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2024-12-04T22:23:28Z

Matharvest: moved The Entertainment up and added the Sound Cues soundtrack (which is still available as of this update)

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The '''music''' of {{KRZ}} consists of an ambient soundtrack composed by [[Ben Babbitt]] with bluegrass tracks performed by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]. Each of the game's acts saw a corresponding album release on Ben's [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp], along with the remastered full-game soundtrack, a one-song ''[[The Entertainment]]'' soundtrack, and album by [[Junebug]].

Inspirations for the score include [https://hedia.bandcamp.com/ Hedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneohtrix_Point_Never Oneohtrix Point Never], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe Bill Monroe], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Scott Raymond Scott], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Messiaen Olivier Messiaen], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_(musician) GAS].

Players who have purchased the game are able to access the soundtrack audio files for Acts I–V in the game's installation folder.

Physical copies of a vinyl version of the soundtrack and the Junebug LP were previously available to be pre-ordered at the [https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/krz iam8bit website].

== Original Soundtrack ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Original Soundtrack
| albumart = KRZ OST album art.jpg
| title1 = Stars Drop Away
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts In the Static
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got To Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Julian
| length5 = 4:52
| title6 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note6 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Nameless Interiors
| length7 = 2:04
| title8 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = Xanadu
| length9 = 2:44
| title10 = Weird Vector
| length10 = 3:07
| title11 = Too Late To Love You
| note11 = by [[Junebug]]
| length11 = 5:57
| title12 = What Would You Give
| note12 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length12 = 3:27
| title13 = Hold Music
| length13 = 4:24
| title14 = Dark Rum Noir
| length14 = 1:57
| title15 = My Light Heaven
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Riverworld
| length16 = 4:19
| title17 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length17 = 4:24
| title18 = Angel Wings
| length18 = 5:52
| title19 = This World Is Not My Home
| note19 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length19 = 3:27
| title20 = Un Pueblo De Nada
| length20 = 2:59
| title21 = To Love A Red Moon
| length21 = 3:20
| title22 = The Arrival
| length22 = 1:36
| title23 = The Library
| length23 = 2:15
| title24 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length24 = 4:01
| title25 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length25 = 3:09
| title26 = The Clearing
| length26 = 3:18
}}

{{clear}}

Released January 28, 2020. Contains 26 of the 33 songs released for the game, lightly re-ordered for the vinyl format. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-12; Side C: 13-19; Side D: 20-26. Music by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by [[Theo Karon]] at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Dark Rum Noir" and "My Light Heaven" are performed in-game by [[Cyrano Cole]] but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-original-soundtrack here].

== Memory Overflow ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Memory Overflow
| albumart = KRZ Memory Overflow album art.jpg
| title1 = The Flood
| length1 = 1:10
| title2 = Last Look
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = April 2017
| length3 = 2:10
| title4 = (270) 301-5797
| length4 = 0:42
| title5 = 65 at Night
| length5 = 2:15
| title6 = Public Transportation
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = For LME
| length7 = 3:25
| title8 = Lunar Landing
| length8 = 2:15
| title9 = CA Video Music
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = Mireya's Show
| length10 = 0:56
| title11 = Top Shelf Drone Tape
| length11 = 3:27
| title12 = Organ Music
| length12 = 2:47
| title13 = Hangar Guitar
| length13 = 1:41
| title14 = Quiet Funeral
| length14 = 1:17
| title15 = Xanadu Minimix I
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Xanadu Minimix II
| length16 = 3:55
| title17 = Weather Report
| length17 = 2:27
| title18 = Hotmk 2013
| length18 = 2:27
| title19 = Radio 92.2
| length19 = 2:46
| title20 = Night Out
| length20 = 3:36
| title21 = Long Journey demo
| length21 = 3:54
| title22 = UPDN outtake
| length22 = 2:17
| title23 = Radio Cluster
| length23 = 3:11
| title24 = Underworld Drift
| length24 = 6:09
| title25 = Mound Builders
| length25 = 10:57
| title26 = Rolling Credits
| length26 = 2:24
}}

{{clear}}

Released April 2, 2021. Music by Ben Babbitt, spanning work from 2011 to 2020. Comprises music from the game's interludes, radio music, videos, cutouts, extended drifting mixes, and others. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Weather Report" is performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but is not credited as such on this release.

Four songs were originally released with different titles: "65 at Night" was "FM Picker"; "Public Transportation" was "Mels"; "Hotmk 2013" was "Hotmk outtake"; and "Radio 92.2" was "FM Dance". These titles were changed within hours of release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-memory-overflow here].

== Act I ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act I
| albumart = Act I soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = The Stars Drop Away (Equus Oils)
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts in the Static (Márquez Farm)
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got to Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Animal Bones (Exit)
| length4 = 2:29
}}

Released January 27, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by [[Jake Elliott]]. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen. The subtitles for each song were removed for the remaster.

"You've Got to Walk" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-i here].

== Act II ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act II
| albumart = Act II soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Nameless Interiors
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length2 = 4:24
| title3 = The Zero
| length3 = 3:33
| title4 = Work and Need
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length5 = 3:17
| title6 = Julian
| length6 = 4:54
| title7 = Long Journey Home
| length7 = 1:58
| note7 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
}}

Released June 14, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces" was recorded by Ben Babbitt and Andy Spillman at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Highland Park, IL. "Long Journey Home" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on double bass. The original release of the song featured a four-count and a brief snippet of studio room tone, and is 2:02 in length. These are edited out for the remastered version, which has a length of 1:58. The "Solo" version of the song originally came with roughly 23 seconds of silence at the end of the track, giving it a length of 3:40; this was trimmed out for the 2020 remaster.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-ii here].

== ''The Entertainment'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = The Entertainment Soundtrack
| albumart = The Entertainment soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Letter Full of Promises
| length1 = 3:28
| note1 = feat. [[wikipedia:Juanita Rogers|Juanita Rogers]]
}}

Released November 26, 2013. A remaster was released on January 28, 2020.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/the-entertainment-soundtrack here].

{{Tracklist
| title = The Entertainment Sound Cues
| albumart = EntertainmentHead.png
| title1 = Distant Highway
| length1 = 1:02
| title2 = Drone 1
| length2 = 0:32
| title3 = Glasses Clinking
| length3 = 0:01
| title4 = Car Passing By
| length4 = 0:09
| title5 = Distant Highway
| length5 = 1:02
| title6 = Nature Program
| length6 = 1:42
| title7 = Drone 2
| length7 = 0:32
| title8 = Door Opening
| length8 = 0:01
| title9 = Door Closing
| length9 = 0:01
| title10 = Car Passing By
| length10 = 0:09
| title11 = Distant Highway
| length11 = 1:02
| title12 = Drone 3
| length12 = 0:32
| title1 = Distant Highway
| length1 = 1:02
| title14 = Jukebox Love Song
| length14 = 3:28
| note14 = feat. [[wikipedia:Juanita Rogers|Juanita Rogers]]
| title15 = Disconcerting Hum
| length15 = 0:22
}}

Released May 12, 2017 as part of [https://kentuckyroutezero.com/the-entertainment/vr.txt the updated VR version instructions] for ''The Entertainment'', which ask the player to instead print out the script, download the sound cues, and stage their own version of the play. This is the only soundtrack not released in lossless format, likely as it is almost entirely a library of sound effects. "Letter Full of Promises" is listed here as "Jukebox Love Song".

Download and listen to this soundtrack [http://kentuckyroutezero.com/the-entertainment/sound-cues.zip here].

== Act III ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act III
| albumart = Act III soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Xanadu
| length1 = 2:44
| title2 = Weird Vector
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Too Late to Love You
| length4 = 5:57
| note4 = by [[Junebug]]
| title5 = What Would You Give
| length5 = 3:27
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
}}

Released May 6, 2014. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Too Late To Love You" features lyrics by Jake Elliott. The original release of ''Act III'' included the in-game vocal take and a short ambient section after the first chorus (the same found in-game when taking time to decide on a lyrical option), and is 6:14 in length. The newer master by Theo Karon features a different vocal take and is the same version found on Junebug's album ''[[Music#Too Late to Love You|Too Late to Love You]]'', with a length of 5:57. This release does not credit the song to Junebug, unlike the ''Original Soundtrack''.

"What Would You Give" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iii here].

== Act IV ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act IV
| albumart = Krz-act4-full.jpg
| title1 = Dark Rum Noir
| length1 = 1:57
| title2 = My Light Heaven
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = Glowing Arms
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = Riverworld
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = Angel Wings
| length5 = 5:52
| title6 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = This World Is Not My Home
| length7 = 3:27
| note7 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| title8 = Music for Rivers
| length8 = 3:05
}}

Released August 5, 2016. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven", "Glowing Arms", and "This World Is Not My Home" mixed by Theo Karon. Album artwork by [[Tamas Kemenczy]]. "Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven" and "Glowing Arms" are performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iv here].

== Act V ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act V
| albumart = Act V poster.png
| title1 = The Arrival
| length1 = 1:40
| title2 = The Library
| length2 = 2:15
| title3 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = The Clearing
| length5 = 3:18
}}

Released January 28, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA.

"I'm Going That Way" performed by Emily Cross, with Ben Babbitt, Nikole Beckwith, Alex Rose, Walt McClements, Alina Cutrono, Anna Ialeggio, Theo Karon, and Thomas Carroll appearing under the name The Town Choir.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-v here].

== ''Too Late to Love You'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Too Late to Love You
| albumart = Junebug - Too Late to Love You.jpg
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 1:11
| title2 = Static Between Stations
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Poison Dream
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = Lighter Than It Feels
| length4 = 3:12
| title5 = Too Late To Love You
| length5 = 5:55
| title6 = Interlude
| length6 = 1:37
| title7 = Out Here
| length7 = 4:37
| title8 = Deeply In Mind
| length8 = 4:35
| title9 = Sky Remains
| length9 = 3:17
| title10 = Next Time
| length10 = 3:20
| title11 = Night Surrounds Us
| length11 = 5:02
}}

Released October 2, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt in 2014–15 at the Coach House in Chicago, IL and Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. Artwork and design by Camilo Medina. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-11.

The single "Static Between Stations" was released August 23, 2016 and was previously available to listen to [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 here] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180912210619/https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 archived copy]). A music video for this song is viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHR0A8YYnig here]. The music video was directed by Rebecca Rau and Alex Tyson, and stars Mireya Lucio, Theo Karon, and Ben Babbitt; makeup is by Alina Cutrono with costumes by Anna Leocha and Alina Cutrono, with special thanks to Tim Horner.

A short teaser video, using the song "Interlude", was made available on the WEVP-TV website and can be watched [http://wevp.tv/vdb/junebug-fog.mp4 here].

"Too Late to Love You" appears in-game in ''[[Act III]]'' as an interactive scene in [[The Lower Depths]]. Players are able to choose one of three options, for each of the three verses, for Junebug to sing; one "definitive" lyric is presented on this album. "Sky Remains" and "Deeply in Mind" appear in-game in ''[[Act IV]]'', playing as background music inside of the gas station. "Deeply in Mind" can also be heard in the Act IV Observational Trailer, viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bFCNFqf_-0 here].

Listen to this album [https://junebug.bandcamp.com/album/too-late-to-love-you here].

== Other tracks ==

A recording of "This World Is Not My Home" performed by The Bedquilt Ramblers was released in the August 2011 [[newsletter]] and is available to listen to [[:File:This World is Not My Home by The Bedquilt Ramblers.mp3|here]]. This song was eventually re-recorded in a more somber tone for [[Act IV]] of the game. The game's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pvkCYNhf7M Kickstarter trailer] features a version of this song sung by [[wikipedia:Bill Monroe|Bill Monroe]].

An electronic version of "This World Is Not My Home" by Ben Babbitt is available on SoundCloud [[:File:This World is Not My Home (Electronic) by Ben Babbitt.mp3|here]].

A version of "What Would You Give" by the Bedquilt Ramblers, with an extended intro and outro, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul) by the Bedquilt Ramblers.ogv|here]].

An ambient version of "What Would You Give", created by Ben Babbitt during the development of Act I, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (Ambient) by Ben Babbitt.ogv|here]].

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Music

2024-06-03T14:32:11Z

Matharvest: /* Act III */

{{Resources|skinny}}
{{Materials}}
The '''music''' of {{KRZ}} consists of an ambient soundtrack composed by [[Ben Babbitt]] with bluegrass tracks performed by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]. Each of the game's acts saw a corresponding album release on Ben's [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp], along with the remastered full-game soundtrack, a one-song ''[[The Entertainment]]'' soundtrack, and album by [[Junebug]].

Inspirations for the score include [https://hedia.bandcamp.com/ Hedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneohtrix_Point_Never Oneohtrix Point Never], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe Bill Monroe], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Scott Raymond Scott], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Messiaen Olivier Messiaen], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_(musician) GAS].

Players who have purchased the game are able to access the soundtrack audio files for Acts I–V in the game's installation folder.

Physical copies of a vinyl version of the soundtrack and the Junebug LP were previously available to be pre-ordered at the [https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/krz iam8bit website].

== Original Soundtrack ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Original Soundtrack
| albumart = KRZ OST album art.jpg
| title1 = Stars Drop Away
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts In the Static
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got To Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Julian
| length5 = 4:52
| title6 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note6 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Nameless Interiors
| length7 = 2:04
| title8 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = Xanadu
| length9 = 2:44
| title10 = Weird Vector
| length10 = 3:07
| title11 = Too Late To Love You
| note11 = by [[Junebug]]
| length11 = 5:57
| title12 = What Would You Give
| note12 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length12 = 3:27
| title13 = Hold Music
| length13 = 4:24
| title14 = Dark Rum Noir
| length14 = 1:57
| title15 = My Light Heaven
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Riverworld
| length16 = 4:19
| title17 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length17 = 4:24
| title18 = Angel Wings
| length18 = 5:52
| title19 = This World Is Not My Home
| note19 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length19 = 3:27
| title20 = Un Pueblo De Nada
| length20 = 2:59
| title21 = To Love A Red Moon
| length21 = 3:20
| title22 = The Arrival
| length22 = 1:36
| title23 = The Library
| length23 = 2:15
| title24 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length24 = 4:01
| title25 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length25 = 3:09
| title26 = The Clearing
| length26 = 3:18
}}

{{clear}}

Released January 28, 2020. Contains 26 of the 33 songs released for the game, lightly re-ordered for the vinyl format. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-12; Side C: 13-19; Side D: 20-26. Music by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by [[Theo Karon]] at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Dark Rum Noir" and "My Light Heaven" are performed in-game by [[Cyrano Cole]] but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-original-soundtrack here].

== Memory Overflow ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Memory Overflow
| albumart = KRZ Memory Overflow album art.jpg
| title1 = The Flood
| length1 = 1:10
| title2 = Last Look
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = April 2017
| length3 = 2:10
| title4 = (270) 301-5797
| length4 = 0:42
| title5 = 65 at Night
| length5 = 2:15
| title6 = Public Transportation
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = For LME
| length7 = 3:25
| title8 = Lunar Landing
| length8 = 2:15
| title9 = CA Video Music
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = Mireya's Show
| length10 = 0:56
| title11 = Top Shelf Drone Tape
| length11 = 3:27
| title12 = Organ Music
| length12 = 2:47
| title13 = Hangar Guitar
| length13 = 1:41
| title14 = Quiet Funeral
| length14 = 1:17
| title15 = Xanadu Minimix I
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Xanadu Minimix II
| length16 = 3:55
| title17 = Weather Report
| length17 = 2:27
| title18 = Hotmk 2013
| length18 = 2:27
| title19 = Radio 92.2
| length19 = 2:46
| title20 = Night Out
| length20 = 3:36
| title21 = Long Journey demo
| length21 = 3:54
| title22 = UPDN outtake
| length22 = 2:17
| title23 = Radio Cluster
| length23 = 3:11
| title24 = Underworld Drift
| length24 = 6:09
| title25 = Mound Builders
| length25 = 10:57
| title26 = Rolling Credits
| length26 = 2:24
}}

{{clear}}

Released April 2, 2021. Music by Ben Babbitt, spanning work from 2011 to 2020. Comprises music from the game's interludes, radio music, videos, cutouts, extended drifting mixes, and others. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Weather Report" is performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but is not credited as such on this release.

Four songs were originally released with different titles: "65 at Night" was "FM Picker"; "Public Transportation" was "Mels"; "Hotmk 2013" was "Hotmk outtake"; and "Radio 92.2" was "FM Dance". These titles were changed within hours of release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-memory-overflow here].

== Act I ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act I
| albumart = Act I soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = The Stars Drop Away (Equus Oils)
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts in the Static (Márquez Farm)
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got to Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Animal Bones (Exit)
| length4 = 2:29
}}

Released January 27, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by [[Jake Elliott]]. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen. The subtitles for each song were removed for the remaster.

"You've Got to Walk" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-i here].

== Act II ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act II
| albumart = Act II soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Nameless Interiors
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length2 = 4:24
| title3 = The Zero
| length3 = 3:33
| title4 = Work and Need
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length5 = 3:17
| title6 = Julian
| length6 = 4:54
| title7 = Long Journey Home
| length7 = 1:58
| note7 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
}}

Released June 14, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces" was recorded by Ben Babbitt and Andy Spillman at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Highland Park, IL. "Long Journey Home" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on double bass. The original release of the song featured a four-count and a brief snippet of studio room tone, and is 2:02 in length. These are edited out for the remastered version, which has a length of 1:58. The "Solo" version of the song originally came with roughly 23 seconds of silence at the end of the track, giving it a length of 3:40; this was trimmed out for the 2020 remaster.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-ii here].

== Act III ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act III
| albumart = Act III soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Xanadu
| length1 = 2:44
| title2 = Weird Vector
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Too Late to Love You
| length4 = 5:57
| note4 = by [[Junebug]]
| title5 = What Would You Give
| length5 = 3:27
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
}}

Released May 6, 2014. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Too Late To Love You" features lyrics by Jake Elliott. The original release of ''Act III'' included the in-game vocal take and a short ambient section after the first chorus (the same found in-game when taking time to decide on a lyrical option), and is 6:14 in length. The newer master by Theo Karon features a different vocal take and is the same version found on Junebug's album ''[[Music#Too Late to Love You|Too Late to Love You]]'', with a length of 5:57. This release does not credit the song to Junebug, unlike the ''Original Soundtrack''.

"What Would You Give" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iii here].

== Act IV ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act IV
| albumart = Krz-act4-full.jpg
| title1 = Dark Rum Noir
| length1 = 1:57
| title2 = My Light Heaven
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = Glowing Arms
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = Riverworld
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = Angel Wings
| length5 = 5:52
| title6 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = This World Is Not My Home
| length7 = 3:27
| note7 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| title8 = Music for Rivers
| length8 = 3:05
}}

Released August 5, 2016. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven", "Glowing Arms", and "This World Is Not My Home" mixed by Theo Karon. Album artwork by [[Tamas Kemenczy]]. "Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven" and "Glowing Arms" are performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iv here].

== Act V ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act V
| albumart = Act V poster.png
| title1 = The Arrival
| length1 = 1:40
| title2 = The Library
| length2 = 2:15
| title3 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = The Clearing
| length5 = 3:18
}}

Released January 28, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA.

"I'm Going That Way" performed by Emily Cross, with Ben Babbitt, Nikole Beckwith, Alex Rose, Walt McClements, Alina Cutrono, Anna Ialeggio, Theo Karon, and Thomas Carroll appearing under the name The Town Choir.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-v here].

== ''The Entertainment'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = The Entertainment Soundtrack
| albumart = The Entertainment soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Letter Full of Promises
| length1 = 3:28
| note1 = feat. [[wikipedia:Juanita Rogers|Juanita Rogers]]
}}

Released November 26, 2013. A remaster was released on January 28, 2020.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/the-entertainment-soundtrack here].

== ''Too Late to Love You'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Too Late to Love You
| albumart = Junebug - Too Late to Love You.jpg
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 1:11
| title2 = Static Between Stations
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Poison Dream
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = Lighter Than It Feels
| length4 = 3:12
| title5 = Too Late To Love You
| length5 = 5:55
| title6 = Interlude
| length6 = 1:37
| title7 = Out Here
| length7 = 4:37
| title8 = Deeply In Mind
| length8 = 4:35
| title9 = Sky Remains
| length9 = 3:17
| title10 = Next Time
| length10 = 3:20
| title11 = Night Surrounds Us
| length11 = 5:02
}}

Released October 2, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt in 2014–15 at the Coach House in Chicago, IL and Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. Artwork and design by Camilo Medina. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-11.

The single "Static Between Stations" was released August 23, 2016 and was previously available to listen to [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 here] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180912210619/https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 archived copy]). A music video for this song is viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHR0A8YYnig here]. The music video was directed by Rebecca Rau and Alex Tyson, and stars Mireya Lucio, Theo Karon, and Ben Babbitt; makeup is by Alina Cutrono with costumes by Anna Leocha and Alina Cutrono, with special thanks to Tim Horner.

A short teaser video, using the song "Interlude", was made available on the WEVP-TV website and can be watched [http://wevp.tv/vdb/junebug-fog.mp4 here].

