Day 2: Music of Crayon Physics Deluxe
Day 2 of our 7 day journey to the release of Crayon Physics Deluxe for the PC.
The music played a really important role in Crayon Physics (the 5 day prototype), not only as something that set the mood for the game, but it actually influenced the content of the game as well. Back in May 2007 I asked Austin Wintory (he did the soundtrack for fl0w) to create some kind of a soundtrack for the prototype. I didn’t know what the music should be like and Austin was really busy at the time so the whole kinda just collapsed and nothing came out of it.
During the last two days of development I was surfing the web for something suitable that might work with game. At the time I was thinking of cheery children’s music, but I wasn’t really happy with the association of cheery children’s music and crayons. It felt cheesy and I didn’t want to make a cheery, bright, loud children’s game. So while I was surfing for suitable music I accidentally stumbled on the song Lullaby by _ghost. It was love at first hearing, I knew that it was the kind of music that the game really needed.
_ghost - Lullaby
The song is also in the full version of the game (thanks to _ghost, skoria and Brad Sucks for allowing me to use it).
The other thing that I stole from Bit Blot (the other one being this 7 day behind the scenes journey idea) was Alec Holowka’s awesome music. I didn’t actually steal it, I just forced Alec to compose me a song for Crayon Physics Deluxe. Ever since I played Aquaria I’ve been a huge fan of both Derek and Alec, because they created such a beautiful game. So it was awesome that Alec was willing enough to do a song for the game. The name of the song is Afternoon Snooze 
Alec Holowka - Afternoon Snooze
The last song in our short soundtrack came as a total surprise to me. It’s from Stian Stark and it’s called Crayon Dreams. Stian emailed me pretty late in the development and offered one his tracks for the game. And I was surprised to hear how well it fit the style of the current main menu in the game. Thus we made a deal and I’m happy to announce that Crayon Dreams is one of the tracks in Crayon Physics Deluxe.
You can download the complete soundtrack from here.
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:29 am
On the second day of crayons…
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:30 am
I WILL LOVE THIS GAME!
January 3rd, 2009 at 7:53 am
“Crayon Dreams” reminds me of the Black Mesa theme…but I might just be a total idiot.
January 3rd, 2009 at 8:04 am
They are quite similar, at the start at least. Crayon Dreams is a lot slower, though.
January 3rd, 2009 at 9:27 am
I love the soundtrack. The songs do have a nice coincidental harmony. It makes me feel happy.
January 3rd, 2009 at 9:31 am
It is very very good soundtrack! Answer to Petry - “Crayon Phisycs” will be sold on CD? In our country (russia)the majority peoples are buy games only on CD or DVD. And i too
January 4th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Will the game be released on C-casette? In our country the majority peoples are is buy games only on in above C-casette. AND I IS TOO
January 5th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
[...] Den Start des Spiels feiert der Programmierer Petri Purho aus Finnland bis zur Veröffentlichung in seinem Blog mit täglichen Aktionen, wie z.B. Bilder seines “Arbeitsplatzes” oder dem Download des Soundtracks. [...]
January 6th, 2009 at 12:54 am
[...] J’ai déjà bouclé 3 îles et premier constat : ça file vite. Les îles ont une dizaine de niveaux chacunes, et avec un total de 7-8 îles ça n’a pas l’air bien long, même si un éditeur de niveaux plutôt simple à utiliser a été développé. Les graphismes ont très peu évolué depuis le prototype mais ce n’est pas ce qu’on recherchera avant tout dans ce jeu
. Les musiques sont au nombre de trois, ce qui est assez peu, mais bon elles délivrent toutes une atmosphère calme et relaxante, voire poétique. L’un d’entre elle a d’ailleurs été composée par Alec Holowka de Bit Blot, responsable du très bon Aquaria. Vous pouvez les télécharger sur le blog de Kloonigames. [...]
January 6th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Hey, thanks for putting these up here! All excellent songs! Lullaby in particular is magnificent.
January 7th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Really great soundtrack! I’ve been listening to it all day at work today.
January 13th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
this game is big elephant titties it sucks this game sucks like my friends mom lol shes good
January 14th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Hi Petri,
At first I was a little disappointed when firing up CDP for the first time and expected to hear Lullaby and instead got this more upbeat, popping music. But, I decided I could handle it and played. In just a very short time I grew accustomed to the new tunes (and found Lullaby was still there) and found they were actually pretty good.
