Story time! [previewyoutube=-EJ50aDQ7n0;full][/previewyoutube] Ive always been a huge fan of credits/outro themes, be it for games or animes. Especially if the lyrics connected to the game. Back in 2017 when I released the first English demo of Numina I knew I wanted something similar for the game so I found a (at least back then) CC Commons song called Rain Begins to Fall by Silence is Sexy which I really liked. The lyrics talk about dealing with a darker time in life, trauma or pain (the rain) and that its not always sunshine and thats okay. Therell always be a time when the rain comes - or begins to fall. I thought it really encapsulated Shawns story arc in that demo about dealing with loss. I even changed the in-game ending a bit to include rainfall just before the final scene to tie in the theme, which is a bit cringey if I think about it now, ahaha [previewyoutube=p9sif1lfGys;full][/previewyoutube] Fast-forward to 2022. During the lockdown Ive picked up music making as a hobby and it was a real joy discovering this new creative outlet. Up to that point Thomas J. Peters had done most of Numinas soundtrack (and what an amazing job he has done!) For the credits of Numina Part I we decided on re-using the Part I trailer theme during the credits. But I knew that I wanted something more impactful for the final credits of Part I and so the song Echoes was born. It was a huge undertaking and finishing the song took me over a year, from the composing stage to actually writing lyrics and then collaborating with a very talented singer. Sometimes I find it hard to believe that I actually did all of it, but Im very proud of the song and that its something special. Echoes is a break-up song, but as Numina deals with your relationship as a player with the game itself, I found it fitting to be a song about saying goodbye - to the game. To Shawn as his Guardian Spirit and the world of Alterna. It made a lot of sense as a credits theme but I also wanted it to be epic so that I could use it as a trailer theme. I think it gave the trailers for Part II a real edge You can get the song as part of the NuminaECHOESOST release. A bundle of 19 tracks that I worked on for both Part I & II => https://store.steampowered.com/app/2264250/NuminaECHOESSoundtrack/ Numina Part II is almost here, and I cant wait for all of you to play it and read your reactions! Thank u!