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Danny Baranowsky

Composer, Crypt of the NecroDancer and Canabalt

u/dannyBstyle ↗Personal account

How we know it's theirs

Moderator-assigned “Crypt of the NecroDancer Composer” flair in r/Games

We retrieved 70 comments from u/dannyBstyle, dated 2011 to 2021, most often in r/Games, r/IAmA and r/Minecraft.

Best moment

A redditor wrote in r/Games

On “Hello /r/Games! We are the creators of the roguelike rhythm game, Crypt of the NecroDancer. Ask us anything!”

What's your work environment like?

u/dannyBstyle replied

i work in the nether region twixt fear and trepidation. i drift in the aether of uncertainty, wandering...... wandering.... until a speck of light, perhaps that errant ray from pandora's box, arrives in a gallant flash of insight. it fills…

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i work in the nether region twixt fear and trepidation.

i drift in the aether of uncertainty, wandering...... wandering....

until a speck of light, perhaps that errant ray from pandora's box, arrives in a gallant flash of insight. it fills me from soul to sternum with the courage to continue.

and in that moment, i create.

i also have a sweet beanbag chair.

More moments

A redditor wrote in r/Games

On “Hello /r/Games! We are the creators of the roguelike rhythm game, Crypt of the NecroDancer. Ask us anything!”

Thanks for doing this AMA! I'm curious about the soundfont for the shopkeeper's voice (if it is a soundfont) and if it's publicly available so we can make our own shopkeeper tracks along with custom music.

u/dannyBstyle replied

it's actually a manually sequenced track. it's a patch from the VST Omnisphere, I can't remember which one. but it does automatic legato-portamento, and I use that to make bends that make it sound all soundfont-y and SNES-y

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “We are the musicians of the Game Music Bundle (Minecraft, Super Meat Boy, VVVVVV, Mighty Milky Way, Cobalt, etc.) Ask Us Anything!”

Danny Baranowsky: Where did you get your inspiration for the Canabalt soundtrack? Personally those are a couple of my favorite songs ever, and I think they match up really well with the gameplay.

u/dannyBstyle replied

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to be honest, i was really heavily influenced by the Batman Begins score at the time. I don't know if that's the primary influence but I wanted to write something that could score the action-y element as well as the somber, doves-flying-away element too, so I made it ebb and flow a lot. wish I could be more specific :)