Riven: The Soundtrack

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Riven: The Soundtrack
Riven: The Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack by Robyn Miller
Released 1998-02-24
Genre Ambient, Video Game Music
Length 54:00
Label Cyan, Inc. / Virgin Records America, Inc.
Producer(s) Robyn Miller
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Robyn Miller chronology
Myst: The Soundtrack
(1995)		 Riven: The Soundtrack
(1998)		 -
Myst chronology
Myst: The Soundtrack
(1995)		 Riven: The Soundtrack
(1998)		 Myst III: Exile - The Soundtrack
(2001)


Riven: The Soundtrack is an album comprised of music written and performed by Robyn Miller for the popular computer game, Riven, the sequel to Myst. According to the liner notes included with the CD, Robyn, who co-created the game series with his brother Rand, composed all of the music working in the basement of Cyan's offices, recording it entirely using only a Yamaha VL-1 synthesizer and a Korg Trinity keyboard as instruments. The notes also state that many of the pieces composed for the games had to be shortened in order to work smoothly in an interactive environment, so the soundtrack release of these compositions include several full length versions of the tracks which are not heard in the game itself. Also included is a piece of music simply titled "Bonus Track" that, according to the notes, was "nice" but didn't find a good fit with any of the images in the game. The three character themes of the soundtrack correspond to Atrus, his wife Catherine, and his father Gehn. The music was released on a CD enclosed in a digipak which included a full color booklet with Gehn's journal fragment written in D'ni language and filled with game-related artwork and notes about the images and music.

It is interesting to note that every song on this soundtrack is in the key of G Minor, a key which is often associated with discontent, uneasiness, resentment, and dislike, [1] all of which are prominent in the game's storyline.


Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Link" – 0:10
  2. "Atrus' Theme" – 4:06
  3. "Gateroom" – 3:45
  4. "Jungle Totem" – 2:41
  5. "Survey Island Theme" – 2:13
  6. "Temple" – 2:43
  7. "Village Entrance Theme" – 2:33
  8. "Moeity Caves" – 2:53
  9. "Moeity Theme" – 2:13
  10. "Boat Ride" – 3:25
  11. "Moeity Prison" – 1:47
  12. "The Red Cave" – 1:54
  13. "Wahrk Room" – 2:24
  14. "Catherine's Prelude" – 1:59
  15. "Catherine's Theme" – 1:05
  16. "Catherine's Freedom" – 1:58
  17. "Gehn Speaks" – 4:23
  18. "Gehn's Theme" – 4:00
  19. "Fissure" – 5:31
  20. "Bonus Track" – 2:17

[edit] Other Soundtracks from Myst-Related Games

[edit] References

    • Track titles and times taken from the disc itself, but the titles can be verified through the Amazon.com product page.
    • The liner notes and packaging included with the CD release of this soundtrack were also used as references for the information in this article.

    [edit] External links

    M Y S T

    Games and Ages

    • Myst (Ages, Soundtrack) • Riven (Ages, Soundtrack) • Myst III (Ages, Soundtrack) • Myst IV (Ages, Soundtrack) • Uru (Ages, Soundtrack) • Myst V (Ages, Soundtrack)

    Characters

    • Aitrus • Ti'ana • Veovis • Gehn • Atrus • Catherine • Achenar • Sirrus • Yeesha • Saavedro • Esher • The Stranger

    Publications

    • Book of Atrus • Book of Ti'ana • Book of D'ni • Book of Marrim • Passages • The Book of Black Ships

    D'ni

    • D'ni Ages • The Art • Items • Kings • Language • Numerals • DRC • Timeline • Wildlife

    Organizations

    • Cyan • Brøderbund • Red Orb • Presto • Ubisoft • Turner • GameTap
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