James: This went through a bunch of revisions, too. Toby Fox: I think my original version of this was like 40 seconds long or something… James did a really good job fleshing it out and making it something that’s listenable for long enough to look at the Bubsy poster 40 times in a row
Joey feels most at home in her bedroom, which is a sanctuary from the rest of the awful house she lives in. One of the design choices Toby and I settled on really early on was that each character would have a “room” that be the purest form of their theme. James: When Toby sent me the original piano sketch for Joey’s theme it was real good but I thought since Joey dances, what if I made it sound like a dance recital? I used to take dance classes when I was a kid, and I have very distinct memories of a kindly old woman playing bouncy piano chords in ¾ time. The original version of this sounds a lot more like “SINGULAR PERIL” without any drums and not sampled, so just like, straight 8ths.
It is one of the VERY first things written for the game. Toby doesn’t like to use a lot of percussion, so I wrote this based on what was originally a piano piece. James: In its current form, I think this is one of the best examples on this soundtrack of what Toby and I’s respective styles sound like mixed together. It’s based around Joey and Jude’s theme, and has a few nods in there to some others if you’re listening. This latest version is meant to tie in with the title screen music. It’s so much better now than it used to be. James Roach: This is the track that has been rewritten the most. But more importantly, it’s James and Toby, giving some commentary on the first half of the HIVESWAP: Act 1 soundtrack, available now on Bandcamp or bundled with HIVESWAP: Act 1 on Steam and Humble We’ve got the first half of the discussion this week, with the next half going up next Wednesday.
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