new player to dome keeper, actually left a review on the collapse OST think you replied, i loved watching that as i grew a new love for the victory theme. i love how each song can interoperate their own story. this one in particular i would love to hear a remix, or a full instrumental with actual instruments that would be really cool to hear, thank you for this upload, thank you for all of your music and giving us something beautiful to listen too whilst trying to defend our domes from the evils outside on the planets, whilst we mine to keep our dome together and keep us alive. thank you for everything x would really love to write lore for this game engineers logs / assesor thoughts diary entries lmao
@CameronPaxton15 күн бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to watch! And I'm really happy you've been enjoying the OST. I was really aiming for something immersive, so I'm glad I achieved that for you. There is a pretty passionate community in the Discord, including some people who enjoy talking about/coming up with lore. You should join!
@DoesNotInhale26 күн бұрын
The structuring, sound design and even some of the melodies lead me to believe you listen to Lorn :) the chord progressions in your melodies are burnt into my brain. Its not easy to get so much emotion out of a background sound track let alone one like this that leans towards ambient. Absolutely incredible work worthy of release on Warp or Ninja Tune.
@CameronPaxton24 күн бұрын
Thank you! I remember listening to "Nothing Else" when it came out, but haven't really kept up with Lorn. I'm definitely massive Boards of Canada fan though, and definitely ripped them off quite a bit on this OST :) I'm really glad you've been enjoying it. I'd love to release something on Warp, that would be quite an achievement!
@AlexHerrera-wk6lq29 күн бұрын
The music is 50% of the reason why I bought this, I do not regret it! Brilliant work, the atmosphere is impeccable and well done!
@CameronPaxton25 күн бұрын
Aw, that's very kind of you to say. Thanks so much! I'm really happy you've been enjoying listening to it. The OST was a lot of fun to make :)
@dungeonmaster8191Ай бұрын
Самый лучший саундтрек из игр, который я когда-либо слышал
@CameronPaxtonАй бұрын
Большое спасибо! Я очень ценю, что вы нашли время послушать это.
@shogunwarrior37373 ай бұрын
Too cool
@CameronPaxton2 ай бұрын
Thanks for listening :)
@ArondolyLAB6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing this! I want to make music for video games some day and is always interesting to know how other composers work! It's an amazing video! Thank you so much again!
@CameronPaxton6 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, and that you were able to find some good info and inspiration in it! Thanks for taking the time to watch :)
@error.4189 ай бұрын
Absolutely loved the soundtrack in the game, lovely to see it playable outside the game, very relaxing and nuanced
@CameronPaxton9 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!! Honestly it's the game jam soundtrack I'm most proud of, by far. Really happy you're enjoying it 😊
@Luszkah9 ай бұрын
Man, this is amazing! Thanks a lot for sharing it with us. From the first moment I listened to the game's soundtrack I started asking myself how did you manage to get those synth sounds, cause they are so good. Would you mind diving a little deeper into the sound design process behind them on Pigments?
@CameronPaxton9 ай бұрын
To be perfectly honest, I just kinda dig through presets until something catches my ear! It's not usually EXACTLY what I'm after, but it's close. So I don't generally mess with too much inside Pigments. I may turn the preset effects off (there is usually some sort of reverb or delay that I don't want) and I may alter things like the attack, decay, and release... but other than that not much else! Most of the tinkering I do to the sound is with the effects I put on top: saturation, reverb, delay, bit crushing, etc.
@Luszkah9 ай бұрын
@@CameronPaxton nice!
@electrictoazt09159 ай бұрын
Plot twist: the big thuds in Jetpack Requiem are from the upcoming wave of enemies on the surface
@CameronPaxton9 ай бұрын
That would be cool to use monster attack sounds in a track! Never thought about that... the thuds in Jetpack Requiem are from the Relic pulsing as you carry it up to the dome :)
@anewk71819 ай бұрын
this reminds me of risk of rain and noita! this ost i truly a masterpiece, sounds amazing
@CameronPaxton9 ай бұрын
That's very kind of you to say. Thanks so much!
@Krblshna10 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing, like your music!
@CameronPaxton10 ай бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to listen!
@ThatHipsteCat10 ай бұрын
I love this sound track so much. How long did it take to compose?
@CameronPaxton10 ай бұрын
Thank you!! I'm not sure I have an exact figure.. I started working on it in April or May 2021, and finished it in August of 2022! But I wasn't working on it constantly, and also did a lot of concurrent work on Volume 2 starting at the beginning of 2022. Sorry, I know that's not super precise 😅
@ThatHipsteCat10 ай бұрын
No@@CameronPaxton I appreciate the response! I played the game when it came out, but have been revisiting the sound track while I'm working. The thought just popped into my head!
