Sea Dogs Original Game Soundtrack [FLAC & MP3]

Available at KeepMoving Records (http://www.keepmovingrecords.com/eng/disc/22/)
If you like it, buy it. They need your support.

Composer: Yury Poteyenko

Download – FLAC (http://files.mail.ru/D0A47101D95B4EB3AD165D147526FE55)
Download – FLAC (MEGA) (https://mega.co.nz/#!LQtGhaQJ!Zs2i1RVwB7HpnodHB9EWoAY5QrQi8rlq2o3kjXy cu_U)
Download – MP3 V0 (http://files.mail.ru/F7C457A7A8B84A7484DDC83D58F24207)
Download – MP3 V0 (MEGA) (https://mega.co.nz/#!LRt2HY7J!ODkteCIVR7PfcUCvS2b4sjbDdahf91TetYfnwx0 uu3U)

Limited Edition of 1500 copies. Personal Rip.

For the following quote, I edited out the section when he mentions/reviews Age of Pirates . Go read them / download the score (recently re-uploaded by tangotreats) here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/518.html#post2422280).

This score may be the best kept secret in orchestral game scoring. Like Outcast, it is a mature, symphonic work that feel more like concert hall work than a game score. Performed by the Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra, ladies and gentlemen, here is…

Composed and Orchestrated by
YURY POTEYENKO

Sea Dogs – An Epic Adventure At Sea (2000)
Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Alexander Yedernikov
Chamber Choir of Moscow Conversatory
conducted by Boris Tevlin

Whew, where to begin with this? Yury Poteyenko has written an absolute corker here – about as far away from the current Hollywood pirate music as you can possibly get, and yet also not at all like the more traditional Korngold swashbucklers. The music is more sea-faring; grand, and highly melodic. The action cues aren’t about high-speed orchestral acrobatics; they’re precise and stately.

It begins with a magnificent main theme first hinted by clarinet and strings but first stated outright by a glorious choir. The centrepiece is a masterful six minute action cue – "Battle Theme – Dies Irae" which wouldn’t seem out of place if you programmed it in a concert next to Verdi’s Requiem. Superlative choral writing compliment this brassy piece, full of tension and power. There are some "country themes" – which are a thousand times better than the titles would suggest; fully fleshed out pieces evoking traditional melodies of their respective nations. And "Sunrise" is just glorious – a glorious, impressionistic piece which evokes Scriabin, Ravel, and Debussy, all at once.

A ridiculously good score – certainly conceived as concert music first and game scores second. This is music that just screams out "quality" – no shortcuts, no cheap tricks, no lowest-common-denominator Hollywood concessions to modernity. Only imaginative, exceptionally well written music – superbly orchestrated and beautifully performed.

Sea Dogs features slightly muddy sound quality but the performance is excellent.

Enjoy! 🙂