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It was that we became more obsessed with. But after a while, we went more towards that VHS era - that VHS era of films. Originally we'd started more with chiptunes, messing around with Genesis and Super Nintendo sounds, more 16-bit stuff.

Has your style and production evolved over time? How do you make sure you stay true to the spirit of not only the iconography of video games, but of that particular era? And then that response pushed us to keep going. It was more something fun, making the kind of music we wanted to listen to that wasn't really out there. After a while we started to get a good response on the internet, and we took it from there.

We released tracks on MySpace - in a way it was a little bit jokey, tongue-in-cheek. We started four, five years ago, just casually. Recording equipment primed, and with the technical issues of the first few minutes abolished It's great stuff, so it's not surprising then that the soundtrack was offered as a pre-order incentive, and has been released separately the same day as the game hits PSN, Xbox Live and Steam. One of the key elements is the soundtrack - a synth-heavy selection of tracks that emulates the iconic work heard in the likes of Terminator, The Thing, Escape from New York. At the time of our talk, it's just over twenty-four hours before the stand-alone expansion's release, and some two weeks since they put the finishing touches to their work on the project.įar Cry 3: Blood Dragon channels 80s and 90s action cinema in a sci-fi adventure that emulates the look, feel and sound of that era. The two man outfit - two brothers - are checking in from separate locations, their day jobs requiring them to field the call, an interview on their work and how they got involved with Blood Dragon, away from the studio that was their home for the past year as they crafted the score for the Far Cry 3 expansion pack.

On the other end of the phone and on the other side of the world, Power Glove are sitting down to the first sip of their morning coffee. I'm half-slumped over the desk, downing the last dregs of my fifth builder's brew of tea of the day. The clock's just started caressing half past the hour when the Skype call comes in.