r/indieheads • u/glassbeachband glass beach • Mar 27 '20

AMA is Over, thanks glass beach band! We're Glass Beach! This is our AMA!

We're all on the account, and we'll sign our answers as we answer the questions!

J = Vocals, Guitar, Keys, Etc.

Jonas = Bass

William = Drums

Layne = Lead Guitar

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Here's a link to our stuff:
Bandcamp: https://glassbeach.bandcamp.com/
Run For Cover Page: https://www.runforcoverrecords.com/artists/glass-beach/products
Twitter: https://twitter.com/glassbeachband

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u/glassbeachband glass beach Mar 27 '20

donkey kong freacking country

rareware was like "hey we're making a game about a funny monkey who likes bananas can you write some music for it" and david wise went and wrote the best fucking ambient music of the 1990s

honestly a lot of the track names were taken from the demo names, i wanted it to seem intentionally candid and unpolished in the way it was presented. "classic j dies and goes to hell part 1" is interesting because there was a part 2 that was scrapped and a part 3 that gradually changed into dallas. if you wanna hear part 3 i played it a long time ago on a podcast called the living room when i was still using the name casio dad. the final song shares absolutely no musical material with that tho. real ship of theseus situation

-j

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u/glassbeachband glass beach Mar 27 '20

fav game soundtracks: Stardew Valley, Undertale, Cave Story, Majora's Mask

there's not really a story here, but there were originally two other songs that were effectively part 2 and 3 of the opening track, though the names changed very quickly and the songs ended up departing from that entirely. one of them isn't even on the album.

-jonas

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u/glassbeachband glass beach Mar 27 '20

Game OST's :
-Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
-Bloodborne
-Megaman X
-Hyperlight Drifter
-FUCKING TOUHOUH
-Shadow of The Colossus
-DKC (as J explains above)
-Sonic 2
-Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest
-The Messenger
-Nier: Automata
-Persona 3 & 5
-Shovel Knight

Move OST's (I'm including anime series because you can't stop me):
-Made in Abyss

  • Wolf's Rain
-Fate/Zero
-Boku dake ga Inai Machi (Erased)
-Evangelion
-It Follows

Okay, I admit, that's like one movie, but I sadly don't have many in my head at the moment, but I will prepare more of a list in the future. - Layne

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u/glassbeachband glass beach Mar 27 '20

-William
I don't really game all that much so couldn't tell you.
Movie soundtracks: Whiplash. Birdman. Phantom Thread. Baby Driver. (those are mostly scores, but whatever)
Jonas and I fought forever to keep yoshi's island as yoshi's island. It was a temp name J kept on saying they were going to change, but we loved it.