"Too Late to Love You" appears in-game in ''[[Act III]]'' as an interactive scene in [[The Lower Depths]]. Players are able to choose one of three options, for each of the three verses, for Junebug to sing; one "definitive" lyric is presented on this album. "Sky Remains" and "Deeply in Mind" appear in-game in ''[[Act IV]]'', playing as background music inside of the gas station. "Deeply in Mind" can also be heard in the Act IV Observational Trailer, viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bFCNFqf_-0 here].

Listen to this album [https://junebug.bandcamp.com/album/too-late-to-love-you here].

== Other tracks ==

A recording of "This World Is Not My Home" performed by The Bedquilt Ramblers was released in the August 2011 [[newsletter]] and is available to listen to [[:File:This World is Not My Home by The Bedquilt Ramblers.mp3|here]]. This song was eventually re-recorded in a more somber tone for [[Act IV]] of the game. The game's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pvkCYNhf7M Kickstarter trailer] features a version of this song sung by [[wikipedia:Bill Monroe|Bill Monroe]].

An electronic version of "This World Is Not My Home" by Ben Babbitt is available on SoundCloud [[:File:This World is Not My Home (Electronic) by Ben Babbitt.mp3|here]].

A version of "What Would You Give" by the Bedquilt Ramblers, with an extended intro and outro, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul) by the Bedquilt Ramblers.ogv|here]].

An ambient version of "What Would You Give", created by Ben Babbitt during the development of Act I, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (Ambient) by Ben Babbitt.ogv|here]].

[[Category:Real world]]
[[Category:Music|*]]

Music

2024-06-03T14:29:38Z

Matharvest: /* Act III */

{{Resources|skinny}}
{{Materials}}
The '''music''' of {{KRZ}} consists of an ambient soundtrack composed by [[Ben Babbitt]] with bluegrass tracks performed by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]. Each of the game's acts saw a corresponding album release on Ben's [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp], along with the remastered full-game soundtrack, a one-song ''[[The Entertainment]]'' soundtrack, and album by [[Junebug]].

Inspirations for the score include [https://hedia.bandcamp.com/ Hedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneohtrix_Point_Never Oneohtrix Point Never], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe Bill Monroe], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Scott Raymond Scott], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Messiaen Olivier Messiaen], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_(musician) GAS].

Players who have purchased the game are able to access the soundtrack audio files for Acts I–V in the game's installation folder.

Physical copies of a vinyl version of the soundtrack and the Junebug LP were previously available to be pre-ordered at the [https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/krz iam8bit website].

== Original Soundtrack ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Original Soundtrack
| albumart = KRZ OST album art.jpg
| title1 = Stars Drop Away
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts In the Static
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got To Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Julian
| length5 = 4:52
| title6 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note6 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Nameless Interiors
| length7 = 2:04
| title8 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = Xanadu
| length9 = 2:44
| title10 = Weird Vector
| length10 = 3:07
| title11 = Too Late To Love You
| note11 = by [[Junebug]]
| length11 = 5:57
| title12 = What Would You Give
| note12 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length12 = 3:27
| title13 = Hold Music
| length13 = 4:24
| title14 = Dark Rum Noir
| length14 = 1:57
| title15 = My Light Heaven
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Riverworld
| length16 = 4:19
| title17 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length17 = 4:24
| title18 = Angel Wings
| length18 = 5:52
| title19 = This World Is Not My Home
| note19 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length19 = 3:27
| title20 = Un Pueblo De Nada
| length20 = 2:59
| title21 = To Love A Red Moon
| length21 = 3:20
| title22 = The Arrival
| length22 = 1:36
| title23 = The Library
| length23 = 2:15
| title24 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length24 = 4:01
| title25 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length25 = 3:09
| title26 = The Clearing
| length26 = 3:18
}}

{{clear}}

Released January 28, 2020. Contains 26 of the 33 songs released for the game, lightly re-ordered for the vinyl format. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-12; Side C: 13-19; Side D: 20-26. Music by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by [[Theo Karon]] at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Dark Rum Noir" and "My Light Heaven" are performed in-game by [[Cyrano Cole]] but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-original-soundtrack here].

== Memory Overflow ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Memory Overflow
| albumart = KRZ Memory Overflow album art.jpg
| title1 = The Flood
| length1 = 1:10
| title2 = Last Look
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = April 2017
| length3 = 2:10
| title4 = (270) 301-5797
| length4 = 0:42
| title5 = 65 at Night
| length5 = 2:15
| title6 = Public Transportation
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = For LME
| length7 = 3:25
| title8 = Lunar Landing
| length8 = 2:15
| title9 = CA Video Music
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = Mireya's Show
| length10 = 0:56
| title11 = Top Shelf Drone Tape
| length11 = 3:27
| title12 = Organ Music
| length12 = 2:47
| title13 = Hangar Guitar
| length13 = 1:41
| title14 = Quiet Funeral
| length14 = 1:17
| title15 = Xanadu Minimix I
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Xanadu Minimix II
| length16 = 3:55
| title17 = Weather Report
| length17 = 2:27
| title18 = Hotmk 2013
| length18 = 2:27
| title19 = Radio 92.2
| length19 = 2:46
| title20 = Night Out
| length20 = 3:36
| title21 = Long Journey demo
| length21 = 3:54
| title22 = UPDN outtake
| length22 = 2:17
| title23 = Radio Cluster
| length23 = 3:11
| title24 = Underworld Drift
| length24 = 6:09
| title25 = Mound Builders
| length25 = 10:57
| title26 = Rolling Credits
| length26 = 2:24
}}

{{clear}}

Released April 2, 2021. Music by Ben Babbitt, spanning work from 2011 to 2020. Comprises music from the game's interludes, radio music, videos, cutouts, extended drifting mixes, and others. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Weather Report" is performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but is not credited as such on this release.

Four songs were originally released with different titles: "65 at Night" was "FM Picker"; "Public Transportation" was "Mels"; "Hotmk 2013" was "Hotmk outtake"; and "Radio 92.2" was "FM Dance". These titles were changed within hours of release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-memory-overflow here].

== Act I ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act I
| albumart = Act I soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = The Stars Drop Away (Equus Oils)
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts in the Static (Márquez Farm)
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got to Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Animal Bones (Exit)
| length4 = 2:29
}}

Released January 27, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by [[Jake Elliott]]. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen. The subtitles for each song were removed for the remaster.

"You've Got to Walk" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-i here].

== Act II ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act II
| albumart = Act II soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Nameless Interiors
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length2 = 4:24
| title3 = The Zero
| length3 = 3:33
| title4 = Work and Need
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length5 = 3:17
| title6 = Julian
| length6 = 4:54
| title7 = Long Journey Home
| length7 = 1:58
| note7 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
}}

Released June 14, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces" was recorded by Ben Babbitt and Andy Spillman at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Highland Park, IL. "Long Journey Home" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on double bass. The original release of the song featured a four-count and a brief snippet of studio room tone, and is 2:02 in length. These are edited out for the remastered version, which has a length of 1:58. The "Solo" version of the song originally came with roughly 23 seconds of silence at the end of the track, giving it a length of 3:40; this was trimmed out for the 2020 remaster.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-ii here].

== Act III ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act III
| albumart = Act III soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Xanadu
| length1 = 2:44
| title2 = Weird Vector
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Too Late to Love You
| length4 = 5:57
| note4 = by [[Junebug]]
| title5 = What Would You Give
| length5 = 3:27
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
}}

Released May 6, 2014. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Too Late To Love You" features lyrics by Jake Elliott. The original release of ''Act III'' included the in-game vocal take and a short ambient section after the first chorus (the same found in-game when taking time to decide on a lyrical option), and is 6:14 in length. The newer master by Theo Karon features a different vocal take and is the same version found on Junebug's album ''[[Music#Too Late to Love You|Too Late to Love You]]'', with a length of 5:57. The remaster properly credits the song to Junebug, unlike the original issue.

"What Would You Give" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iii here].

== Act IV ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act IV
| albumart = Krz-act4-full.jpg
| title1 = Dark Rum Noir
| length1 = 1:57
| title2 = My Light Heaven
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = Glowing Arms
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = Riverworld
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = Angel Wings
| length5 = 5:52
| title6 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = This World Is Not My Home
| length7 = 3:27
| note7 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| title8 = Music for Rivers
| length8 = 3:05
}}

Released August 5, 2016. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven", "Glowing Arms", and "This World Is Not My Home" mixed by Theo Karon. Album artwork by [[Tamas Kemenczy]]. "Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven" and "Glowing Arms" are performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iv here].

== Act V ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act V
| albumart = Act V poster.png
| title1 = The Arrival
| length1 = 1:40
| title2 = The Library
| length2 = 2:15
| title3 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = The Clearing
| length5 = 3:18
}}

Released January 28, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA.

"I'm Going That Way" performed by Emily Cross, with Ben Babbitt, Nikole Beckwith, Alex Rose, Walt McClements, Alina Cutrono, Anna Ialeggio, Theo Karon, and Thomas Carroll appearing under the name The Town Choir.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-v here].

== ''The Entertainment'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = The Entertainment Soundtrack
| albumart = The Entertainment soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Letter Full of Promises
| length1 = 3:28
| note1 = feat. [[wikipedia:Juanita Rogers|Juanita Rogers]]
}}

Released November 26, 2013. A remaster was released on January 28, 2020.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/the-entertainment-soundtrack here].

== ''Too Late to Love You'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Too Late to Love You
| albumart = Junebug - Too Late to Love You.jpg
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 1:11
| title2 = Static Between Stations
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Poison Dream
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = Lighter Than It Feels
| length4 = 3:12
| title5 = Too Late To Love You
| length5 = 5:55
| title6 = Interlude
| length6 = 1:37
| title7 = Out Here
| length7 = 4:37
| title8 = Deeply In Mind
| length8 = 4:35
| title9 = Sky Remains
| length9 = 3:17
| title10 = Next Time
| length10 = 3:20
| title11 = Night Surrounds Us
| length11 = 5:02
}}

Released October 2, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt in 2014–15 at the Coach House in Chicago, IL and Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. Artwork and design by Camilo Medina. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-11.

The single "Static Between Stations" was released August 23, 2016 and was previously available to listen to [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 here] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180912210619/https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 archived copy]). A music video for this song is viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHR0A8YYnig here]. The music video was directed by Rebecca Rau and Alex Tyson, and stars Mireya Lucio, Theo Karon, and Ben Babbitt; makeup is by Alina Cutrono with costumes by Anna Leocha and Alina Cutrono, with special thanks to Tim Horner.

A short teaser video, using the song "Interlude", was made available on the WEVP-TV website and can be watched [http://wevp.tv/vdb/junebug-fog.mp4 here].

"Too Late to Love You" appears in-game in ''[[Act III]]'' as an interactive scene in [[The Lower Depths]]. Players are able to choose one of three options, for each of the three verses, for Junebug to sing; one "definitive" lyric is presented on this album. "Sky Remains" and "Deeply in Mind" appear in-game in ''[[Act IV]]'', playing as background music inside of the gas station. "Deeply in Mind" can also be heard in the Act IV Observational Trailer, viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bFCNFqf_-0 here].

Listen to this album [https://junebug.bandcamp.com/album/too-late-to-love-you here].

== Other tracks ==

A recording of "This World Is Not My Home" performed by The Bedquilt Ramblers was released in the August 2011 [[newsletter]] and is available to listen to [[:File:This World is Not My Home by The Bedquilt Ramblers.mp3|here]]. This song was eventually re-recorded in a more somber tone for [[Act IV]] of the game. The game's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pvkCYNhf7M Kickstarter trailer] features a version of this song sung by [[wikipedia:Bill Monroe|Bill Monroe]].

An electronic version of "This World Is Not My Home" by Ben Babbitt is available on SoundCloud [[:File:This World is Not My Home (Electronic) by Ben Babbitt.mp3|here]].

A version of "What Would You Give" by the Bedquilt Ramblers, with an extended intro and outro, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul) by the Bedquilt Ramblers.ogv|here]].

An ambient version of "What Would You Give", created by Ben Babbitt during the development of Act I, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (Ambient) by Ben Babbitt.ogv|here]].

[[Category:Real world]]
[[Category:Music|*]]

Music

2024-06-03T13:59:36Z

Matharvest: /* Act II */

{{Resources|skinny}}
{{Materials}}
The '''music''' of {{KRZ}} consists of an ambient soundtrack composed by [[Ben Babbitt]] with bluegrass tracks performed by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]. Each of the game's acts saw a corresponding album release on Ben's [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp], along with the remastered full-game soundtrack, a one-song ''[[The Entertainment]]'' soundtrack, and album by [[Junebug]].

Inspirations for the score include [https://hedia.bandcamp.com/ Hedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneohtrix_Point_Never Oneohtrix Point Never], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe Bill Monroe], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Scott Raymond Scott], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Messiaen Olivier Messiaen], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_(musician) GAS].

Players who have purchased the game are able to access the soundtrack audio files for Acts I–V in the game's installation folder.

Physical copies of a vinyl version of the soundtrack and the Junebug LP were previously available to be pre-ordered at the [https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/krz iam8bit website].

== Original Soundtrack ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Original Soundtrack
| albumart = KRZ OST album art.jpg
| title1 = Stars Drop Away
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts In the Static
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got To Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Julian
| length5 = 4:52
| title6 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note6 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Nameless Interiors
| length7 = 2:04
| title8 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = Xanadu
| length9 = 2:44
| title10 = Weird Vector
| length10 = 3:07
| title11 = Too Late To Love You
| note11 = by [[Junebug]]
| length11 = 5:57
| title12 = What Would You Give
| note12 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length12 = 3:27
| title13 = Hold Music
| length13 = 4:24
| title14 = Dark Rum Noir
| length14 = 1:57
| title15 = My Light Heaven
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Riverworld
| length16 = 4:19
| title17 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length17 = 4:24
| title18 = Angel Wings
| length18 = 5:52
| title19 = This World Is Not My Home
| note19 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length19 = 3:27
| title20 = Un Pueblo De Nada
| length20 = 2:59
| title21 = To Love A Red Moon
| length21 = 3:20
| title22 = The Arrival
| length22 = 1:36
| title23 = The Library
| length23 = 2:15
| title24 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length24 = 4:01
| title25 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length25 = 3:09
| title26 = The Clearing
| length26 = 3:18
}}

{{clear}}

Released January 28, 2020. Contains 26 of the 33 songs released for the game, lightly re-ordered for the vinyl format. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-12; Side C: 13-19; Side D: 20-26. Music by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by [[Theo Karon]] at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Dark Rum Noir" and "My Light Heaven" are performed in-game by [[Cyrano Cole]] but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-original-soundtrack here].

== Memory Overflow ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Memory Overflow
| albumart = KRZ Memory Overflow album art.jpg
| title1 = The Flood
| length1 = 1:10
| title2 = Last Look
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = April 2017
| length3 = 2:10
| title4 = (270) 301-5797
| length4 = 0:42
| title5 = 65 at Night
| length5 = 2:15
| title6 = Public Transportation
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = For LME
| length7 = 3:25
| title8 = Lunar Landing
| length8 = 2:15
| title9 = CA Video Music
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = Mireya's Show
| length10 = 0:56
| title11 = Top Shelf Drone Tape
| length11 = 3:27
| title12 = Organ Music
| length12 = 2:47
| title13 = Hangar Guitar
| length13 = 1:41
| title14 = Quiet Funeral
| length14 = 1:17
| title15 = Xanadu Minimix I
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Xanadu Minimix II
| length16 = 3:55
| title17 = Weather Report
| length17 = 2:27
| title18 = Hotmk 2013
| length18 = 2:27
| title19 = Radio 92.2
| length19 = 2:46
| title20 = Night Out
| length20 = 3:36
| title21 = Long Journey demo
| length21 = 3:54
| title22 = UPDN outtake
| length22 = 2:17
| title23 = Radio Cluster
| length23 = 3:11
| title24 = Underworld Drift
| length24 = 6:09
| title25 = Mound Builders
| length25 = 10:57
| title26 = Rolling Credits
| length26 = 2:24
}}

{{clear}}

Released April 2, 2021. Music by Ben Babbitt, spanning work from 2011 to 2020. Comprises music from the game's interludes, radio music, videos, cutouts, extended drifting mixes, and others. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Weather Report" is performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but is not credited as such on this release.

Four songs were originally released with different titles: "65 at Night" was "FM Picker"; "Public Transportation" was "Mels"; "Hotmk 2013" was "Hotmk outtake"; and "Radio 92.2" was "FM Dance". These titles were changed within hours of release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-memory-overflow here].

== Act I ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act I
| albumart = Act I soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = The Stars Drop Away (Equus Oils)
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts in the Static (Márquez Farm)
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got to Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Animal Bones (Exit)
| length4 = 2:29
}}

Released January 27, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by [[Jake Elliott]]. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen. The subtitles for each song were removed for the remaster.

"You've Got to Walk" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-i here].

== Act II ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act II
| albumart = Act II soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Nameless Interiors
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length2 = 4:24
| title3 = The Zero
| length3 = 3:33
| title4 = Work and Need
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length5 = 3:17
| title6 = Julian
| length6 = 4:54
| title7 = Long Journey Home
| length7 = 1:58
| note7 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
}}

Released June 14, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces" was recorded by Ben Babbitt and Andy Spillman at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Highland Park, IL. "Long Journey Home" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on double bass. The original release of the song featured a four-count and a brief snippet of studio room tone, and is 2:02 in length. These are edited out for the remastered version, which has a length of 1:58. The "Solo" version of the song originally came with roughly 23 seconds of silence at the end of the track, giving it a length of 3:40; this was trimmed out for the 2020 remaster.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-ii here].

== Act III ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act III
| albumart = Act III soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Xanadu
| length1 = 2:44
| title2 = Weird Vector
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Too Late to Love You
| length4 = 5:57
| title5 = What Would You Give
| length5 = 3:27
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
}}

Released May 6, 2014. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Too Late To Love You" features lyrics by Jake Elliott. The original release of ''Act III'' included the in-game vocal take and a short ambient section after the first chorus (the same found in-game when taking time to decide on a lyrical option), and is 6:14 in length. The newer master by Theo Karon features a different vocal take and is the same version found on Junebug's album ''[[Music#Too Late to Love You|Too Late to Love You]]'', with a length of 5:57.

"What Would You Give" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iii here].

== Act IV ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act IV
| albumart = Krz-act4-full.jpg
| title1 = Dark Rum Noir
| length1 = 1:57
| title2 = My Light Heaven
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = Glowing Arms
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = Riverworld
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = Angel Wings
| length5 = 5:52
| title6 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = This World Is Not My Home
| length7 = 3:27
| note7 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| title8 = Music for Rivers
| length8 = 3:05
}}

Released August 5, 2016. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven", "Glowing Arms", and "This World Is Not My Home" mixed by Theo Karon. Album artwork by [[Tamas Kemenczy]]. "Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven" and "Glowing Arms" are performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iv here].

== Act V ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act V
| albumart = Act V poster.png
| title1 = The Arrival
| length1 = 1:40
| title2 = The Library
| length2 = 2:15
| title3 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = The Clearing
| length5 = 3:18
}}

Released January 28, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA.

"I'm Going That Way" performed by Emily Cross, with Ben Babbitt, Nikole Beckwith, Alex Rose, Walt McClements, Alina Cutrono, Anna Ialeggio, Theo Karon, and Thomas Carroll appearing under the name The Town Choir.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-v here].

== ''The Entertainment'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = The Entertainment Soundtrack
| albumart = The Entertainment soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Letter Full of Promises
| length1 = 3:28
| note1 = feat. [[wikipedia:Juanita Rogers|Juanita Rogers]]
}}

Released November 26, 2013. A remaster was released on January 28, 2020.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/the-entertainment-soundtrack here].

== ''Too Late to Love You'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Too Late to Love You
| albumart = Junebug - Too Late to Love You.jpg
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 1:11
| title2 = Static Between Stations
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Poison Dream
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = Lighter Than It Feels
| length4 = 3:12
| title5 = Too Late To Love You
| length5 = 5:55
| title6 = Interlude
| length6 = 1:37
| title7 = Out Here
| length7 = 4:37
| title8 = Deeply In Mind
| length8 = 4:35
| title9 = Sky Remains
| length9 = 3:17
| title10 = Next Time
| length10 = 3:20
| title11 = Night Surrounds Us
| length11 = 5:02
}}

Released October 2, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt in 2014–15 at the Coach House in Chicago, IL and Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. Artwork and design by Camilo Medina. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-11.

The single "Static Between Stations" was released August 23, 2016 and was previously available to listen to [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 here] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180912210619/https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 archived copy]). A music video for this song is viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHR0A8YYnig here]. The music video was directed by Rebecca Rau and Alex Tyson, and stars Mireya Lucio, Theo Karon, and Ben Babbitt; makeup is by Alina Cutrono with costumes by Anna Leocha and Alina Cutrono, with special thanks to Tim Horner.

