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classification: Original Soundtrack
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  names:
    en: Jared Emerson-Johnson
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  name: Disc 1
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  - names:
      English: Main Titles
    track_length: '1:44'
  - names:
      English: Desert
    track_length: '1:54'
  - names:
      English: The Locust Chase
    track_length: 0:57
  - names:
      English: The Dragon Stair
    track_length: '1:14'
  - names:
      English: Forest Variations
    track_length: '4:34'
  - names:
      English: Ted's Theme
    track_length: '1:32'
  - names:
      English: The Red Dragon's Theme
    track_length: '1:33'
  - names:
      English: The Possum Kids' Theme
    track_length: '1:41'
  - names:
      English: Thorn's Theme
    track_length: '1:53'
  - names:
      English: Gran'ma Ben's Cabin
    track_length: '3:41'
  - names:
      English: Dinner Conversations
    track_length: '2:45'
  - names:
      English: Thorn's Nightmare
    track_length: '1:56'
  - names:
      English: The Rat Creature Chase
    track_length: '1:30'
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name: 'Bone: Out from Boneville Original Game Soundtrack'
names:
  en: 'Bone: Out from Boneville Original Game Soundtrack'
  ja: 'Bone: Out from Boneville Original Game Soundtrack'
  ja-latn: 'Bone: Out from Boneville Original Game Soundtrack'
notes: 'Back in April, when I was plotting out my first sketches for Bone: Out From
  Boneville, it was evident that the bulk of the score needed to be highly thematic.
  Jeff Smith''s rich and textured collection of characters, locations, and plot events
  cries out for a large catalogue of musical motifs to help tie all of the threads
  together. This is common enough for any graphic adventure game, but it was especially
  true for this project. After all, not only is the game grounded in telling its story,
  it''s the first installment of a much larger whole. The adventure certainly doesn''t
  end with Fone Bone''s reunion with Smiley in Barrelhaven, and therefore the score
  was obligated to serve two functions equally: to follow the story of the Bone cousins''
  arrival in the valley, and to hint at the larger struggles that are destined to
  come.

  The musical challenge that this implied was immediately apparent to me. Because
  the tone of the complete Bone series moves from innocent adventures to dire and
  epic ones, all of the character and location themes needed to be flexible enough
  to grow with the story as it progresses from one game to the next. As far as I am
  concerned this balance between the carefree moments and the increasingly serious
  arc is the heart of Jeff Smith''s unique storytelling voice.

  The first sketch I wrote was of the main theme motif for the forest and the larger
  mysteries of the valley. I strongly felt that although a majority of the tensions
  in this first chapter of the story are basically light and fun, something of the
  upcoming weight of Fone and Thorn''s quest ought to be represented in the main theme
  for the game. The lyrical, flowing quality of this motif made it easy to tidily
  slip it into nearly any other piece of music. It appears at least once in virtually
  every piece of music in the game, and completely realized versions of the theme
  can be found in the main titles, and the forest theme.

  Likewise, owing to my natural inclination to compose the mysterious stuff first,
  the second theme I wrote was the somewhat dark and foreboding motif for Great Red
  Dragon. There is the hint of a Coltranian jazz influence on the Dragon''s theme
  - something that implies both his ancient spiritual nature as well as his undeniable
  coolness. If the Great Red Dragon is anything for certain, he is cool - probably
  the coolest. Even in his first brief appearances in the story we feel the dramatic
  weight his character possesses. Much like the Dragon himself, this theme pops in
  and out of the score, and is most strongly prominent in the tracks for the Dragon
  Stair, Thorn''s Nightmare, and of course The Red Dragon''s Theme.

  Harmonically, the main forest theme, and the Red Dragon''s share a similar tonality
  - something that should point to the ancient and mysterious history of the dragons
  in the valley. Incidentally, the first part of Thorn''s theme is melodically related
  to the forest theme for a similar reason (to be more fully developed as her mythic
  destiny is fulfilled). Of course, Thorn''s primary dramatic function in this first
  installment is as an adorable love-interest for Fone, and therefore this initial
  setting of her theme is basically lush, romantic, and sweet. However, I tried to
  include a "larger than life" quality in her theme - something that will be extensively
  expanded upon as she grows and meets her fate in the upcoming installments.

  Since they seem to operate almost exclusively by instinct and a more primitive brain
  function than anyone else in the story, The Rat Creatures'' theme is written for
  percussion alone. As the creatures grow in power and organization as the upcoming
  war progresses, we will hear this theme become a bit more grounded in that octatonic
  primitivism of Stravinsky and BartÃ²k that created such raw and brutal concert compositions
  in the early part of the 20th century. But for now, they just drum on.

  Ted the Bug''s theme is pure fun, and it afforded me the rare luxury of having a
  legitimate reason for using a slide whistle, a kazoo, and a jaw harp in the same
  piece of music.

  Likewise, the Possum Kids'' theme is pure fun, with a bit of an Irish flare - my
  own little ode to all of those Disney films from the 50s and 60s when there always
  seemed to be at least one large family of animals that was Irish.

  Ironically, one of the silliest and most comical themes of all is the most sparingly
  used in Out From Boneville. Phoney''s scheming theme - while the underlying foundation
  for the opening Desert track, and sneaking in and out of the locust chase music
  and the dinner conversation - is going to be fully cut-loose as we approach the
  great cow race and all of the barrelhaven shenanigans that are up-and-coming. I''m
  very much looking forward to it.

  One of my favorite things about this project is the down-home Appalachian instrumentation
  that weaves its way in and out of the score - particularly in the parts of the story
  near Gran''ma Ben''s cabin. It was a fun way to ground the "stuck-in-the-past" quality
  of Smith''s magical valley. It certainly helps to strongly contrast Rose''s pace
  of life with Phoney''s sleazy big-business world of Boneville. For those who like
  it, there will be quite a bit more of this as we meet Lucius, and explore the town
  of Barrelhaven in the next installment of the game.

  For most people words about music are much less interesting than the music itself,
  so I encourage you to download some or all of the tracks and let them speak for
  themselves. Hopefully they will bring you some of the same joys I had in writing
  them.

  Happy listening,

  Jared Emerson-Johnson'
organizations:
- &id001
  link: org/4685
  names:
    en: Telltale Games
    ja: Telltale Games
    ja-latn: Telltale Games
  role: publisher
performers: []
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platforms:
- PC
products:
- names:
    en: 'Bone: Out from Boneville'
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id001
related: []
release_date: '2005'
release_events: []
release_price:
  price: Free
reprints: []
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votes: 0
