Laced Records

Nov 19, 2020

Beyond a Steel Sky composer channels the sci-fi soundtrack greats

Laced With Wax interviews Alistair Kerley — the UK musician tasked with scoring the follow-up to cyberpunk point’n’click classic Beneath a Steel Sky. By Thomas Quillfeldt

Oct 29, 2020

Control & LIMBO composer Martin Stig Andersen finds beauty inside the darkness

Laced With Wax caught up with the Danish composer and game audio specialist who played a large part in creating some of the moodiest games scores and soundscapes, including LIMBO, INSIDE and Control. By Thomas Quillfeldt

Oct 01, 2020

Teamwork and improvisation birthed Ghost Recon Breakpoint’s dark rock soundtrack

The audio High Command at Ubisoft Paris assembled a crack squad of veteran rock and electronic musicians to improvise the growling soundtrack for the shared-world shooter. By Thomas Quillfeldt

Jul 20, 2020

Filthwave: 16 four-to-the-floor bangers from video game soundtracks

We highlight some of our favourite synthwave and electronica tracks that get players in the mood to battle bad guys — to the beat.

By Thomas Quillfeldt

Jul 14, 2020

Explore the powerful original artwork of the Mega Man X vinyl soundtrack collection

Illustrator and Mega Man superfan ultimatemaverickx breaks down his eye-popping original panels for the Mega Man X 1-8: The Collection vinyl box set.
By Thomas Quillfeldt

May 21, 2020

Heal-all: 14 gently uplifting game music tracks to soothe the soul

Kick back and relax to this playlist of original score and licensed tracks from video games, picked to help lift the spirit in troubling times. By Thomas Quillfeldt

May 13, 2020

Hit after hit: Champion pro gamer Ryan Hart picks TEKKEN music faves

Professional fighting game player and multi-game World Champion Ryan Hart chats about his relationship to the TEKKEN series and picks his soundtrack favourites.

By Thomas Quillfeldt

Apr 27, 2020

Ori composer Gareth Coker is happy to make players sad

Composer Gareth Coker chats to Laced With Wax about his latest game score for Ori and the Will of the Wisps — how he changed approach from Blind Forest, how he’s happy to hit players over the head (emotionally speaking), and his favourite melodists among other composers. By Thomas Quillfeldt

Mar 03, 2020

Borderlands' music director shares secrets from the series OST vault

We picked the brain of Borderlands 3 music director and composer Raison Varner to learn more about the music of the rootin’-tootin’, shootin’ & lootin’ video game series.

Jan 29, 2020

Dare you look closer at the Resident Evil CODE: Veronica and RE Zero vinyl artwork?

We catch up with illustrator and designer Boris Moncel about his work on Laced Records’ Resident Evil vinyl releases — this time covering sleeves for the CODE: Veronica X and Resident Evil 0 soundtracks. By Thomas Quillfeldt

Jan 20, 2020

Indelible indie video game music moments

Contributors from the video game music community highlight some especially memorable moments from smaller-scale games where music elevated the experience. By Thomas Quillfeldt and contributors

Dec 26, 2019

No one draws Mega Man like this superfan

We caught up with artist ultimatemaverickx to chat about his vibrantly colourful art style and original panels for the Mega Man 1-11: The Collection vinyl box set. By Thomas Quillfeldt

Dec 12, 2019

100 fantastic video game soundtracks from the 2010s

Writer Mat Ombler and Laced community manager Tom Quillfeldt pick their favourite original and licensed video game soundtracks from the Teens.

Nov 26, 2019

Interview: How Alan Wake composer Petri Alanko established Control

BAFTA-nominated composer Petri Alanko (aka Lowland) has been a regular Remedy collaborator on games including Alan Wake. He talked us through his approach to scoring, recording rusty gates, and bringing tango to 2019’s Control.

Sep 27, 2019

Daft Punk Floyd: Risk of Rain composer fuses electronica with prog rock

Chatting with Chris Christodoulou is fun for several reasons: his music kicks ass; he’s worked on unique and innovative projects including Risk of Rain and The Sea Will Claim Everything; and the guy has opinions to spare about the state of game music.

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