• 1. About
  • 2. Merch
  • 3. Credits
  • 4. Tracklist
  • 5. Reviews
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Timespinner (Original Game Soundtrack)

Jeff Ball

57 tracks • 136 minutes • September 25, 2018

Timespinner is a beautifully pixelated 2D Metroidvania about a lone young woman who travels through time to destroy a galactic empire, created by Bodie Lee, with music composed and produced by Jeff Ball.

Timespinner came to the public's attention in the summer of 2014 with a Kickstarter project, which was funded over three times its goal thanks to the generous pledges of 5,751 backers. We will never be able to thank you enough for all of your support. We hope you enjoy the game as much as we have enjoyed creating it for all of you.

Jeff Ball was brought in to score the original Kickstarter trailer, and then to compose the soundtrack for the game. Because of the longer nature of indie development cycles, this gave Jeff an opportunity to research and develop his style for 90s Metroidvania music, which involved playing through multiple games from that era, and composing many different sketches. Bodie Lee was also a great resource for music suggestions and feedback. Much of this developmental music is included at the end of the soundtrack.

The primary goal of this soundtrack was to recreate the nostalgia of late 1990s era game music by using and emulating the audio and music hardware available from that era. The music itself is varying in genre, from a baroque-inspired harpsichord concerto to progressive rock, with gothic and time-inspired themes used throughout. Jeff drew inspiration from incredible game composers of the 90s including Michiru Yamane, and Yasunori Mitsuda, who left incredible musical marks on games from that era. Jeff also called upon the talents of musicians Kristin Naigus, Cain German, and Christian Pacaud, who lent their amazing talents last minute for a human touch on the soundtrack. All of these factors culminated into a musical journey that can be appreciated on its own, as well as within Timespinner.

Thank you for supporting all of us in pursuing our dreams as video game developers, music composers, and musicians.

Let this music be your Timespinner to younger days.

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credits

Jeff Ball: Composer
Bodie Lee: Album art
Luciana Nascimento: Album art
ROZEN: Design & Layout

Tracklist

1
Portal to Another World
Jeff Ball
0:05
2
Intrepidation
Jeff Ball
1:00
3
From our Hearts
Jeff Ball
2:25
4
Trampled Innocence
Jeff Ball
1:40
5
Imperial Circumstance
Jeff Ball
0:34
6
Memories of Tears
Jeff Ball
2:04
7
Uncertain Hope
Jeff Ball
4:03
8
Distant Recollections
Jeff Ball
2:47
9
The Broken
Jeff Ball
2:28
10
Barren Corridors
Jeff Ball
4:06
11
Recounted History
Jeff Ball
1:39
12
Avian Capitalism
Jeff Ball
2:17
13
Unnerving Gaze
Jeff Ball
3:14
14
Provisional Sanctuary
Jeff Ball
2:07
15
Ancient Forest
Jeff Ball
4:47
16
Wax Impression
Jeff Ball
3:13
17
Pioneer's Horizon
Jeff Ball
4:51
18
Blasphemous Shackles
Jeff Ball
2:30
19
Call to War
Jeff Ball
4:20
20
Masquerade of Hedonists
Jeff Ball
4:31
21
Minuet and Trio
Jeff Ball
0:53
22
Mask of Corruption
Jeff Ball
2:04
23
Defiance
Jeff Ball
4:08
24
No Matter the Cost
Jeff Ball
2:36
25
Echoes of the Forgotten
Jeff Ball
5:09
26
Glowing Doorway
Jeff Ball
1:22
27
Unbridled Determination
Jeff Ball
2:39
28
Surpassing Authority
Jeff Ball
4:01
29
From the Darkness
Jeff Ball
4:58
30
Dissonant Web
Jeff Ball
1:37
31
Call of the Void
Jeff Ball
4:55
32
Quantum Insanity
Jeff Ball
2:19
33
Fear's Crown
Jeff Ball
3:58
34
Galactic Throne
Jeff Ball
3:37
35
Frozen Shadows
Jeff Ball
1:18
36
Shears of Atropos
Jeff Ball
3:50
37
Temporal Salvage
Jeff Ball
3:25
38
Shattered Hourglass
Jeff Ball
2:45
39
Eternal Nightmare
Jeff Ball
2:59
40
The Sacrifice of Heroes
Jeff Ball
3:16
41
Launch Trailer
Jeff Ball
1:19
42
Launch Trailer Piano Sketch (unused)
Jeff Ball
0:35
43
Kickstarter Trailer
Jeff Ball
1:45
44
Kickstarter Trailer Sketch (unused)
Jeff Ball
1:11
45
Title Theme Pre-Alpha (unused)
Jeff Ball
1:10
46
Title Theme Alpha (unused)
Jeff Ball
1:39
47
Selen's Theme (unused)
Jeff Ball
1:23
48
Sanctuary (unused)
Jeff Ball
1:16
49
Lake Desolation Alpha (unused)
Jeff Ball
3:16
50
Lake Desolation Concept (unused)
Jeff Ball
1:55
51
Video Game Research Gamma
Jeff Ball
0:33
52
Video Game Research Omikron
Jeff Ball
0:52
53
Video Game Research Theta
Jeff Ball
0:33
54
Video Game Research Omega
Jeff Ball
0:34
55
Video Game Research Beta
Jeff Ball
0:55
56
Video Game Research Epsilon
Jeff Ball
0:32
57
Video Game Research Delta
Jeff Ball
0:31
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Reviews

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  • gaminglyfe.com
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