Featured tracks on Crystal Compass Radio: May 1st 2015

The second instalment of Crystal Compass Radio within the re-launched Crystal Compass Podcast (previously titled "The Crystal Habit") drops today. The dedicated musical section featuring musical breaks with both classic and more recent Crystal Dynamics Tomb Raider tracks is hosted by Senior Community Manager, Meagan Marie:

"And now for Crystal Compass Radio, prior to our Crystal Classic feature. This episode we'll be listening to the masterfully crafted 'Venice Violins' by Nathan McCree and the haunting main theme to the Angel of Darkness by Peter Connelly. Have a request for what track you'd like to hear next month? Send your thoughts to community@crystald.com. Enjoy!" - MM

As quoted, this episode's tracks include "Venice" from Tomb Raider II, composed by Nathan McCree, as well as "Angel of Darkness", serving as Peter Connelly's titular theme from the 2003 entry to the Tomb Raider video game series performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. Both tracks also appear in MoTR's community and commercial discographies. Throughout the podcast also keep your ears alert for the suspected Rise of the Tomb Raider cues used as interludes during the show!

The Crystal Compass Podcast can be listened to and subscribed to via iTunes. MoTR will continue to cover the Crystal Compass Radio segments which serve as official acknowledgement of Crystal Dynamics' back-catalogue of musical assets (acquired when the series was transferred from original Tomb Raider developer Core Design) that are yet to be commercialised. Stay tuned for more tracks next time.

New Rise of the Tomb Raider music featured in "Crystal Compass Radio" debut (new monthly in-show musical breaks)

Crystal Dynamics, the Redwood City studio behind the upcoming tenth franchise pillar instalment Rise of the Tomb Raider, today re-launches their Crystal Compass Podcast (previously titled "The Crystal Habit"). Not only does the podcast borrow brand new Rise of the Tomb Raider cues for use as musical interludes, but the monthly show now also boasts a dedicated musical section titled Crystal Compass Radio featuring "musical breaks with classic Crystal Dynamics tracks", hosted by Meagan Marie:

"We're excited to be back and bring in new features... something different... enjoy a little musical interlude with Crystal Compass Radio: We're going to take a quick break before the final segment of our podcast[s] and let you listen to two tracks, one classic and one current, from our titles. This episode we're going to listen to the main theme from Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, composed by Peter Connelly, followed by the "Lara Croft Overture" composed by Wilbert Roget for Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris. These two pieces have been specially chosen to lead into our Classic Crystal feature which takes a retrospective look at Tomb Raider and the allure of Ancient Egypt." - Meagan Marie, Senior Community Manager

Tomb Raider (2013) composer Jason Graves has yet to be officially attached to the AAA title Rise but is likely to return having crafted a fresh musical framework for the reboot of the series. It can be safely assumed the podcast interlude tracks have been composed for the the game - Crystal did the same for Tomb Raider pre-release. The Crystal Compass Podcast can be listened to and subscribed to at iTunes. MoTR will be covering the monthly Crystal Compass Radio features with great interest as this is the first time Crystal Dynamics have officially acknowledged their back catalogue of musical assets (acquired when the series was transferred from original Tomb Raider developer Core Design). Take a listen to the new Rise of the Tomb Raider music - suspected to the work of Graves - after the jump below: