CloudRacer07
From my favorite game of all time probably comes my favorite video game soundtrack of all time. The Big Band and Jazz music in this soundtrack are some of the finest you can find in the medium, no joke. All the boss themes are bangers, every single one of them, and all the other pieces are great in their own right; particularly the Inkwell Isle themes. If there is a soundtrack you need to own, it’s without a doubt this one.
Favorite track: Fiery Frolic.
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I am a SUCKER for big band jazz and enjoy well-done video game music. Not only is this big band jazz, but it is phenomenal music from a phenomenal game.
Favorite track: Aviary Action.
Composed by Kristofer Maddigan, the Cuphead OST features nearly 3 hours of original jazz, early big band, and ragtime music. Each song is played by live musicians, including a 13-piece big band, 10-piece ragtime ensemble, a solo pianist, a vocalist, a tap dancer, and a few surprises.
credits
released November 15, 2017
All music and lyrics by Kristofer Maddigan
Recorded at Canterbury Music Company, Toronto, Canada
Engineered, mixed, and edited by Jeremy Darby
Assistant engineer - Julian Decorte
Mastered by – Peter Letros, Wreckhouse Mastering, Toronto, Canada
John Herberman – contractor, conductor, midi programming
Additional piano recorded by Brad Prosko at B-rad Studio, Southey, Canada, and the Maddigan living room, Regina, Canada
Additional Editing and Recording – Adam King, Canterbury Music Company, Toronto, Canada
Big Band
Reeds -
- Vern Dorge – Clarinet, Alto Sax
- Andy Ballantyne – Alto Sax, Clarinet
- Alex Dean – Tenor Sax, Clarinet
- Bob Leonard – Bari Sax, Clarinet
- Alto Sax and Clarinet solos by John Johnson
- Tenor sax solos by Alex Dean, Mike Murley
Brass –
- Jason Logue – Trumpet
- Dave Dunlop – Trumpet
- Kevin Turcotte - Trumpet
- Steve McDade – Trumpet, Flugelhorn
- Alastair Kay – Trombone
- Christian Overton – Trombone
- Peter Hysen – Bass Trombone
- Scott Irvine - Tuba
- Trumpet solos by Steve McDade
- Trombone solos by Alastair Kay
Rhythm Section –
- Robi Botos, Jeff McLeod, - Piano
- Rob Piltch – Guitar, Banjo
- Paul Novotny, Jim Vivian, Neil Swainson - Bass
- Ted Warren – Drums
- Kristofer Maddigan – Vibraphone, Percussion
- Piano solos by Jeff McLeod
- Vibraphone solos by Mark Duggan
- Brazilian Percussion by Alan Hetherington
Rhythm Section-
- Elizabeth Acker, Jeff McLeod – Piano
- Rob Piltch – Guitar, Banjo
- Paul Novotny – Upright Bass
- Kristofer Maddigan – Drums, Xylophone
Ragtime - Solo Piano/Trio
- Laura Chambers - Piccolo
- Jonathan Dyck, Christina Faye, Liz Acker, Kristofer Maddigan - Piano
- Kristofer Maddigan - Percussion
Tap Dancer – Allison Toffan
Vocals – Alana Bridgewater
Barbershop Quartet -
'Shoptimus Prime – Tom Mifflin, Michael Black, Michael La Scala, Joel La Scala
Additional
Jonathan Dyck - Organ
Kris Maddigan would like to thank –
-Mom, Dad, Shannon, Alison, Matt, Carolyn
-Phill Albert, Emily Denison, Chris Gale, Ben Hognestad, and Jeff McLeod for their excellent playing on the trailers
-Chad and Jared Moldenhauer, and everyone at Studio MDHR
-John Herberman for basically teaching me how to write and orchestrate from scratch
-Jeremy Darby, the hardest working recording engineer imaginable. Sorry for all the deadlines
-SOCAN
-Island Foods – best rotis in Toronto
-Special thanks to Ben Bishop, Terry Clarke, Daniel Jameson, Noam Lemish, Jim Lewis, Terry Promane, Kevin Turcotte
-All of the incredible musicians who played the shit out of these charts, your personalities shine through on every track
Musical Influences on Cuphead-
JS Bach, Count Basie, Tom Brier (get well soon!), Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, Cliff Jackson, Scott Joplin, Gene Krupa, Jimmie Lunceford, Henry Mancini, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass, Carmen Miranda, Yasunori Mitsuda, Jelly Roll Morton, Nicholas Brothers, Mário Reis, Julia Riley, Joe Rinaudo and his American Fotoplayer, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, Gunther Schuller, John Philip Sousa, Nobuo Uematsu, Richard Wagner, Chick Webb, Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, John Williams, 'Washboard' Kitty Wilson
Kristofer Maddigan is a percussionist, drummer and composer based in Toronto,
Canada.
He composed the soundtrack for the video game ‘Cuphead‘ and 'Cuphead: Delicious Last Course' available on X-Box One, Windows 10, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4 and Steam....more
supported by 673 fans who also own “Cuphead - Original Soundtrack”
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