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Sep
…It's a holiday in the US, so I'm going to cash in my "slow news day" credits and report on a couple of listicles that AD just found. As a reader of this site, you're already well aware of the WC entries in each article, so the larger topics might be of more interest. First up is a ScreenRant piece on movies with an unconventional cast list, which definitely includes WC and its hybrid America/international suite of stars.
Wing Commander is one of the rare movies adapted from video games that audiences actually seemed to enjoy upon its release, a trend that wouldn't really make it out of the '90s. The film follows a group of fighter pilots who join an intergalactic war in order to fend off the dangerous Kilrathi race.I don't quite remember the reception being so positive, but I'll take it. Next up is a brief rundown at C86 on The Best Cartoons Based on Video Games.
7 Wing Commander Academy: The Series
May
…The Deluxe vinyl pressing of the WING COMMANDER score has launched! As of this writing, the project has hit almost $3,000, 19% of the total goal. That's a great start, but we'd like to see it higher. Stay tuned for more background and plans for how you can join in on celebrating the campaign in the coming days. For now, we're happy to report that several additional pledge tiers have been added based on folks' responses on the first day: a $150 "Collector's Trio" that comes with all three versions of the album, a $200 "Collectors Trio Deluxe" that has all three versions with the bonus swag and an alite tier $2500 "Dead Wax Dedication" option that will allow one backer to choose what appears on the record's dead wax. If you aren't familiar with this record term, check out this article for details. Basically, it's a chance to insert a sort of Easter egg that will appear on every record manufactured!
May
…George Oldzieychecked in again to provide fans an update on his Wing Commander jazz album, which was
recordeda couple months ago. He's recently overcome some delays and is now ready to check off some of the few remaining production-related tasks. One thing he's asking fans for help on is the cover art. Anyone who has ideas or input should hit the comment button below and let him know. The sooner this gets finalized, the sooner fans who supported his recent album
campaigncan get their music! Listen to a preview below.
Your browser cannot play this file. Click here to download the track. Greetings WC music fans! Firstly, I have to apologize for not being very present here. Some life's challenges took my attention, but they have been resolved and I now have the music for the WC bar music CD ready to be manufactured.But first! I would love suggestions for art work for the CD. If you have
Feb
…George Oldzieyreports that the Wing Commander
Jazz Albumshave been shipped! If you haven't sent your address in - or you don't receive yours in a week or so, let George know what's up! The cover art by
SabreAcejust looks fantastic. Some of the initial plans for a future campaign to record even more Wing Commander music are in the very preliminary stages, so stay tuned in the coming months for that. It's been a long road to get all of this amazing music put together, but the results have been very impressive!
Greetings all! All the CDs for which I have received shipping instructions have been shipped. I sent off the last of them today, mostly overseas. So if you have not received them in a week or so let me know. Most of you should have already received them. I hope you are enjoying them!I'll keep you all posted on when the next phase of Volume 2 orchestral recording begins.
Thank you for
Jul
…jazz and bar music
Following up on his recent release of the
digital recordings, veteran video game composer
George Oldzieyhas sent out three more updates to his backers. George has exported the sheet music for several tracks from volume 2 of the orchestral project to video format. You can follow the score as the music notation is played back through the Sibelious sound fonts. The second update shows a preview of the artwork for the physical copy of the jazz album. It was made by community member
SabreAce, who you may remember from his work on those awesome
squadron patchesa few years ago. And finally there was a response to a frequently asked question regarding the recommended listening order. If you backed this project, be sure to keep an eye on your e-mail or the
Kickstarter pagefor the latest updates. Kickstarter e-mail updates always end up in my spam folder for some reason. The Victory bar music
Jul
…jazz and bar music
Following up on his recent release of the
digital recordings, veteran video game composer
George Oldzieyhas sent out three more updates to his backers. George has exported the sheet music for several tracks from volume 2 of the orchestral project to video format. You can follow the score as the music notation is played back through the Sibelious sound fonts. The second update shows a preview of the artwork for the physical copy of the jazz album. It was made by community member
SabreAce, who you may remember from his work on those awesome
squadron patchesa few years ago. And finally there was a response to a frequently asked question regarding the recommended listening order. If you backed this project, be sure to keep an eye on your e-mail or the
Kickstarter pagefor the latest updates. Kickstarter e-mail updates always end up in my spam folder for some reason. The Victory bar music
Jan
There's good news on George Oldziey's live Wing Commander
jazz album. The production copies have finally come back, so George is ready to ship discs out to project backers. Very cool
album artwas created by SabreAce, which you can see below. If you pledged for a physical copy during the original campaign and didn't receive an email with shipping confirmation instructions, log into the Kickstarter's
updates pagefor instructions on how to get your album. These have been a long time coming, so it's great to see they're finally here!
Greetings all! I'm so TERRIBLY sorry that this has taken so long, but I FINALLY received the CDs that feature the WC Bar Music and recordings of the MIDI mockups and I'm ready to ship them to you!
Jul
…George Oldziey
Great news for Wing Commander music fans!
has finished processing the Wing Commander jazz and bar music
recordedearlier this year by his awesome Latin jazz band, and the digital version is now available. If you backed his
Kickstarterlast year, you should have received a message with download links and a password, so log in and check it out! If you didn't back the project but still want to hear an awesome sample, the Victory's famous tune has been released as a teaser here. It's my favorite - I just love it! More goodies are still in the works, which George details below.
Your browser cannot play this file. Click here to download the track.
Greetings all. I'm terribly sorry for the LONG delay, but I just sent links to the digital media versions of the Wing Commander Bar Music recording to those that contributed at $20 and more to phase 1 of volume 2, so check your inboxes. The CDs
Jul
…George Oldziey
Great news for Wing Commander music fans!
has finished processing the Wing Commander jazz and bar music
recordedearlier this year by his awesome Latin jazz band, and the digital version is now available. If you backed his
Kickstarterlast year, you should have received a message with download links and a password, so log in and check it out! If you didn't back the project but still want to hear an awesome sample, the Victory's famous tune has been released as a teaser here. It's my favorite - I just love it! More goodies are still in the works, which George details below.
Your browser cannot play this file. Click here to download the track. Greetings all. I'm terribly sorry for the LONG delay, but I just sent links to the digital media versions of the Wing Commander Bar Music recording to those that contributed at $20 and more to phase 1 of volume 2, so check your inboxes. The
Aug
…Pedrohas released an exciting trailer for the
WC4 Fan Remake! There's lots to unpack here. The team has been mostly focused on features rather than polish, and quite a few features have been implemented indeed! Many distinctive elements from the original WC4 gameplay mechanics appear to be in place to give the project a familiar feel. Check it out below!
I've been working with Defiance Industries to have a video ready for the CIC's birthday of early test footage.A brief list of things added since the last videos:
- Some early experimentation with updated sound effects (50/50 old vs new)
- View based missile lock-on
- Smoother external camera
- Damage displays
- Turrets (both on fighters and capships)
- Subtle cockpit motion on the primary cockpit camera
- A zoomed out camera (primarily for taking in the cockpit)
- Afterburners, Decoys
- Working cockpit (guns, fuel, damage, speed guns, decoys, targeting brackets)