I knew I had hit gold when the next day I heard my flatmates absentmindedly whistling that melody. FixFox Demos - Vix first demo(phone recording).After that, you can hear me babbling to myself in Catalan : This is the first raw phone recording, sitting on my bed, with flatmates in the next room. It was one of those delightful "Eureka" moments as a composer - clearly, my subconscious had been "working" on it previously (good boy). The first half of the idea came up immediately. What came out felt is more lively and less introspective than the Undertale track, but I think it still has a hint of its vibe. Perhaps that's why my subconscious started bombarding me with ideas, and I rushed to try them out. These kinds of moments - the human connection while sharing a meal, the coziness - were a core part of FixFox. I was next door, sitting on my bed with an acoustic guitar in my hands. After a dinner filled with personal conversations, my partner and my two other flatmates were still chatting in the living room. November 2020, a cold evening in a warm cozy flat in Prague. I remember perfectly the moment I came up with the track. Jaroslav shared this reference with me - this is approximately of how he wanted it to sound: The idea was to first make "Vix", the main theme and title screen music (what you've heard above). Getting the right flavor for its music meant coming up with a complex recipe, one that involved banjos, chiptunes, FMOD, and more than a dozen musical genres. FixFox's story is deeper than it seems at first sight and its world is full of contrasts (and comfort meals). And interestingly, Country in Sci-Fi games is a quite original, yet proven formula.īut finding the right tone for the soundtrack wouldn't be that simple. Synths clearly fit well in a Sci-Fi story. In his words: “ The music in SPACR should oscillate between two music genres: Country music (relaxed, bringing a sense of travel and exploration) and ambient synths (cinematic, ambient, bringing a sense of mystery and space)”. Initially, Jaroslav wanted the soundtrack to have parts of cozy Country and parts of mysterious synths. (it’s also ok if you approach a composer and you have no clue of what you want, but what’s important is that if you do have an idea in mind you should communicate it)
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