Higher Plain Music

If a mad French circus took over the world – this would be its overture.

A beautifully formed collection of melodies

Piano and Saxophone collide to caress your ears to sleep

Completing a fantasy of my own in the best way possible

A Symphonic Suite

ABZU’s soundtrack is one of the finest game audio experiences yet

The magical score of an underwater adventure

Simply beautiful reworking of the original

VGM cover band Critical Hit astounds with quality, depth and technical skill in their début album

Short and sweet, but good fun while it lasts.

I do enjoy a cutesy kart racer and Pacman’s is certainly one of the finer ones from the last generation. Watch the playthrough of all the tracks here – battle modes will be added at a later date.

Cult Japanese only PS1 title Salaryman Champ makes it onto my playthrough list. Sadly this was the last Bishi Bashi styled game. We need more. I crave more BISH BASH! Watch the playthrough here.

  With new downloadable title I Am Alive about to burst onto our consoles, composer of the game Jeff Broadbent took a few minutes to chat to HPM about exactly what to aim for when creating a rich atmosphere for a game where tension is key. I Am Alive has been a game that has […]

The Kyd’s certainly got it. Jesper returns again for the new Assassin’s Creed game subtitled Revelations. Jesper’s previous scores for the series have garned a collection of awards and we here personally loved the music when it was in full flow. Judging by the press releases it looks like more of the same so that […]

Indie title Dinner Date comes under our eyeglass!

Sometimes things add to much more than the sum of their parts. In theory Limbo really shouldn’t work. The game itself is monochrome. The game can be beaten easily in 90 minutes. It also only uses a jump and action button aside from the analogue stick. Sounds simple and overblown? Not on your life it’s […]

Cris Velasco and Sascha Dikiciyan famous for the God of War and Tron: Evolution scores respectively have teamed up together to create Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine’s soundtrack. The 3rd person shooter series’ latest installment comes to Xbox360, PS3 and PC on 06/09/11 and the soundtrack which will be fully orchestrated will be included with the […]

We at HPM are big Winifred Phillips and she’s just been featured on a great indepth interview with GameSpot. It’s great to see game composers talking at length going right into the belly of the beast of composing and creating with such enthusiasm and gusto. Click here to enjoy!