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__NOTOC__[[File:1-858-WHEN-KRZ.jpg{{Resources|thumb|right]]skinny}}'''{{PAGENAMEMaterials}}The ''' (1-858-943-6579), or the 'music''''Kentucky Route Zero'' Development Status Hotline''', is a phone hotline of {{KRZ}} consists of an ambient soundtrack composed by [[Cardboard ComputerBen Babbitt]] dedicated to providing callers with the release status of {{KRZ}}, including bluegrass tracks performed by [[Act VThe Bedquilt Ramblers]] and . Each of the game's console portsacts saw a corresponding album release on Ben's [https://benbabbitt. It features bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp], along with the voice of remastered full-game soundtrack, a one-song ''[[The Entertainment]]'' soundtrack, and a single from a forthcoming album by [[WillJunebug]].
Online as of October 15Inspirations for the score include [https://hedia.bandcamp.com/ Hedia], 2018[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneohtrix_Point_Never Oneohtrix Point Never], Cardboard Computer stated in their announcement [https://twitteren.wikipedia.comorg/wiki/Bill_Monroe Bill Monroe], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Scott Raymond Scott], [https:/cardboardcompy/statusen.wikipedia.org/1052007818902102017 tweetwiki/Olivier_Messiaen Olivier Messiaen] , and [https://wwwen.instagramwikipedia.comorg/pwiki/Bo-brUABAgf/ Instagram postGas_(musician) GAS] that "if you find it reassuring, you may add it to your 'speed dial.'"
== Development Status Hotline ==Players who have purchased the game are able to access the audio files for the Acts I–V in the game's installation folder.
Recordings Physical copies of a vinyl version of the messages heard on soundtrack can be pre-ordered at the hotline at different dates are listed below[https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/krz iam8bit website].
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=== "Quality assurance testing" ===Released January 28, 2020. Music by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA.
''Dates usedListen to this album [https: June 2019 – January 4, 2020//benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-original-soundtrack here].''
[[File:1-858-WHEN-KRZ - QA Testing.ogg]]== Act I ==
''Dates used: Released January 4 – 2827, 20202013. Produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by [[Jake Elliott]].''
[[File:1-858-WHEN-KRZ - Preparing for Publication"You've Got to Walk" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.ogg]]
This recording played a countdown, in minutes, Listen to 9selected tracks from this album [https:00 a//benbabbitt.m. PST on Tuesday, January 7, 2019 (seven years since the release of [[Act I]]). A transcript can be read [[:File:Preparing for Publication transcriptbandcamp.pdf|com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-i here]].
As the countdown reached zero, the recording switched to ending with the following message:[[File:1-858-WHEN-KRZ - Countdown complete.ogg]]== Act II ==
[[File:Dept of the RealReleased June 14, 2013. Produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by Jake Elliott.jpg|thumb|right]]
On January 28"Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces" was recorded by Ben Babbitt and Andy Spillman at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Highland Park, 2020IL. "Long Journey Home" features vocals by Emily Cross, Cardboard Computer announced a collaboration with [[wikipedia:Iam8bit|iam8bit]] Bob Buckstaff on a physical releases of the game for several systems, in addition to vinyl releases of [[Ben Babbitt]]'s [[music]] related to the game. The hotline was rebranded to the '''Department of the Real''' and Cardboard Computer began advertising it using the numerical phone numberdouble bass.
=== "The number you have dialed is not real" ===Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-ii here].
''Dates used: Since January 28, 2020.''== Act III ==
* '''January 28:''' Discarded snakeskin, empty buildings, music from a passing car, silence, frogs, the house you grew up in, the house I grew up in.
* '''January 29:''' Software, felt, empty beer cans thrown in the woods, moths, moths, mice.
* '''January 30:''' ''[Unknown]''
* '''January 31:''' Desktops, heartbeats, magnets.
* '''February 1:''' ''[Same as January 31]''
* '''February 2:''' Goat's feet, rain, the em dash, the bat circus, your first set of tires.
