Symphonic in scope, “Samorost 3 Main Theme” smoothly segues between different moods and styles over the course of its eight minutes, with dramatic percussion-and-strings episodes alternating with others featuring his favourite instrument, the clarinet, at the forefront. Interestingly, the set's longest piece, as well as one its most ambitious, comes first, almost as if Dvorák wished to make a strong as possible an argument for the project at its beginning. The story for the game naturally involves multiple characters and apparently seven different planets, but anyone coming to the music sans supplemental material won't suffer dramatically from its absence: Samorost 3 holds up perfectly well as a pure listening experience.
And though Dvorák is responsible for most of what's presented, he's also assisted by a small number of guests, among them Tomáš Jamník (cello, viola da gamba, ehru). At twenty-three tracks and seventy-eight minutes, it is long and a lot to digest, but the superior quality of the material generally keeps one engaged throughout (on that point, one is tempted to accept his claim that he spent at least two-and-a-half years on the project). Regardless of the circumstances of its creation, it's a remarkably sophisticated collection of music that encompasses a plethora of styles and speaks very highly in favour of Dvorák's talents as a composer, arranger, and instrumentalist. If you're inclined to position games-related music projects at a lower level than unadulterated artist products, Samorost 3 might end up changing your mind. As the title of this latest release indicates, the material he produced for the third installment in the point-and-click game Samorost was designed as the follow-up to soundtracks he created for the Samorost 2 (2006) and Machinarium (2009) games. On the one hand, the Prague-based producer issues pure artist album and EP statements (2011's Zorya, 2013's Gone) on labels such as Minority Records, Quazi Delict, and Denovali Records on the other, the clarinetist, composer, and multimedia artist creates soundtracks for games by Amanita Design.
Electronic artist Tomáš Dvorák (aka Floex) has multiple irons in the fire.
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