A Night at Home

Black Screen Records are masters at their craft. The work that they have done to bring some of the industry’s best independent game soundtracks to vinyl is why I think they are one of the leading labels out there. The mastering for this record was carried out by none other than Christian Bethge at RAMA Tonstudio and is every bit of the quality we have come to expect from his work with Black Screen Records. Seriously some of the best sounding albums in the industry are in no small part because of him, and this record is among his finest work. Design-wise I feel the cover artwork for this album is a little bland. Using the key art directly from the game’s cover feels very underwhelming in contrast with the excellent world and art that fills the streets and alleys of Dontnod’s wonderful adventure. While executed wonderfully in a new painted style by Florent Auguy I can’t help but feel left desiring more. The gatefold and back cover artwork definitely steals the show and better depicts the grim and forlorn world and music we have all come to know and love with Vampyr. The design and layout of text throughout this release from Dane Baudoin is impeccable as always. His accentuated use of red enhances the presentation of this album and is aesthetically pleasing to the otherwise muted colors of artwork presented here. Overall I feel like this is another astounding release from this German-based label, and one that I highly recommend you acquire for your collection!

Another Land

If you are a fan of Olivier’s work keep your needles nuzzled into the grooves here at VGM WAX as I have a special interview planned for his latest release with Black Screen Records... “A Plague Tale: Innocence an Interview” will be coming soon... Much love to you all and listen to some great music this week!

The Lost Soul

If you want to hear another awesome analysis of this amazing soundtrack check out Episode 42 of the Video Game Grooves podcast where some of the photos from this review were featured back in March of this year. I want to give a huge shout out to Jeremy specifically for helping me recover the photos for this review. I had a slight hiccup with my PC earlier this year and I had lost the pictures I took for this album. It was a huge relief to know that he lovingly backed these up for me to have access to again. Thank you so much, Jeremy, for all that you do and keep up the great work with the podcast! Let’s do another episode together soon! 😉