@CameronPaxton10 ай бұрын
@@ThatHipsteCat Really happy you've been enjoying it! Working on Vols 3 & 4 now 😃
@electrictoazt09159 ай бұрын
@@CameronPaxton When will they play in game?
@CameronPaxton9 ай бұрын
@@electrictoazt0915 Everything that has been released so far appears in the game at some point or another 🙂
@lukaszpokoju10 ай бұрын
I know nothing about composing and can't probably understand the intricacies of your creative techniques, but still it's interesting to watch. But man, it really is a science in and of itself. By the way, I wanted to tell you I really enjoyed the " _Alone with one's thoughts_ " track from the engineer pack, even though it finishes so abruptly. Despite having bought the soundtrack from Steam and having re-downloaded it, I can't get these new tracks unfortunately. Every time content is added to the game I hope there is going to be new music pieces. Your work really contributes to the game's atmosphere. Thanks a lot for your work.
@CameronPaxton10 ай бұрын
Thank you!! I like that track a lot too 💚 Please email me at cpaxtonmedia at the popular email service starting with "g" and I'll get those tracks to you!
@jaidentheflowergirl289010 ай бұрын
thanks for uploading this
@CameronPaxton10 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@aegisvalknut797310 ай бұрын
👍👍👍🎉🎉🎉
@hersif10 ай бұрын
I've been listening to the whole game jam megamix, and I have to say that this one really surpasses everything. Your other compositions are really good, but these one, mamamia ! Kinda remind me of Chicory for the peace it emanates. Are you the one playing clarinet, flute and saxophone ? If yes, I really hope we hear more of those for the next characters in dome keeper. Also, I'm not sure to recognise, what percussions did you play ?
@CameronPaxton10 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!! This particular soundtrack was co-composed with Jerry Wilkie (wilkie_jerry on IG) who played the live woodwinds. Unfortunately, he doesn't have much other recorded music that I'm aware of, he focuses on live jazz performance. He did a fantastic job on this. The only live instrument I play is guitar, so everything else on here (percussion, piano, etc) is made using VSTs or manipulated samples. I'm away from my editing computer so I can't recall the exact percussion samples I used, but they were just cobbled together from my sample library :) Thanks for listening!
@bethanyespinosa72811 ай бұрын
Gives me early Final Fantasy vibes.
@CameronPaxton11 ай бұрын
I think everything I make will always sound a bit like Final Fantasy :) Uematsu is such a huge influence!
@quetsle549611 ай бұрын
first also awesome game and music
@sifumonkey7811 ай бұрын
i love the perfect bounce
@Gamemaniac2911 ай бұрын
15:16 Man I just love this short synth here, it perfectly encapsulates the relative safety and wonder amongst the solitude of an alien world. Wish there was more of it but at the same time I always smile when I hear it ever so often. Perhaps it being played only once is a good thing.
@CameronPaxton11 ай бұрын
There isn't really much that repeats throughout the soundtrack (except maybe on the last track). I always like those little moments too :)
@lightrobotCoromon11 ай бұрын
What a vibe
@CameronPaxton11 ай бұрын
Thank you! Really happy you're enjoying it 😊
@777bayn711 ай бұрын
Маленькая мечта: копаться в земле под релаксирующую музыку
@CameronPaxton11 ай бұрын
Спасибо за то, что вы слушали! 💚
@Deapcrash101 Жыл бұрын
Feels very classical, many motifs feel plucked from song writers from the romantic era.
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Thank you!! I definitely wanted to go for a sort of timeless/out-of-time feeling with this one, I'm glad it came through :)
@csapomate7372 Жыл бұрын
Eternal dust is fucking insane
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Haha, thank you! It's one of my personal favorites from this volume, and was definitely one of the more challenging ones to get right.
@IhorKoliada Жыл бұрын
Hello! Will you add 2 new tracks from the dome keeper?
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Hi! I won't be adding them to KZread for a while, but they're available on the Bandcamp volumes of the OST and should be added to the Steam DLCs very soon (there was a hangup in the certification process)
@habibi5596 Жыл бұрын
i am so happy that there is a full soundtrack for the assessor, he is my favourite character!
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I'm glad you've been enjoying it! And yeah, the plan is to have a unique soundtrack for each keeper :)
@Tor_kor Жыл бұрын
"Further Underneath" and "Ode to iron" fit this game so well. It instills sadness of being lonely, as if you feel homesick for home, which is light years away, barely visible shimmering dot on an alien sky
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! That was definitely the sort of atmosphere I wanted to create 💚 Interestingly, "Ode to Iron" was one of the last ones I decided to add to the soundtrack, even though it was one of the first ones I started. It took a long time to get it feeling just right!
