Hi there!
We return to you with some beautiful, bountiful, and rich original music from the 3DS/Steam soundtrack, Grinsia! This fantasy RPG is composed by Shannon Mason (Pongball):
Shannon describes:
After writing JRPG inspired music for much of my life, it was a great pleasure to finally write a soundtrack for an actual JRPG.
Grinsia was originally released by Kemco back in 2011 for iOS and Android, and had entirely different soundtrack written by another composer. When the publisher NICALiS decided to re-release the game on the 3DS eShop, they wanted a soundtrack that was more reminiscent of the SNES era, since the game itself is clearly inspired by the RPGs of those days. Thanks to some very thoughtful acquaintances who recommended me, I was lucky enough to get the job of re-writing the soundtrack from scratch.
Since I was only asked to write 8 tracks at around 1 minute each—I assume they were trying to keep the filesize of the game small—one of the biggest challenges was keeping the soundtrack interesting, or at least preventing it from getting on people’s nerves. I also had to make sure that the same tracks fit many different locations and scenerios. For example, one track plays in caves, forests, and several other locations, while another plays inside a pyramid and most other dungeons and fortresses throughout the game. The main theme of the game plays at the title screen, but also in certain cutscenes, and while exploring a beautiful underwater shipwreck
The song above, titled “Overworld” is rhythmic, rich, and hearty. Shannon always has a knack for excellent melody and counter melody, and her percussion is top notch. Be sure to check out the other songs as well, which you can pay a tiny amount of $3. Good deal and really so lovely!
