Outcast (W32)

Outcast

Platform:	Windows
Year:	1999
Developer:	Appeal

Outcast is an action-adventure game developed by Appeal and released by Infogrames for Windows in 1999. The game was critically acclaimed and was named the "Adventure Game of the Year" by GameSpot in 1999.

The player controls the protagonist Cutter Slade around the alien world of Adelpha in a third-person or first-person view. A large part of the game focuses on conversing with the friendly aliens known as the Talan in order to learn the story and history of Adelpha, and to progress in Cutter's mission to find the probe. While this can all be skipped, they treat the player differently depending on how the player treats them, through a reputation system. If the player performs many tasks to help the Talan, their reputation with them improves and the Talan become more eager to help. If the player does things that harm the Talan, they will become more and more angry with the player and aggressively dismiss them. There are multiple variations of dialogues which are selected either randomly or based on the player's reputation.

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Music

This is Lennie Moore's very first video game score and one of the first game soundtracks to include a live symphony orchestra and choir. Lennie said that he is very proud that it's considered a landmark score and that, to this day, it has influenced so many people around the world.

It is also noteworthy that the music was performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra.

Recording

The recordings were made using UltraISO, Audacity and foobar2000.

#	Title	Composer	Length	Download
01	Prelude	Lennie Moore	0:14	Download
02	Daokas	Lennie Moore	3:08	Download
03	Soldier's Camp	Lennie Moore	6:50	Download
04	Heaven on Adelpha	Lennie Moore	5:03	Download
05	World of Marshes	Lennie Moore	3:43	Download
06	Fatally Wounded	Lennie Moore	0:12	Download
07	Main Theme	Lennie Moore	2:11	Download
08	The Ancient Forest World	Lennie Moore	7:12	Download
09	Watch Out!	Lennie Moore	3:03	Download
10	Let's Fight!	Lennie Moore	4:17	Download
11	World of Snow	Lennie Moore	7:41	Download
12	World of Temples	Lennie Moore	6:58	Download
13	Main Theme (Reprise)	Lennie Moore	1:04	Download
14	Oriental Spirit	Lennie Moore	7:05	Download
15	World of Mountains	Lennie Moore	6:23	Download
16	Orchestra Rehearsal	Lennie Moore	0:22	Download
17	Ulukai Dance	Lennie Moore, Franck Sauer	2:07	Download

Credits

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Recorder: IgoreshaZhu
Soundtrack Credits:
- All tracks composed and orchestrated by: Lennie Moore
- "Ulukai Dance" composed by: Lennie Moore & Franck Sauer
- Performed by: Moscow Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
- Orchestra Conducted by: William Stromberg
- Additional Music Preparation: Mark Frisbie, Sean Hickey
- Guest Performers:
  - Chris Bleth - Armenian Doudouk
  - Chris Garcia - Tabla, Indian Percussion
  - Marcel Adjibi - African Percussion
- Sound Producer: Edward Shachnazarian
- Sound Engineer: Vitaly Ivanov
- Production: Lennie Moore, Ellen Levine, Marina Levine, Franck Sauer
- Recorded at: Mosfilm Studios, Moscow