Tomas Dvorak - Machinarium

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4...according to our Business Lady on Thu 08 Apr, 2010.

Tomáš Dvořák is a Czech composer, musician and graphic artist who's been playing and composing music since 1996 focusing on the collision of fine arts and music. In that time he has contributed to several compilations and released his demo Hub via the internet. In 2001 he released his debut album Pocustone that bridges relatively distinct genres such as nu-jazz, electronic and modern contemporary music which led to the opportunity to produce the music for Machinarium, a point and click PC adventure game by Amantina Design. Dvořák's compositional skills are totally suited to such a project so it comes as no suprise that this is mint. The majority of material here plays to the atmosphere of the game so it feels both dramatic and rather cute, as all good video game soundtracks should be. Totally intriguing release this. I urge you to check it out... The game looks ace too. Oh yeah, each copy is signed by the author himself and contains three art prints from graphic artist Adolf Lachman.

Tracklist:
1. The Bottom (5:30)
2. The Sea (3:54)
3. Clockwise Operetta (3:54)
4. Nanorobot Tune (3:07)
5. The Mezzanine (2:15)
6. By The Wall (5:04)
7. Mr. Handagote (3:17)
8. Gameboy Tune (4:37)
9. The Furnace (2:58)
10. The Black Cap Brotherhood Theme (1:50)
11. The Prison (2:34)
12. The Glasshouse With Butterfly (3:36)
13. The Castle (3:37)
14. The Elevator (3:20)

"Tomas Dvorak's (Floex) soundtrack to Machinarium adventure game by Amanita
Design is gorgeous set of ompositions ranging from ambient to
electro-acoustic and classical music. The music and delightful diegetic
sounds combining with such cohesion, such tremendous brilliance, that it's
almost overwhelming."

MACHINARIUM (http://www.machinarium.com) is a point-and-click adventure game
by Amanita Design, the makers of "Samorost " and "Samorost 2" flash games
concentrating on art design. In 2009 Machinarium won the category
"Excellence in Visual Art" at IGF Festival in San Francisco, it has been
nominated for Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) Awards and
picked up over 22 awards across the world to date.

TOMAS DVORAK [Floex, http://www.floex.cz/en)], born in 1978, graduated in
new media department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in 2006. His work
has been always significant for its seek between visual medias and music,
exploring interactive works and installations almost always based on the
musical themes. Floex's debut CD "Pocustone" has been awarded in electronic
music category in Czech Music Academy Awards (2002), nominated to European
awards (Qwardz) in the discovery category (2004). The main live performances
includes Stubnitz (Rotterdam NL), Big Chill (Easton Castle Deer Park, UK),
Global Beats (Krotoszyn, Poland), and Zoobizarre (Bordeaux, France).