A short teaser video, using the song "Interlude", was made available on the WEVP-TV website and can be watched [http://wevp.tv/vdb/junebug-fog.mp4 here].

"Too Late to Love You" appears in-game in ''[[Act III]]'' as an interactive scene in [[The Lower Depths]]. Players are able to choose one of three options, for each of the three verses, for Junebug to sing; one "definitive" lyric is presented on this album. "Sky Remains" and "Deeply in Mind" appear in-game in ''[[Act IV]]'', playing as background music inside of the gas station. "Deeply in Mind" can also be heard in the Act IV Observational Trailer, viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bFCNFqf_-0 here].

Listen to this album [https://junebug.bandcamp.com/album/too-late-to-love-you here].

== Other tracks ==

A recording of "This World Is Not My Home" performed by The Bedquilt Ramblers was released in the August 2011 [[newsletter]] and is available to listen to [[:File:This World is Not My Home by The Bedquilt Ramblers.mp3|here]]. This song was eventually re-recorded in a more somber tone for [[Act IV]] of the game. The game's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pvkCYNhf7M Kickstarter trailer] features a version of this song sung by [[wikipedia:Bill Monroe|Bill Monroe]].

An electronic version of "This World Is Not My Home" by Ben Babbitt is available on SoundCloud [[:File:This World is Not My Home (Electronic) by Ben Babbitt.mp3|here]].

A version of "What Would You Give" by the Bedquilt Ramblers, with an extended intro and outro, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul) by the Bedquilt Ramblers.ogv|here]].

An ambient version of "What Would You Give", created by Ben Babbitt during the development of Act I, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (Ambient) by Ben Babbitt.ogv|here]].

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Music

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The '''music''' of {{KRZ}} consists of an ambient soundtrack composed by [[Ben Babbitt]] with bluegrass tracks performed by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]. Each of the game's acts saw a corresponding album release on Ben's [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp], along with the remastered full-game soundtrack, a one-song ''[[The Entertainment]]'' soundtrack, and album by [[Junebug]].

Inspirations for the score include [https://hedia.bandcamp.com/ Hedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneohtrix_Point_Never Oneohtrix Point Never], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe Bill Monroe], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Scott Raymond Scott], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Messiaen Olivier Messiaen], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_(musician) GAS].

Players who have purchased the game are able to access the soundtrack audio files for Acts I–V in the game's installation folder.

Physical copies of a vinyl version of the soundtrack and the Junebug LP were previously available to be pre-ordered at the [https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/krz iam8bit website].

== Original Soundtrack ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Original Soundtrack
| albumart = KRZ OST album art.jpg
| title1 = Stars Drop Away
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts In the Static
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got To Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Julian
| length5 = 4:52
| title6 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note6 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Nameless Interiors
| length7 = 2:04
| title8 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = Xanadu
| length9 = 2:44
| title10 = Weird Vector
| length10 = 3:07
| title11 = Too Late To Love You
| note11 = by [[Junebug]]
| length11 = 5:57
| title12 = What Would You Give
| note12 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length12 = 3:27
| title13 = Hold Music
| length13 = 4:24
| title14 = Dark Rum Noir
| length14 = 1:57
| title15 = My Light Heaven
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Riverworld
| length16 = 4:19
| title17 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length17 = 4:24
| title18 = Angel Wings
| length18 = 5:52
| title19 = This World Is Not My Home
| note19 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length19 = 3:27
| title20 = Un Pueblo De Nada
| length20 = 2:59
| title21 = To Love A Red Moon
| length21 = 3:20
| title22 = The Arrival
| length22 = 1:36
| title23 = The Library
| length23 = 2:15
| title24 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length24 = 4:01
| title25 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length25 = 3:09
| title26 = The Clearing
| length26 = 3:18
}}

{{clear}}

Released January 28, 2020. Contains 26 of the 33 songs released for the game, lightly re-ordered for the vinyl format. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-12; Side C: 13-19; Side D: 20-26. Music by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by [[Theo Karon]] at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Dark Rum Noir" and "My Light Heaven" are performed in-game by [[Cyrano Cole]] but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-original-soundtrack here].

== Memory Overflow ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Memory Overflow
| albumart = KRZ Memory Overflow album art.jpg
| title1 = The Flood
| length1 = 1:10
| title2 = Last Look
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = April 2017
| length3 = 2:10
| title4 = (270) 301-5797
| length4 = 0:42
| title5 = 65 at Night
| length5 = 2:15
| title6 = Public Transportation
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = For LME
| length7 = 3:25
| title8 = Lunar Landing
| length8 = 2:15
| title9 = CA Video Music
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = Mireya's Show
| length10 = 0:56
| title11 = Top Shelf Drone Tape
| length11 = 3:27
| title12 = Organ Music
| length12 = 2:47
| title13 = Hangar Guitar
| length13 = 1:41
| title14 = Quiet Funeral
| length14 = 1:17
| title15 = Xanadu Minimix I
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Xanadu Minimix II
| length16 = 3:55
| title17 = Weather Report
| length17 = 2:27
| title18 = Hotmk 2013
| length18 = 2:27
| title19 = Radio 92.2
| length19 = 2:46
| title20 = Night Out
| length20 = 3:36
| title21 = Long Journey demo
| length21 = 3:54
| title22 = UPDN outtake
| length22 = 2:17
| title23 = Radio Cluster
| length23 = 3:11
| title24 = Underworld Drift
| length24 = 6:09
| title25 = Mound Builders
| length25 = 10:57
| title26 = Rolling Credits
| length26 = 2:24
}}

{{clear}}

Released April 2, 2021. Music by Ben Babbitt, spanning work from 2011 to 2020. Comprises music from the game's interludes, radio music, videos, cutouts, extended drifting mixes, and others. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Weather Report" is performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but is not credited as such on this release.

Four songs were originally released with different titles: "65 at Night" was "FM Picker"; "Public Transportation" was "Mels"; "Hotmk 2013" was "Hotmk outtake"; and "Radio 92.2" was "FM Dance". These titles were changed within hours of release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-memory-overflow here].

== Act I ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act I
| albumart = Act I soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = The Stars Drop Away (Equus Oils)
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts in the Static (Márquez Farm)
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got to Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Animal Bones (Exit)
| length4 = 2:29
}}

Released January 27, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by [[Jake Elliott]]. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen. The subtitles for each song were removed for the remaster.

"You've Got to Walk" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-i here].

== Act II ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act II
| albumart = Act II soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Nameless Interiors
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length2 = 4:24
| title3 = The Zero
| length3 = 3:33
| title4 = Work and Need
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length5 = 3:17
| title6 = Julian
| length6 = 4:54
| title7 = Long Journey Home
| length7 = 1:58
| note7 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
}}

Released June 14, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces" was recorded by Ben Babbitt and Andy Spillman at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Highland Park, IL. "Long Journey Home" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on double bass. The original release of the song featured a four-count and a brief snippet of studio room tone, and is 2:02 in length. These are edited out for the remastered version, which has a length of 1:58. The "Solo" version of the song originally came with roughly 23 seconds of silence at the end of the track; this was trimmed out for the 2020 remaster.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-ii here].

== Act III ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act III
| albumart = Act III soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Xanadu
| length1 = 2:44
| title2 = Weird Vector
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Too Late to Love You
| length4 = 5:57
| title5 = What Would You Give
| length5 = 3:27
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
}}

Released May 6, 2014. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Too Late To Love You" features lyrics by Jake Elliott. The original release of ''Act III'' included the in-game vocal take and a short ambient section after the first chorus (the same found in-game when taking time to decide on a lyrical option), and is 6:14 in length. The newer master by Theo Karon features a different vocal take and is the same version found on Junebug's album ''[[Music#Too Late to Love You|Too Late to Love You]]'', with a length of 5:57.

"What Would You Give" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iii here].

== Act IV ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act IV
| albumart = Krz-act4-full.jpg
| title1 = Dark Rum Noir
| length1 = 1:57
| title2 = My Light Heaven
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = Glowing Arms
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = Riverworld
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = Angel Wings
| length5 = 5:52
| title6 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = This World Is Not My Home
| length7 = 3:27
| note7 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| title8 = Music for Rivers
| length8 = 3:05
}}

Released August 5, 2016. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven", "Glowing Arms", and "This World Is Not My Home" mixed by Theo Karon. Album artwork by [[Tamas Kemenczy]]. "Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven" and "Glowing Arms" are performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iv here].

== Act V ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act V
| albumart = Act V poster.png
| title1 = The Arrival
| length1 = 1:40
| title2 = The Library
| length2 = 2:15
| title3 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = The Clearing
| length5 = 3:18
}}

Released January 28, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA.

"I'm Going That Way" performed by Emily Cross, with Ben Babbitt, Nikole Beckwith, Alex Rose, Walt McClements, Alina Cutrono, Anna Ialeggio, Theo Karon, and Thomas Carroll appearing under the name The Town Choir.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-v here].

== ''The Entertainment'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = The Entertainment Soundtrack
| albumart = The Entertainment soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Letter Full of Promises
| length1 = 3:28
| note1 = feat. [[wikipedia:Juanita Rogers|Juanita Rogers]]
}}

Released November 26, 2013. A remaster was released on January 28, 2020.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/the-entertainment-soundtrack here].

== ''Too Late to Love You'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Too Late to Love You
| albumart = Junebug - Too Late to Love You.jpg
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 1:11
| title2 = Static Between Stations
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Poison Dream
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = Lighter Than It Feels
| length4 = 3:12
| title5 = Too Late To Love You
| length5 = 5:55
| title6 = Interlude
| length6 = 1:37
| title7 = Out Here
| length7 = 4:37
| title8 = Deeply In Mind
| length8 = 4:35
| title9 = Sky Remains
| length9 = 3:17
| title10 = Next Time
| length10 = 3:20
| title11 = Night Surrounds Us
| length11 = 5:02
}}

Released October 2, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt in 2014–15 at the Coach House in Chicago, IL and Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. Artwork and design by Camilo Medina. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-11.

The single "Static Between Stations" was released August 23, 2016 and was previously available to listen to [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 here] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180912210619/https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 archived copy]). A music video for this song is viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHR0A8YYnig here]. The music video was directed by Rebecca Rau and Alex Tyson, and stars Mireya Lucio, Theo Karon, and Ben Babbitt; makeup is by Alina Cutrono with costumes by Anna Leocha and Alina Cutrono, with special thanks to Tim Horner.

A short teaser video, using the song "Interlude", was made available on the WEVP-TV website and can be watched [http://wevp.tv/vdb/junebug-fog.mp4 here].

"Too Late to Love You" appears in-game in ''[[Act III]]'' as an interactive scene in [[The Lower Depths]]. Players are able to choose one of three options, for each of the three verses, for Junebug to sing; one "definitive" lyric is presented on this album. "Sky Remains" and "Deeply in Mind" appear in-game in ''[[Act IV]]'', playing as background music inside of the gas station. "Deeply in Mind" can also be heard in the Act IV Observational Trailer, viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bFCNFqf_-0 here].

Listen to this album [https://junebug.bandcamp.com/album/too-late-to-love-you here].

== Other tracks ==

A recording of "This World Is Not My Home" performed by The Bedquilt Ramblers was released in the August 2011 [[newsletter]] and is available to listen to [[:File:This World is Not My Home by The Bedquilt Ramblers.mp3|here]]. This song was eventually re-recorded in a more somber tone for [[Act IV]] of the game. The game's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pvkCYNhf7M Kickstarter trailer] features a version of this song sung by [[wikipedia:Bill Monroe|Bill Monroe]].

An electronic version of "This World Is Not My Home" by Ben Babbitt is available on SoundCloud [[:File:This World is Not My Home (Electronic) by Ben Babbitt.mp3|here]].

A version of "What Would You Give" by the Bedquilt Ramblers, with an extended intro and outro, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul) by the Bedquilt Ramblers.ogv|here]].

An ambient version of "What Would You Give", created by Ben Babbitt during the development of Act I, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (Ambient) by Ben Babbitt.ogv|here]].

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[[Category:Music|*]]

The Entertainment

2024-05-30T21:22:56Z

Matharvest: /* Synopsis */

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Entertainment''}}
{{Acts}}
{{title}} is the second {{KRZ}} interlude, released online on November 22, 2013. It takes place between [[Act II|Acts II]] and [[Act III|III]].

[[File:EntertainmentHead.png|thumb|right|The cover for the ''Entertainment'' script.]]
It is also the name of a play directed by [[James B. Carrington]], with adaptation by [[Joseph Wheattree]] of two original plays: ''A Reckoning'' and ''A Bar-fly'' (both written by [[Lem Doolittle]]), to be performed simultaneously. The setting was designed by [[Lula Chamberlain]]. In the interlude, it is performed in [[the Lower Depths]].

''The Entertainment'' is available for download [http://kentuckyroutezero.com/the-entertainment/ here].

== Synopsis ==

The bar-fly, the player's point-of-view character, sits at a central table on a stage dressed up as a bar called [[The Lower Depths]]. From there, the player can glance forward at the action of the performance of ''A Reckoning''; above at the Hard Times sign for scene notes; at the jukebox for sound cue notes; at the stage director for production notes; at the audience for reviews of the performance; and at their own table to see their own stage directions from ''A Bar-fly''. The scene only moves forward after the action in-front is completed. The audience reviews suggest that the present-day action is actually a student production of ''The Entertainment'' from the 1970s.

In ''A Reckoning'', bartender [[Harry Esperanza]] and patron [[Evelyn Hickman]] discuss the heatwave outside, comparing it to the heat in Texas, a location Evelyn has not been to but whose husband Ted is currently at on a business trip. Evelyn fears that Ted may cheat on her but Harry discourages the thought. She orders a beer but Harry points out that the only drink he carries now is whiskey from [[Hard Times Distillery]]. Evelyn asks if Harry's seen the people who work for Hard Times, remarking that they are "strange"; Harry only says that they work hard. Their conversation turns to improvements for the bar that Harry thought of while on recent vacation, then to the currently drunk bar-fly, and then back to Ted before a reflection on living in the moment and enjoying drinks, camaraderie and the upcoming bar entertainment, [[Junebug]], whom is expected to arrive by 8PM.

In the next scene, [[Pearl Slade]] enters the bar, apparently earlier than expected. She discusses her job at [[Ace Jewelry & Loan]] with Evelyn and Harry. Evelyn buys a whiskey for Pearl, who also notes the strange nature of the workers at Hard Times. After Evelyn eggs on Harry to talk about his vacation, Pearl lets the two know that she has arrived early because she plans to quit her job as she has put in charge of a predatory scheme to coerce other "dark-skinned" people into debt via then-new payday loan advances and is disgusted by being turned into an accomplice. She intends to stop paying her parents' tab at The Lower Depths and to move out West after quitting, something that Harry objects to as Pearl's parents have a large debt of bar tabs with him. Still, he says he will pay for both Pearl and Evelyn's drinks tonight, suggesting that one can ever be sure when debts will be called in to be paid in full. Evelyn again shows interest in waiting for "the entertainment".

Scene III: Sometime later, Pearl's parents, [[Rosa Slade|Rosa]] and [[Lawrence Slade|Lawrence]] arrive, excited at Rosa's new promotion as "management material" after 11 years as a supermarket cashier. As they order drinks and remark on how Hard Times uses something strange in their barrel aging process, Harry ominously reminds everyone about their debts and how they will be asked to pay up soon, stating that there will be a reckoning soon. Junebug is late for the 8PM performance time.

In the fourth and final scene, Pearl is back in the bar, soberly chatting with a drunken Evelyn and her inebriated parents. Pearl lets her parents know that she is cutting them off financially. Lawrence gets upset, calling Pearl cruel to cut them off when her mother has received a promotion, but Rosa clarifies that she was only ''considered'' by her boss as management material, stating his words that she will "maybe eventually" get the promotion. The sobering moment is interrupted by Evelyn's desire for more alcohol and her once more teasing Harry about his poolside vacation. Harry explodes into rage, saying that he simply closed the bar for a week and never left the city because he has no money at all to afford a vacation. He explains that he couldn't even afford the whiskey from Hard Times without striking up a deal with the distillery. When Pearl presses for clarification on that deal, Harry suggests Pearl leave the bar, as she doesn't deserve what is coming next. She leaves.

Evelyn dreams she was in Ted's place, perhaps taking a young man's offer of love just as she imagines Ted is cheating on her right now. Rosa and Lawrence cling to the hopefulness of Rosa's boss' proclamation of "management material" as they await the arrival of Junebug. Harry dismisses everyone's ability to pay up their debts, saying "they feed on debt" and that "they put it in the whiskey." Asked for clarification by Evelyn, Harry reveals that he has sold the debt he is owed by the bar patrons to the Hard Times distillery, and that someone from there will be at The Lower Depths soon to collect it from all of them. As he apologizes over and over, a glowing skeleton appears behind the bar-fly, in front of the audience. Cut to black.

== Development & background ==

The game was originally developed for the [[wikipedia:Oculus Rift|Oculus Rift]] headset. This '''virtual reality version''' is now unavailable and unsupported, and instructions on its operation have since been amended to direct players on how to instead host a live stage production of the play. The former VR design gave players direct control of the camera, constrained detailed action to happen close to the player character and resulted in the decision to put the player on-stage as an actor, albeit one with no lines.

[[Cardboard Computer]] stated in a December 2013 [[newsletter]] that the game and one-act play was inspired by modern-era playwrights [[wikipedia:Eugene O'Neill|Eugene O'Neill]], [[wikipedia:Samuel Beckett|Samuel Beckett]], and [[wikipedia:Maxim Gorky|Maxim Gorky]].<ref>[http://kentuckyroutezero.com/pub/newsletter-archive/2013-dec-kentucky-route-zero-release-schedule-update-the-entertainment-other-news.html Kentucky Route Zero - Release schedule update, "The Entertainment" & other news]</ref> The "brick sandwich" on the Bar-fly's table is in reference to a circumvention of [[wikipedia:Raines law|Raines law]], a prohibition-era law outlawing the sale of alcohol on Sunday except for in hotels (the setting of both ''The Entertainment'' and O'Neill's ''[[wikipedia:The Iceman Cometh|The Iceman Cometh]]''). Some bar owners would mock the law by serving a clay brick between two slices of bread – as seen in the play – thus satisfying the minimal legal requirement of serving food.

=== Print version ===

The [http://www.lulu.com/shop/http://www.lulu.com/shop/lem-doolittle/the-entertainment/paperback/product-21312732.html "Paper and Ink" version] of the script is printed with a Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) of {{Code|57-6498}}, which it shares with a published version of [https://lccn.loc.gov/57006498 ''The Iceman Cometh'']. Of note, the LCCN listed is in a format that was in use before the year 2000. A modern printing would require the LCCN to adhere to the present format, which in this case would be {{Code|57006498}}.

A PDF of the print version can be found [[:File:TheEntertainment_Final.pdf|here]] and the sound cues can be downloaded from the ZIP linked [http://kentuckyroutezero.com/the-entertainment/vr.txt in this document] (direct link [https://web.archive.org/web/20230725054424/http://kentuckyroutezero.com/the-entertainment/TheEntertainment_SoundCues.zip here]).

== Cast list ==

In the world of ''Kentucky Route {{Zero}}'', the play was first presented at the Buffalo Street Student Theatre on the evening of November 16, 1973 with the following cast:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [[Harry Esperanza]]
| Edgar Foy
|-
| [[Lawrence Slade]]
| Allen Vogel
|-
| [[Pearl Slade]]
| Sarah Wakefield
|-
| [[Rosa Slade]]
| Sydney Mueller
|-
| [[Evelyn Hickman]]
| Paula Graves
|-
| Bar-fly
| Uncredited
|}

== Real-life productions ==

=== WordPlay premiere ===

''The Entertainment'' debuted at the 2013 edition of WordPlay, a festival hosted by the Hand Eye Society in Toronto, Canada. The event, which took place on November 16, 2013, featured a recreation of the table set where guests could sit and play the VR version of the game.<ref>[https://www.handeyesociety.com/event/wordplay-schedule-announcements-a-brick-sandwich/ WordPlay Schedule, Announcements, a Brick Sandwich – Hand Eye Society]</ref><ref>[https://www.handeyesociety.com/event/wordplay-fest-pics-and-showcase-links/ WordPlay Fest Pics and Showcase Links – Hand Eye Society]</ref>

=== Beta Public performance ===

Beta Public, an event series at the Camden People's Theatre in London, hosted a production of ''The Entertainment'' on April 21, 2016.<ref>[http://www.beta-public.com/beta-public-presents/ Beta Public Presents – Beta Public]</ref><ref>[https://www.cptheatre.co.uk/production/beta-public-presents/ Beta Public Presents – Camden People's Theatre]</ref>

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
File:The Entertainment 1.png|Opening scene to ''The Entertainment''
File:The Entertainment 2.png|The Bar-fly's table
File:The Entertainment 3.png|Evelyn and Harry
File:The Entertainment 4 draft.jpg|A [[Hard Times boys|Hard Times boy]] appears at the end
File:WordPlay 1.jpg|A player at WordPlay 2013
File:December 2013 newsletter - the entertainment wordplay 2 scaled.png|Another player at WordPlay 2013
File:WordPlay 2.jpg|A talk by the developers at WordPlay 2013
File:Beta Public Entertainment.jpg|Rehearsal ahead of the Beta Public show
</gallery>

== References ==

<references/>

[[Category:Games]]
[[Category:The Entertainment|*]]
[[Category:The Lower Depths]]
[[Category:Real world]]
[[Category:Fictional]]

The Entertainment

2024-05-30T20:16:01Z

Matharvest: full synopsis. should we move the game footage photos up into this section?

