While news coverage for the game Mushroom Men The Spore Wars has been relatively light, or some of you out there don’t seem to care, this should spark some definite interest. Les Claypool will provide original mushroom-inspired character and theme music to be used for a unique in-game experience. For all of those who don’t know, Les Claypool is considered by many to be the greatest Bass player of all time.
Les has created various themes from South Park to Robot Chicken, and has won fans with his hilarious bass playing antics while in the band Primus. It is a honor to know that his musical talent will soon be gracing my Nintendo Wii.
Take a look at Les Claypool’s full response on the matter after the break.
When Mushroom Men was first presented to me I was coincidentally on the perpetual late fall hunt for the elusive King Bolete mushrooms which dot the West Sonoma County landscape where myself and my family dwell. The yearly quest for these fabulous, fungal delicacies has become a bit of a seasonal obsession for myself and my two children over the past few years. Coupled with my son’s obsession with fantasy gaming, it was all I could do to get anything else done around Rancho Relaxo once he got wind of the impending Mushroom Man game and the creator’s interest in having me do the soundtrack. After seeing the design material and mock-ups online, I was queried on a daily basis whether or not I had ‘talked to the Mushroom guys’ and would they be sending us a beta version to try out. I knew at once that this was an opportunity to gain massive brownie points in the eyes of my offspring, a feat that becomes more and more difficult the closer they get to adolescence. Thanks Mushroom Men.
