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- Game
category: Game
classification: Original Soundtrack
composers:
- link: artist/3296
  names:
    en: Jared Emerson-Johnson
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discs:
- disc_length: '34:30'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: The Barrelhaven Tavern
    track_length: '3:45'
  - names:
      English: Phoney's Scheming Theme
    track_length: '2:16'
  - names:
      English: Smiley's Theme
    track_length: '2:31'
  - names:
      English: Ruined Cabin
    track_length: '3:02'
  - names:
      English: Forest Variations 2
    track_length: '4:41'
  - names:
      English: The Spring Fair
    track_length: '1:56'
  - names:
      English: Fair Games
    track_length: '1:10'
  - names:
      English: Thorn's Dream
    track_length: '3:24'
  - names:
      English: The Great Cow Race
    track_length: '9:01'
  - names:
      English: Rescuing Phoney
    track_length: '2:44'
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lyricists: []
media_format: Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2008-03-08T09:20
  edited_date: 2019-11-15T13:25
  fetched_date: 2026-01-09T05:10
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name: 'Bone: The Great Cow Race Original Game Soundtrack'
names:
  en: 'Bone: The Great Cow Race Original Game Soundtrack'
  ja: 'Bone: The Great Cow Race Original Game Soundtrack'
  ja-latn: 'Bone: The Great Cow Race Original Game Soundtrack'
notes: 'Greetings fellow Bone-heads™, at long last I''m taking a moment to write up
  a few words about the music for Telltale''s second installment of Jeff Smith''s
  utterly nifty Bone saga. Believe it or not, I''ve been meaning to draft up these
  notes for the better part of the year, but what with the excitement of Sam and Max
  season 1, there never seemed to be any time.

  At any rate, with the recent release of the Bone Director''s Cuts, now seems like
  as good a moment as any to strap on my typing fingers and talk a little bit about
  the score for the second game.

  The first thing that''s worth mentioning is that I had even more fun writing for
  Cow Race than I did on Out from Boneville. This was partly because there were so
  many delicious opportunities to elaborate on the motifs I established in the first
  game. It was also great to finally score Phoney, Barrelhaven, and to really meet
  (and control) Smiley bone - all of which received musical treatment I''d been plotting
  since before we began production on the first game.

  I know I''ve mentioned it before a few times, but my favorite aspect of scoring
  Bone is that lovely balance between the comic and the serious - the rustic, and
  the mysterious. The Great Cow Race allowed for quite a bit more of both, and I had
  fun widely swinging from the rustic spring fair, to cranky/cartoony Phoney, to Barrelhaven''s
  earnest melody, to Smiley''s jaunty theme. And the best of all was the chance to
  mix them all together in the music for the cow race itself.

  Regarding Smiley''s Theme: I know a number of critics have compared Jeff Smith''s
  artwork to the work of Walt Disney, and it''s a comparison that seems appropriate
  to me - especially in the case of Smiley Bone. If you''ve ever been to one of the
  Disney theme parks, you''ll probably agree that of all the Bone characters, Smiley
  seems the most like he''d feel at home in Disneyland. Not only does he look the
  part, but he is so absurdly carefree, I wanted his theme to have that light, Main
  Street USA, Americana sound. That''s why it''s infused with all of that Dixieland/ragtime/western
  swing - not to mention all of the little musical quotes from the early American
  songbook canon.*

  You may also notice that the music for Gran''ma Ben''s cabin (though it may seem
  all-new at first listen) is a fairly conservative variation on the themes that were
  established in the first game. If you play the games back-to-back, you''ll hear
  expanded versions of some of those lilting, melancholy ideas that were only hinted
  at in the first game''s score. I certainly appreciated the opportunity to unobtrusively
  develop ideas this way.

  In the end, I suppose my main point (if any) is that I had a ball with this project,
  and I certainly hope each of you have as much fun listening to it as I did writing
  it.

  Now before I go on too long (as I do), I''d best go back to dedicating my every
  waking moment (and the occasional dozing moment) to the music and sound for episodes
  3-6 of Sam and Max.

  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: The Great Cow Race'
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id001
related: []
release_date: '2006'
release_events: []
release_price:
  price: Free
reprints: []
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votes: 0
