As I've said before, its my blog and I like to babble about all kinds of random stuff. My previous Spook's review was detailing Far Cry 5, and what I viewed as its positives and many sins.
This time, I'm switching to the musical side of things.
Miracle of Sound is Gavin Dunne. He's a musician who I've been listened to for well, ten years now. He's very productive. And while some people think that a musician who cranks out songs so rapidly might be untalented, I think he just likes being paid. And that's always a good mark in an artist.
An artist who wants to get paid is an artist who wants to produce a product that people want.
Miracle of Sound's 'Level' albums are pretty much entirely based on Pop Culture or Video Game themes. As Dunne's matured as an artist however, he's moved from songs that track a bit too directly to their source material to ones that merely capture that feeling. I think this is a positive.
As an example, way back on Level 1, he had a song which was called 'Commander Shepherd' and was based on well, Mass Effect and made express mentions of the various characters and aliens from that material.
Conversely, songs from Level 10 like 'A Thousand Eyes' or 'Open Air' are obviously songs about Bloodbourne or the Metro series, if you know what those series are. Otherwise one is a haunting, creepy song and the other strangely uplifting. That's to say that while Level 1 was video-game-music, this is music about video games. And that's a major positive.
One of Dunne's spectacular talents though is his ability to reward continuity. As video games and other media have multiple interations, he's found a way to link the various Metro, Assassin's Creed, Witcher and other pop inspired songs through the use of expertly layered leitmotifs and lyrics.
'Open Air' is one of my favorites from Level 10 because of how it harkens back to the 'Day the World Died.' One is a song about the fundemental despair of the Metro universe, and then the other feels like a relief, and a shining light of hope.
Mr. Dunne also excels at capturing the feeling of each world that inspires his music. This means that his songs tend to have a diverse tone and feel, that makes each of his albums, and Level 10 in particular, feel like you're listening to more than one artist.
Buy this man's music.
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