Description
(Written by Co-Composers Aidan Hall and Errol Sullivan)

Thumbnail Art By Emyr Eiler - @entomythos on instagram

‘Pool of Memories’ is a 2D platforming MetroidVania that follows a bitter axolotl as he’s forced to submerge himself into his past and dive into childhood memories, learning to view them more wholistically.

On top of enhancing movement through the physical gameworld, we also wanted to our tracks to accompany movement through moments of dissociation, catharsis, or utter clarity. These moments exist in our soundtrack, which we imagine would score game mechanics where the player might move between worlds of forgetting and remembering. Various elements in the arrangement, composition, and sound design are meant to instill a sense of nostalgia in the listener.

Aidan, who was mostly focused on composition, would bring to the studio anything from an all-nighter’s musical mullings to a half-baked potato spat out onto the floor, which Errol, our production gremlin, would pick up with his greasy mitts and spin into a world beyond your wildest dreams using only fresh homemade samples and patches (with the exception of a Kontakt piano and a real-life guitar).

Errol’s toolbox mainly consisted of the many facets of Ableton Live as well as plugins like Opal (Max4Live Drum Synth), Serum and Portal. And his biggest inspirations are SOPHIE, AG Cook, Autechre, Brian Eno, Jake Kaufman, and Yasunori Mitsuda.

Aidan can hardly define his toolbox even at gunpoint, but supposes it has something to do with playing a couple different instruments and reeeeaaaally liking chords. His biggest inspirations musically are Joni Mitchell, Radiohead, Big Thief, Broken Social Scene, St. Vincent, and Koji Kondo.

These two hags then sat behind the same computer for hours on end, and plop! Out came about 13 minutes of music for your listening pleasure.

Message from the artist
Thank you for listening :D
Whether you enjoyed it or not, comments are greatly appreciated.

Theme

How does it fit the theme?
The game takes place inside the memories of the protagonist, in a sort of inner world. The soundtrack also attempts to make the listener feel submerged at various points, lost in a wash of memories.

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/errol-sullivan-27202430/sets/pool-of-memories-full-ost?si=a4c7b1c2de854666b96774e6dbbceb78&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Number of tracks
4

Genre

Soundtrack use permission