Celeste may be a super-challenging game, but the music is pleasing and serene. A new Celeste music album goes further still, transforming the tunes into lovely piano adaptations.The Celeste Piano Collections is part of Materia Collective`s Piano Collections series, which sees performers adapt popular video game albums in piano fashion. For the Celeste album, Trevor Alan Gomes arranged and performed the new takes on Celeste`s music, which was originally written by Lena Raine. GameSpot is excited to be able to announce the album today and premiere a track, `Scattered And Lost,` which you can listen to in the video embed above.`Lena has a way of brilliantly hyper-saturating the music with rhythmic ideas, counterpoint, and even multiple lead lines, so taking those full-to-the-brim tracks and transforming them into equally complete piano solos was my greatest challenge to date,` Gomes said in a statement.`My favorite track on the album, `Confronting Myself,` was a puzzle to arrange for solo piano. I wanted to somehow capture the `glitched` sound, so I translated that sensation to time signature and harmonic changes. `Exhale` was also a joy to arrange for the super talented violinist Michaela Nachtigall, aka `Otama-Mama.` Having just one track with an additional instrument feels like the strawberry on top that completes the album and gives it a lovely roundness.`Materia Collective is also launching the Celeste Piano Collections on vinyl, and the artwork is stunning. Click through the images in the gallery above to get a closer look.Jett Galindo (Sony/The Bakery) did the mastering, while Rozen handled the layout and design. The illustrations were created by David Rene Christensen. There are 13 tracks in all, and you can see a listing of them below.The Celeste Piano Collections album arrives on January 25. You can buy/stream it at all the places you`d expect, including Spotify, iTunes, and Bandcamp. On Bandcamp, you can choose from MP3, FLACC, and other high-quality for ...
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