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Entertainment''}}
{{Acts}}
{{title}} is the second {{KRZ}} interlude, released online on November 22, 2013. It takes place between [[Act II|Acts II]] and [[Act III|III]].

[[File:EntertainmentHead.png|thumb|right|The cover for the ''Entertainment'' script.]]
It is also the name of a play directed by [[James B. Carrington]], with adaptation by [[Joseph Wheattree]] of two original plays: ''A Reckoning'' and ''A Bar-fly'' (both written by [[Lem Doolittle]]), to be performed simultaneously. The setting was designed by [[Lula Chamberlain]]. In the interlude, it is performed in [[the Lower Depths]].

''The Entertainment'' is available for download [http://kentuckyroutezero.com/the-entertainment/ here].

== Synopsis ==

The bar-fly, the player's point-of-view character, sits at a central table in a bar called [[The Lower Depths]]. From there, the player can glance forward at the action of the performance of ''A Reckoning''; above at the Hard Times sign for scene notes; at the jukebox for sound cue notes; at the stage director for production notes; at the audience for reviews of the performance; and at their own table to see their own stage directions from ''A Bar-fly''. The scene only moves forward after the action in-front is completed. The audience reviews suggest that the present-day action is actually a student production of ''The Entertainment'' from the 1970s.

In ''A Reckoning'', bartender [[Harry Esperanza]] and patron [[Evelyn Hickman]] discuss the heatwave outside, comparing it to the heat in Texas, a location Evelyn has not been to but whose husband Ted is currently at on a business trip. Evelyn fears that Ted may cheat on her but Harry discourages the thought. She orders a beer but Harry points out that the only drink he carries now is whiskey from [[Hard Times Distillery]]. Evelyn asks if Harry's seen the people who work for Hard Times, remarking that they are "strange"; Harry only says that they work hard. Their conversation turns to improvements for the bar that Harry thought of while on recent vacation, then to the currently drunk bar-fly, and then back to Ted before a reflection on living in the moment and enjoying drinks, camaraderie and the upcoming bar entertainment, [[Junebug]], whom is expected to arrive by 8PM.

In the next scene, [[Pearl Slade]] enters the bar, apparently earlier than expected. She discusses her job at [[Ace Jewelry & Loan]] with Evelyn and Harry. Evelyn buys a whiskey for Pearl, who also notes the strange nature of the workers at Hard Times. After Evelyn eggs on Harry to talk about his vacation, Pearl lets the two know that she has arrived early because she plans to quit her job as she has put in charge of a predatory scheme to coerce other "dark-skinned" people into debt via then-new payday loan advances and is disgusted by being turned into an accomplice. She intends to stop paying her parents' tab at The Lower Depths and to move out West after quitting, something that Harry objects to as Pearl's parents have a large debt of bar tabs with him. Still, he says he will pay for both Pearl and Evelyn's drinks tonight, suggesting that one can ever be sure when debts will be called in to be paid in full. Evelyn again shows interest in waiting for "the entertainment".

Scene III: Sometime later, Pearl's parents, [[Rosa Slade|Rosa]] and [[Lawrence Slade|Lawrence]] arrive, excited at Rosa's new promotion as "management material" after 11 years as a supermarket cashier. As they order drinks and remark on how Hard Times uses something strange in their barrel aging process, Harry ominously reminds everyone about their debts and how they will be asked to pay up soon, stating that there will be a reckoning soon. Junebug is late for the 8PM performance time.

In the fourth and final scene, Pearl is back in the bar, soberly chatting with a drunken Evelyn and her inebriated parents. Pearl lets her parents know that she is cutting them off financially. Lawrence gets upset, calling Pearl cruel to cut them off when her mother has received a promotion, but Rosa clarifies that she was only ''considered'' by her boss as management material, stating his words that she will "maybe eventually" get the promotion. The sobering moment is interrupted by Evelyn's desire for more alcohol and her once more teasing Harry about his poolside vacation. Harry explodes into rage, saying that he simply closed the bar for a week and never left the city because he has no money at all to afford a vacation. He explains that he couldn't even afford the whiskey from Hard Times without striking up a deal with the distillery. When Pearl presses for clarification on that deal, Harry suggests Pearl leave the bar, as she doesn't deserve what is coming next. She leaves.

Evelyn dreams she was in Ted's place, perhaps taking a young man's offer of love just as she imagines Ted is cheating on her right now. Rosa and Lawrence cling to the hopefulness of Rosa's boss' proclamation of "management material" as they await the arrival of Junebug. Harry dismisses everyone's ability to pay up their debts, saying "they feed on debt" and that "they put it in the whiskey." Asked for clarification by Evelyn, Harry reveals that he has sold the debt he is owed by the bar patrons to the Hard Times distillery, and that someone from there will be at The Lower Depths soon to collect it from all of them. As he apologizes over and over, a glowing skeleton appears behind the bar-fly. Cut to black.

== Development & background ==

The game was originally developed for the [[wikipedia:Oculus Rift|Oculus Rift]] headset. This '''virtual reality version''' is now unavailable and unsupported, and instructions on its operation have since been amended to direct players on how to instead host a live stage production of the play. The former VR design gave players direct control of the camera, constrained detailed action to happen close to the player character and resulted in the decision to put the player on-stage as an actor, albeit one with no lines.

[[Cardboard Computer]] stated in a December 2013 [[newsletter]] that the game and one-act play was inspired by modern-era playwrights [[wikipedia:Eugene O'Neill|Eugene O'Neill]], [[wikipedia:Samuel Beckett|Samuel Beckett]], and [[wikipedia:Maxim Gorky|Maxim Gorky]].<ref>[http://kentuckyroutezero.com/pub/newsletter-archive/2013-dec-kentucky-route-zero-release-schedule-update-the-entertainment-other-news.html Kentucky Route Zero - Release schedule update, "The Entertainment" & other news]</ref> The "brick sandwich" on the Bar-fly's table is in reference to a circumvention of [[wikipedia:Raines law|Raines law]], a prohibition-era law outlawing the sale of alcohol on Sunday except for in hotels (the setting of both ''The Entertainment'' and O'Neill's ''[[wikipedia:The Iceman Cometh|The Iceman Cometh]]''). Some bar owners would mock the law by serving a clay brick between two slices of bread – as seen in the play – thus satisfying the minimal legal requirement of serving food.

=== Print version ===

The [http://www.lulu.com/shop/http://www.lulu.com/shop/lem-doolittle/the-entertainment/paperback/product-21312732.html "Paper and Ink" version] of the script is printed with a Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) of {{Code|57-6498}}, which it shares with a published version of [https://lccn.loc.gov/57006498 ''The Iceman Cometh'']. Of note, the LCCN listed is in a format that was in use before the year 2000. A modern printing would require the LCCN to adhere to the present format, which in this case would be {{Code|57006498}}.

A PDF of the print version can be found [[:File:TheEntertainment_Final.pdf|here]] and the sound cues can be downloaded from the ZIP linked [http://kentuckyroutezero.com/the-entertainment/vr.txt in this document] (direct link [https://web.archive.org/web/20230725054424/http://kentuckyroutezero.com/the-entertainment/TheEntertainment_SoundCues.zip here]).

== Cast list ==

In the world of ''Kentucky Route {{Zero}}'', the play was first presented at the Buffalo Street Student Theatre on the evening of November 16, 1973 with the following cast:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [[Harry Esperanza]]
| Edgar Foy
|-
| [[Lawrence Slade]]
| Allen Vogel
|-
| [[Pearl Slade]]
| Sarah Wakefield
|-
| [[Rosa Slade]]
| Sydney Mueller
|-
| [[Evelyn Hickman]]
| Paula Graves
|-
| Bar-fly
| Uncredited
|}

== Real-life productions ==

=== WordPlay premiere ===

''The Entertainment'' debuted at the 2013 edition of WordPlay, a festival hosted by the Hand Eye Society in Toronto, Canada. The event, which took place on November 16, 2013, featured a recreation of the table set where guests could sit and play the VR version of the game.<ref>[https://www.handeyesociety.com/event/wordplay-schedule-announcements-a-brick-sandwich/ WordPlay Schedule, Announcements, a Brick Sandwich – Hand Eye Society]</ref><ref>[https://www.handeyesociety.com/event/wordplay-fest-pics-and-showcase-links/ WordPlay Fest Pics and Showcase Links – Hand Eye Society]</ref>

=== Beta Public performance ===

Beta Public, an event series at the Camden People's Theatre in London, hosted a production of ''The Entertainment'' on April 21, 2016.<ref>[http://www.beta-public.com/beta-public-presents/ Beta Public Presents – Beta Public]</ref><ref>[https://www.cptheatre.co.uk/production/beta-public-presents/ Beta Public Presents – Camden People's Theatre]</ref>

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
File:The Entertainment 1.png|Opening scene to ''The Entertainment''
File:The Entertainment 2.png|The Bar-fly's table
File:The Entertainment 3.png|Evelyn and Harry
File:The Entertainment 4 draft.jpg|A [[Hard Times boys|Hard Times boy]] appears at the end
File:WordPlay 1.jpg|A player at WordPlay 2013
File:December 2013 newsletter - the entertainment wordplay 2 scaled.png|Another player at WordPlay 2013
File:WordPlay 2.jpg|A talk by the developers at WordPlay 2013
File:Beta Public Entertainment.jpg|Rehearsal ahead of the Beta Public show
</gallery>

== References ==

<references/>

[[Category:Games]]
[[Category:The Entertainment|*]]
[[Category:The Lower Depths]]
[[Category:Real world]]
[[Category:Fictional]]

Act II

2024-05-30T18:54:17Z

Matharvest: minor copyediting

{{Acts}}
[[File:KrzAct2.jpg|right|200px]]
'''Act II''' of {{KRZ}} was released on May 31, 2013. It introduces [[Ezra]] to the main cast of characters.

__TOC__

== Synopsis ==

[[File:Bureau front.png|thumb|left|''SHANNON: This is weird, but ... do you think we're ''inside'' or ''outside'' right now? CONWAY: Inside. ''/'' Outside. ''/'' Both.'']]
Act II begins with a cold open prelude in which [[Lula Chamberlain]], an installation artist whose works are featured in ''[[Limits & Demonstrations]]'', receives a rejection letter from the [[Gaston Trust for Imagined Architecture]]. After reading the letter, she sorts through a series of proposals for reclaiming spaces for purposes alternate to their current function; one such proposal seeks to reclaim a graveyard from the distillery that was built upon it by downsizing the distillery, reintroducing the graveyard and by "sharing resources" between the two. Lula can choose whether to endorse or oppose each proposal. If the player met [[Carrington]] in [[Act I]], he will interrupt Lula and ask her about his proposal for a venue for his performance. Otherwise, her coworker [[Rick]] interrupts her, asking about the proposals and an upcoming office party.

Thoroughly lost on the {{ZeroLink}}, [[Conway]] and [[Shannon]] stop at six-story building known as the [[Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces]]. They speak to the receptionist, [[Mary Ann]], about finding [[5 Dogwood Drive]]. Unable to assign them to any of the proper clerks for the process, she instead sets them up to the fifth floor to meet with [[Lula]]. On the way, they encounter a variety of hermit crabs, a floor full of bears, and an [[Will|organist]]. [[File:Zero.png|thumb|right|''MARY ANN: Just get back on the {{Zero}} and drive until you hit the crystal. Then turn around. It'll make sense once you get on the road.'']]

After failing to navigate the bureaucratic mess of junior clerks that [[Rick]] presents them with, the two finally meet with Lula. She tells them that she used to live on a Dogwood Drive, but that it cannot be the same one: due to computational "name collisions," the many streets named Dogwood Drive have all been renamed, such as to Pale Dogwood Drive, Large-leafed Dogwood Drive, or Himalayan Flowering Dogwood Drive. She ponders if her former lover [[Joseph]] sent the party to her to get her attention, or if her former intern [[Weaver]] overestimated her capabilities. However, believing that one may still just be named Dogwood Drive, she suggests they search the log of road name changes on the fourth floor. After the two come up empty-handed, Lula concludes the records have not yet been transferred to the new building from the former site of the Bureau, the Saint Thomas Church. She also suggests Conway seek out [[Dr. Truman]] to help with his leg, giving them his address in a small neighborhood on the east edge of Bowling Green.

[[File:Random Access Self Storage.png|thumb|left|''BRANDON: "Work is play for mortal stakes." That's the title of the evening's homily, in fact.'']]
Mary Ann tells Conway and Shannon that the church is actually inside a [[Random Access Self Storage|self storage facility]], and describes how to navigate there by following a series of ritualistic directions on the {{Zero}}. At the storage lot, the two talk to the janitor, [[Brandon]]. He says that he must start the night mass, but tells Shannon the records are in unit C315 and gives her his keys. Shannon leaves to look for the records while Conway rests his leg. Brandon presses play on an old tape player, and the two talk and listen to a prerecorded sermon on the virtue of hard work. Shannon returns with the file they were looking for. As they leave the building, Conway collapses from his injury, hallucinating about his accident at [[Elkhorn Mine]]. When he comes to, Shannon decides their first priority should be to find Dr. Truman.

They return to the Bureau only to find that Lula has disappeared in a hurry; however, before she left, she processed all the files needed to transfer Conway and Shannon back to the surface roads. They also encounter Carrington at the Bureau, and Conway is able to suggest either Elkhorn Mine, the self storage facility, or [[Equus Oils]] as the venue for where Carrington can host his performance. The two head out of the {{Zero}}, above ground, in search of Dr. Truman. [[File:Museum elevator.png|thumb|right|''FLORA: I think you need to get some real horses in the stable. MUSEUM STAFF: Do you like horses? FLORA: Not anymore. Now I like jungle cats. You should get some real panthers in the stable.'']]

Following the directions given by Lula, they arrive at where his house should be, but find that all houses in the neighborhood have been torn down and replaced with the under-construction [[Museum of Dwellings]]. Here, they encounter [[:Category:Museum of Dwellings|residents]] of the museum's many residences and explore the displayed homes while taking cover from the fierce storm outside. In the future, museum staff are reviewing and narrating the party's exploration of the displays through security footage. The residents discuss the group's presence with the museum staff: [[Fred]] believed they were from the [[Consolidated Power Company|power company]] and stayed indoors; [[Hudson]] recounted a conversation with Shannon about his crackling radio; and [[Sadie]] describes how she talked with them on the porch. Exploring one house, they meet [[Flora]], a young girl who tells them that Dr. Truman has since moved away. Flora also recounts Conway's story of exploring the cabin, in which he said he found an entrance into a hidden basement containing a pit with glowing moss, a garden, and a river. Conway states he lived in the cabin with one of his parents when he was young.

[[File:Museum roof.png|thumb|left|''EZRA: Julian's my brother. He's a lot bigger and stronger, and he has more feathers than me, but he's still my brother.'']] After exploring a variety of other dwellings, including houses, trailers, birdcages, horse stables, and tents, and talking with their residents, Conway and Shannon take a construction lift to the roof where they meet [[Ezra]]. The young boy explains that he and his brother [[Julian]] fly many of the museum's homes, including Dr. Truman's, out to the [[forest]] at night because the forest is easier to sleep in; however, Dr. Truman has asked not to be brought back in the morning like the others. Ezra agrees to bring Shannon, Conway, and his dog to the doctor and calls Julian, a giant eagle who swoops down, snatches them off the roof, and flies them to the forest. In the air, the group can observe many situations and locations below, such as an all-night diner, the [[Márquez Farmhouse]], Equus Oils, a wandering guitar player, the [[bait shop]], and the [[Hard Times Distillery|distillery built on top of the graveyard]]. [[File:Forest.png|thumb|right|''EZRA: You have a way of falling behind, don't you? Me, I'm always too far ahead. Maybe I should slow down a bit, like you.'']]

[[File:Neurypnol TM.png|thumb|right|''EZRA: They're singing about their home because they're lost right now. It's a scary song. SHANNON: It's scary, but they can still sing about it.'']]
The group lands in the forest. Conway, limping and assisted by Shannon, walk with the rest of the group through the illusory trees, with [[Emily, Ben, and Bob]] seen playing "[[Long Journey Home]]" intermittently in the foreground. Eventually, the party arrives at Dr. Truman's house. While Ezra and Shannon watch TV, the doctor inspects Conway's leg and gives him a dose of an anesthetic called ''Neurypnol TM''. Conway begins to succumb to the drug and falls into into a nebulous, drug-induced sleep, as his vision grows black and the walls of the house pull away to reveal the forest beyond. Cut to black.

 
[[File:END OF ACT II.png|frameless|center]]

== Locations ==

=== On the {{Zero}} ===

* [[Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces]]
* [[Route Zero|The {{Zero}}]]
* [[Random Access Self Storage]]

=== In the overworld ===

* [[Museum of Dwellings]]
* [[Forest]] and Dr. Truman's House

== Optional locations ==

=== In the overworld (driving) ===

* [[Equus Oils]]
* [[Márquez Farmhouse]]
* [[Elkhorn Mine]]
* [[Bait shop]]
* [[Scenic view]] and the resulting [[crater]]
* Dirt road
* Radio towers
* [[Van]]
* Traffic jam
* Tavern ([[The Lower Depths]])

=== On the {{Zero}} ===

* [[Deja Vu]]
* The [[campfire]]
* [[Bureau of Secret Tourism]] locations
** [[River Tunnels]]
** [[Gallery]]
** [[Mineral Springs]]
** [[Meditation Tunnels]]
** [[Valley]]

=== In the overworld (flying with Julian) ===

* [[Bait shop]]
* Equus Oils
* House (Burning house)
* Chapel
* Church
* Diner
* Elkhorn Mine
* Apartments (Family moving out)
* Figure in a blue suit
* Guitar player
* Graveyard ([[Hard Times Distillery]])
* Márquez Farmhouse
* Museum of Dwellings
* [[Museum]]
* Overgrown subdivision
* Small light
* Swamp

[[Category:Act II|*]]

Limits & Demonstrations

2024-05-30T18:38:38Z

Matharvest: /* Artworks */

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Limits & Demonstrations''}}
{{Acts}}
[[File:Limits & Demonstrations.png|thumb|right|Emily, Ben, and Bob in front of the exhibition text.]]
{{title}} is the first {{KRZ}} interlude, released on February 8, 2013 between Acts [[Act I|I]] and [[Act II|II]]. It features [[Emily, Ben, and Bob]] visiting an art museum as they walk around a retrospective exhibition of [[Lula Chamberlain]]'s work. The player, acting as the three characters, may navigate the exhibition space while discussing and interacting with the works on display.

''Limits & Demonstrations'' is available for download [http://kentuckyroutezero.com/limits-and-demonstrations/ here].

== Development ==

The game originally began as a "graphics card test" demo, for players to see whether their computer was capable of running ''Kentucky Route {{Zero}}''. [[Cardboard Computer]] stated in a February 2013 [[newsletter]] that they aimed to "[present] various graphics card features that the game requires as a virtual art gallery."<ref>[http://kentuckyroutezero.com/pub/newsletter-archive/2013-feb-krz-feb-13-newsletter-limits-demonstrations.html KRZ Feb. '13 Newsletter: Limits & Demonstrations]</ref>

== Overview ==

=== Gallery text ===

Wall text near the entrance of the room informs viewers that this is the first major exhibit consisting of works by artist Lula Chamberlain in more than twenty years.

<poem>
LIMITS and DEMONSTRATIONS
A Lula Chamberlain Retrospective.
Marking the first major public showcase of her work in over twenty years, this retrospective exhibition of work by pioneering installation artist Lula Chamberlain comprises a diagonal slice through time, place, and form. The pieces on display here were individually debuted over a period of thirty-five years, designed in Chamberlain's various homes and studios between her beloved Mexico City and her native Elizabethtown. They represent a range of scale and impact from the intimate warmth of ''Vertex Texture Fetch'' to the infamous ''Visage'', the latter of which requires a vertical clearance of over thirty feet. Yet these works share a confounding legacy: in each of their debut exhibitions, they were nearly impossible to install. Galleries and museums balked at the scale, power requirements, and highly-skilled labor involved in maintaining these works for display. Some of their debuts collapsed under the weight of logistics, only to be successfully executed much later. And so, just as they describe the outer limits of Chamberlain's range as an installation artist, the geographical edges and vertices of her itinerant home life, and the beginning and end of her distinguished career, the works on display here also trace the extremes of our capabilities and the frontiers of our patience as both viewers and exhibitors. Are we capable of viewing these works as they were meant to be viewed? Do we even want to be?
</poem>

=== Artworks ===

In clockwise order, the works on display are as follows:

* ''Spinning Coin, suspended, correcting for angular motion''. 1976. Found materials.

