"Power of the Meat" is intended to show just how incredible this little Meat Boy truly is. I even throw a few augmented sixth chords in to freshen the music up a bit, which can be heard in the beginning. The bass line of Ch2 mostly drives the mix, but I alternate between a lot of the sections heard in that song as well, including some of the alberti and hocket type passages. Most of the music here revolves around what's heard in Chapter 2 ("Betus Blues"), but themes from the entire game peak through, namely with an interlude of Chapter 1 ("Forest Funk"). We used some of the layering ideas we laid precedent with " Shine Tonight" to really seal the deal, and this is the result. It didn't take much after that for me to write the lines of a very quirky Dr.
After a quick synopsis of the game and a few screenshots Melinda was writing lyrics, tackling the main chorus' with the lines of Meat Boy and Bandage Girl. Before I knew what I was doing, it was incredibly apparent that I needed to call Melinda, fresh from her service trip to Uganda, to add the missing link: vocals. When Danny first approached me to do a remix for him, I had no idea what to do - so I started off throwing some electronic things together that had mild chip-inspirations. Baranowsky also takes advantage of retro "warp zones" to create chiptune-inspired versions of the main themes in the game in homage to music of olde.
If the curiosity of the reward won't bring you back to the TV screen to play Super Meat Boy, then certainly the soundtrack will. Danny has done an incredible job of being true to the roots while nearly inventing a new genre of incredibly catchy music that helps relieve the tension caused by screaming at terribly difficult gaming experience.
"Super Meat Boy's soundtrack is a retrogamer's dream, and though technically not a chiptune soundtrack (don't be fooled!), it is full of 8bit inspired melodies and instrumentation which throws the ears back to the days of Mario, Luigi, Samus, and my favorite pixelated Link. The power of the meat may be a curious thing, make a one man weep, make another man sing, but in this case it's not a Huey Lewis reference, but apparently a direct acknowledgment of the real, ultimate power of, well. MAGFest), AnSo, and of course, Josh Whelchel and Melinda Hershey (aka Poolside), with this mix that's somewhat reminiscent of their excellent Final Fantasy 8 OCR debut in its maximalist, male+female vocal, over-the-top popness.
You can grab the soundtrack at bandcamp it's the OST plus mixes by the likes of Inverse Phase (aka Brendan aka Mr. B awhile back, which you should check out if you haven't, but now that Super Meat Boy is released upon XBLA, he's all the more famous. Oh yeah, did I mention this game has a fantastic soundtrack by ex-judge and well-known badass Danny Baranowsky? I was proud just to be able to beat the first world (awesome boss w/ awesome music), that my waning gamer chops hadn't deteriorated to outright extinction. What instantly pulled me in was the accumulation of blood on the various buzz saws that butcher our poor protagonist at every misstep, which happened to me a lot. Regardless of whoever that premise offends, it's also a tight piece of platform gaming with an N+-style mechanic that features long-distance pinpoint jumping and relatively brief levels. Disturbing moral vegetarians and vegans everywhere, Super Meat Boy is the tale of one piece of meat's journey to rescue the bandage girl he loves from the evil clutches of Dr.