@Connorses Жыл бұрын
I got the end-game artifact back to the dome just as the health bar ran out and the game played both Collapse and Laser Party at the same time. I came here just to make sure I wasn't hearing things.
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Haha, that's amazing... I bet that was quite the cacophony!
@Toebex Жыл бұрын
Just mesmerising. It all works together so perfectly. Amazing job!
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@Toebex Жыл бұрын
@@CameronPaxton Your piano is super nice, I can see this album is a lot more piano-y and experimental with the melodies, works so well man
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
@@Toebex Thanks! The piano is Kontakt's Noire. Each keeper is going to have their own soundtrack, and I'm trying to do something a little different with each one. This one is almost entirely piano, except for a few bits in "The Perfect Bounce" and "Final Push"
@Toebex Жыл бұрын
@@CameronPaxton Youve nailed it my man, I'll be looking forward to hearing the next soundtracks for the next keepers!
@Toebex Жыл бұрын
Certainly one of the best original soundtracks I have heard for a long long long time. So immersive and original. Never heard anything like it before. Amazing work, I hope you were paid well for this piece of art. That little shift at 6:41 is just mysitcal. So nice.
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, I'm really glad you're enjoying it! Of course, being in my own head I can hear the inspirations all over the place ^^; but I'm happy to hear you've not heard anything like it, that is encouraging! Thanks for taking the time to listen <3
@Toebex Жыл бұрын
@@CameronPaxton you’re more than welcome!! It’s a really amazing piece of work. Out of interest, what other soundtracks inspired you for this?
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
@@Toebex Hmm, I don't know of any soundtracks that inspired me directly, although I definitely wanted to capture the loneliness of Metroid since I felt the games have similar atmospheres. But a direct influence would be Boards of Canada for sure. I feel like the fingerprints of Geogaddi and Tomorrow's Harvest are all over this soundtrack.
@Toebex Жыл бұрын
@@CameronPaxton Man, you got good taste! I can definitely feel some of it in this soundtrack, especially Metroid. You have really done something special here man, I cant wait to hear more of what you work on next
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
@@Toebex Thanks again :) There is definitely more on the way, working on some new Dome Keeper stuff now. Not sure if you knew, but Vol. II is already out, should be my most recent upload!
@i_like_Peanuts Жыл бұрын
Found you from the comments section of "Real Civil Engineer" and then arrived here and holy shit this is great.. Loving your tracks and the state of the game in general.. Also would love to have Dome Keeper mobile😉 Wishing you the best of luck and much love mate❤️
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! I'm really happy you're enjoying the tracks. There are definitely more to come :) Mobile is something we'd definitely love to do, and hopefully can in the future when/if we start porting to other platforms!
@user-yv4up3jz9s Жыл бұрын
This whole ost really reminds me of the societ cartoon Mystery of The Third Planet, especially A moment to breathe or Between the waves. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y5tnypmbp7GnYbw.html One could thing you've taken inspiration from it. Love it woth my whole heart. kzread.info/head/PLwoU935FdjXze9laD6eZf2QatiL3PY1K- here's the cartoon's full ost if anyone wants to listen
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
That's really cool! I've never heard that soundtrack before. It seems like the world of Soviet-era cartoons is really rich and I don't know much about them. Thanks for sharing!!
@user-yv4up3jz9s Жыл бұрын
@@CameronPaxton yeah, the sovietwave is sure something that you don't hear every day. I'll send some more from other si fi cartoons if you're interested. I take inspiration from those when I'm writing music for my youtube channel time to time
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
@@user-yv4up3jz9s Sure! Yeah, feel free to drop them in the replies here and I'll check them out!
@justafewnotes3861 Жыл бұрын
@@CameronPaxton @Cameron Paxton for some reason youtube doesn't let my comments through. This is the channel where i post my music, i forgot to switch accounts. Here's a mix of some interesting stuff, somewhat close to either the stuff you make or that ost that i sent 2 weeks ago: kzread.info/dash/bejne/doGjpa-YdsqygJs.html
@justafewnotes3861 Жыл бұрын
Also, i just wanted to say, this music that you're creating goes right up my valley. It's exaclty what i want to learn to write, perhaps you'd be willing to chat a bit on discord?
@auto2ne961 Жыл бұрын
the ost is PHENOMENAL in this game you absolutely nailed it
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I appreciate that :)
@Oxim-fz3so Жыл бұрын
laser party is a banger
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Why thank you!
@coreygordnier6947 Жыл бұрын
My daughter and I love your music!
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Thanks Corey! I'm so happy y'all are able to enjoy it together 💚
@AdhvaithSane Жыл бұрын
I FOUND IT I FINALLY FOUND IT but it’s name Jetpack Requiem this whole time?! I LOVE IT it is definitely going to my list of musics for rest Note: Thank you so much Cameron you made my day and for that you deserve a like and a sub ok say ya later take care.