* ''Vertex Texture Fetch (Tree, television, and suspended cathode ray tube)''. 1968. Found materials.

* ''Overdubbed Nam June Paik installation, in the style of Edward Packer''. 1965, 1973, 1980. Magnetic tape, hand-held tape playback head, speaker system, voice of the artist, computer-synthesized speech.
** This installation pays homage to [[wikipedia:Nam June Paik|Nam June Paik]]'s ''[https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/9536 Random Access]'', originally displayed in 1963. The original piece asks the audience to create a personal music composition by guiding a playback head across strips of magnetic audiotape on the wall. Lula's interpretation combines this concept of interaction with a "choose your own adventure"-style narrative popularized by the author [[wikipedia:Edward Packard (writer)|Edward Packard]]. The interactive audioplay is narrated by Lula herself. In parts, the narrative diverges in irreconcilable ways, leaving the viewer to wonder whether what they just heard is factually true. [[Joseph]] and [[Donald]] also appear in the recordings, and it is generally understood that this exhibit is Lula's version of the events of her "love polygon" with the two of them.
** A flowchart for the dialogue in this piece can be viewed [[:File:Overdubbed Nam June Paik flowchart.png|here]].

* ''Visage''. 1984. Unknown media.
** A black and white profile of [[Donald]]'s face. This is more easily discernible with the video sped up, as viewable [https://consolidatedpower.co/~donald/zero/images/8/82/Visage.webm here].
** Inspired by a poem in the 1983 book ''The Policeman's Beard is Half-Constructed'', presented having been authored by a computer program called [[wikipedia:Racter|Racter]], programmed by William Chamberlain.

* ''Basement Puzzle #2 (artist, sunset, and horse)''. 1976. Plaster and wire.
** A reference to a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-FbCaNHMqk discarded puzzle] set in the basement of [[Equus Oils]] which, before the game's release, featured in [[Act I]].

== Little Berlin exhibition ==

Little Berlin – a gallery, artist collective, and exhibition space in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – hosted an art show featuring recreations of the in-game artworks as part of a real-life exhibition titled [http://www.littleberlin.org/calendar/2013/10/17/limits-and-demonstrations-a-lula-chamberlain-retrospective "Limits and Demonstrations: A Lula Chamberlain Retrospective"]. The exhibition opened on October 4, 2013 and was curated by Lee Tusman, with future selected showings on October 10 and 17. The October 17 date featured a special reception and talk with [[Cardboard Computer]] via Google Hangouts (also streamed online), in collaboration with the Grassroots Game Conference.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/events/722398061110476/ Limits And Demonstrations: A Lula Chamberlain Retrospective - Facebook]</ref>

A showing scheduled for October 24 was cancelled after the gallery's host building was temporarily closed after receiving building code violations.<ref>[https://hiddencityphila.org/2013/10/viking-mill-in-kensington-shut-by-l-artists-makers-out/ Viking Mill In Kensington Shut By L&I; Artists, Makers Out – Hidden City Philadelphia]</ref>

<gallery>
Little Berlin 1.jpg|''Overdubbed Nam June Paik installation, in the style of Edward Packer''
Little Berlin 2.jpg|''Visage''
Little Berlin 3.jpg|''Vertex Texture Fetch (Tree, television, and suspended cathode ray tube)''
</gallery>

== Screenshots ==

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== References ==

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Act I

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[[File:KrzAct1.jpg|right|border|200px]]
'''Act I''' of {{KRZ}} was released on January 7, 2013. It introduces [[Conway]] and [[Shannon]] to the main cast of characters.

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== Synopsis ==

[[File:Equus Oils.png|thumb|right|''An old hound in a straw hat. Both have seen better days.'']]
[[Conway]], a truck driver, works as a deliveryman for an antique shop owned by a woman named [[Lysette]]. Conway's last job before retirement is to make a delivery to [[5 Dogwood Drive]]. The game opens with Conway, together with [[Conway's dog|his dog]], pulling into the parking lot of [[Equus Oils]], a dimly-lit gas station. He meets [[Joseph Wheattree|Joseph]], the owner, sitting outside in a Queen Anne armchair. Joseph and Conway talk about a nearby truck accident with whiskey bottles broken all over the highway, and gives Conway's dog some jerky, who he optionally names either Blue or Homer.

Conway mentions his delivery to make on [[Dogwood Drive]], to which Joseph says he must take the mysterious [[Route Zero|Route {{Zero}}]]. Joseph tasks Conway to fix the circuit breaker to restore power to the station so that he may use the computer to locate directions. In the basement of the horse-shaped station, Conway encounters [[Emily, Ben, and Bob]] who are playing a tabletop game and inadvertently blocking his path. They ignore him, apparently unable to see or hear him. Overhearing that they've lost a glow-in-the-dark [[D20|twenty-sided die]], Conway manages to find it with the lantern turned off. When he returns, the three players have disappeared. Conway reaches the breaker box, restores the gas station's electricity, and returns outside. When he asks Joseph about the strange people, Joseph suggests Conway may have been hallucinating. Conway uses the computer to find directions to the [[Márquez Farmhouse]], where he is told he can talk to [[Weaver Márquez]] who has a better understanding of the roads. He also reads an email from [[Consolidated Power Company|Consolidated Power Co.]] who has sent Equus Oils a 14-day overdue notice. As Conway leaves, Joseph tells him that he loaded Weaver's old TV into the back of his truck to take to her.

[[File:Farmhouse.png|thumb|left|''WEAVER: That's my father's brother's daughter, Shannon. We're about the same age. Well, we used to be. She's older now.'']]
Conway drives north on [[Interstate 65]] to the Márquez residence, optionally encountering a variety of hidden locations and characters on the way. One location describes a museum with a book in the entrance. On the book's cover is written a smudged, indecipherable three-word phrase. On the first page of the book is a drawing of a horse; after several dozen blank pages is an elaborate ink drawing of a one-legged man working an antique adding machine, surrounded by whiskey bottles. Exploring further into the museum, Conway finds a marble hallway, its walls lined with plexiglass boxes filled with bird wings. If choosing to push through and shatter two glass doors, he finds another hidden door that leads to a large room filled with CD-ROMs, prints, and punchcards in envelopes labeled with real life artists' and game developers' names, along with titles of their work. One envelope's label contains the text "''If I Had My Way, I'd Tear the Building Down''. [[Joseph Wheattree|Wheattree]], 1985." Conway is able to gather that it is about three characters in a tragic "love polygon": Joseph, Donald, and Lula. [[File:Elkhorn Valley.png|thumb|right|''SHANNON: We all lost people down here. Well, not all of us. But most of us.'']]

At the farmhouse, Conway meets Weaver, who asks him to set up the TV, after which she can explain how to get to the {{Zero}}. Conway sets up the TV; as they look at the image displayed on the screen, Weaver says that Conway has made a mistake in setting it up. She tells Conway that it is time to start paying attention, and to look closely at the television. Looking into the screen again, Conway's gaze drifts to the barn out back and he spaces out.

Weaver informs him that the TV is picking up the wrong signal, but that her cousin [[Shannon Márquez|Shannon]] can fix it. Although she would rather have Conway find Shannon and fix her TV, she gives him directions to the {{Zero}} on-ramp. When Conway looks away from the screen, Weaver has vanished. As Conway heads back down to his truck, [[Emily, Ben, and Bob]] can be seen playing "[[You've Got to Walk]]" in the foreground.

Arriving at his destination, Conway finds that the area is an abandoned mineshaft called [[Elkhorn Mine]]. Though skeptical that the mine would house an on-ramp, he walks inside. In the entryway, he meets Shannon, who is on the phone with someone about a looming eviction. After she hangs up, Conway explains his predicament. Shannon then reveals that she encountered Weaver earlier that evening, and that Weaver told her to come to the mine to "find something she's been looking for." The two head into the mine, and Shannon has Conway test a P.A. system to measure the depth, width, and air quality of the tunnels before venturing further. During the last test, the reverberation causes the roof of the mine to collapse onto Conway, crushing his leg.

Shannon manages to free him and get him onto an old mine cart, part of the rail system from when the mine was operational. While exploring and looking for an auxiliary exit, Shannon reveals that the mine flooded at one point, killing the many miners trapped inside. The two discover a turntable, allowing them to change tracks and explore a number of tunnels. They explore the mine and see ghostly visions of miners in the flickering sparks thrown off the tram wires. At the end of one mine passage, they come to a stage which Shannon explains was used by folk song archivists as a recording studio for songs the miners would sing. [[File:Farmhouse hill.png|thumb|right|''SHANNON: Do you have any debts? CONWAY: I owe some people some apologies.'']]

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[[File:Equus Oils night.png|thumb|left|''CARRINGTON: If you have attention to spare, I'd be grateful. Somewhere outdoors. Somewhere intimate. Somewhere tragic.'']]
After exploring, they reach the exit. Shannon tells Conway she wants to investigate a tunnel with broken track from before, and has him wait for her. In the dark depths she discovers piles upon piles of helmets of the deceased miners. While waiting, Conway can choose to investigate various objects, such as a birdcage and tape reels, before limping out of the mine and into a wooden shack where he encounters notebooks written by archivists labeled "Márquez." Conway asks if Shannon's parents were the archivists, to which she says that Weaver's parents were; hers were miners who died in the flood.

Conway and Shannon travel to [[Shannon's workshop]], located at the back of a small bait and tackle shop at the corner of [[Wax Road|Wax]] and [[Peonia Road]], where Shannon recently saw Weaver's image on TV. However, Weaver is not there. On the way back to the farmhouse, Conway can choose to stop at Equus Oils where he and Shannon meet [[Carrington]], Joseph's friend who is looking for a venue for his [[Death Of The Hired Man|play]]. Carrington describes his play as "a grand, broadly experimental theatrical adaptation of 'The Death Of The Hired Man' by Robert Frost," and asks Conway to keep an eye out for venues for him. [[File:Onramp.png|thumb|right|''SHANNON: There, just gotta turn it north/south, and —'']]

Back at the [[Márquez Farmhouse]], Shannon reveals that Weaver fled after learning of her family's debts, along with her own due to university tuition, and that tonight was the first time she had seen her since then. As Shannon attempts to fix the old TV, she notices moss growing on the vacuum tubes. After she cleans and recalibrates the TV, Conway looks in again. This time, both the picture on the screen and the barn behind the house begin to warp and separate. The barn transposes onto the television's picture and the image of the opening to the {{Zero}} appears in real life; Conway's truck is seen driving into the opening. Cut to black.

 
[[File:END OF ACT I.png|frameless|center]]

== Locations ==

* [[Equus Oils]]
* [[Márquez Farmhouse]]
* [[Elkhorn Mine]]
* [[Bait shop]] and [[Shannon's workshop]]

== Optional locations ==
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* [[Wreck]]
* [[Museum]]
* [[Airplane]]
* Barren River RECC
* Buffalo Creek RECC
* [[Light of the Last Great Awakening Baptist Church]]
* Dragonflies (x3) 
* Guitar player
* Diner

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Music

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{{Materials}}
The '''music''' of {{KRZ}} consists of an ambient soundtrack composed by [[Ben Babbitt]] with bluegrass tracks performed by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]. Each of the game's acts saw a corresponding album release on Ben's [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp], along with the remastered full-game soundtrack, a one-song ''[[The Entertainment]]'' soundtrack, and album by [[Junebug]].

Inspirations for the score include [https://hedia.bandcamp.com/ Hedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneohtrix_Point_Never Oneohtrix Point Never], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe Bill Monroe], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Scott Raymond Scott], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Messiaen Olivier Messiaen], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_(musician) GAS].

Players who have purchased the game are able to access the soundtrack audio files for Acts I–V in the game's installation folder.

Physical copies of a vinyl version of the soundtrack and the Junebug LP were previously available to be pre-ordered at the [https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/krz iam8bit website].

== Original Soundtrack ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Original Soundtrack
| albumart = KRZ OST album art.jpg
| title1 = Stars Drop Away
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts In the Static
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got To Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Julian
| length5 = 4:52
| title6 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note6 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Nameless Interiors
| length7 = 2:04
| title8 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = Xanadu
| length9 = 2:44
| title10 = Weird Vector
| length10 = 3:07
| title11 = Too Late To Love You
| note11 = by [[Junebug]]
| length11 = 5:57
| title12 = What Would You Give
| note12 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length12 = 3:27
| title13 = Hold Music
| length13 = 4:24
| title14 = Dark Rum Noir
| length14 = 1:57
| title15 = My Light Heaven
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Riverworld
| length16 = 4:19
| title17 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length17 = 4:24
| title18 = Angel Wings
| length18 = 5:52
| title19 = This World Is Not My Home
| note19 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length19 = 3:27
| title20 = Un Pueblo De Nada
| length20 = 2:59
| title21 = To Love A Red Moon
| length21 = 3:20
| title22 = The Arrival
| length22 = 1:36
| title23 = The Library
| length23 = 2:15
| title24 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length24 = 4:01
| title25 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length25 = 3:09
| title26 = The Clearing
| length26 = 3:18
}}

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Released January 28, 2020. Contains 26 of the 33 songs released for the game, lightly re-ordered for the vinyl format. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-12; Side C: 13-19; Side D: 20-26. Music by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by [[Theo Karon]] at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Dark Rum Noir" and "My Light Heaven" are performed in-game by [[Cyrano Cole]] but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-original-soundtrack here].

== Memory Overflow ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Memory Overflow
| albumart = KRZ Memory Overflow album art.jpg
| title1 = The Flood
| length1 = 1:10
| title2 = Last Look
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = April 2017
| length3 = 2:10
| title4 = (270) 301-5797
| length4 = 0:42
| title5 = 65 at Night
| length5 = 2:15
| title6 = Public Transportation
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = For LME
| length7 = 3:25
| title8 = Lunar Landing
| length8 = 2:15
| title9 = CA Video Music
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = Mireya's Show
| length10 = 0:56
| title11 = Top Shelf Drone Tape
| length11 = 3:27
| title12 = Organ Music
| length12 = 2:47
| title13 = Hangar Guitar
| length13 = 1:41
| title14 = Quiet Funeral
| length14 = 1:17
| title15 = Xanadu Minimix I
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Xanadu Minimix II
| length16 = 3:55
| title17 = Weather Report
| length17 = 2:27
| title18 = Hotmk 2013
| length18 = 2:27
| title19 = Radio 92.2
| length19 = 2:46
| title20 = Night Out
| length20 = 3:36
| title21 = Long Journey demo
| length21 = 3:54
| title22 = UPDN outtake
| length22 = 2:17
| title23 = Radio Cluster
| length23 = 3:11
| title24 = Underworld Drift
| length24 = 6:09
| title25 = Mound Builders
| length25 = 10:57
| title26 = Rolling Credits
| length26 = 2:24
}}

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Released April 2, 2021. Music by Ben Babbitt, spanning work from 2011 to 2020. Comprises music from the game's interludes, radio music, videos, cutouts, extended drifting mixes, and others. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Weather Report" is performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but is not credited as such on this release.

Four songs were originally released with different titles: "65 at Night" was "FM Picker"; "Public Transportation" was "Mels"; "Hotmk 2013" was "Hotmk outtake"; and "Radio 92.2" was "FM Dance". These titles were changed within hours of release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-memory-overflow here].

== Act I ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act I
| albumart = Act I soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = The Stars Drop Away (Equus Oils)
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts in the Static (Márquez Farm)
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got to Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Animal Bones (Exit)
| length4 = 2:29
}}

Released January 27, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by [[Jake Elliott]]. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen. The subtitles for each song were removed for the remaster.

"You've Got to Walk" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-i here].

== Act II ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act II
| albumart = Act II soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Nameless Interiors
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length2 = 4:24
| title3 = The Zero
| length3 = 3:33
| title4 = Work and Need
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length5 = 3:17
| title6 = Julian
| length6 = 4:54
| title7 = Long Journey Home
| length7 = 1:58
| note7 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
}}

Released June 14, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces" was recorded by Ben Babbitt and Andy Spillman at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Highland Park, IL. "Long Journey Home" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on double bass. The original release of the song featured a four-count and a brief snippet of studio room tone, and is 2:02 in length. These are edited out for the remastered version, which has a length of 1:58.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-ii here].

== Act III ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act III
| albumart = Act III soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Xanadu
| length1 = 2:44
| title2 = Weird Vector
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Too Late to Love You
| length4 = 5:57
| title5 = What Would You Give
| length5 = 3:27
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
}}

Released May 6, 2014. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Too Late To Love You" features lyrics by Jake Elliott. The original release of ''Act III'' included the in-game vocal take and a short ambient section after the first chorus (the same found in-game when taking time to decide on a lyrical option), and is 6:14 in length. The newer master by Theo Karon features a different vocal take and is the same version found on Junebug's album ''[[Music#Too Late to Love You|Too Late to Love You]]'', with a length of 5:57.

"What Would You Give" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iii here].

== Act IV ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act IV
| albumart = Krz-act4-full.jpg
| title1 = Dark Rum Noir
| length1 = 1:57
| title2 = My Light Heaven
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = Glowing Arms
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = Riverworld
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = Angel Wings
| length5 = 5:52
| title6 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = This World Is Not My Home
| length7 = 3:27
| note7 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| title8 = Music for Rivers
| length8 = 3:05
}}

Released August 5, 2016. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven", "Glowing Arms", and "This World Is Not My Home" mixed by Theo Karon. Album artwork by [[Tamas Kemenczy]]. "Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven" and "Glowing Arms" are performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iv here].

== Act V ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act V
| albumart = Act V poster.png
| title1 = The Arrival
| length1 = 1:40
| title2 = The Library
| length2 = 2:15
| title3 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = The Clearing
| length5 = 3:18
}}

Released January 28, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA.

"I'm Going That Way" performed by Emily Cross, with Ben Babbitt, Nikole Beckwith, Alex Rose, Walt McClements, Alina Cutrono, Anna Ialeggio, Theo Karon, and Thomas Carroll appearing under the name The Town Choir.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-v here].

== ''The Entertainment'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = The Entertainment Soundtrack
| albumart = The Entertainment soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Letter Full of Promises
| length1 = 3:28
| note1 = feat. [[wikipedia:Juanita Rogers|Juanita Rogers]]
}}

Released November 26, 2013. A remaster was released on January 28, 2020.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/the-entertainment-soundtrack here].

== ''Too Late to Love You'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Too Late to Love You
| albumart = Junebug - Too Late to Love You.jpg
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 1:11
| title2 = Static Between Stations
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Poison Dream
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = Lighter Than It Feels
| length4 = 3:12
| title5 = Too Late To Love You
| length5 = 5:55
| title6 = Interlude
| length6 = 1:37
| title7 = Out Here
| length7 = 4:37
| title8 = Deeply In Mind
| length8 = 4:35
| title9 = Sky Remains
| length9 = 3:17
| title10 = Next Time
| length10 = 3:20
| title11 = Night Surrounds Us
| length11 = 5:02
}}

Released October 2, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt in 2014–15 at the Coach House in Chicago, IL and Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. Artwork and design by Camilo Medina. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-11.

The single "Static Between Stations" was released August 23, 2016 and was previously available to listen to [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 here] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180912210619/https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 archived copy]). A music video for this song is viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHR0A8YYnig here]. The music video was directed by Rebecca Rau and Alex Tyson, and stars Mireya Lucio, Theo Karon, and Ben Babbitt; makeup is by Alina Cutrono with costumes by Anna Leocha and Alina Cutrono, with special thanks to Tim Horner.

A short teaser video, using the song "Interlude", was made available on the WEVP-TV website and can be watched [http://wevp.tv/vdb/junebug-fog.mp4 here].

"Too Late to Love You" appears in-game in ''[[Act III]]'' as an interactive scene in [[The Lower Depths]]. Players are able to choose one of three options, for each of the three verses, for Junebug to sing; one "definitive" lyric is presented on this album. "Sky Remains" and "Deeply in Mind" appear in-game in ''[[Act IV]]'', playing as background music inside of the gas station. "Deeply in Mind" can also be heard in the Act IV Observational Trailer, viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bFCNFqf_-0 here].

Listen to this album [https://junebug.bandcamp.com/album/too-late-to-love-you here].

== Other tracks ==

A recording of "This World Is Not My Home" performed by The Bedquilt Ramblers was released in the August 2011 [[newsletter]] and is available to listen to [[:File:This World is Not My Home by The Bedquilt Ramblers.mp3|here]]. This song was eventually re-recorded in a more somber tone for [[Act IV]] of the game. The game's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pvkCYNhf7M Kickstarter trailer] features a version of this song sung by [[wikipedia:Bill Monroe|Bill Monroe]].

An electronic version of "This World Is Not My Home" by Ben Babbitt is available on SoundCloud [[:File:This World is Not My Home (Electronic) by Ben Babbitt.mp3|here]].

A version of "What Would You Give" by the Bedquilt Ramblers, with an extended intro and outro, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul) by the Bedquilt Ramblers.ogv|here]].

An ambient version of "What Would You Give", created by Ben Babbitt during the development of Act I, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (Ambient) by Ben Babbitt.ogv|here]].

