"The New Century" from Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs on the PC.
Composer: Jessica Curry
Record Label: Self Released; Digital
Album: Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Game Developer: The Chinese Room
I've been listening to a lot of Jessica Curry for the past couple of days. Be it her music from Dear Esther, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, or Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. If you have not heard any of her music, it's all available either through Spotify or over on her bandcamp page (except the Everybody's Gone to the Rapture score).
Believe it or not, the soundtrack does have spoilers and there's even a disclaimer that if you haven't completed the game yet, you shouldn't listen to certain tracks, so I decided upon one that was not a spoiler, even in title. I find "The New Century" to be a beautiful duet between piano (performed by Jessica Curry) and a cello (performed by Jonathan Byers), except that it's not entirely a duet as the soprano sneaks in 2/3rds of the way through the song. It's a very moving, intimate song and even more so after completing the game and knowing the events.
Granted it's not music for all occasions as the other night Conklederp asked if I could change the music to something less melancholy after she came home from work, which is completely understandable. But sometimes, it's music like this that just hits the spot. And now I have an urge to go through the game again.
~JWfW/JDub/Jaconian
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