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
hehe, I'm curious: what did you think the name of the track was? Thanks so much, and I'm really happy you're enjoying it! Thanks for the like and sub 💚
@AdhvaithSane Жыл бұрын
@@CameronPaxton Honestly I had no idea but I would imagine I would name it something that pairs well with the song’s flow so I’d probably name it Salvation (don’t read following unless you haven’t played dome keeper) since that song only plays when you get the final relic and putting it in your dome’s basement in dome keeper and if you failed protecting the dome using your defences the final relic or as I like to call it "Nightmare’s True" it will just fly and stay above your dome annihilating all the dark creatures out of existence and then…you win or survive whatever you call it. Alright that’s all peace be upon you.
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
@@AdhvaithSane That's a good name too! I picked "Jetpack Requiem" because it's the last song you hear as you're flying up to the dome for the final battle :) Peace to you too!
@pete531 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing, fits in the game SO well, masterful. i can imagine how hard it is to create something from scratch and be so creative and fit with the game so well. the music is so alien
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Thank you!! There were definitely some challenges, but I think I was probably also just a good fit :) I've listened to a lot of Metroid music and Boards of Canada, which both have pretty alien feelings and I think you can hear those influences all over in the Dome music!
@IhorKoliada Жыл бұрын
Hello! What genre of music in Dome Keeper?
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Hmm, not sure how'd you'd classify it. "Downtempo/ambient" or perhaps "cinematic" would be good keywords!
@IhorKoliada Жыл бұрын
@@CameronPaxton Thanks :)
@csnaber Жыл бұрын
Fantastic job my man, this soundtrack really elevates the game. Looking forward for your future projects.
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
I appreciate it! There is still more music to come for Dome Keeper for sure, and then who knows what :) Hopefully much more!
@Piprout Жыл бұрын
Just Awesome, the ambiance is incredible. Lov ya, very good work
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! You're very kind
@lukaszpokoju Жыл бұрын
Vestigial eye is my favorite. Especially the part at 16:28
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Thank you! If I'm honest, I think that one is my favorite as well. It was fun to play around with a few different time signatures
@lukaszpokoju Жыл бұрын
It's a pity these scores are so short, I guess it's a requirement from the devs because the digging phases are too short. I'm not gonna lie, I sometimes open the upgrade menu to pause the time just to listen to the music until the end. Great work by the way.
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it was definitely a constraint of the gameplay. Many of the tracks for Vol 1 were originally even shorter during development when the mining time was shorter! I'm actually working on some more long-form pieces for a new game mode :) I'm really glad you're enjoying what's already in the game though!
@lukaszpokoju Жыл бұрын
@@CameronPaxton Wow, new modes and new soundtrack ! That's good news. Indeed, mining time doesn't leave much for a full score. As a creator it must have been a challenge to create melodic pieces with such a short time. They often get, cut in the game due to monster waves. But it doesn't matter so much, I've bought the soundtrack on steam so I can listen to the tracks fully when I'm not playing. I can't wait to hear your works in future updates. Music and sounds are an important part of the atmosphere of this game. Big thanks ✌
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
@@lukaszpokoju It was a challenge for sure! Particularly when I first started and we were trying to keep the tracks to about 45 seconds longs. Bumping them up to about 2 minutes gave them a little more room to breathe and develop :) But yes, I'm also excited to get to try some more long-form pieces as well, I think that will be a cool addition to the soundtrack. Thanks for your kind words!
@Bigbahlsen Жыл бұрын
I'm sad that the Assessor's gameplay isn't clicking with so many people, one of the reasons for that is that it means they won't be much exposed to the songs attached to him.
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
It was always going to be a divisive character, as the gameplay is so different from the Engineer. Personally, I think it's a lot of fun to play as the Assessor (especially if you embrace the chaotic nature of it instead of fighting against it) but I can definitely see how it's just not going to be for some people. But, that said, there are QOL and changes coming based on player feedback. In fact I think there were some slight updates made yesterday! I'm very happy with the Assessor OST, and I think I actually like it more than the Engineer's. I'm also totally okay with it not being as popular, it just makes it that much more special to those few who really love the character :)
@Bigbahlsen Жыл бұрын
@@CameronPaxton Interesting, I never thought of this keeper as a potentially chaotic one, maybe I should try and embrace this. Most of us are used to optimal and controlled mining patterns like mining every 2-3 tiles. Anyway many thanks for these OSTs they're probably the best I've heard this year.
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
@@Bigbahlsen So glad you're enjoying them, thank you!
