Musical Mission Statement

From Hero of Allacrost

Musical Mission Statement

The idea of the musical creation of Allacrost heavily coincides with the development of other areas of production. It is very important to the musicians of Allacrost to make musical works that add to the storytelling and graphical presentation that will be present in the game. Therefore it is important to write dramatic music with a purpose. A majority of Allacrost's tracks will be motivically derived, stemming from a single leitmotif, which should make the musical impressions more enduring while strengthening the bonds between music and storyline. It is also our wish that the music will be of high enough quality in both mixing and compositional quality to listen to outside of the game, at least thats the plan!

We wish to make a musical entity that is both original and potent in its own right. That being said, it is important to list certain musical works which were used as a guide of study for the purposes of making the Allacrost soundtrack a legitimate musical venture. The music of Final Fantasy is a major influence to the musical style in Allacrost, particularly Final Fantasy VI which also uses motivic development. From a compositional aspect, Allacrost employs a style of music that would hopefully fit right into the world of the old Super Nintendo RPGs.

The style of music present in Hero of Allacrost is mostly classically inspired, with hints of techno and other world genres called upon to immerse the player in the experience and add a certain credibility to the fictional world. As with any soundtrack, there is a special emphasis placed upon consisency, so that each of the pieces flows together nicely in the grand scheme of things. It is for that very reason that the music department in Allacrost is probably going to stay relatively small. It is sometimes a difficult venture to try to balance the musical ideas of different people all with different visions and different beliefs of the way things should be done. It is important that the musicians strive for a very close musical understanding with one another...COMMUNICATION is absolutely crucial.