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Singing the praises of the Sam & Max: Season 2 soundtrack 24 Jan, 2009 / Comments: 4

By Jason


A great interview with Jared Emerson-Johnson, Telltale composer extraordinaire, has been conducted by the blog Original Sound Version. The article, which discusses the tracks and intersperses tons of comments by Emerson-Johnson, is well worth reading for anyone who was a fan of the music in the season (in other words, everybody), and among the cited inspirations for the compositions is the music from the old LEC classics. Here's what Jared has to say about the underwater cavern theme in 202, for example:
I’d like to add that this track was also meant as a respectful ode to some of the music that Peter McConnell has written for various underwater environments over the years. The parallel was obvious to me in the visuals, so I couldn’t resist peppering the music with some little nods to him.
Read it all and remember, Telltale sells soundtrack albums for both Season 1 and Season 2 at their store, complete with original Purcell covers.
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4 Comments

  • Zaarin on 25 Jan, 2009, 15:57…
    Getting to the bonus tracks was a pain in the ass in XP. I had to rip the second session on the disc with Isobuster before I could listen to them.
  • Jaap on 26 Jan, 2009, 04:30…
    I have XP SP3, and use winamp for my music. Had no problems whatsoever to listen to the bonus tracks. Also the cd songs are simply accessible.
  • Jaap on 25 Jan, 2009, 14:18…
    On many occasions Jared mentions the greatness of his musicians, the sax and trumpet player. I'm a huge jazz listener myself, and everything arranged by Jared is sound, no complaints there. However, as soon as one of these guys is playing an improvisation solo, it sucks. Jared says: "Mike Whitwell is one of the best trumpeters I know, and aside from being a top-notch jazz lead and ensemble player, [...]". I simply cannot believe his statement.
    If you listen to track 12 on CD1, Rapa Nui Choo Choo. It's a beauty of a track, 100% Glenn Miller like. So Jared did a fabulous job. Unfortunately, the improvised solos are so bad. They kill the song completely.....
  • Kroms on 24 Jan, 2009, 21:58…
    The Season Two soundtrack especially, it's just great.