Happy 2012!  Been a while since I’ve shared any news with you, and I’m sorry for the hiatus, but hopefully you’ve already seen via Twitter or Facebook that I’ve put out two new albums, Contingency and Big Giant Christmas EP on bandcamp since Impostor Nostalgia.  But moving on, I’m proud to announce that I’ve been working on some music for the upcoming (at the time of my writing this) iOS casual game Puzzlejuice, by Asher Vollmer!  In all honesty, I haven’t been this excited for a project I’ve worked on probably since Mass Effect 2.  While they’re totally different games on totally different platforms intended for totally different players (most likely), I can say that this game is the cream of the crop of casual games.  Here’s a couple screenshots:

It’s basically a mix of Tetris, Boggle, and maybe Bejeweled is probably the best way I can describe it.  But it so well combines those elements, the experience is truly as enjoyable as a casual game is meant to be!  Greg Wohlwend aka aeiowu, the talent behind the art said very well

the idea behind Puzzlejuice is to give you three things to think about, which ends up being one too many

and rightly so.  I spent hours and hours of my life playing Popcap’s Bookworm back in the day, and this is like that with the urgency of Tetris driving the game and setting the pace VERY nicely, to ensure that I don’t lose track of an entire day playing the game (as I’ve been known to do often).  The music is will be available on bandcamp the day the game is released, on Thursday, January 19th 2012.

Asher is a super great/talented guy who’s put together a truly fantastic and well-polished game, and hopefully you’ll dig the music as well.  While it may not be as melodically-driven as some of my other work, it was still a ton of fun to write.  Thanks for reading, listening, and continuing to support my work!

-Jimmy

Impostor Nostalgia is available on:

To listen/purchase, click any of the images above!

Physical CDs can currently be purchased from bandcamp.

Hear some of the tracks below:

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More importantly than my album though, is the story behind this preview track that I would like to share with you.  For the full story, please just watch the following video:

So in summary, my sister just donated one of her kidneys to her husband last week (kinda sweet right?), and in an effort to help them pay for the (very high) cost of the surgery, I’m donating the proceeds of this song to them.  It may not seem like much, but please consider purchasing the track and helping a good cause.  They’re good people, and simply buying the track or passing the video along to your friends really does invoke my deepest gratitude.  Thanks so much for your help, as well as your friendship and support of my music.  My most sincere love and thanks to you all. :]

To purchase the track, please click the following link, or click the “On Bandcamp” menu drop under “Music” at the top of this page.

http://biggiantcircles.bandcamp.com/track/you-can-have-mine

Some very cool news, our score for Mass Effect 2 received a BAFTA Nomination for Best Original Score!  For a full list of the video game nominees and winners, click here.

This post is actually a little late, but I was recently involved in the free fan-produced video game music arrangement album, Heroes vs. Villains!  Challenged by the legendary video game music arranger and Bad Dude Mazedude, I took on the theme of s3xy Super Metroid heroine Samus Aran on the OCR side.  There’s tons of amazing music on this album, and I did mention it’s free right?

CLICK HERE FOR A PREVIEW

Wait, are you still here?  Go download it now! :)

For the third straight year, Jimmy is participating with several other fantastic composers in the Songs for the Cure album for the Cancer Drive project in an effort to raise money for the American Cancer Society.  Please click here for more info and to donate to this great cause today.

Virtual Instrument virtuoso Spectrasonics has done a Pro News feature about Wall of Sound’s use of their products in the score of Mass Effect 2.  What an honor! Click the image to check it out!

I actually missed the release of this, but I’m especially proud of this final bonus soundtrack of previously unreleased music from the game.  Why?  Because on this particular album, I worked on 9 of the 14, including personal favorites like “Infiltration” and “The Long Walk”.   So that’s now an extra 14 tracks, clocking it at over 33 minutes of new music. I believe that makes the entire ME2 Soundtrack collection well over 3 hours of solid listening enjoyment! :)  Pick yours up today from Amazon Mp3, iTunes, or Rhapsody!

Today EA released this expansion to the OST, now including 9 tracks at nearly 25 minutes of additional music from the game, all for only $4 US!  As the title suggests, these tracks are more atmospheric in nature, including cues from loading screenes, menus, conversations, explorations, etc.  This release coincides with their DLC Layer of the Shadowbroker.  Pick them up today!

These are truly the “people’s choice” awards, and your support means the world to me.  And on behalf of Jack Wall, David Kates, Sam Hulick, and Brian DiDomenico at Wall of Sound, thanks so much! And don’t forget to tell your friends to vote too!