@ilyastazilov1st472 Жыл бұрын
man it's such a nice gem, i played the demo on mid september and got absolutely caught by the OST, which is one of the main reasons why i bought the game on launch. Sometimes if a music is really 🔥, it makes me get really into the game and it's atmosphere. Nice work really
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words, Ilya! It is a lot of fun making the music for Dome, and it's so rewarding to hear you're enjoying it. Thank you!
@openjaguar Жыл бұрын
Yes! I finally got it after waiting I while. Piano is my favorite instrument, so when it was used for the Assessor, I couldn't wait for this to come out!
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Thanks for supporting the game, and I'm so happy you're enjoying the soundtrack!
@hersif Жыл бұрын
I really love this OST. I'm not sure if I like it even more than the previous one, gonna need a few more replays to decide. Same question than last time, what were your inspirations ? Still metroid ? (oh and, perfect bounce is a BOP)
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! Honestly, I'm not sure there were many direct influences this time around. Perhaps Sigur Rós on a couple of them? For me, the Assessor feels like a much more complex character, and I imagine them to be more emotionally complex as well, like they spent so long training that they've now very elite and also very alone. That's not canon, just my own imaginings :) So this soundtrack to me is more of the inner world of the Assessor, whereas the soundtrack for the Engineer is more about how their surroundings are affecting them. If that makes sense!
@sirupyberry3201 Жыл бұрын
That’s pretty cool! Good thing I watched this before I made another dome keeper video haha
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I'm glad you've been enjoying it!
@Supaserrin Жыл бұрын
OH MY GOD THE MAIN INSTRUMENT IS NOW A PIANO I LOVE YOU CAMERON
@CameronPaxton Жыл бұрын
Hehe, yeah I wanted a different vibe since the new character is so different to play. Love you too
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new player to dome keeper, actually left a review on the collapse OST think you replied, i loved watching that as i grew a new love for the victory theme. i love how each song can interoperate their own story. this one in particular i would love to hear a remix, or a full instrumental with actual instruments that would be really cool to hear, thank you for this upload, thank you for all of your music and giving us something beautiful to listen too whilst trying to defend our domes from the evils outside on the planets, whilst we mine to keep our dome together and keep us alive. thank you for everything x would really love to write lore for this game engineers logs / assesor thoughts diary entries lmao
Thanks for taking the time to watch! And I'm really happy you've been enjoying the OST. I was really aiming for something immersive, so I'm glad I achieved that for you. There is a pretty passionate community in the Discord, including some people who enjoy talking about/coming up with lore. You should join!
The structuring, sound design and even some of the melodies lead me to believe you listen to Lorn :) the chord progressions in your melodies are burnt into my brain. Its not easy to get so much emotion out of a background sound track let alone one like this that leans towards ambient. Absolutely incredible work worthy of release on Warp or Ninja Tune.
Thank you! I remember listening to "Nothing Else" when it came out, but haven't really kept up with Lorn. I'm definitely massive Boards of Canada fan though, and definitely ripped them off quite a bit on this OST :) I'm really glad you've been enjoying it. I'd love to release something on Warp, that would be quite an achievement!
The music is 50% of the reason why I bought this, I do not regret it! Brilliant work, the atmosphere is impeccable and well done!
Aw, that's very kind of you to say. Thanks so much! I'm really happy you've been enjoying listening to it. The OST was a lot of fun to make :)
Самый лучший саундтрек из игр, который я когда-либо слышал
Большое спасибо! Я очень ценю, что вы нашли время послушать это.
Too cool
Thanks for listening :)
Thank you so much for sharing this! I want to make music for video games some day and is always interesting to know how other composers work! It's an amazing video! Thank you so much again!
Glad you enjoyed it, and that you were able to find some good info and inspiration in it! Thanks for taking the time to watch :)
Absolutely loved the soundtrack in the game, lovely to see it playable outside the game, very relaxing and nuanced
Thanks so much!! Honestly it's the game jam soundtrack I'm most proud of, by far. Really happy you're enjoying it 😊
Man, this is amazing! Thanks a lot for sharing it with us. From the first moment I listened to the game's soundtrack I started asking myself how did you manage to get those synth sounds, cause they are so good. Would you mind diving a little deeper into the sound design process behind them on Pigments?
To be perfectly honest, I just kinda dig through presets until something catches my ear! It's not usually EXACTLY what I'm after, but it's close. So I don't generally mess with too much inside Pigments. I may turn the preset effects off (there is usually some sort of reverb or delay that I don't want) and I may alter things like the attack, decay, and release... but other than that not much else! Most of the tinkering I do to the sound is with the effects I put on top: saturation, reverb, delay, bit crushing, etc.
@@CameronPaxton nice!
