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Topic[VGMC] Day 6! Gnorman/LostPainting, WeaponFact/KANNAN, Windslash/SetYouFree
PIayer_0
05/18/23 1:08:18 AM
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Gnorman's Theme
KANNANSHINKU
Shushi ~ Set You Free

Oh my god I just learned in the last hour how much of a landmark Peggle 2 is in interactive game audio. Guy Whitmore composed gameplay tracks for each of the five characters based on a classical piece (1812 Overture for Gnorman), but they actually comprise 7 distinct sections that transition based on # of remaining pegs. Look at this madness!
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/1/0/AAVhdjAAEfKS.jpg
The peg sounds are in key too! They have to keep track of exactly when the music has changed to a new key!!

Gnorman's Theme is the longest on the soundtrack, I believe these are the sections in the song:
1 0:10
2 1:04
3 1:59
4 2:47
5 3:44
6 4:24
7 5:11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm0ngIDrPQA&t=1227s
You can hear them in action here at:
1 20:27
2 20:58
3 21:19
4 21:31
5 21:50
6 22:05
7 22:39

Also the intro is actually the game over theme (10:17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Pip6XNULQ&t=617s)

More articles and Whitmore's GDC talk:
https://www.audiogang.org/peggle-2-storytelling-through-adaptive-music/
https://www.audiogang.org/peggle2-sonic-joy/
https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020369/Peggle-2-Live-Orchestra-Meets

He appears in Beep: A Documentary History of Game Sound with Peggle 2 distinctly in the background, I think he's really proud of what he made :)
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/1/1/AAVhdjAAEfKT.jpg

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