Earlier today I justified my choice of music that I felt represented the game’s ‘feel’.
This is what I said:
“As I heard the song ‘Success with Baboon’ I had a vision. This vision became, for me, the intro sequence of the game and it was similar to this; Monsieur Singe, our protagonist, is awakened by murmurs. Drowsily walking over to the window facing these muffled voices, he discovers that strange creatures wielding the power to revoke his claim to territory (sponges), have invaded his property. I then felt the intro sequence needed a little more than a minute of music, so exploring the same theme I kept listening to the album and found ‘Baboon Teleportation’ which fit the bill perfectly.
‘Professor Pumplestickle’ was not my first choice of gameplay music, my first original choice being ‘fanvacoolt (men om nånting)’. But as the concept grew and we established that Monsieur Singe is in fact a gentleman, a more classical tone seemed more fitting.
‘Game over’ music is usually either designed to be ‘sad’ or mocking and I wanted no part of that, which is why I chose ‘Plasma Pool’. The game over screen is often dismissed within a second or two, I wanted it however to capture the attention of the player and let them know Monsieur Singe was sponge bathed because of their inability to with a jetpack. Also, sponge baths are serious business.
The soothing and mysterious melody of ‘Waltz of the Willows’ I thought was perfect for a narrative slide show.
‘Insectoid’ is the perfect dramatic flare for an introduction of a badass enemy with ‘Archangels of Sidaroth’ as the follow up to say “this is real and it is going down!” But if it were the case that the fight between a gentleman orangutan and his arch enemies lasts longer than two minutes, we dial it down a little with ‘Koala in the Spider’s Web’.“