Wednesday, February 12, 2020

MIDI Week Singles: "Clarendon" - Type:Rider (NS)


"Clarendon" from Type:Rider on the Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and PC (2013)
Composer: AudioGaming
Label: Soundcloud
Publisher: Arte




What is it about ambient wind sounds, a deep harmonica and the scree of a hawk in the background that works so well together?

The level Clarendon in the Type:Rider, a puzzle-lite platformer full of history about fonts and typography is wonderfully created and this music plays throughout the entire level.  There is everything you would expect in a level filled with this music, from tumbling tumbleweeds, dynamite plungers, mine carts, to being shot at while rolling through a saloon.  The music is not overtly full of action because that is not the type of game Type:Rider is, but the music is perfect for putting you in the correct headspace to learn about a typeface that was created in the mid 19th century.



~JWfW/JDub/Cooking Crack/Jaconian
Wherever I Wander, Wherever I Rove

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