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=== "In production" =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''Dates usedve 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: October 15, 2018 – June 2019| title24 = 5 Dogwood Drive| length24 = 4:01| title25 = I'm Going That Way ft.''Emily Cross| length25 = 3:09| title26 = The Clearing| length26 = 3:18}}
{{Tracklist| title =Kentucky Route Zero, Act I| albumart =Act I soundtrack album art.jpg| title1 = "Preparing for publication" The Stars Drop Away (Equus Oils)| length1 =4:29| title2 =Ghosts in the Static (Marquez Farm)| length2 =3:28| title3 = You've Got to Walk| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]| length3 = 2:19| title4 = Animal Bones (Exit)| length4 = 2:30}}
{{Tracklist| title =Kentucky Route Zero, Act II| albumart = Department Act II soundtrack album art.jpg| title1 = Nameless Interiors| length1 = 2:04| title2 = Bureau of the Real Reclaimed Spaces| length2 = 4:20| title3 = The Zero| length3 = 3:34| title4 = Work and Need| length4 = 4:09| title5 = Long Journey Home (Solo)| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]| length5 = 3:13| title6 = Julian| length6 = 4:56| title7 = Long Journey Home (Ensemble)| length7 =2:16| note7 =by The Bedquilt Ramblers}}
{{Tracklist| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act III| albumart = Act III soundtrack album art.jpg| title1 = Xanadu| length1 = 2:44| title2 = Weird Vector| length2 = 3:06| title3 = Hall of the Mountain King| length3 = 3:37| title4 = Too Late to Love You| length4 = 6:14| title5 = What Would You Give| length5 = 3:30| note5 = by [[File:1-858-943-6579 - January 29th.oggThe Bedquilt Ramblers]]}}
Released May 6, 2014. Produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt. "Too Late To Love You" features lyrics by Jake Elliott. "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 = 1:58| title2 = My Light Heaven| length2 = 3:50| title3 = Glowing Arms| length3 = 3:29| title4 = Riverworld| length4 = 4:19| title5 = Angel Wings| length5 = 5:54| title6 = Echo River Central Exchange| length6 = 4:20| title7 = This World Is Not My Home| length7 = 3:29| note7 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]| title8 = Music for Rivers| length8 = 3:06}} Released August 5, 2016. Produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven", "Glowing Arms", and "This World Is Not My Home" mixed by Theo Karon. Album artwork by [[Tamas Kemenczy]]. 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| length4 = 3:09| title5 = The hotlineClearing| 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 ft. Emily Cross" performed by Emily Cross, Ben Babbitt, Nikole Beckwith, Alex Rose, Walt McClements, Alina Cutrono, Anna Ialeggio, Theo Karon, and Thomas Carroll. 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. Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/the-entertainment-soundtrack here]. == ''Junebug'' == {{Tracklist| title = Junebug| albumart = Junebug album art.jpg| title1 = Static Between Stations| length1 = 3:08| note1 = track number unknown}} Not yet released. "Static Between Stations" was released August 23, 2016. This track from Junebug's upcoming self-titled album 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 for "todayStatic Between Stations" is 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. Special thanks to Tim Horner. == Other tracks == A recording of "This World Is Not My Home" performed by The Bedquilt Ramblers was released in the following things are August 2011 [[newsletter]] and is available to listen to [http://cardboardcomputer.com/media/this_world.mp3 here] ([https://soundcloud.com/kentucky-route-zero-music/ben-babbitt-this-world-is-not realmirror]). 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 " item listing changes roughly every dayThis World Is Not My Home" by Ben Babbitt is available on SoundCloud [https://soundcloud.com/kentucky-route-zero-music/ben-babbitt-this-world-is-not here]. A version of "What Would You Give" by the Bedquilt Ramblers, with an extended intro and outro, is available to listen to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSerQWH6gSY here]. An ambient version of "What Would You Give," created by Ben Babbitt during the development of Act I, is available to listen to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQYeaOSiGyE here]. == References == <references />
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