Full live orchestra for a mobile puzzle game. Salla Hakkola scored Rovio's Nibblers like it was a Pixar short, and it actually won best game music at the Finnish Game Music Awards. Rising from the Sea opens with these bright brass hits that feel way too cinematic for matching fruit, then Rolling Ripplets settles into this playful string bounce that just loops in your head.
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Groovy Galapagos goes full tropical funk with woodwinds doing the heavy lifting. The whole thing is only 15 minutes but every track sounds expensive. If you ever wanted proof that puzzle games can have genuinely great scores, this is the one to throw on.