Original soundtrack to flOw coming soon
thatgamecompany's first PSN game, flOw, captivated players looking for a relaxing game experience. The soothing visuals and unique motion controls are certainly vital components of creating the feel of flOw, but the music is certainly driving force behind the game's soothing presentation. A recent PlayStation.Blog post has an interesting orchestral rearrangement of flOw's soundtrack, which you can watch after the break. Replacing the electronic sound of the original game with live instruments creates a totally different feel. After watching the performance, we wouldn't mind playing the game with a full choir cheering us on.
Those inspired by the performance will be saddened to know that this orchestral rendition will not be available for download "for various contractual reasons," according to Austin Wintory, the composer of flOw's score. Wintory does appease fans, however, letting them know that "an original soundtrack is in the works featuring the actual music from the game." Hopefully, the flOw soundtrack follows the steps of the PixelJunk series, releasing on PlayStation Network sans DRM.
Those inspired by the performance will be saddened to know that this orchestral rendition will not be available for download "for various contractual reasons," according to Austin Wintory, the composer of flOw's score. Wintory does appease fans, however, letting them know that "an original soundtrack is in the works featuring the actual music from the game." Hopefully, the flOw soundtrack follows the steps of the PixelJunk series, releasing on PlayStation Network sans DRM.






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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Brett from Atlanta @ Aug 5th 2009 11:10AM
That vid is awesome. Love seeing things like this.
Nate @ Aug 5th 2009 11:14AM
Ok, that was awesome.
SpiderMike @ Aug 5th 2009 11:19AM
Lovely.
Still want the Flower soundtrack more than this though. Flower was just emotion in the palm of your hand and the soundtrack was a big part of that. Hopefully TGC follow this soundtrack up with that.
Lambrick @ Aug 5th 2009 12:11PM
ooo, i must've been one of the lucky ones who was early enough to download the track while he still had it up as a link. neat!
MedHead @ Aug 5th 2009 1:15PM
Austin didn't say the file couldn't be downloaded, but rather it won't be up on iTunes or the PlayStation Store. As the post says, the MP3 file is right up there on the page. Just download that. It's decent enough quality.
sairo13 @ Aug 5th 2009 1:42PM
Now thats cool.
http://wet.bethsoft.com?fbid=ldAaqAG63_Z
theoriginalsteve @ Aug 5th 2009 3:40PM
wow, that was amazing! I can't believe that won't be available to download as part of the soundtrack....
garnsr @ Aug 5th 2009 5:28PM
What about the trophy patch that's supposed to be coming for Flow?
Jesus (PSN: Luttdawg) @ Aug 5th 2009 7:09PM
Fuck the soundtrack, trophy patch NOW!
Jesus (PSN: Luttdawg) @ Aug 5th 2009 7:10PM
Screw this, want trophy patch!