Soundtrack
| Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura Original Soundtrack | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Ben Houge | |
| Released | 21 August 2001 |
| Recorded | Studio X, Seattle |
| Producer | Ben Houge, Jeff Pobst |
Composed by Ben Houge, Arcanum's soundtrack features an unusual instrumentation by avoiding the predominantly symphonic orchestration common to RPG soundtracks. Instead, it is scored almost entirely for string quartet. The songs follow the conventional RPG soundtrack format: short, impressionistic vignettes which are looped in-game, with each area using only one song, and an alternative song for combat. The soundtrack was produced by Ben Houge and Jeff Pobst, with Leonid Keylin on first violin, Kathy Stern on second violin, Vincent Comer on viola, Susan Williams on cello, Evan Buehler on marimba, and Ben Houge on djembe, rainstick and synthesiser.
The soundtrack, composed by Ben Houge, was not commercially released but is available for free download. The sheet music is also provided.
| Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura Original Soundtrack | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |
| 1. | "Arcanum" | 2:37 | |
| 2. | "The Demise of the “Zepher”" | 1:33 | |
| 3. | "Wilderness" | 2:12 | |
| 4. | "Tarant" | 2:07 | |
| 5. | "The Tarant Sewers" | 2:13 | |
| 6. | "Caladon" | 2:39 | |
| 7. | "Caladon Catacombs" | 2:55 | |
| 8. | "Dungeons" | 3:00 | |
| 9. | "Battle at Vendigroth" | 1:34 | |
| 10. | "Tulla" | 3:11 | |
| 11. | "Towns" | 2:01 | |
| 12. | "The Isle of Despair" | 2:27 | |
| 13. | "Mines" | 2:41 | |
| 14. | "Cities" | 2:20 | |
| 15. | "Radcliffe's Commission" | 1:35 | |
| 16. | "The Vendigroth Wastes" | 3:05 | |
| 17. | "Villages" | 2:46 | |
| 18. | "Qintarra" | 1:56 | |
| 19. | "The Wheel Clan" | 2:06 | |
| 20. | "The Void" | 0:50 | |
| 21. | "Kerghan's Castle" | 2:25 | |
| 22. | "In Memoriam (bonus track)" | 2:45 |
The track "In Memoriam" was unused in the game itself and was later released by Houge in an interview.
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