One of the most popular tracks I composed for the original WipEout game. As there are two interpretations of this track on the album, this and Messij Received, I thought it a good idea to have them open and close the album.
Messij Received is a little more on the wistful side, and more fitting as the track to close the album.
Why "Bobbing Boat"? Well, at around the 2'06" mark in the track, it just makes me feel like we're listening to this track out at sea for some reason.
Although I began this album with the intention that all the mixes would be slow, ambient, meandering tracks, I soon decided that chilling out didn't require all the music to be super mellow. I think this version of Messij still has some get-up-and-go to it, without being too in-your-face.
I also like the fact that it begins in a kinda 8 bit blip-blop style!
And those cheesy 80s horn stabs near the end? They are actually a tip of the hat to my friend Shaun Morris. I thought he might appreciate them. ;o)
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(Haystack) One of my favorite VG OSTs ever. Module clearly had an immense amount of fun (and blood, sweat, and tears) making this. Thanks, man! I may be done playing Shatter, but I'll be listening to your music for years to come. Goes particularly well with my after-midnight, half-hour drives home each night after work! J.R. Caldoon
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It's childhood. It's a beautiful soundtrack. It's nostalgia. It's still getting jumpscared by cave noises at 2AM, because you're still playing this damn game 10 years later. It's Minecraft! devin_s
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It's hard to pick a favourite track. This is the only album i have so far deemed as "perfect", where every track, even the intro, is just a masterpiece in its own right. From the hard hitting Perturbator's Theme to the emotional title track, its 68 minutes of perfection. 10/10. connivingkhajiit