Available exclusively for the Nintendo Wii console, over 45 minutes of original music was composed for the moody, side-scrolling NightSky (formerly Night Game). Created by Swedish designer Nifflas, NightSky was nominated for the 2009 Independent Game Festival’s Seumas McNally Grand Prize as well as Excellence in Design.
NightSky’s setting and minimalist art design required a unique approach to composition. The score features live musicians instead of long, looped keyboard/drum machine sections. Nifflas and I created a simple engine that allowed for the 40 different pieces of music to be randomly interspersed with silence. The result is an experience set apart from the video game canon past and present.
Written, Arranged, Recorded and Produced by
Chris Schlarb
Performed by
Chris Schlarb- 6- and 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, marimba, electronics, piano, electric bass, keyboard, percussion
Nick Hennies- bowed cymbals, drum set
Danny Levin- euphonium, valve trombone
Andrew Pompey- drum set, marimba, acoustic mandolin
Anthony Shadduck- upright bass










