Editing The Dig (video game) (section)

==Soundtrack==
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| name       = The Dig ''soundtrack''
| type       = soundtrack
| artist     = [[Michael Land]]
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| released   = January 23, 1996<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/dig-original-soundtrack-mw0000978465 | title=Dig (Original Soundtrack) Overview | publisher=[[AllMusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=December 14, 2012}}</ref>
| recorded   = 1995
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| genre      = [[Ambient music|Ambient]]{{sfn|Strank|2013|pp=85–86}}
| length     = 40:22
| label      = [[Angel Records]]<ref name=billboard/>
| producer   = Michael Land
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Final project leader Sean Clark said the music of ''The Dig'' was crucial in "establishing the overall mood of the piece".<ref name=billboard/> During production, LucasArts desired a soundtrack with a "Wagnerian" feeling.<ref name=billboard/>  Composed by [[Michael Land]], the music consisted of Land's original score performed on a [[Kurzweil K2000|Kurzweil K2000 synthesizer]], enriched by hundreds of short chord samples from the works of [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]].<ref name=MichaelLandInterview>[http://dig.mixnmojo.com/museum/interview_land.html The Dig Museum: Michael Land interview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506122500/http://dig.mixnmojo.com/museum/interview_land.html |date=2015-05-06}}</ref> Land cited the music he personally composed for ''The Dig'' as the type closest to his own individual style.<ref name=MichaelLandInterview/>

The music is relatively static during most of the game, used more as a backdrop than a prominent aspect of gameplay, and has been described as consisting mostly of "vague [[cadenza]]s, modulations and movements without much consequence for the material".{{sfn|Strank|2013|pp=85–86}}  When important sequences and cut scenes occur, however, the music comes to the forefront and becomes significantly more dynamic.{{sfn|Strank|2013|pp=85–86}}

''The Dig'' was the first LucasArts game to have its soundtrack sold separately as an audio CD,<ref name=enix-music/> adapted as a linear continuity of finite pieces.<ref name=CD/> Land played the [[piano]] and synthesizer and produced the album. He was assisted by [[Hans Christian Reumschüssel]] ([[cello]]), Emily Bezar ([[vocalist|vocals]]), and [[Paul McCandless]] ([[woodwind]]s).<ref name=CD>{{cite AV media notes |type=CD booklet | title=The Dig ''soundtrack'' | publisher=[[LucasArts]] | location=San Rafael, California | year=1996}}</ref> The soundtrack was bundled with a CD-ROM that included demos for five LucasArts games, and was intended as a first step in cross-promotional efforts.<ref name=billboard/>

{{Track listing
| headline    = ''The Dig'' soundtrack (1996)
| title1       = Mission to the Asteroid
| length1      = 9:54
| title2       = Another World
| length2      = 3:33
| title3       = Ghosts
| length3      = 1:48
| title4       = The Ancient City
| length4      = 3:42
| title5       = Underwater Cavern
| length5      = 2:12
| title6       = A River Canyon
| length6      = 4:11
| title7       = The Madness of the Crystals
| length7      = 2:21
| title8       = Tomb of the Past
| length8      = 2:10
| title9       = The Monument
| length9      = 2:47
| title10      = Dimensions in Time
| length10     = 4:00
| title11      = Cathedral of the Lost
| length11     = 3:35
| total_length = 40:22
}}