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Music

2024-05-28T15:32:46Z

Matharvest: /* Memory Overflow */

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{{Materials}}
The '''music''' of {{KRZ}} consists of an ambient soundtrack composed by [[Ben Babbitt]] with bluegrass tracks performed by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]. Each of the game's acts saw a corresponding album release on Ben's [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp], along with the remastered full-game soundtrack, a one-song ''[[The Entertainment]]'' soundtrack, and album by [[Junebug]].

Inspirations for the score include [https://hedia.bandcamp.com/ Hedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneohtrix_Point_Never Oneohtrix Point Never], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe Bill Monroe], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Scott Raymond Scott], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Messiaen Olivier Messiaen], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_(musician) GAS].

Players who have purchased the game are able to access the soundtrack audio files for Acts I–V in the game's installation folder.

Physical copies of a vinyl version of the soundtrack and the Junebug LP were previously available to be pre-ordered at the [https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/krz iam8bit website].

== Original Soundtrack ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Original Soundtrack
| albumart = KRZ OST album art.jpg
| title1 = Stars Drop Away
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts In the Static
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got To Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Julian
| length5 = 4:52
| title6 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note6 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Nameless Interiors
| length7 = 2:04
| title8 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = Xanadu
| length9 = 2:44
| title10 = Weird Vector
| length10 = 3:07
| title11 = Too Late To Love You
| note11 = by [[Junebug]]
| length11 = 5:57
| title12 = What Would You Give
| note12 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length12 = 3:27
| title13 = Hold Music
| length13 = 4:24
| title14 = Dark Rum Noir
| length14 = 1:57
| title15 = My Light Heaven
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Riverworld
| length16 = 4:19
| title17 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length17 = 4:24
| title18 = Angel Wings
| length18 = 5:52
| title19 = This World Is Not My Home
| note19 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length19 = 3:27
| title20 = Un Pueblo De Nada
| length20 = 2:59
| title21 = To Love A Red Moon
| length21 = 3:20
| title22 = The Arrival
| length22 = 1:36
| title23 = The Library
| length23 = 2:15
| title24 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length24 = 4:01
| title25 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length25 = 3:09
| title26 = The Clearing
| length26 = 3:18
}}

{{clear}}

Released January 28, 2020. Contains 26 of the 33 songs released for the game, lightly re-ordered for the vinyl format. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-12; Side C: 13-19; Side D: 20-26. Music by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by [[Theo Karon]] at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Dark Rum Noir" and "My Light Heaven" are performed in-game by [[Cyrano Cole]] but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-original-soundtrack here].

== Memory Overflow ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Memory Overflow
| albumart = KRZ Memory Overflow album art.jpg
| title1 = The Flood
| length1 = 1:10
| title2 = Last Look
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = April 2017
| length3 = 2:10
| title4 = (270) 301-5797
| length4 = 0:42
| title5 = 65 at Night
| length5 = 2:15
| title6 = Public Transportation
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = For LME
| length7 = 3:25
| title8 = Lunar Landing
| length8 = 2:15
| title9 = CA Video Music
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = Mireya's Show
| length10 = 0:56
| title11 = Top Shelf Drone Tape
| length11 = 3:27
| title12 = Organ Music
| length12 = 2:47
| title13 = Hangar Guitar
| length13 = 1:41
| title14 = Quiet Funeral
| length14 = 1:17
| title15 = Xanadu Minimix I
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Xanadu Minimix II
| length16 = 3:55
| title17 = Weather Report
| length17 = 2:27
| title18 = Hotmk 2013
| length18 = 2:27
| title19 = Radio 92.2
| length19 = 2:46
| title20 = Night Out
| length20 = 3:36
| title21 = Long Journey demo
| length21 = 3:54
| title22 = UPDN outtake
| length22 = 2:17
| title23 = Radio Cluster
| length23 = 3:11
| title24 = Underworld Drift
| length24 = 6:09
| title25 = Mound Builders
| length25 = 10:57
| title26 = Rolling Credits
| length26 = 2:24
}}

{{clear}}

Released April 2, 2021. Music by Ben Babbitt, spanning work from 2011 to 2020. Comprises music from the game's interludes, radio music, videos, cutouts, extended drifting mixes, and others. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Weather Report" is performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but is not credited as such on this release.

Four songs were originally released with different titles: "65 at Night" was "FM Picker"; "Public Transportation" was "Mels"; "Hotmk 2013" was "Hotmk outtake"; and "Radio 92.2" was "FM Dance". These titles were changed within hours of release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-memory-overflow here].

== Act I ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act I
| albumart = Act I soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = The Stars Drop Away (Equus Oils)
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts in the Static (Márquez Farm)
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got to Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Animal Bones (Exit)
| length4 = 2:29
}}

Released January 27, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by [[Jake Elliott]]. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen. The subtitles for each song were removed for the remaster.

"You've Got to Walk" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-i here].

== Act II ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act II
| albumart = Act II soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Nameless Interiors
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length2 = 4:24
| title3 = The Zero
| length3 = 3:33
| title4 = Work and Need
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length5 = 3:17
| title6 = Julian
| length6 = 4:54
| title7 = Long Journey Home
| length7 = 1:58
| note7 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
}}

Released June 14, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces" was recorded by Ben Babbitt and Andy Spillman at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Highland Park, IL. "Long Journey Home" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on double bass. The original release of the song featured a four-count and a brief snippet of studio room tone, and is 2:02 in length. These are edited out for the remastered version, which has a length of 1:58.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-ii here].

== Act III ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act III
| albumart = Act III soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Xanadu
| length1 = 2:44
| title2 = Weird Vector
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Too Late to Love You
| length4 = 5:57
| title5 = What Would You Give
| length5 = 3:27
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
}}

Released May 6, 2014. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Too Late To Love You" features lyrics by Jake Elliott. The original release of ''Act III'' included the in-game vocal take and a short ambient section after the first chorus (the same found in-game when taking time to decide on a lyrical option), and is 6:14 in length. The newer master by Theo Karon features a different vocal take and is the same version found on Junebug's album ''[[Music#Too Late to Love You|Too Late to Love You]]'', with a length of 5:57.

"What Would You Give" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iii here].

== Act IV ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act IV
| albumart = Krz-act4-full.jpg
| title1 = Dark Rum Noir
| length1 = 1:57
| title2 = My Light Heaven
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = Glowing Arms
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = Riverworld
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = Angel Wings
| length5 = 5:52
| title6 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = This World Is Not My Home
| length7 = 3:27
| note7 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| title8 = Music for Rivers
| length8 = 3:05
}}

Released August 5, 2016. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven", "Glowing Arms", and "This World Is Not My Home" mixed by Theo Karon. Album artwork by [[Tamas Kemenczy]]. "Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven" and "Glowing Arms" are performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iv here].

== Act V ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act V
| albumart = Act V poster.png
| title1 = The Arrival
| length1 = 1:40
| title2 = The Library
| length2 = 2:15
| title3 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = The Clearing
| length5 = 3:18
}}

Released January 28, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA.

"I'm Going That Way" performed by Emily Cross, with Ben Babbitt, Nikole Beckwith, Alex Rose, Walt McClements, Alina Cutrono, Anna Ialeggio, Theo Karon, and Thomas Carroll appearing under the name The Town Choir.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-v here].

== ''The Entertainment'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = The Entertainment Soundtrack
| albumart = The Entertainment soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Letter Full of Promises
| length1 = 3:28
| note1 = feat. [[wikipedia:Juanita Rogers|Juanita Rogers]]
}}

Released November 26, 2013. A remaster was released on January 28, 2020.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/the-entertainment-soundtrack here].

== ''Too Late to Love You'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Too Late to Love You
| albumart = Junebug - Too Late to Love You.jpg
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 1:11
| title2 = Static Between Stations
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Poison Dream
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = Lighter Than It Feels
| length4 = 3:12
| title5 = Too Late To Love You
| length5 = 5:55
| title6 = Interlude
| length6 = 1:37
| title7 = Out Here
| length7 = 4:37
| title8 = Deeply In Mind
| length8 = 4:35
| title9 = Sky Remains
| length9 = 3:17
| title10 = Next Time
| length10 = 3:20
| title11 = Night Surrounds Us
| length11 = 5:02
}}

Released October 2, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt in 2014–15 at the Coach House in Chicago, IL and Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. Artwork and design by Camilo Medina. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-11.

The single "Static Between Stations" was released August 23, 2016 and previously available to listen to [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 here] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180912210619/https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 archived copy]). A music video for this song is viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHR0A8YYnig here]. The music video was directed by Rebecca Rau and Alex Tyson, and stars Mireya Lucio, Theo Karon, and Ben Babbitt; makeup is by Alina Cutrono with costumes by Anna Leocha and Alina Cutrono, with special thanks to Tim Horner.

Listen to this album [https://junebug.bandcamp.com/album/too-late-to-love-you here].

== Other tracks ==

A recording of "This World Is Not My Home" performed by The Bedquilt Ramblers was released in the August 2011 [[newsletter]] and is available to listen to [[:File:This World is Not My Home by The Bedquilt Ramblers.mp3|here]]. This song was eventually re-recorded in a more somber tone for [[Act IV]] of the game. The game's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pvkCYNhf7M Kickstarter trailer] features a version of this song sung by [[wikipedia:Bill Monroe|Bill Monroe]].

An electronic version of "This World Is Not My Home" by Ben Babbitt is available on SoundCloud [[:File:This World is Not My Home (Electronic) by Ben Babbitt.mp3|here]].

A version of "What Would You Give" by the Bedquilt Ramblers, with an extended intro and outro, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul) by the Bedquilt Ramblers.ogv|here]].

An ambient version of "What Would You Give", created by Ben Babbitt during the development of Act I, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (Ambient) by Ben Babbitt.ogv|here]].

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Music

2024-05-28T15:32:22Z

Matharvest: /* Memory Overflow */ thanks to eli for the tip! bought this LP day one and even i missed this https://web.archive.org/web/20210402071208/https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-memory-overflow

{{Resources|skinny}}
{{Materials}}
The '''music''' of {{KRZ}} consists of an ambient soundtrack composed by [[Ben Babbitt]] with bluegrass tracks performed by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]. Each of the game's acts saw a corresponding album release on Ben's [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp], along with the remastered full-game soundtrack, a one-song ''[[The Entertainment]]'' soundtrack, and album by [[Junebug]].

Inspirations for the score include [https://hedia.bandcamp.com/ Hedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneohtrix_Point_Never Oneohtrix Point Never], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe Bill Monroe], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Scott Raymond Scott], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Messiaen Olivier Messiaen], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_(musician) GAS].

Players who have purchased the game are able to access the soundtrack audio files for Acts I–V in the game's installation folder.

Physical copies of a vinyl version of the soundtrack and the Junebug LP were previously available to be pre-ordered at the [https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/krz iam8bit website].

== Original Soundtrack ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Original Soundtrack
| albumart = KRZ OST album art.jpg
| title1 = Stars Drop Away
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts In the Static
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got To Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Julian
| length5 = 4:52
| title6 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note6 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Nameless Interiors
| length7 = 2:04
| title8 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = Xanadu
| length9 = 2:44
| title10 = Weird Vector
| length10 = 3:07
| title11 = Too Late To Love You
| note11 = by [[Junebug]]
| length11 = 5:57
| title12 = What Would You Give
| note12 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length12 = 3:27
| title13 = Hold Music
| length13 = 4:24
| title14 = Dark Rum Noir
| length14 = 1:57
| title15 = My Light Heaven
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Riverworld
| length16 = 4:19
| title17 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length17 = 4:24
| title18 = Angel Wings
| length18 = 5:52
| title19 = This World Is Not My Home
| note19 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length19 = 3:27
| title20 = Un Pueblo De Nada
| length20 = 2:59
| title21 = To Love A Red Moon
| length21 = 3:20
| title22 = The Arrival
| length22 = 1:36
| title23 = The Library
| length23 = 2:15
| title24 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length24 = 4:01
| title25 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length25 = 3:09
| title26 = The Clearing
| length26 = 3:18
}}

{{clear}}

Released January 28, 2020. Contains 26 of the 33 songs released for the game, lightly re-ordered for the vinyl format. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-12; Side C: 13-19; Side D: 20-26. Music by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by [[Theo Karon]] at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Dark Rum Noir" and "My Light Heaven" are performed in-game by [[Cyrano Cole]] but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-original-soundtrack here].

== Memory Overflow ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Memory Overflow
| albumart = KRZ Memory Overflow album art.jpg
| title1 = The Flood
| length1 = 1:10
| title2 = Last Look
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = April 2017
| length3 = 2:10
| title4 = (270) 301-5797
| length4 = 0:42
| title5 = 65 at Night
| length5 = 2:15
| title6 = Public Transportation
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = For LME
| length7 = 3:25
| title8 = Lunar Landing
| length8 = 2:15
| title9 = CA Video Music
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = Mireya's Show
| length10 = 0:56
| title11 = Top Shelf Drone Tape
| length11 = 3:27
| title12 = Organ Music
| length12 = 2:47
| title13 = Hangar Guitar
| length13 = 1:41
| title14 = Quiet Funeral
| length14 = 1:17
| title15 = Xanadu Minimix I
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Xanadu Minimix II
| length16 = 3:55
| title17 = Weather Report
| length17 = 2:27
| title18 = Hotmk 2013
| length18 = 2:27
| title19 = Radio 92.2
| length19 = 2:46
| title20 = Night Out
| length20 = 3:36
| title21 = Long Journey demo
| length21 = 3:54
| title22 = UPDN outtake
| length22 = 2:17
| title23 = Radio Cluster
| length23 = 3:11
| title24 = Underworld Drift
| length24 = 6:09
| title25 = Mound Builders
| length25 = 10:57
| title26 = Rolling Credits
| length26 = 2:24
}}

{{clear}}

Released April 2, 2021. Music by Ben Babbitt, spanning work from 2011 to 2020. Comprises music from the game's interludes, radio music, videos, cutouts, extended drifting mixes, and others. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Weather Report" is performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but is not credited as such on this release.

Four songs were originally released with different titles: "65 at Night" was "FM Picker"; "Public Transporation" was "Mels"; "Hotmk 2013" was "Hotmk outtake"; and "Radio 92.2" was "FM Dance". These titles were changed within hours of release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-memory-overflow here].

== Act I ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act I
| albumart = Act I soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = The Stars Drop Away (Equus Oils)
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts in the Static (Márquez Farm)
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got to Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Animal Bones (Exit)
| length4 = 2:29
}}

Released January 27, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by [[Jake Elliott]]. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen. The subtitles for each song were removed for the remaster.

"You've Got to Walk" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-i here].

== Act II ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act II
| albumart = Act II soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Nameless Interiors
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length2 = 4:24
| title3 = The Zero
| length3 = 3:33
| title4 = Work and Need
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length5 = 3:17
| title6 = Julian
| length6 = 4:54
| title7 = Long Journey Home
| length7 = 1:58
| note7 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
}}

Released June 14, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces" was recorded by Ben Babbitt and Andy Spillman at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Highland Park, IL. "Long Journey Home" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on double bass. The original release of the song featured a four-count and a brief snippet of studio room tone, and is 2:02 in length. These are edited out for the remastered version, which has a length of 1:58.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-ii here].

== Act III ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act III
| albumart = Act III soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Xanadu
| length1 = 2:44
| title2 = Weird Vector
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Too Late to Love You
| length4 = 5:57
| title5 = What Would You Give
| length5 = 3:27
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
}}

Released May 6, 2014. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Too Late To Love You" features lyrics by Jake Elliott. The original release of ''Act III'' included the in-game vocal take and a short ambient section after the first chorus (the same found in-game when taking time to decide on a lyrical option), and is 6:14 in length. The newer master by Theo Karon features a different vocal take and is the same version found on Junebug's album ''[[Music#Too Late to Love You|Too Late to Love You]]'', with a length of 5:57.

"What Would You Give" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iii here].

== Act IV ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act IV
| albumart = Krz-act4-full.jpg
| title1 = Dark Rum Noir
| length1 = 1:57
| title2 = My Light Heaven
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = Glowing Arms
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = Riverworld
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = Angel Wings
| length5 = 5:52
| title6 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = This World Is Not My Home
| length7 = 3:27
| note7 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| title8 = Music for Rivers
| length8 = 3:05
}}

Released August 5, 2016. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven", "Glowing Arms", and "This World Is Not My Home" mixed by Theo Karon. Album artwork by [[Tamas Kemenczy]]. "Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven" and "Glowing Arms" are performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iv here].

== Act V ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act V
| albumart = Act V poster.png
| title1 = The Arrival
| length1 = 1:40
| title2 = The Library
| length2 = 2:15
| title3 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = The Clearing
| length5 = 3:18
}}

Released January 28, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA.

"I'm Going That Way" performed by Emily Cross, with Ben Babbitt, Nikole Beckwith, Alex Rose, Walt McClements, Alina Cutrono, Anna Ialeggio, Theo Karon, and Thomas Carroll appearing under the name The Town Choir.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-v here].

== ''The Entertainment'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = The Entertainment Soundtrack
| albumart = The Entertainment soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Letter Full of Promises
| length1 = 3:28
| note1 = feat. [[wikipedia:Juanita Rogers|Juanita Rogers]]
}}

Released November 26, 2013. A remaster was released on January 28, 2020.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/the-entertainment-soundtrack here].

== ''Too Late to Love You'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Too Late to Love You
| albumart = Junebug - Too Late to Love You.jpg
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 1:11
| title2 = Static Between Stations
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Poison Dream
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = Lighter Than It Feels
| length4 = 3:12
| title5 = Too Late To Love You
| length5 = 5:55
| title6 = Interlude
| length6 = 1:37
| title7 = Out Here
| length7 = 4:37
| title8 = Deeply In Mind
| length8 = 4:35
| title9 = Sky Remains
| length9 = 3:17
| title10 = Next Time
| length10 = 3:20
| title11 = Night Surrounds Us
| length11 = 5:02
}}

Released October 2, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt in 2014–15 at the Coach House in Chicago, IL and Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. Artwork and design by Camilo Medina. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-11.

The single "Static Between Stations" was released August 23, 2016 and previously available to listen to [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 here] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180912210619/https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 archived copy]). A music video for this song is viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHR0A8YYnig here]. The music video was directed by Rebecca Rau and Alex Tyson, and stars Mireya Lucio, Theo Karon, and Ben Babbitt; makeup is by Alina Cutrono with costumes by Anna Leocha and Alina Cutrono, with special thanks to Tim Horner.

Listen to this album [https://junebug.bandcamp.com/album/too-late-to-love-you here].

== Other tracks ==

A recording of "This World Is Not My Home" performed by The Bedquilt Ramblers was released in the August 2011 [[newsletter]] and is available to listen to [[:File:This World is Not My Home by The Bedquilt Ramblers.mp3|here]]. This song was eventually re-recorded in a more somber tone for [[Act IV]] of the game. The game's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pvkCYNhf7M Kickstarter trailer] features a version of this song sung by [[wikipedia:Bill Monroe|Bill Monroe]].

An electronic version of "This World Is Not My Home" by Ben Babbitt is available on SoundCloud [[:File:This World is Not My Home (Electronic) by Ben Babbitt.mp3|here]].

A version of "What Would You Give" by the Bedquilt Ramblers, with an extended intro and outro, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul) by the Bedquilt Ramblers.ogv|here]].

An ambient version of "What Would You Give", created by Ben Babbitt during the development of Act I, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (Ambient) by Ben Babbitt.ogv|here]].

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[[Category:Music|*]]

Music

2024-04-29T14:28:00Z

Matharvest: /* Memory Overflow */ track name correction, unsure where "FM Picker", "Mels" and "FM Dance" came from ?

{{Resources|skinny}}
{{Materials}}
The '''music''' of {{KRZ}} consists of an ambient soundtrack composed by [[Ben Babbitt]] with bluegrass tracks performed by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]. Each of the game's acts saw a corresponding album release on Ben's [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp], along with the remastered full-game soundtrack, a one-song ''[[The Entertainment]]'' soundtrack, and album by [[Junebug]].

Inspirations for the score include [https://hedia.bandcamp.com/ Hedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneohtrix_Point_Never Oneohtrix Point Never], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe Bill Monroe], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Scott Raymond Scott], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Messiaen Olivier Messiaen], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_(musician) GAS].

Players who have purchased the game are able to access the soundtrack audio files for Acts I–V in the game's installation folder.

Physical copies of a vinyl version of the soundtrack and the Junebug LP were previously available to be pre-ordered at the [https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/krz iam8bit website].

