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1. #TEX MURPHY UNDER A KILLING MOON SOUNDTRACK UPDATE#
2. #TEX MURPHY UNDER A KILLING MOON SOUNDTRACK UPGRADE#
3. #TEX MURPHY UNDER A KILLING MOON SOUNDTRACK FULL#
4. #TEX MURPHY UNDER A KILLING MOON SOUNDTRACK SERIES#

One aspect I cannot wait to experience though, is the SOUND enhancements. With Mat, Doug Vandegrift and Brian Johnson back on the case to freshen up the sets and environments it will be like buffing Pandora Directive to a deep, dazzling shine. The extraordinary clarity on actors’ faces increases the emotional impact their performances will have on players, you might wanna have some tissues handy for certain scenes. Recently, we reframed a couple of the close-up samples to what they were originally intended, along with the correct perspective and depth of focus, and we achieved what will be a fuller cinematic experience for the player. Based on these results, together, we hope to meticulously match edit every FMV shot in the game, correct angle perspectives and add the correct focal depth of field.

Mat Van Rhoon understands camera lenses and their individual qualities and he has been experimenting with corrected perspective and refinement of the photographic depth of field in the test shots.

#TEX MURPHY UNDER A KILLING MOON SOUNDTRACK UPGRADE#

I’ve been following the video upgrade process and I gotta tell you, the quality is outstanding and the composite tests I’ve seen are superior to what we could have achieved back in the mid 90s. I’m excited to for the opportunity to make this Anniversary release… The Director’s Cut. Once we reach the editing stage, Chris has given me permission to dig back into the original footage with the goal of re-editing scenes to make them sharper, more dramatic, more emotional and have greater impact, something I could not do at the time due to our launch deadline. With all that juicy news out of the way, let’s hand over to Adrian Carr to talk more about his upcoming involvement in the project… A word from Adrian Carr

Here is an example of the remastered environmental music from The Pandora Directive… We were even lucky enough to find some orchestrated versions of the original MIDI music in our archives and are working hard to provide players with a soundtrack experience that presents the music at the highest fidelity, while maintaining the musical soul of the Tex Murphy universe. The end result is far more dynamic environmental music. Thankfully, we no longer have this limitation! We have been dedicating some time to loading up the original studio MIDI files and remastering them using modern sample libraries with a little bit of live embellishment. Sometimes it could sound great (if you were lucky enough to have a Roland Sound Canvas, or an MT-32), or terrible if you used a more basic AdLib compatible or entry-level Sound Blaster. This resulted in inconsistent delivery of the in-game music soundtrack.

Unfortunately, the quality of MIDI music was entirely dependent on the sound card and instrument set (commonly known as sound fonts) on the player’s machine.

#TEX MURPHY UNDER A KILLING MOON SOUNDTRACK SERIES#

So, to save on space, many game soundtracks were presented with MIDI, which was a series of digital commands designed to “perform” the music on the user’s soundcard. Remember, this was before MP3 and other efficient compression formats were released or widespread. Back when The Pandora Directive was released, most games utilized MIDI due to it’s much smaller data footprint.

#TEX MURPHY UNDER A KILLING MOON SOUNDTRACK FULL#

The Tex Murphy series used a combination of orchestral/pre-composed soundtrack (for the full motion video sequences since Under a Killing Moon) and MIDI for the environmental music. But in 4K, wow! Let’s talk about the musicĪsk anybody who has played The Pandora Directive, or ask any Tex Murphy fan, and they’ll tell you one of the most quintessential components of the Tex Murphy experience is the music. Over time, the system begins to learn Kevin McCarthy’s features for excellent reproduction. But enough about the bourbon… From navigating pixels to navigating a real jungle. Here are some examples of the fantastic work our AI friend has been doing upscaling the content from interlaced SD to full 4K 60fps… The clarity, the color, the smoothness, just delightful. It’s likely the machine will be burning through these conversions for another three weeks. As the last tape made its way through processing, our machine was able to breathe a brief sigh of relief before being put back to work on the “B” tapes. Throughout the process, the more content that was analyzed, the more it began recognize our beloved PI and his companions, continuously tweaking and refining the image output. Our AI machine spent the last five weeks burning non-stop through the 43 “A” tapes from the production.

#TEX MURPHY UNDER A KILLING MOON SOUNDTRACK UPDATE#

A new update on the progress of upscaling the source video tapes, the music remastering, and news from Adrian Carr.