NOW, I’m very glad they are there, as they perfectly fit the mood and the environment. I understand your choices. Very wise!
(Meanwhile, just poking around I’ve found how to edit the playlist and add my own music.)
Cheers,
Robert~
January 14th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Thanks Petri! Great tunes.
January 16th, 2009 at 1:30 am
[...] If you like the soundtrack of Crayon Physics it is available for free download. [...]
January 21st, 2009 at 12:00 am
Its really rather nice to have these tracks. It took me forever to get some soundtracks in the past - this was so nice and easy! Thanks.
March 3rd, 2009 at 4:28 am
oh! great game and music.
Its dream, ordinary times i hop game.
thanks for music.
March 5th, 2009 at 6:17 am
Interesting article. Were did you got all the information from…
April 3rd, 2009 at 8:19 pm
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April 14th, 2009 at 4:57 am
just wondering if you can post up the crayon songs for the iphone also.. i really enjoyed it.. i would actually just leave the game on just to listen to the music
April 14th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
wowwwwwwwww…!!!!
what a wonderful game!
one of the games i had in my dreams!!!
it make everybody think!
April 14th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
and about the soundtracks i should say they were great; they were the best soundtracks to concentrate
April 16th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Your work is so impressive.
Crayon Physics is so nice, easy to play, addictive, enjoyable… I tried another similar game some months ago (I knew about your game about a year and a half ago), but I didn’t like it so much.
Music is one of the best complements for it. I love all the tracks in the game. Last time it was just “Lullaby”, but the new songs are as good as it.
Keep on doing well, dude.
Hope to see new cool stuff from you in the future.
Greetings from Spain!
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Music of Crayon Physics is very nice. I think I like Crayons7 followed by Lullaby - Ghost.
April 25th, 2009 at 3:51 am
I love this game and im a massive fan of Lullaby by _ghost. Anyone know where i can get a copy of it?
Keep up the good work.
Ohh and sorry for breaking the game.
From the land of Oz.
April 25th, 2009 at 3:56 am
Actually never mind i just realised u can get it off this site………DER!
Heyta homo volte ya depul nisaleske.
May 8th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Hi, I really like your game, and I love the song in the menu… I think it´s called Crayon Dreams… The piano part is excellent… May you send me piano sheets of this song??? It´s absolutely amazing… Please…
Your fan from Czech republik…
June 1st, 2009 at 10:07 pm
The “Crayon Dreams” soundtrack is really cool!
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:00 pm
the game is awesome n the music 2. Great job guys.
June 26th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
This song reminds me of a very loved person of mine.. Music and game, wonderful..
July 31st, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Petri,
My 7 yr old loves the program and his 3 yr old brother loves watching him play. They like making their own levels with the rockets right now. And I love my three year old’s laugh when Mr Bean gets pulled off the ledge by a rope with a rock on the end.
Anyway, about the music…. Sometimes my kids keep me up at night and when I am worn out during the day I take a nap in the afternoon to catch up on sleep.
One time that music was running through my head while I was laying down – and a minute later I was in a deep sleep. It’s so relaxing… so I had to find out more. And today when I saw that the title was “Afternoon Snooze”…. well, what can I say?
Thanks for the cool game and music – awesome. I love the fact that it is non-violent, kid friendly, educational, and relaxing for me and the kids.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:50 am
I love this game. I beat it ^^ Keep it up!! The music is awesometastic!
October 19th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Heavenly song. Lullaby one.
November 6th, 2009 at 1:36 am
Petri,
The game is amazing, I love it, and the music is incredible, magic, heart touching… everything just wonderful,
good job!
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:17 pm
I played the whole game and i LOVE it! It is truly a brilliant, creative, and fun game and the music just makes it even better!
December 24th, 2009 at 4:54 am
I absolutely love Lullaby.. thanks for sharing it with everyone. Crayon Physics is a pretty good game as well. I am starting to grow tired of run and kill FPS games. It takes a toll on my your mind and soul after a while. Why can’t they make more creative games like this? Blows my mind.
Thanks again.
January 9th, 2010 at 1:32 am
I just want to tell you that this is an awesome game.
Also totally support Professional Mike’s comment….
January 26th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
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February 2nd, 2010 at 8:16 pm
wery nice thanx
March 9th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Thanks, Much to be thankful for. Best to you.