Series Resurrecta: Serendipity Original Soundtrack

by Peter Gagliardi

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1.	Into the Abyss 03:37	buy track
2.	Might of Adhara 03:42	buy track
3.	The Peacekeeper's View 05:17	buy track
4.	Hearts of Venom 04:25	buy track
5.	Wreckage of Serendipity 04:30	buy track
6.	Resurfacing Mystery 04:54	buy track
7.	Melancholy Revelation 03:13	buy track
8.	A Keeper Among the Ruins 04:26	buy track
9.	Losing Our Stars 03:49	buy track
10.	Something Out There 02:00	buy track
11.	Ruinous 04:33	buy track
12.	Starset 02:42	buy track
13.	Forging Through the Black 03:48	buy track
14.	Wandering Spirits 03:33	buy track
15.	Incipit Neo Terra 04:10	buy track

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Series Resurrecta: Serendipity is a user-made campaign for the space shooter Freespace 2 (originally released in 2000). It follows a group of pilots who, in the midst of peacekeeping, stumble across ancient secrets and get caught in someone else’s war – a war that is much bigger than humanity can handle. The overwhelming feeling of this campaign is one of melancholy: a hard-won peace suddenly shattered; the discovery of old secrets which paint an ever darker picture; witnessing destructive battles in an unwinnable war. Do we give in to demons of the past, or forge ahead despite them?

Stylistically, there are some elements in common with the Synesthetic Xenotype series, as this ultimately feeds into the same video game. However, this campaign needed to have music that matched its own atmosphere, and elements that highlighted some unique plot points that set it apart from the canon storylines of Freespace.

There are several pieces written for story-heavy discourse, which needed to convey moods beyond the usual space-battle fare (tracks 3, 5, 7, 8). There are also two possible endings to the campaign, which required their own music (tracks 14, 15). Of course, the usual culprits of Mainhall (track 1), Briefing (tracks 2, 10, 12) and Mission (tracks 4, 6, 9, 11, 13) are also present. In addition to some exotic musical elements for this campaign, the final track of this OST, “Incipit Neo Terra”, introduces some new elements that will hopefully continue in a future OST… Finally, “Forging Through the Black” is a “resurrected” piece of mine – one of the very first tracks I wrote back in 2006, but never released, reimagined for this campaign.

From ominous choirs, to firm orchestral presence, to ethereal vocals, to heavy-hitting drums, to soaring synths, to exotic colours, to folk guitar… This soundtrack is a hodgepodge of styles, and it has been a total blast to write it. It has been wonderful to work with the Series Resurrecta team so far; they have been extremely supportive of my work and full of encouragement. There’s nothing quite like the feeling of a team member telling you that they listened to your new track on repeat for an entire day.

Game-related links:
ModDB entry: www.moddb.com/mods/series-resurrecta
HLP subforum: www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?board=274.0

credits

released February 10, 2023

Cover art by Nyctaeus.

Thanks to the Series Resurrecta team:
Mobius (Primus Inter Pares)
Nyctaeus (Secundus Inter Pares)
Goober5000 (Magnus Rector)
AdmiralNelson (Magnus Rector)
Iain 'Nomad' Baker (Illustris Scriptor)
lordhood117 (Illustris Scriptor)
0rph3u5 (Auditor Strenuissiumus)
Knightmare (Auditor Strenuissiumus)
Colt (Auditor Strenuissiumus)

As always, thank you to Rachael for continued support of my music-making.

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Peter Gagliardi Calgary, Alberta

Peter Gagliardi has been composing electronic soundtrack music on the side since 2006, heavily influenced by space, science, sci-fi and video games.

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