== Original Soundtrack ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Original Soundtrack
| albumart = KRZ OST album art.jpg
| title1 = Stars Drop Away
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts In the Static
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got To Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Julian
| length5 = 4:52
| title6 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note6 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Nameless Interiors
| length7 = 2:04
| title8 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = Xanadu
| length9 = 2:44
| title10 = Weird Vector
| length10 = 3:07
| title11 = Too Late To Love You
| note11 = by [[Junebug]]
| length11 = 5:57
| title12 = What Would You Give
| note12 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length12 = 3:27
| title13 = Hold Music
| length13 = 4:24
| title14 = Dark Rum Noir
| length14 = 1:57
| title15 = My Light Heaven
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Riverworld
| length16 = 4:19
| title17 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length17 = 4:24
| title18 = Angel Wings
| length18 = 5:52
| title19 = This World Is Not My Home
| note19 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length19 = 3:27
| title20 = Un Pueblo De Nada
| length20 = 2:59
| title21 = To Love A Red Moon
| length21 = 3:20
| title22 = The Arrival
| length22 = 1:36
| title23 = The Library
| length23 = 2:15
| title24 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length24 = 4:01
| title25 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length25 = 3:09
| title26 = The Clearing
| length26 = 3:18
}}

{{clear}}

Released January 28, 2020. Contains 26 of the 33 songs released for the game, lightly re-ordered for the vinyl format. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-12; Side C: 13-19; Side D: 20-26. Music by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by [[Theo Karon]] at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Dark Rum Noir" and "My Light Heaven" are performed in-game by [[Cyrano Cole]] but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-original-soundtrack here].

== Memory Overflow ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Memory Overflow
| albumart = KRZ Memory Overflow album art.jpg
| title1 = The Flood
| length1 = 1:10
| title2 = Last Look
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = April 2017
| length3 = 2:10
| title4 = (270) 301-5797
| length4 = 0:42
| title5 = 65 at Night
| length5 = 2:15
| title6 = Public Transportation
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = For LME
| length7 = 3:25
| title8 = Lunar Landing
| length8 = 2:15
| title9 = CA Video Music
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = Mireya's Show
| length10 = 0:56
| title11 = Top Shelf Drone Tape
| length11 = 3:27
| title12 = Organ Music
| length12 = 2:47
| title13 = Hangar Guitar
| length13 = 1:41
| title14 = Quiet Funeral
| length14 = 1:17
| title15 = Xanadu Minimix I
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Xanadu Minimix II
| length16 = 3:55
| title17 = Weather Report
| length17 = 2:27
| title18 = Hotmk 2013
| length18 = 2:27
| title19 = Radio 92.2
| length19 = 2:46
| title20 = Night Out
| length20 = 3:36
| title21 = Long Journey demo
| length21 = 3:54
| title22 = UPDN outtake
| length22 = 2:17
| title23 = Radio Cluster
| length23 = 3:11
| title24 = Underworld Drift
| length24 = 6:09
| title25 = Mound Builders
| length25 = 10:57
| title26 = Rolling Credits
| length26 = 2:24
}}

{{clear}}

Released April 2, 2021. Music by Ben Babbitt, spanning work from 2011 to 2020. Comprises music from the game's interludes, radio music, videos, cutouts, extended drifting mixes, and others. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Weather Report" is performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but is not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-memory-overflow here].

== Act I ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act I
| albumart = Act I soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = The Stars Drop Away (Equus Oils)
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts in the Static (Márquez Farm)
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got to Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Animal Bones (Exit)
| length4 = 2:29
}}

Released January 27, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by [[Jake Elliott]]. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen. The subtitles for each song were removed for the remaster.

"You've Got to Walk" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-i here].

== Act II ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act II
| albumart = Act II soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Nameless Interiors
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length2 = 4:24
| title3 = The Zero
| length3 = 3:33
| title4 = Work and Need
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length5 = 3:17
| title6 = Julian
| length6 = 4:54
| title7 = Long Journey Home
| length7 = 1:58
| note7 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
}}

Released June 14, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces" was recorded by Ben Babbitt and Andy Spillman at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Highland Park, IL. "Long Journey Home" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on double bass. The original release of the song featured a four-count and a brief snippet of studio room tone, and is 2:02 in length. These are edited out for the remastered version, which has a length of 1:58.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-ii here].

== Act III ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act III
| albumart = Act III soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Xanadu
| length1 = 2:44
| title2 = Weird Vector
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Too Late to Love You
| length4 = 5:57
| title5 = What Would You Give
| length5 = 3:27
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
}}

Released May 6, 2014. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Too Late To Love You" features lyrics by Jake Elliott. The original release of ''Act III'' included the in-game vocal take and a short ambient section after the first chorus (the same found in-game when taking time to decide on a lyrical option), and is 6:14 in length. The newer master by Theo Karon features a different vocal take and is the same version found on Junebug's album ''[[Music#Too Late to Love You|Too Late to Love You]]'', with a length of 5:57.

"What Would You Give" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iii here].

== Act IV ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act IV
| albumart = Krz-act4-full.jpg
| title1 = Dark Rum Noir
| length1 = 1:57
| title2 = My Light Heaven
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = Glowing Arms
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = Riverworld
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = Angel Wings
| length5 = 5:52
| title6 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = This World Is Not My Home
| length7 = 3:27
| note7 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| title8 = Music for Rivers
| length8 = 3:05
}}

Released August 5, 2016. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven", "Glowing Arms", and "This World Is Not My Home" mixed by Theo Karon. Album artwork by [[Tamas Kemenczy]]. "Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven" and "Glowing Arms" are performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iv here].

== Act V ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act V
| albumart = Act V poster.png
| title1 = The Arrival
| length1 = 1:40
| title2 = The Library
| length2 = 2:15
| title3 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = The Clearing
| length5 = 3:18
}}

Released January 28, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA.

"I'm Going That Way" performed by Emily Cross, with Ben Babbitt, Nikole Beckwith, Alex Rose, Walt McClements, Alina Cutrono, Anna Ialeggio, Theo Karon, and Thomas Carroll appearing under the name The Town Choir.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-v here].

== ''The Entertainment'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = The Entertainment Soundtrack
| albumart = The Entertainment soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Letter Full of Promises
| length1 = 3:28
| note1 = feat. [[wikipedia:Juanita Rogers|Juanita Rogers]]
}}

Released November 26, 2013. A remaster was released on January 28, 2020.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/the-entertainment-soundtrack here].

== ''Too Late to Love You'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Too Late to Love You
| albumart = Junebug - Too Late to Love You.jpg
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 1:11
| title2 = Static Between Stations
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Poison Dream
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = Lighter Than It Feels
| length4 = 3:12
| title5 = Too Late To Love You
| length5 = 5:55
| title6 = Interlude
| length6 = 1:37
| title7 = Out Here
| length7 = 4:37
| title8 = Deeply In Mind
| length8 = 4:35
| title9 = Sky Remains
| length9 = 3:17
| title10 = Next Time
| length10 = 3:20
| title11 = Night Surrounds Us
| length11 = 5:02
}}

Released October 2, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt in 2014–15 at the Coach House in Chicago, IL and Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. Artwork and design by Camilo Medina. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-11.

The single "Static Between Stations" was released August 23, 2016 and previously available to listen to [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 here] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180912210619/https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 archived copy]). A music video for this song is viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHR0A8YYnig here]. The music video was directed by Rebecca Rau and Alex Tyson, and stars Mireya Lucio, Theo Karon, and Ben Babbitt; makeup is by Alina Cutrono with costumes by Anna Leocha and Alina Cutrono, with special thanks to Tim Horner.

Listen to this album [https://junebug.bandcamp.com/album/too-late-to-love-you here].

== Other tracks ==

A recording of "This World Is Not My Home" performed by The Bedquilt Ramblers was released in the August 2011 [[newsletter]] and is available to listen to [[:File:This World is Not My Home by The Bedquilt Ramblers.mp3|here]]. This song was eventually re-recorded in a more somber tone for [[Act IV]] of the game. The game's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pvkCYNhf7M Kickstarter trailer] features a version of this song sung by [[wikipedia:Bill Monroe|Bill Monroe]].

An electronic version of "This World Is Not My Home" by Ben Babbitt is available on SoundCloud [[:File:This World is Not My Home (Electronic) by Ben Babbitt.mp3|here]].

A version of "What Would You Give" by the Bedquilt Ramblers, with an extended intro and outro, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul) by the Bedquilt Ramblers.ogv|here]].

An ambient version of "What Would You Give", created by Ben Babbitt during the development of Act I, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (Ambient) by Ben Babbitt.ogv|here]].

[[Category:Real world]]
[[Category:Music|*]]

Music

2024-04-29T14:23:43Z

Matharvest: /* Act II */

{{Resources|skinny}}
{{Materials}}
The '''music''' of {{KRZ}} consists of an ambient soundtrack composed by [[Ben Babbitt]] with bluegrass tracks performed by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]. Each of the game's acts saw a corresponding album release on Ben's [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp], along with the remastered full-game soundtrack, a one-song ''[[The Entertainment]]'' soundtrack, and album by [[Junebug]].

Inspirations for the score include [https://hedia.bandcamp.com/ Hedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneohtrix_Point_Never Oneohtrix Point Never], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe Bill Monroe], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Scott Raymond Scott], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Messiaen Olivier Messiaen], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_(musician) GAS].

Players who have purchased the game are able to access the soundtrack audio files for Acts I–V in the game's installation folder.

Physical copies of a vinyl version of the soundtrack and the Junebug LP were previously available to be pre-ordered at the [https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/krz iam8bit website].

== Original Soundtrack ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Original Soundtrack
| albumart = KRZ OST album art.jpg
| title1 = Stars Drop Away
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts In the Static
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got To Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Julian
| length5 = 4:52
| title6 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note6 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Nameless Interiors
| length7 = 2:04
| title8 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = Xanadu
| length9 = 2:44
| title10 = Weird Vector
| length10 = 3:07
| title11 = Too Late To Love You
| note11 = by [[Junebug]]
| length11 = 5:57
| title12 = What Would You Give
| note12 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length12 = 3:27
| title13 = Hold Music
| length13 = 4:24
| title14 = Dark Rum Noir
| length14 = 1:57
| title15 = My Light Heaven
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Riverworld
| length16 = 4:19
| title17 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length17 = 4:24
| title18 = Angel Wings
| length18 = 5:52
| title19 = This World Is Not My Home
| note19 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length19 = 3:27
| title20 = Un Pueblo De Nada
| length20 = 2:59
| title21 = To Love A Red Moon
| length21 = 3:20
| title22 = The Arrival
| length22 = 1:36
| title23 = The Library
| length23 = 2:15
| title24 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length24 = 4:01
| title25 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length25 = 3:09
| title26 = The Clearing
| length26 = 3:18
}}

{{clear}}

Released January 28, 2020. Contains 26 of the 33 songs released for the game, lightly re-ordered for the vinyl format. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-12; Side C: 13-19; Side D: 20-26. Music by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by [[Theo Karon]] at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Dark Rum Noir" and "My Light Heaven" are performed in-game by [[Cyrano Cole]] but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-original-soundtrack here].

== Memory Overflow ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Memory Overflow
| albumart = KRZ Memory Overflow album art.jpg
| title1 = The Flood
| length1 = 1:10
| title2 = Last Look
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = April 2017
| length3 = 2:10
| title4 = (270) 301-5797
| length4 = 0:42
| title5 = FM Picker
| length5 = 2:15
| title6 = Mels
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = For L.M.E.
| length7 = 3:25
| title8 = Lunar Landing
| length8 = 2:15
| title9 = CA Video Music
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = Mireya's Show
| length10 = 0:56
| title11 = Top Shelf Drone Tape
| length11 = 3:27
| title12 = Organ Music
| length12 = 2:47
| title13 = Hangar Guitar
| length13 = 1:41
| title14 = Quiet Funeral
| length14 = 1:17
| title15 = Xanadu Minimix I
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Xanadu Minimix II
| length16 = 3:55
| title17 = Weather Report
| length17 = 2:27
| title18 = Hotmk outtake
| length18 = 2:27
| title19 = FM Dance
| length19 = 2:46
| title20 = Night Out
| length20 = 3:36
| title21 = Long Journey demo
| length21 = 3:54
| title22 = UPDN outtake
| length22 = 2:17
| title23 = Radio Cluster
| length23 = 3:11
| title24 = Underworld Drift
| length24 = 6:09
| title25 = Mound Builders
| length25 = 0:57
| title26 = Rolling Credits
| length26 = 2:24
}}

{{clear}}

Released April 2, 2021. Music by Ben Babbitt, spanning work from 2011 to 2020. Comprises music from the game's interludes, radio music, videos, cutouts, extended drifting mixes, and others. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Weather Report" is performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but is not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-memory-overflow here].

== Act I ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act I
| albumart = Act I soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = The Stars Drop Away (Equus Oils)
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts in the Static (Márquez Farm)
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got to Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Animal Bones (Exit)
| length4 = 2:29
}}

Released January 27, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by [[Jake Elliott]]. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen. The subtitles for each song were removed for the remaster.

"You've Got to Walk" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-i here].

== Act II ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act II
| albumart = Act II soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Nameless Interiors
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length2 = 4:24
| title3 = The Zero
| length3 = 3:33
| title4 = Work and Need
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length5 = 3:17
| title6 = Julian
| length6 = 4:54
| title7 = Long Journey Home
| length7 = 1:58
| note7 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
}}

Released June 14, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces" was recorded by Ben Babbitt and Andy Spillman at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Highland Park, IL. "Long Journey Home" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on double bass. The original release of the song featured a four-count and a brief snippet of studio room tone, and is 2:02 in length. These are edited out for the remastered version, which has a length of 1:58.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-ii here].

== Act III ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act III
| albumart = Act III soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Xanadu
| length1 = 2:44
| title2 = Weird Vector
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Too Late to Love You
| length4 = 5:57
| title5 = What Would You Give
| length5 = 3:27
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
}}

Released May 6, 2014. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Too Late To Love You" features lyrics by Jake Elliott. The original release of ''Act III'' included the in-game vocal take and a short ambient section after the first chorus (the same found in-game when taking time to decide on a lyrical option), and is 6:14 in length. The newer master by Theo Karon features a different vocal take and is the same version found on Junebug's album ''[[Music#Too Late to Love You|Too Late to Love You]]'', with a length of 5:57.

"What Would You Give" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iii here].

== Act IV ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act IV
| albumart = Krz-act4-full.jpg
| title1 = Dark Rum Noir
| length1 = 1:57
| title2 = My Light Heaven
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = Glowing Arms
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = Riverworld
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = Angel Wings
| length5 = 5:52
| title6 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = This World Is Not My Home
| length7 = 3:27
| note7 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| title8 = Music for Rivers
| length8 = 3:05
}}

Released August 5, 2016. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven", "Glowing Arms", and "This World Is Not My Home" mixed by Theo Karon. Album artwork by [[Tamas Kemenczy]]. "Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven" and "Glowing Arms" are performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iv here].

== Act V ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act V
| albumart = Act V poster.png
| title1 = The Arrival
| length1 = 1:40
| title2 = The Library
| length2 = 2:15
| title3 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = The Clearing
| length5 = 3:18
}}

Released January 28, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA.

"I'm Going That Way" performed by Emily Cross, with Ben Babbitt, Nikole Beckwith, Alex Rose, Walt McClements, Alina Cutrono, Anna Ialeggio, Theo Karon, and Thomas Carroll appearing under the name The Town Choir.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-v here].

== ''The Entertainment'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = The Entertainment Soundtrack
| albumart = The Entertainment soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Letter Full of Promises
| length1 = 3:28
| note1 = feat. [[wikipedia:Juanita Rogers|Juanita Rogers]]
}}

Released November 26, 2013. A remaster was released on January 28, 2020.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/the-entertainment-soundtrack here].

== ''Too Late to Love You'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Too Late to Love You
| albumart = Junebug - Too Late to Love You.jpg
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 1:11
| title2 = Static Between Stations
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Poison Dream
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = Lighter Than It Feels
| length4 = 3:12
| title5 = Too Late To Love You
| length5 = 5:55
| title6 = Interlude
| length6 = 1:37
| title7 = Out Here
| length7 = 4:37
| title8 = Deeply In Mind
| length8 = 4:35
| title9 = Sky Remains
| length9 = 3:17
| title10 = Next Time
| length10 = 3:20
| title11 = Night Surrounds Us
| length11 = 5:02
}}

Released October 2, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt in 2014–15 at the Coach House in Chicago, IL and Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. Artwork and design by Camilo Medina. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-11.

The single "Static Between Stations" was released August 23, 2016 and previously available to listen to [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 here] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180912210619/https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 archived copy]). A music video for this song is viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHR0A8YYnig here]. The music video was directed by Rebecca Rau and Alex Tyson, and stars Mireya Lucio, Theo Karon, and Ben Babbitt; makeup is by Alina Cutrono with costumes by Anna Leocha and Alina Cutrono, with special thanks to Tim Horner.

Listen to this album [https://junebug.bandcamp.com/album/too-late-to-love-you here].

== Other tracks ==

A recording of "This World Is Not My Home" performed by The Bedquilt Ramblers was released in the August 2011 [[newsletter]] and is available to listen to [[:File:This World is Not My Home by The Bedquilt Ramblers.mp3|here]]. This song was eventually re-recorded in a more somber tone for [[Act IV]] of the game. The game's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pvkCYNhf7M Kickstarter trailer] features a version of this song sung by [[wikipedia:Bill Monroe|Bill Monroe]].

An electronic version of "This World Is Not My Home" by Ben Babbitt is available on SoundCloud [[:File:This World is Not My Home (Electronic) by Ben Babbitt.mp3|here]].

A version of "What Would You Give" by the Bedquilt Ramblers, with an extended intro and outro, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul) by the Bedquilt Ramblers.ogv|here]].

An ambient version of "What Would You Give", created by Ben Babbitt during the development of Act I, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (Ambient) by Ben Babbitt.ogv|here]].

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Limits & Demonstrations

2024-04-28T18:17:11Z

Matharvest: /* Artworks */ formatting

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Limits & Demonstrations''}}
{{Acts}}
[[File:Limits & Demonstrations.png|thumb|right|Emily, Ben, and Bob in front of the exhibition text.]]
{{title}} is the first {{KRZ}} interlude, released on February 8, 2013 between Acts [[Act I|I]] and [[Act II|II]]. It features [[Emily, Ben, and Bob]] visiting an art museum as they walk around a retrospective exhibition of [[Lula Chamberlain]]'s work. The player, acting as the three characters, may navigate the exhibition space while discussing and interacting with the works on display.

''Limits & Demonstrations'' is available for download [http://kentuckyroutezero.com/limits-and-demonstrations/ here].

== Development ==

The game originally began as a "graphics card test" demo, for players to see whether their computer was capable of running ''Kentucky Route {{Zero}}''. [[Cardboard Computer]] stated in a February 2013 [[newsletter]] that they aimed to "[present] various graphics card features that the game requires as a virtual art gallery."<ref>[http://kentuckyroutezero.com/pub/newsletter-archive/2013-feb-krz-feb-13-newsletter-limits-demonstrations.html KRZ Feb. '13 Newsletter: Limits & Demonstrations]</ref>

== Overview ==

=== Gallery text ===

Wall text near the entrance of the room informs viewers that this is the first major exhibit consisting of works by artist Lula Chamberlain in more than twenty years.

<poem>
LIMITS and DEMONSTRATIONS
A Lula Chamberlain Retrospective.
Marking the first major public showcase of her work in over twenty years, this retrospective exhibition of work by pioneering installation artist Lula Chamberlain comprises a diagonal slice through time, place, and form. The pieces on display here were individually debuted over a period of thirty-five years, designed in Chamberlain's various homes and studios between her beloved Mexico City and her native Elizabethtown. They represent a range of scale and impact from the intimate warmth of ''Vertex Texture Fetch'' to the infamous ''Visage'', the latter of which requires a vertical clearance of over thirty feet. Yet these works share a confounding legacy: in each of their debut exhibitions, they were nearly impossible to install. Galleries and museums balked at the scale, power requirements, and highly-skilled labor involved in maintaining these works for display. Some of their debuts collapsed under the weight of logistics, only to be successfully executed much later. And so, just as they describe the outer limits of Chamberlain's range as an installation artist, the geographical edges and vertices of her itinerant home life, and the beginning and end of her distinguished career, the works on display here also trace the extremes of our capabilities and the frontiers of our patience as both viewers and exhibitors. Are we capable of viewing these works as they were meant to be viewed? Do we even want to be?
</poem>

=== Artworks ===

In clockwise order, the works on display are as follows:

* ''Spinning Coin, suspended, correcting for angular motion''. 1976. Found materials.

* ''Vertex Texture Fetch (Tree, television, and suspended cathode ray tube)''. 1968. Found materials.

* ''Overdubbed Nam June Paik installation, in the style of Edward Packer''. 1965, 1973, 1980. Magnetic tape, hand-held tape playback head, speaker system, voice of the artist, computer-synthesized speech.
** This installation pays homage to [[wikipedia:Nam June Paik|Nam June Paik]]'s ''[https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/9536 Random Access]'', originally displayed in 1963. The original piece asks the audience to create a personal music composition by guiding a playback head across strips of magnetic audiotape on the wall. Lula's interpretation combines this concept of interaction with a "choose your own adventure"-style narrative popularized by the author [[wikipedia:Edward Packard (writer)|Edward Packard]]. The interactive audioplay is narrated by Lula herself. In parts, the narrative diverges in irreconcilable ways, leaving the viewer to wonder whether what they just heard is factually true. [[Joseph]] and [[Donald]] also appear in the recordings.
** A flowchart for the dialogue in this piece can be viewed [[:File:Overdubbed Nam June Paik flowchart.png|here]].

