Castle Crashers Music Gets Creative Commons Love

In the gaming world, "free" is not one of those used that gets used a lot. There are a lot of reasons for this, Capitalism and the need to swim in pools of gold being the two biggest. But sufficed to say that consumers will almost always foot the bill for high production games and all they encompass.

So it came as a bit of a surprise to me to read that David Orr, the man behind the music for the recent Xbox Live Arcade hit Castle Crashers, has decided to release all of the game's music for free under a creative commons license. Though the Castle Crashers score might not quite be a John Williams, it was extremely impressive for an independent game and added a fantastic quality to the Crashers experience.

I won't babble about this forever, but its great to see a player (and a successful one at that) in the dollar centric, highly competitive gaming industry make a move toward openness and sharing. Interestingly enough, David is only a 19 year old student. Perhaps this is an omen of the mentality of future generations? Only time will tell.

Below are links to all of the game's tracks available for download at Newgrounds. This listing was originally posted on the official Xbox forums. Personally I'm a big fan of the opening theme (Four Brave Champions), Thieves Forest (Space Pirates), and Ice Castle (Second Thoughts).

Kudos to you David!

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Opening Title Screen:

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/90433

Arena Theme:

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/21749

Blacksmith and Shop Theme:

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/86480

Forest Entrance:

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/168734

Thieves Forest:

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/57239

Abandoned Mill Chase: