Moving Out Monday #21 – The Soundtrack
Hey Movers,
Last week we talked about some of the exploratory work that never made it into the game, but this time we thought we’d tickle your aural fancies with some of the sweet, sweet sounds of the Smooth Moves Co. on the Moving Out Soundtrack!
It was a dark and stormy afternoon - it had started out sunny, but TeamSMG Melbourne are in, well, Melbourne, and no day ever ends as it begins – and one of our game designers, who happens to have been an all-star editor in his previous life, dropped a quintessential 80s track on a rough edit of our announce trailer. Oh my goodness, after countless tracks that just didn’t work, Dave nailed it with The Touch.
We all rejoiced! After listening to countless themes written specifically for the game, we realised that we didn’t just want something that SOUNDED like the 80s; we wanted the ACTUAL 80s. Revelation! Though why limit yourself to just one tasty, authentic morsel? We didn’t just want The Touch, we wanted the essence, the core, the crescendo! We wanted the originator.
Enter, Lenny Macaluso. Co-writing The Touch with Stan Bush in 1986, Lenny has so much 80s music clout that we could barely contain ourselves. Though in retirement, Lenny was generous enough to share music he legit wrote in the 80s, tracks never before shared with anyone else, tracks that are now inextricably tied to Moving Out. We know that the soundtrack to Moving Out feels like the 80s because it genuinely is from the 80s. You’re welcome.
Now the sound is on point, but we also just loved working with Lenny. Not only does his music give you good vibes, but he was so supportive of the game itself. He worked so beautifully with us that we even designed and named a level after him with framed gold records to boot.
If you’re anything like us and you can’t get enough of the music in the game, well you’re in luck! The Moving Out Soundtrack is absolutely available on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1289400/Moving_Out__Original_Soundtrack/
There’s also a pretty great IGN Interview with Lenny if you wanna check that out too: https://www.ign.com/articles/moving-out-and-grooving-out
Lastly, there’s an Interview between Lenny and John Szoke, our Moving Out Producer, waxing lyrical about Lenny’s musical history, touring with Tina Turner and what Lenny’s been up to since retiring from the Music Industry: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/person-who-gave-80s-touch-moving-out-soundtrack-john-szoke/
We hope you really love the soundtrack of the game, and that it transports you back to a time when hair was huge and music was rad.
Until next time,
TeamSMG, rockin’ out!
Last week we talked about some of the exploratory work that never made it into the game, but this time we thought we’d tickle your aural fancies with some of the sweet, sweet sounds of the Smooth Moves Co. on the Moving Out Soundtrack!
It was a dark and stormy afternoon - it had started out sunny, but TeamSMG Melbourne are in, well, Melbourne, and no day ever ends as it begins – and one of our game designers, who happens to have been an all-star editor in his previous life, dropped a quintessential 80s track on a rough edit of our announce trailer. Oh my goodness, after countless tracks that just didn’t work, Dave nailed it with The Touch.
We all rejoiced! After listening to countless themes written specifically for the game, we realised that we didn’t just want something that SOUNDED like the 80s; we wanted the ACTUAL 80s. Revelation! Though why limit yourself to just one tasty, authentic morsel? We didn’t just want The Touch, we wanted the essence, the core, the crescendo! We wanted the originator.
Enter, Lenny Macaluso. Co-writing The Touch with Stan Bush in 1986, Lenny has so much 80s music clout that we could barely contain ourselves. Though in retirement, Lenny was generous enough to share music he legit wrote in the 80s, tracks never before shared with anyone else, tracks that are now inextricably tied to Moving Out. We know that the soundtrack to Moving Out feels like the 80s because it genuinely is from the 80s. You’re welcome.
Now the sound is on point, but we also just loved working with Lenny. Not only does his music give you good vibes, but he was so supportive of the game itself. He worked so beautifully with us that we even designed and named a level after him with framed gold records to boot.
If you’re anything like us and you can’t get enough of the music in the game, well you’re in luck! The Moving Out Soundtrack is absolutely available on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1289400/Moving_Out__Original_Soundtrack/
There’s also a pretty great IGN Interview with Lenny if you wanna check that out too: https://www.ign.com/articles/moving-out-and-grooving-out
Lastly, there’s an Interview between Lenny and John Szoke, our Moving Out Producer, waxing lyrical about Lenny’s musical history, touring with Tina Turner and what Lenny’s been up to since retiring from the Music Industry: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/person-who-gave-80s-touch-moving-out-soundtrack-john-szoke/
We hope you really love the soundtrack of the game, and that it transports you back to a time when hair was huge and music was rad.
Until next time,
TeamSMG, rockin’ out!