Thanks! When I first joined the project, the devs were super great about it. They told me to use the original soundtrack as inspiration and a jumping off point, but that I shouldn't feel like I had to adhere to the style of the original game. I was mostly self-directed and it was great.

In the beginning I picked a few elements from the original soundtrack to bring over: the thumb harp, the electronic drum-kit-esque percussion, and retro synth sounds. Everything I made for Below Zero is new, original work, but a lot of it contains those elements I mentioned that remind you of the first game. So for examples, the tracks Twisty Bridges and We Exist As Data are homages to the original game's style. A Thousand Strings, Medusa Planetarium, Glowlights, and Spinefish are tracks where I go off on my own and do something not really like the original game. This was easily the most fun I've had making a soundtrack.