Plot twist: the big thuds in Jetpack Requiem are from the upcoming wave of enemies on the surface
That would be cool to use monster attack sounds in a track! Never thought about that... the thuds in Jetpack Requiem are from the Relic pulsing as you carry it up to the dome :)
this reminds me of risk of rain and noita! this ost i truly a masterpiece, sounds amazing
That's very kind of you to say. Thanks so much!
Thanks for sharing, like your music!
Thanks for taking the time to listen!
I love this sound track so much. How long did it take to compose?
Thank you!! I'm not sure I have an exact figure.. I started working on it in April or May 2021, and finished it in August of 2022! But I wasn't working on it constantly, and also did a lot of concurrent work on Volume 2 starting at the beginning of 2022. Sorry, I know that's not super precise 😅
No@@CameronPaxton I appreciate the response! I played the game when it came out, but have been revisiting the sound track while I'm working. The thought just popped into my head!
@@ThatHipsteCat Really happy you've been enjoying it! Working on Vols 3 & 4 now 😃
@@CameronPaxton When will they play in game?
@@electrictoazt0915 Everything that has been released so far appears in the game at some point or another 🙂
I know nothing about composing and can't probably understand the intricacies of your creative techniques, but still it's interesting to watch. But man, it really is a science in and of itself. By the way, I wanted to tell you I really enjoyed the " _Alone with one's thoughts_ " track from the engineer pack, even though it finishes so abruptly. Despite having bought the soundtrack from Steam and having re-downloaded it, I can't get these new tracks unfortunately. Every time content is added to the game I hope there is going to be new music pieces. Your work really contributes to the game's atmosphere. Thanks a lot for your work.
Thank you!! I like that track a lot too 💚 Please email me at cpaxtonmedia at the popular email service starting with "g" and I'll get those tracks to you!
thanks for uploading this
Thank you for watching!
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I've been listening to the whole game jam megamix, and I have to say that this one really surpasses everything. Your other compositions are really good, but these one, mamamia ! Kinda remind me of Chicory for the peace it emanates. Are you the one playing clarinet, flute and saxophone ? If yes, I really hope we hear more of those for the next characters in dome keeper. Also, I'm not sure to recognise, what percussions did you play ?
Thanks so much!! This particular soundtrack was co-composed with Jerry Wilkie (wilkie_jerry on IG) who played the live woodwinds. Unfortunately, he doesn't have much other recorded music that I'm aware of, he focuses on live jazz performance. He did a fantastic job on this. The only live instrument I play is guitar, so everything else on here (percussion, piano, etc) is made using VSTs or manipulated samples. I'm away from my editing computer so I can't recall the exact percussion samples I used, but they were just cobbled together from my sample library :) Thanks for listening!
Gives me early Final Fantasy vibes.
I think everything I make will always sound a bit like Final Fantasy :) Uematsu is such a huge influence!
first also awesome game and music
i love the perfect bounce
15:16 Man I just love this short synth here, it perfectly encapsulates the relative safety and wonder amongst the solitude of an alien world. Wish there was more of it but at the same time I always smile when I hear it ever so often. Perhaps it being played only once is a good thing.
There isn't really much that repeats throughout the soundtrack (except maybe on the last track). I always like those little moments too :)
What a vibe
Thank you! Really happy you're enjoying it 😊
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Спасибо за то, что вы слушали! 💚
Feels very classical, many motifs feel plucked from song writers from the romantic era.
Thank you!! I definitely wanted to go for a sort of timeless/out-of-time feeling with this one, I'm glad it came through :)
Eternal dust is fucking insane
Haha, thank you! It's one of my personal favorites from this volume, and was definitely one of the more challenging ones to get right.
Hello! Will you add 2 new tracks from the dome keeper?
Hi! I won't be adding them to KZread for a while, but they're available on the Bandcamp volumes of the OST and should be added to the Steam DLCs very soon (there was a hangup in the certification process)
i am so happy that there is a full soundtrack for the assessor, he is my favourite character!
Thanks, I'm glad you've been enjoying it! And yeah, the plan is to have a unique soundtrack for each keeper :)
"Further Underneath" and "Ode to iron" fit this game so well. It instills sadness of being lonely, as if you feel homesick for home, which is light years away, barely visible shimmering dot on an alien sky
Thank you so much! That was definitely the sort of atmosphere I wanted to create 💚 Interestingly, "Ode to Iron" was one of the last ones I decided to add to the soundtrack, even though it was one of the first ones I started. It took a long time to get it feeling just right!
I got the end-game artifact back to the dome just as the health bar ran out and the game played both Collapse and Laser Party at the same time. I came here just to make sure I wasn't hearing things.
Haha, that's amazing... I bet that was quite the cacophony!
Just mesmerising. It all works together so perfectly. Amazing job!
Thanks so much!
