best Of 2014
CNET’s “Audiophiliac”, Steve Guttenberg, has a list of “The best-sounding music of 2014, so far” and has Austin Wintory’s The Banner Saga Soundtrack at #8! “‘The Banner Saga’ is orchestral music, with electric guitar, didgeridoo, accordion, and Icelandic singers. It’s exciting stuff, and since it was recorded by legendary engineer Keith O. Johnson, the sound is superb!” —Steve Guttenberg, CNET Buy The Banner Saga Soundtrack today along with one other item and save 20% during…
Film Music Critic Reviews The Banner Saga
Film music critic, Thomas Kiefner, takes on Austin Wintory’s The Banner Saga Soundtrack on his blog, Film Music: The Neglected Art. “The opening cue ‘We Will Not Be Forgotten’ a scant forty seven seconds does set the mood for the remainder of the score. It is a proud majestic opening featuring the horns of the Dallas Winds. ‘How Did It Come To This’ opens like an orchestra tuning up before it switches to a contrabassoon…
GameMusic.net review of The Banner Saga
The Banner Saga Soundtrack gets compared to a novel in a rave review from GameMusic.net: “The Banner Saga is mainly a turn-based strategy, therefore combat music native to slashers wouldn’t be a very wise choice. The interesting thing about this album is that there is no typical battle track. The cause of such situation is related to the process of album creation which, to be honest, is even more surprising. Particular parts from the game’s…
The Daily Album Reviews The Banner Saga Soundtrack
Sean Elliot, of The Daily Album has a thorough review for Austin Wintory’s The Banner Saga score: Wintory’s The Banner Saga is a wonderful experience on its own. A union of classical string and wind sections, ethnic instruments like the didgeridoo, and some fine vocal talents are at Wintory’s disposal, and to say he makes good use of them would be understating things. Wintory runs the emotional gamut here and even as the pace slows,…
Pioneers Unite on The Banner Saga Soundtrack
“Prof” Keith O. Johnson & The Banner Saga Recording Team Multi-faceted, multi-media composer Austin Wintory and Reference Recording’s Chief Engineer, audio wizard, inventor and entertainment technologist Keith O. Johnson have combined their talents in the production of the official soundtrack for The Banner Saga video game created by Stoic Studios. Austin’s previous game score, Journey, is noteworthy as the first video game soundtrack nominated for a Grammy® (2013), charting in the Billboard Magazine Top 200…
Now Available Worldwide on CD: “The Banner Saga” Official Soundtrack!
The Banner Saga Austin Wintory, composer The Dallas Wind Symphony Maluka and Peter Hollens, vocals; Taylor Davis, violin GRAMMY®-nominated,*BAFTA-winning 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 Winds (America’s Premier Windband), recorded by GRAMMY-winning engineer Keith O. Johnson and the Reference Recordings team at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, TX. In…
Original Sound Version Reviews The Banner Saga
Original Sound Version‘s Patrick Gann reviews The Banner Saga and the Austin Wintory Soundtrack behind it: “The Banner Saga sports a 71 minute magnum opus, most of it recorded by a group of musicians known as ‘The Dallas Winds.’ So it’s a wind orchestra, and they’re from Dallas, TX. And they sound absolutely amazing. … Listening to the score over and over reveals one point I cannot stress enough: painstaking care was put into balancing…
RPGFan Reviews The Banner Saga Soundtrack
Just one more week before the CD release of the Official Soundtrack for The Banner Saga and the reviews are rolling in: “These are voices raised to comfort those on a harrowing journey and instruments played to ease the pain of tough travel. Warm horns stoke the fire inside, woodwinds soothe, and drums make marching seem like a part of something larger: a song or a work of art. … After a few tracks, everything…
Photos from The Banner Saga Recording Sessions
Some absolutely fantastic pictures (taken by Scott Rosenkrantz) from The Banner Saga recording sessions with the Dallas Wind Symphony and Austin Wintory, courtesy of Stoic Studios! Post by Stoic. First 100 CD Orders get copies signed by Austin Wintory and Keith O. Johnson! Pre-Order Today!
Signed Copies of the Banner Saga for first 100 CDs!
We’re excited to announce that the first 100 Copies of The Banner Saga ordered through the RR site and the Austin Wintory Site will be signed by both Austin Wintory and Keith O. Johnson! Pre-Order Today!
The Banner Saga — Strewn Across A Bridge
We aren’t the only ones with a particular liking to the Strewn Across a Bridge track from The Banner Saga! Stream it here via YouTube: 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,…