‘Wing Commander’ Music Composer Runs Kickstarter Campaign
Published on August 20, 2017 at 12:34PM
DMJC writes: George Oldziey, the music composer from Wing Commander 3 and 4, is running a Kickstarter campaign to re-orchestrate the music from the venerable series. The Kickstarter is in its final week and has approximately $2000 left to go before it reaches it’s goal.
Oldziey shares some history on his web site:
In 2014 I launched a Kickstarter campaign to document the music I created for the Wing Commander games in the way I had originally imagined it: for full orchestra and chorus. 588 generous supporters helped me reach my goal! In late 2014 I traveled to Bratislava, Slovakia, where the 95-piece Slovak National Symphony Orchestra and the 40-voice Lucina Chorus recorded this music under my supervision.
But last November — and again in June — Oldziey unsuccessfully tried raising funds on Kickstarter to record more of his Wing Commander music with a full orchestra. So this month’s campaign sets a more modest goal of raising $15,000 “as a foundation and springboard from which to build with a more open ended crowdfunding campaign.” It’ll fund the creation of digital MIDI tracks for the new orchestral music plus a recording of the “jazzy bar music” from Wing Commander 3 (which will both be released as digital downloads and on CD). “Future campaign(s) will tackle the goal of getting a live orchestra to record everything…” Oldziey writes, adding this campaign “builds an exciting foundation to build on — with some cool music to enjoy in the mean time!”
Two people have already pledged $600 to claim one of five high-end premiums in which George composes one minute of unique music just for them, and two more pledged $300 to attend the “jazzy bar music” recording session in Austin, Texas.
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