Peter Connelly is a video game composer and sound designer,
best known for the action-adventure Tomb Raider Series. Many of us know the
game and have spent various hours from the 90’s exhausting a controller, kicking
ass as Lara Croft. Not only do we love the legend of the series, we love the
journey the score takes us throughout it.
Peter contacted me recently and
asked me to invite you to his Kickstarter campaign; Tomb Raider: The Dark Angel Symphony - an epic remake of Connelly’s
original Tomb Raider soundtrack. Not just one, but all three, The Last Revelation,
Chronicles and The Angel of Darkness. Also, if that didn’t get you excited
maybe news that the brand new arrangement will be featuring Tina Guo and Julie
Elven!
“The core of Tomb Raider: The
Dark Angel Symphony is a suite of two albums: one recorded by an 82-piece
orchestra at the prestigious Air Lyndhurst Studios, London, and produced by a
world-class professional team led by Dr. Richard Niles (an world-renowned
orchestrator for Paul McCartney, the Pet Shop Boys, Trevor Horn and more), for
the most beautiful and moving Tomb Raider sound you will ever hear. The second
is for an album of Peter Connelly’s original Tomb Raider scores remastered for
the highest-possible sound quality.” – Peter Connelly
Many of you who are new to Kickstarter, I’ll give you a
little heads up!
Kickstarter
is an online crowdfunding platform for creative projects. People ask for
investment towards their project (in your case, a studio album called Tomb
Raider: The Dark Angel Symphony) by showing off what they want to do, how they
plan to do it, and what the “funding goal” needs to be to make it all happen.
Individuals across the world can then donate money towards the project by
“backing” a certain amount, called a “pledge”. These pledges include special
goodies called “pledge rewards” – the more you donate, the more/better/more
expensive the pledge rewards will be.
After the funding period (usually 30 days) is
finished, and assuming the funding goal has been reached, the project
organisers can then get on and create the item/service that they wanted funding
AND produce the pledge rewards for their backers. Kickstarter is not a shop:
products are not immediately available at the end of the funding campaign. The
project managers will state exactly when they expect to deliver both the pledge
rewards and the final product on their project page. Money is only debited from backers if the
funding goal is reached. In other words, it’s “all or nothing”.Supporting a Kickstarter campaign can have ups and downs. If the funds for the project are not reached then yes, the project is ended and will not commence further unless there can be changes to make it more effective. However if you have a goal that’s core is personal, the likelihood of it succeeding is imminent.
A fan of Peter’s work asked him what would happen in the event of the project not get funded in time after he and his team have put in a lot of time, money and effort...
Peter replied;
“We
had an amazing couple of years trying to bring something great for classic Tomb
Raider fans and retrogamers. At the very least we'll have memories and
experience.”
Regardless of the outcome,
there will always be a home for this incredible composition.
Not only does your pledge help fund this
campaign it also rewards you for your generosity!
A simple start off pledge at £5.00 will gift you a personal email from Peter thanking you for your support. Any pledges from £10.00 or up will receive a download of specific soundtracks, thank you credit’s in the soundtrack booklets, signed posters, surround sound DVD’s (you can listen to “Dance of the Lux Veritatis”, “By Moonlight”, “The Accused” – and all the rest of your favourites – as they were meant to be heard!), special edition vinyl records and custom handmade memorabilia!
You can also add additional
items to your pledge level by simply increasing your pledge too!
Listed
below are the various pledge rewards you will receive by backing this campaign!
The team behind this project, making every
effort to ensure it is piloted are;
Tina Guo
Guo
is an internationally acclaimed, Grammy-nominated virtuoso acoustic/electric
cellist, recording artist, and composer. She is a frequent musical collaborator
with Hans Zimmer and has toured with him as part of the Hans Zimmer Live tour.
Julie Elven
Elven
is an award-winning Soundtrack and Filmscore Vocalist based in Munich, Germany.
She has featured alongside James Newton Howard and multiple orchestras. She is
best known for her soloist vocal work on triple-A gaming titles such as Horizon
Zero Dawn, World of Warcraft: Legion (plus many other famous titles
by Blizzard Entertainment), Riot Games’ League of Legends, and more.
Dr Richard Niles
Niles
is a world-famous Orchestrator / Arranger / Musician. He has worked with a
veritable who’s-who of pop, such as Paul McCartney, the Pet Shop Boys, and
Trevor Horn CBE.
The
team also includes Ben Fenner (Mastering Engineer), Isobel Griffiths (Orchestra
Contractor), and Iain Mackenzie (Vocalist and Choir Master).
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