French studio Pastagames released the tracklist for their adorable-looking rhythm platformer, Maestro! Jump in Music today. In a move akin to Wii Music, the vast majority of the songs are classical or traditional pieces in the public domain. All of the tracks were performed by Yubaba Smith & Fortune, who have plenty of experience with DS soundtracks, having done the excellent scores for Mekensleep’s Soul Bubbles, and Arkedo’s Nervous Brickdown and Big Bang Mini. While the slim number of licensed tracks may put some gamers off, the tracks available for download sound great, and I for one look forward to platforming my way through Greensleeves. Maestro! Jump in Music is scheduled for release on the DS this season. Catch the full tracklist in the press release after the jump.
PASTAGAMES UNVEILS THE TRACKLIST FOR MAESTRO! JUMP IN MUSIC
October 7, 2009 – Paris, France. Pastagames today proudly unveil the tracklist for their unique rhythm-platform opus Maestro! Jump In Music. Unlike most music games, Maestro! takes you back to the great classics, invites you to rediscover traditional songs, and introduces new interpretations of well-known contemporary theme tunes.
Track List
The 24 titles are divided between the 6 diverse game universes, each full of surprises!
Green Grove: a colourful and flowery universe, full of exotic animals and lush vegetation. Rhythmic bass and afro beats inspire the music selection here.
• Ludwig Van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
• Antonin Dvorak – Symphony No.9, From the New World
• Madness – Our House
• Traditional Japanese song – Sakura Sakura
Purple Sonata: what better music for a 17th Century palace with statues and marbling-a-go-go, than a classical sound, as baroque as you like, that has stood the test of time?
• Jean Sebastien Bach – Little Fugue in G Minor
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – A Little Night Music
• Perren, Mizell et al.– ABC
• Traditional French song – Vent Frais, Vent du Matin
Yellow Allegro: sojourn under the Italian sun in Venice where only the cursed seagulls throw a shadow over the scene. The music is typical of the setting: odes to joy, and love in the form of mandolin solos.
• Eduardo Di Capua – O Sole Mio
• The Animals – The House of the Rising Sun
• Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
• Traditional English song – Greensleeves
Indigo Flow: a change of scenery and a free-dive to thousands of metres below the water’s surface! Rare air bubbles ring out and myriad species of fish resonate with sound at every touch.
• Erik Satie – Gymnopedie No.1
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker
• Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Put a Spell on You
• Traditional Russian song – Otchi Chornye
Black out Beats: a spatial inspiration for this voyage beyond the solar system against a backdrop of starry skies and melting planets. The sounds tend towards the psychedelic: strange attractors winning out over gravity.
• Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dances
• Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt
• Leonard Bernstein – The Magnificent 7
• Traditional song adapted for Bizet’s Carmen – El Arreglito
Red Hot tempo: the Wild West, steam trains and gunslinging cowboys–even Charles Bronson’s reflexes would be put to the test in this Leone-inspired nightmare.
• M. Gore, D. Pitchford – Fame
• Ennio Morricone – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Isaac Albeniz – Asturias
• American Traditional song – When the Saints Go Marching In
The soundtrack was entirely composed by the talented group Yubaba Smith & Fortune.
Maestro! Jump in Music was award the Milthon for best soundtrack at the “Festival des Jeux Vidéo” 2009 in France.
You can listen and download freely a part of the soundtrack on www.maestrojumpinmusic.com
The game will be available for Nintendo DS this autumn
PEGI: 3+
About Pastagames
Maestro! Jump in Music is developed by Pastagames, a French studio based (not in a garage) in an old Parisian printing works. “Pasta games is the world leader south of the Loire in quality craftsperson production of video games for cocktail hour, created entirely from natural, untreated products.” Fabian Delpiano, Director.