@@CameronPaxton Your piano is super nice, I can see this album is a lot more piano-y and experimental with the melodies, works so well man
@@Toebex Thanks! The piano is Kontakt's Noire. Each keeper is going to have their own soundtrack, and I'm trying to do something a little different with each one. This one is almost entirely piano, except for a few bits in "The Perfect Bounce" and "Final Push"
@@CameronPaxton Youve nailed it my man, I'll be looking forward to hearing the next soundtracks for the next keepers!
Certainly one of the best original soundtracks I have heard for a long long long time. So immersive and original. Never heard anything like it before. Amazing work, I hope you were paid well for this piece of art. That little shift at 6:41 is just mysitcal. So nice.
Thanks so much, I'm really glad you're enjoying it! Of course, being in my own head I can hear the inspirations all over the place ^^; but I'm happy to hear you've not heard anything like it, that is encouraging! Thanks for taking the time to listen <3
@@CameronPaxton you’re more than welcome!! It’s a really amazing piece of work. Out of interest, what other soundtracks inspired you for this?
@@Toebex Hmm, I don't know of any soundtracks that inspired me directly, although I definitely wanted to capture the loneliness of Metroid since I felt the games have similar atmospheres. But a direct influence would be Boards of Canada for sure. I feel like the fingerprints of Geogaddi and Tomorrow's Harvest are all over this soundtrack.
@@CameronPaxton Man, you got good taste! I can definitely feel some of it in this soundtrack, especially Metroid. You have really done something special here man, I cant wait to hear more of what you work on next
@@Toebex Thanks again :) There is definitely more on the way, working on some new Dome Keeper stuff now. Not sure if you knew, but Vol. II is already out, should be my most recent upload!
Found you from the comments section of "Real Civil Engineer" and then arrived here and holy shit this is great.. Loving your tracks and the state of the game in general.. Also would love to have Dome Keeper mobile😉 Wishing you the best of luck and much love mate❤️
Thanks so much! I'm really happy you're enjoying the tracks. There are definitely more to come :) Mobile is something we'd definitely love to do, and hopefully can in the future when/if we start porting to other platforms!
This whole ost really reminds me of the societ cartoon Mystery of The Third Planet, especially A moment to breathe or Between the waves. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y5tnypmbp7GnYbw.html One could thing you've taken inspiration from it. Love it woth my whole heart. kzread.info/head/PLwoU935FdjXze9laD6eZf2QatiL3PY1K- here's the cartoon's full ost if anyone wants to listen
That's really cool! I've never heard that soundtrack before. It seems like the world of Soviet-era cartoons is really rich and I don't know much about them. Thanks for sharing!!
@@CameronPaxton yeah, the sovietwave is sure something that you don't hear every day. I'll send some more from other si fi cartoons if you're interested. I take inspiration from those when I'm writing music for my youtube channel time to time
@@user-yv4up3jz9s Sure! Yeah, feel free to drop them in the replies here and I'll check them out!
@@CameronPaxton @Cameron Paxton for some reason youtube doesn't let my comments through. This is the channel where i post my music, i forgot to switch accounts. Here's a mix of some interesting stuff, somewhat close to either the stuff you make or that ost that i sent 2 weeks ago: kzread.info/dash/bejne/doGjpa-YdsqygJs.html
Also, i just wanted to say, this music that you're creating goes right up my valley. It's exaclty what i want to learn to write, perhaps you'd be willing to chat a bit on discord?
the ost is PHENOMENAL in this game you absolutely nailed it
Thank you so much! I appreciate that :)
laser party is a banger
Why thank you!
My daughter and I love your music!
Thanks Corey! I'm so happy y'all are able to enjoy it together 💚
I FOUND IT I FINALLY FOUND IT but it’s name Jetpack Requiem this whole time?! I LOVE IT it is definitely going to my list of musics for rest Note: Thank you so much Cameron you made my day and for that you deserve a like and a sub ok say ya later take care.
hehe, I'm curious: what did you think the name of the track was? Thanks so much, and I'm really happy you're enjoying it! Thanks for the like and sub 💚
@@CameronPaxton Honestly I had no idea but I would imagine I would name it something that pairs well with the song’s flow so I’d probably name it Salvation (don’t read following unless you haven’t played dome keeper) since that song only plays when you get the final relic and putting it in your dome’s basement in dome keeper and if you failed protecting the dome using your defences the final relic or as I like to call it "Nightmare’s True" it will just fly and stay above your dome annihilating all the dark creatures out of existence and then…you win or survive whatever you call it. Alright that’s all peace be upon you.
@@AdhvaithSane That's a good name too! I picked "Jetpack Requiem" because it's the last song you hear as you're flying up to the dome for the final battle :) Peace to you too!
