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Delicious melodies and lush orchestration from Pokémon Reorchestrated’s Braxton Burks and celebrity piano streamer Kyle Landry.

Press release:
SEATTLE – March 6, 2018 – Materia Collective is pleased to present Bacon Man: Original Game Soundtrack composed by Braxton Burks and Kyle Landry. The soundtrack, like the game, aims to have a little fun with its catchy melodies, lush orchestration, and, of course, irreverent humor that draws inspiration from the likes of Conker’s Bad Fur Day and Earthworm Jim. Fans will recognize Braxton Burks from his Pokémon Reorchestrated series and Kyle Landry as the celebrity YouTube/Twitch piano performer, and the two are thrilled to team up for this mouth-watering musical offering. Bacon Man: Original Game Soundtrack is available wherever digital music is sold starting today:

Bacon Man: Original Game Soundtrack on Bandcamp
Bacon Man: Original Game Soundtrack on Spotify

“Bacon Man has the brutal gameplay difficulty of platformers like Mega Man X paired with the cartoonish charm of cooky, irreverent games from the ’90s and early 2000s — cult classics like Earthworm Jim and Conker’s Bad Fur Day come to mind,” explains Braxton Burks. “To match the zaniness of the game’s themes, we wrote a soundtrack that is equally bonkers. Underlying most of the soundtrack is a bombastic orchestra sound, but genre-wise, we go all kinds of places. Wagnerian orchestra, Grant Kirkhope-esque diddies, EDM, funk, rock… you name it, they made us write it.”

Bacon Man is a full 3D side-scrolling action platforming game. It mixes fighting, shooting, and physics-based abilities to create a challenging experience in a beautifully rendered world inspired by the food groups. Bacon Man is crafted in the spirit of titles like Earthworm Jim, the Rayman series, and Mega Man X.

Learn more about the Bacon Man: Original Game Soundtrack:
https://www.materiacollective.com/music/bacon-man-an-adventure-original-game-soundtrack

About Braxton Burks
Braxton Burks is a Seattle-based composer and arranger of videogame music. He has successfully funded two Pokémon tribute albums on Kickstarter: Pokémon Reorchestrated: Kanto Symphony, a fully orchestral re-imagining of music from Pokémon Red and Blue, and Pokémon Reorchestrated: Double Team!, an anthology of Pokémon tunes across the series performed by live string orchestra and piano. Both albums have landed on the Billboard® charts and gained international recognition.

In addition to his arrangement work, Braxton has composed an original
soundtrack for Skymap Games’ upcoming action-platformer game, Bacon Man: An Adventure, slated for a March 2018 release on Steam.

Learn more: https://braxtonburks.com
Follow Braxton Burks on Twitter and Facebook

About Kyle Landry
Kyle Landry is a classically-trained pianist and composer from Methuen, Massachusetts. His career in music spans over 15 years, and includes original works for film, animation, videogames, and his own album releases. He holds a degree in composition from the Hartt School of Music where he studied under concert pianist, David Westfall.

His passion for playing has generated a large fan base on YouTube (650,000+ subscribers), with over 700 piano performance videos that have generated millions of views, particularly his piano arrangements of videogame and anime music.

Learn more: https://kylelandry.com/
Follow Kyle Landry on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube

About Materia Collective
Materia Collective is a Seattle-based videogame music publisher and label, representing an international array of renowned video game musicians, composers, and songwriters. The collective supports its members with the financial, legal, logistical, and creative aspects of bringing videogame music into the forefront. The company has become known within the industry as a representation of highly innovative game music endeavors that move and inspire.

Learn more: http://www.materiacollective.com

Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
Twitter: @TheGamingGround