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Video Game: Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise
Composer: Grant Kirkhope
Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Game Developer: Rare
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Record Label: Sumthing Else Music Works
Release Date: July 28, 2009
Award
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2007
Original Score
– Nominee
Tracklist
1. Island Welcome (0:30)
2. Oven-Fresh Day (2:30)
3. All In a Day’s Work (3:00)
4. Tranquil Hours (2:36)
5. Frosty Morning (2:35)
6. Sunrise Whisper (2:29)
7. Snowy Blankets (2:58)
8. Time Flies (2:31)
9. Winter Shines (2:21)
10. Slow Baked (2:15)
11. Daily Dance (2:19)
12. Icicle Chorus (2:19)
13. Bedtime Story (2:37)
14. Flower Greetings (2:26)
15. Growing Under Moonlight (3:05)
16. Sowing Seeds (2:07)
17. Midnight Feasts (2:11)
18. Desert Breezes (2:23)
19. Warm Heart, Cold Nose (2:36)
20. Chilly Promise (2:23)
21. Ripen and Bloom (2:17)
22. Secrets In the Sand (2:23)
23. Stardust Falls (2:01)
24. Soil Song (2:12)
25. Tomorrow Wonders (2:38)
VIDEO GAME INTRO
COMPOSER NOTES
Of all the games I did at Rare I can honestly say this was the one I poured my heart into. I really enjoyed the first Viva Piñata and when I heard we were doing another one I couldn’t wait to get started. When I was thinking about what style of video games music I would use in the Desert and Ice areas I knew exactly what I wanted to do well before I actually started to compose.
I used the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra again, and when it came to the recording sessions it was really quite emotional. By that time I knew I was going to be leaving Rare, which was a tough decision, but I hadn’t told anyone yet.
I remember the last piece the orchestra played was “Bedtime Story”. (I didn’t actually name any of the Viva Piñata pieces. That was done after I’d left Rare by the Viva Piñata designer Justin Cook. This piece is my all time favorite of all the music I wrote while at Rare and is very close to my heart. After they finished playing it I had to go out into the main recording area to thank the orchestra for playing so beautifully. I got up on to the conductors rostrum and tried to say a few words, but just burst into tears……… I’m a bit of an old softie really!