Absolutely amazing, fits in the game SO well, masterful. i can imagine how hard it is to create something from scratch and be so creative and fit with the game so well. the music is so alien
Thank you!! There were definitely some challenges, but I think I was probably also just a good fit :) I've listened to a lot of Metroid music and Boards of Canada, which both have pretty alien feelings and I think you can hear those influences all over in the Dome music!
Hello! What genre of music in Dome Keeper?
Hmm, not sure how'd you'd classify it. "Downtempo/ambient" or perhaps "cinematic" would be good keywords!
@@CameronPaxton Thanks :)
Fantastic job my man, this soundtrack really elevates the game. Looking forward for your future projects.
I appreciate it! There is still more music to come for Dome Keeper for sure, and then who knows what :) Hopefully much more!
Just Awesome, the ambiance is incredible. Lov ya, very good work
Thank you so much! You're very kind
Vestigial eye is my favorite. Especially the part at 16:28
Thank you! If I'm honest, I think that one is my favorite as well. It was fun to play around with a few different time signatures
It's a pity these scores are so short, I guess it's a requirement from the devs because the digging phases are too short. I'm not gonna lie, I sometimes open the upgrade menu to pause the time just to listen to the music until the end. Great work by the way.
Yeah, it was definitely a constraint of the gameplay. Many of the tracks for Vol 1 were originally even shorter during development when the mining time was shorter! I'm actually working on some more long-form pieces for a new game mode :) I'm really glad you're enjoying what's already in the game though!
@@CameronPaxton Wow, new modes and new soundtrack ! That's good news. Indeed, mining time doesn't leave much for a full score. As a creator it must have been a challenge to create melodic pieces with such a short time. They often get, cut in the game due to monster waves. But it doesn't matter so much, I've bought the soundtrack on steam so I can listen to the tracks fully when I'm not playing. I can't wait to hear your works in future updates. Music and sounds are an important part of the atmosphere of this game. Big thanks ✌
@@lukaszpokoju It was a challenge for sure! Particularly when I first started and we were trying to keep the tracks to about 45 seconds longs. Bumping them up to about 2 minutes gave them a little more room to breathe and develop :) But yes, I'm also excited to get to try some more long-form pieces as well, I think that will be a cool addition to the soundtrack. Thanks for your kind words!
I'm sad that the Assessor's gameplay isn't clicking with so many people, one of the reasons for that is that it means they won't be much exposed to the songs attached to him.
It was always going to be a divisive character, as the gameplay is so different from the Engineer. Personally, I think it's a lot of fun to play as the Assessor (especially if you embrace the chaotic nature of it instead of fighting against it) but I can definitely see how it's just not going to be for some people. But, that said, there are QOL and changes coming based on player feedback. In fact I think there were some slight updates made yesterday! I'm very happy with the Assessor OST, and I think I actually like it more than the Engineer's. I'm also totally okay with it not being as popular, it just makes it that much more special to those few who really love the character :)
@@CameronPaxton Interesting, I never thought of this keeper as a potentially chaotic one, maybe I should try and embrace this. Most of us are used to optimal and controlled mining patterns like mining every 2-3 tiles. Anyway many thanks for these OSTs they're probably the best I've heard this year.
@@Bigbahlsen So glad you're enjoying them, thank you!
man it's such a nice gem, i played the demo on mid september and got absolutely caught by the OST, which is one of the main reasons why i bought the game on launch. Sometimes if a music is really 🔥, it makes me get really into the game and it's atmosphere. Nice work really
Thanks for the kind words, Ilya! It is a lot of fun making the music for Dome, and it's so rewarding to hear you're enjoying it. Thank you!
Yes! I finally got it after waiting I while. Piano is my favorite instrument, so when it was used for the Assessor, I couldn't wait for this to come out!
Thanks for supporting the game, and I'm so happy you're enjoying the soundtrack!
I really love this OST. I'm not sure if I like it even more than the previous one, gonna need a few more replays to decide. Same question than last time, what were your inspirations ? Still metroid ? (oh and, perfect bounce is a BOP)
Thanks so much! Honestly, I'm not sure there were many direct influences this time around. Perhaps Sigur Rós on a couple of them? For me, the Assessor feels like a much more complex character, and I imagine them to be more emotionally complex as well, like they spent so long training that they've now very elite and also very alone. That's not canon, just my own imaginings :) So this soundtrack to me is more of the inner world of the Assessor, whereas the soundtrack for the Engineer is more about how their surroundings are affecting them. If that makes sense!
That’s pretty cool! Good thing I watched this before I made another dome keeper video haha
Thanks, I'm glad you've been enjoying it!
OH MY GOD THE MAIN INSTRUMENT IS NOW A PIANO I LOVE YOU CAMERON
Hehe, yeah I wanted a different vibe since the new character is so different to play. Love you too