* ''Visage''. 1984. Unknown media.
** A black and white profile of [[Donald]]'s face. This is more easily discernible with the video sped up, as viewable [https://consolidatedpower.co/~donald/zero/images/8/82/Visage.webm here].
** Inspired by a poem in the 1983 book ''The Policeman's Beard is Half-Constructed'', presented having been authored by a computer program called [[wikipedia:Racter|Racter]], programmed by William Chamberlain.

* ''Basement Puzzle #2 (artist, sunset, and horse)''. 1976. Plaster and wire.
** A reference to a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-FbCaNHMqk discarded puzzle] set in the basement of [[Equus Oils]] which, before the game's release, featured in [[Act I]].

== Little Berlin exhibition ==

Little Berlin – a gallery, artist collective, and exhibition space in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – hosted an art show featuring recreations of the in-game artworks as part of a real-life exhibition titled [http://www.littleberlin.org/calendar/2013/10/17/limits-and-demonstrations-a-lula-chamberlain-retrospective "Limits and Demonstrations: A Lula Chamberlain Retrospective"]. The exhibition opened on October 4, 2013 and was curated by Lee Tusman, with future selected showings on October 10 and 17. The October 17 date featured a special reception and talk with [[Cardboard Computer]] via Google Hangouts (also streamed online), in collaboration with the Grassroots Game Conference.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/events/722398061110476/ Limits And Demonstrations: A Lula Chamberlain Retrospective - Facebook]</ref>

A showing scheduled for October 24 was cancelled after the gallery's host building was temporarily closed after receiving building code violations.<ref>[https://hiddencityphila.org/2013/10/viking-mill-in-kensington-shut-by-l-artists-makers-out/ Viking Mill In Kensington Shut By L&I; Artists, Makers Out – Hidden City Philadelphia]</ref>

<gallery>
Little Berlin 1.jpg|''Overdubbed Nam June Paik installation, in the style of Edward Packer''
Little Berlin 2.jpg|''Visage''
Little Berlin 3.jpg|''Vertex Texture Fetch (Tree, television, and suspended cathode ray tube)''
</gallery>

== Screenshots ==

{{expand}}

== References ==

<references />

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[[Category:Real world]]
[[Category:Fictional]]

Music

2024-04-28T17:57:11Z

Matharvest: /* Original Soundtrack */

{{Resources|skinny}}
{{Materials}}
The '''music''' of {{KRZ}} consists of an ambient soundtrack composed by [[Ben Babbitt]] with bluegrass tracks performed by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]. Each of the game's acts saw a corresponding album release on Ben's [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp], along with the remastered full-game soundtrack, a one-song ''[[The Entertainment]]'' soundtrack, and album by [[Junebug]].

Inspirations for the score include [https://hedia.bandcamp.com/ Hedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneohtrix_Point_Never Oneohtrix Point Never], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe Bill Monroe], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Scott Raymond Scott], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Messiaen Olivier Messiaen], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_(musician) GAS].

Players who have purchased the game are able to access the soundtrack audio files for Acts I–V in the game's installation folder.

Physical copies of a vinyl version of the soundtrack and the Junebug LP were previously available to be pre-ordered at the [https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/krz iam8bit website].

== Original Soundtrack ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Original Soundtrack
| albumart = KRZ OST album art.jpg
| title1 = Stars Drop Away
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts In the Static
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got To Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Julian
| length5 = 4:52
| title6 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note6 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Nameless Interiors
| length7 = 2:04
| title8 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = Xanadu
| length9 = 2:44
| title10 = Weird Vector
| length10 = 3:07
| title11 = Too Late To Love You
| note11 = by [[Junebug]]
| length11 = 5:57
| title12 = What Would You Give
| note12 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length12 = 3:27
| title13 = Hold Music
| length13 = 4:24
| title14 = Dark Rum Noir
| length14 = 1:57
| title15 = My Light Heaven
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Riverworld
| length16 = 4:19
| title17 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length17 = 4:24
| title18 = Angel Wings
| length18 = 5:52
| title19 = This World Is Not My Home
| note19 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length19 = 3:27
| title20 = Un Pueblo De Nada
| length20 = 2:59
| title21 = To Love A Red Moon
| length21 = 3:20
| title22 = The Arrival
| length22 = 1:36
| title23 = The Library
| length23 = 2:15
| title24 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length24 = 4:01
| title25 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length25 = 3:09
| title26 = The Clearing
| length26 = 3:18
}}

{{clear}}

Released January 28, 2020. Contains 26 of the 33 songs released for the game, lightly re-ordered for the vinyl format. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-12; Side C: 13-19; Side D: 20-26. Music by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by [[Theo Karon]] at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Dark Rum Noir" and "My Light Heaven" are performed in-game by [[Cyrano Cole]] but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-original-soundtrack here].

== Memory Overflow ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Memory Overflow
| albumart = KRZ Memory Overflow album art.jpg
| title1 = The Flood
| length1 = 1:10
| title2 = Last Look
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = April 2017
| length3 = 2:10
| title4 = (270) 301-5797
| length4 = 0:42
| title5 = FM Picker
| length5 = 2:15
| title6 = Mels
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = For L.M.E.
| length7 = 3:25
| title8 = Lunar Landing
| length8 = 2:15
| title9 = CA Video Music
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = Mireya's Show
| length10 = 0:56
| title11 = Top Shelf Drone Tape
| length11 = 3:27
| title12 = Organ Music
| length12 = 2:47
| title13 = Hangar Guitar
| length13 = 1:41
| title14 = Quiet Funeral
| length14 = 1:17
| title15 = Xanadu Minimix I
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Xanadu Minimix II
| length16 = 3:55
| title17 = Weather Report
| length17 = 2:27
| title18 = Hotmk outtake
| length18 = 2:27
| title19 = FM Dance
| length19 = 2:46
| title20 = Night Out
| length20 = 3:36
| title21 = Long Journey demo
| length21 = 3:54
| title22 = UPDN outtake
| length22 = 2:17
| title23 = Radio Cluster
| length23 = 3:11
| title24 = Underworld Drift
| length24 = 6:09
| title25 = Mound Builders
| length25 = 0:57
| title26 = Rolling Credits
| length26 = 2:24
}}

{{clear}}

Released April 2, 2021. Music by Ben Babbitt, spanning work from 2011 to 2020. Comprises music from the game's interludes, radio music, videos, cutouts, extended drifting mixes, and others. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Weather Report" is performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but is not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-memory-overflow here].

== Act I ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act I
| albumart = Act I soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = The Stars Drop Away (Equus Oils)
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts in the Static (Márquez Farm)
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got to Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Animal Bones (Exit)
| length4 = 2:29
}}

Released January 27, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by [[Jake Elliott]]. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen. The subtitles for each song were removed for the remaster.

"You've Got to Walk" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-i here].

== Act II ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act II
| albumart = Act II soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Nameless Interiors
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length2 = 4:24
| title3 = The Zero
| length3 = 3:33
| title4 = Work and Need
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length5 = 3:17
| title6 = Julian
| length6 = 4:54
| title7 = Long Journey Home
| length7 = 1:58
| note7 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
}}

Released June 14, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces" was recorded by Ben Babbitt and Andy Spillman at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Highland Park, IL. "Long Journey Home" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on double bass.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-ii here].

== Act III ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act III
| albumart = Act III soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Xanadu
| length1 = 2:44
| title2 = Weird Vector
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Too Late to Love You
| length4 = 5:57
| title5 = What Would You Give
| length5 = 3:27
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
}}

Released May 6, 2014. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Too Late To Love You" features lyrics by Jake Elliott. The original release of ''Act III'' included the in-game vocal take and a short ambient section after the first chorus (the same found in-game when taking time to decide on a lyrical option), and is 6:14 in length. The newer master by Theo Karon features a different vocal take and is the same version found on Junebug's album ''[[Music#Too Late to Love You|Too Late to Love You]]'', with a length of 5:57.

"What Would You Give" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iii here].

== Act IV ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act IV
| albumart = Krz-act4-full.jpg
| title1 = Dark Rum Noir
| length1 = 1:57
| title2 = My Light Heaven
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = Glowing Arms
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = Riverworld
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = Angel Wings
| length5 = 5:52
| title6 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = This World Is Not My Home
| length7 = 3:27
| note7 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| title8 = Music for Rivers
| length8 = 3:05
}}

Released August 5, 2016. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven", "Glowing Arms", and "This World Is Not My Home" mixed by Theo Karon. Album artwork by [[Tamas Kemenczy]]. "Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven" and "Glowing Arms" are performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iv here].

== Act V ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act V
| albumart = Act V poster.png
| title1 = The Arrival
| length1 = 1:40
| title2 = The Library
| length2 = 2:15
| title3 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = The Clearing
| length5 = 3:18
}}

Released January 28, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA.

"I'm Going That Way" performed by Emily Cross, with Ben Babbitt, Nikole Beckwith, Alex Rose, Walt McClements, Alina Cutrono, Anna Ialeggio, Theo Karon, and Thomas Carroll appearing under the name The Town Choir.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-v here].

== ''The Entertainment'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = The Entertainment Soundtrack
| albumart = The Entertainment soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Letter Full of Promises
| length1 = 3:28
| note1 = feat. [[wikipedia:Juanita Rogers|Juanita Rogers]]
}}

Released November 26, 2013. A remaster was released on January 28, 2020.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/the-entertainment-soundtrack here].

== ''Too Late to Love You'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Too Late to Love You
| albumart = Junebug - Too Late to Love You.jpg
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 1:11
| title2 = Static Between Stations
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Poison Dream
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = Lighter Than It Feels
| length4 = 3:12
| title5 = Too Late To Love You
| length5 = 5:55
| title6 = Interlude
| length6 = 1:37
| title7 = Out Here
| length7 = 4:37
| title8 = Deeply In Mind
| length8 = 4:35
| title9 = Sky Remains
| length9 = 3:17
| title10 = Next Time
| length10 = 3:20
| title11 = Night Surrounds Us
| length11 = 5:02
}}

Released October 2, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt in 2014–15 at the Coach House in Chicago, IL and Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. Artwork and design by Camilo Medina. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-11.

The single "Static Between Stations" was released August 23, 2016 and previously available to listen to [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 here] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180912210619/https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 archived copy]). A music video for this song is viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHR0A8YYnig here]. The music video was directed by Rebecca Rau and Alex Tyson, and stars Mireya Lucio, Theo Karon, and Ben Babbitt; makeup is by Alina Cutrono with costumes by Anna Leocha and Alina Cutrono, with special thanks to Tim Horner.

Listen to this album [https://junebug.bandcamp.com/album/too-late-to-love-you here].

== Other tracks ==

A recording of "This World Is Not My Home" performed by The Bedquilt Ramblers was released in the August 2011 [[newsletter]] and is available to listen to [[:File:This World is Not My Home by The Bedquilt Ramblers.mp3|here]]. This song was eventually re-recorded in a more somber tone for [[Act IV]] of the game. The game's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pvkCYNhf7M Kickstarter trailer] features a version of this song sung by [[wikipedia:Bill Monroe|Bill Monroe]].

An electronic version of "This World Is Not My Home" by Ben Babbitt is available on SoundCloud [[:File:This World is Not My Home (Electronic) by Ben Babbitt.mp3|here]].

A version of "What Would You Give" by the Bedquilt Ramblers, with an extended intro and outro, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul) by the Bedquilt Ramblers.ogv|here]].

An ambient version of "What Would You Give", created by Ben Babbitt during the development of Act I, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (Ambient) by Ben Babbitt.ogv|here]].

[[Category:Real world]]
[[Category:Music|*]]

Music

2024-04-28T17:51:40Z

Matharvest: some copyediting, remaster and vinyl info

{{Resources|skinny}}
{{Materials}}
The '''music''' of {{KRZ}} consists of an ambient soundtrack composed by [[Ben Babbitt]] with bluegrass tracks performed by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]. Each of the game's acts saw a corresponding album release on Ben's [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp], along with the remastered full-game soundtrack, a one-song ''[[The Entertainment]]'' soundtrack, and album by [[Junebug]].

Inspirations for the score include [https://hedia.bandcamp.com/ Hedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneohtrix_Point_Never Oneohtrix Point Never], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe Bill Monroe], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Scott Raymond Scott], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Messiaen Olivier Messiaen], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_(musician) GAS].

Players who have purchased the game are able to access the soundtrack audio files for Acts I–V in the game's installation folder.

Physical copies of a vinyl version of the soundtrack and the Junebug LP were previously available to be pre-ordered at the [https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/krz iam8bit website].

== Original Soundtrack ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Original Soundtrack
| albumart = KRZ OST album art.jpg
| title1 = Stars Drop Away
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts In the Static
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got To Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Julian
| length5 = 4:52
| title6 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note6 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Nameless Interiors
| length7 = 2:04
| title8 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = Xanadu
| length9 = 2:44
| title10 = Weird Vector
| length10 = 3:07
| title11 = Too Late To Love You
| note11 = by [[Junebug]]
| length11 = 5:57
| title12 = What Would You Give
| note12 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length12 = 3:27
| title13 = Hold Music
| length13 = 4:24
| title14 = Dark Rum Noir
| length14 = 1:57
| title15 = My Light Heaven
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Riverworld
| length16 = 4:19
| title17 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length17 = 4:24
| title18 = Angel Wings
| length18 = 5:52
| title19 = This World Is Not My Home
| note19 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length19 = 3:27
| title20 = Un Pueblo De Nada
| length20 = 2:59
| title21 = To Love A Red Moon
| length21 = 3:20
| title22 = The Arrival
| length22 = 1:36
| title23 = The Library
| length23 = 2:15
| title24 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length24 = 4:01
| title25 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length25 = 3:09
| title26 = The Clearing
| length26 = 3:18
}}

{{clear}}

Released January 28, 2020. Contains 26 of the 32 songs released for the game, lightly re-ordered for the vinyl format. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-12; Side C: 13-19; Side D: 20-26. Music by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by [[Theo Karon]] at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Dark Rum Noir" and "My Light Heaven" are performed in-game by [[Cyrano Cole]] but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-original-soundtrack here].

== Memory Overflow ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Memory Overflow
| albumart = KRZ Memory Overflow album art.jpg
| title1 = The Flood
| length1 = 1:10
| title2 = Last Look
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = April 2017
| length3 = 2:10
| title4 = (270) 301-5797
| length4 = 0:42
| title5 = FM Picker
| length5 = 2:15
| title6 = Mels
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = For L.M.E.
| length7 = 3:25
| title8 = Lunar Landing
| length8 = 2:15
| title9 = CA Video Music
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = Mireya's Show
| length10 = 0:56
| title11 = Top Shelf Drone Tape
| length11 = 3:27
| title12 = Organ Music
| length12 = 2:47
| title13 = Hangar Guitar
| length13 = 1:41
| title14 = Quiet Funeral
| length14 = 1:17
| title15 = Xanadu Minimix I
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Xanadu Minimix II
| length16 = 3:55
| title17 = Weather Report
| length17 = 2:27
| title18 = Hotmk outtake
| length18 = 2:27
| title19 = FM Dance
| length19 = 2:46
| title20 = Night Out
| length20 = 3:36
| title21 = Long Journey demo
| length21 = 3:54
| title22 = UPDN outtake
| length22 = 2:17
| title23 = Radio Cluster
| length23 = 3:11
| title24 = Underworld Drift
| length24 = 6:09
| title25 = Mound Builders
| length25 = 0:57
| title26 = Rolling Credits
| length26 = 2:24
}}

{{clear}}

Released April 2, 2021. Music by Ben Babbitt, spanning work from 2011 to 2020. Comprises music from the game's interludes, radio music, videos, cutouts, extended drifting mixes, and others. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Weather Report" is performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but is not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-memory-overflow here].

== Act I ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act I
| albumart = Act I soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = The Stars Drop Away (Equus Oils)
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts in the Static (Márquez Farm)
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got to Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Animal Bones (Exit)
| length4 = 2:29
}}

Released January 27, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by [[Jake Elliott]]. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen. The subtitles for each song were removed for the remaster.

"You've Got to Walk" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-i here].

== Act II ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act II
| albumart = Act II soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Nameless Interiors
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length2 = 4:24
| title3 = The Zero
| length3 = 3:33
| title4 = Work and Need
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length5 = 3:17
| title6 = Julian
| length6 = 4:54
| title7 = Long Journey Home
| length7 = 1:58
| note7 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
}}

Released June 14, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces" was recorded by Ben Babbitt and Andy Spillman at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Highland Park, IL. "Long Journey Home" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on double bass.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-ii here].

== Act III ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act III
| albumart = Act III soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Xanadu
| length1 = 2:44
| title2 = Weird Vector
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Too Late to Love You
| length4 = 5:57
| title5 = What Would You Give
| length5 = 3:27
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
}}

Released May 6, 2014. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Too Late To Love You" features lyrics by Jake Elliott. The original release of ''Act III'' included the in-game vocal take and a short ambient section after the first chorus (the same found in-game when taking time to decide on a lyrical option), and is 6:14 in length. The newer master by Theo Karon features a different vocal take and is the same version found on Junebug's album ''[[Music#Too Late to Love You|Too Late to Love You]]'', with a length of 5:57.

"What Would You Give" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iii here].

== Act IV ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act IV
| albumart = Krz-act4-full.jpg
| title1 = Dark Rum Noir
| length1 = 1:57
| title2 = My Light Heaven
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = Glowing Arms
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = Riverworld
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = Angel Wings
| length5 = 5:52
| title6 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = This World Is Not My Home
| length7 = 3:27
| note7 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| title8 = Music for Rivers
| length8 = 3:05
}}

Released August 5, 2016. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven", "Glowing Arms", and "This World Is Not My Home" mixed by Theo Karon. Album artwork by [[Tamas Kemenczy]]. "Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven" and "Glowing Arms" are performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iv here].

== Act V ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act V
| albumart = Act V poster.png
| title1 = The Arrival
| length1 = 1:40
| title2 = The Library
| length2 = 2:15
| title3 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = The Clearing
| length5 = 3:18
}}

Released January 28, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA.

"I'm Going That Way" performed by Emily Cross, with Ben Babbitt, Nikole Beckwith, Alex Rose, Walt McClements, Alina Cutrono, Anna Ialeggio, Theo Karon, and Thomas Carroll appearing under the name The Town Choir.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-v here].

== ''The Entertainment'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = The Entertainment Soundtrack
| albumart = The Entertainment soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Letter Full of Promises
| length1 = 3:28
| note1 = feat. [[wikipedia:Juanita Rogers|Juanita Rogers]]
}}

Released November 26, 2013. A remaster was released on January 28, 2020.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/the-entertainment-soundtrack here].

== ''Too Late to Love You'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Too Late to Love You
| albumart = Junebug - Too Late to Love You.jpg
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 1:11
| title2 = Static Between Stations
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Poison Dream
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = Lighter Than It Feels
| length4 = 3:12
| title5 = Too Late To Love You
| length5 = 5:55
| title6 = Interlude
| length6 = 1:37
| title7 = Out Here
| length7 = 4:37
| title8 = Deeply In Mind
| length8 = 4:35
| title9 = Sky Remains
| length9 = 3:17
| title10 = Next Time
| length10 = 3:20
| title11 = Night Surrounds Us
| length11 = 5:02
}}

Released October 2, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt in 2014–15 at the Coach House in Chicago, IL and Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. Artwork and design by Camilo Medina. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-11.

The single "Static Between Stations" was released August 23, 2016 and previously available to listen to [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 here] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180912210619/https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 archived copy]). A music video for this song is viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHR0A8YYnig here]. The music video was directed by Rebecca Rau and Alex Tyson, and stars Mireya Lucio, Theo Karon, and Ben Babbitt; makeup is by Alina Cutrono with costumes by Anna Leocha and Alina Cutrono, with special thanks to Tim Horner.

Listen to this album [https://junebug.bandcamp.com/album/too-late-to-love-you here].

== Other tracks ==

A recording of "This World Is Not My Home" performed by The Bedquilt Ramblers was released in the August 2011 [[newsletter]] and is available to listen to [[:File:This World is Not My Home by The Bedquilt Ramblers.mp3|here]]. This song was eventually re-recorded in a more somber tone for [[Act IV]] of the game. The game's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pvkCYNhf7M Kickstarter trailer] features a version of this song sung by [[wikipedia:Bill Monroe|Bill Monroe]].

An electronic version of "This World Is Not My Home" by Ben Babbitt is available on SoundCloud [[:File:This World is Not My Home (Electronic) by Ben Babbitt.mp3|here]].

A version of "What Would You Give" by the Bedquilt Ramblers, with an extended intro and outro, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul) by the Bedquilt Ramblers.ogv|here]].

An ambient version of "What Would You Give", created by Ben Babbitt during the development of Act I, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (Ambient) by Ben Babbitt.ogv|here]].

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