On the DVD for the Usual Suspects, the Director of that film, Bryan Singer, tells the story of how he met Kevin Spacey for the first time. Singer's first film was showing at a film festival, and Kevin Spacey was so impressed by it, that he told Singer that he wanted to star in whatever film he did next. At some point in his life, Bryan Singer had to call up his writing partner, Christopher McQuarrie, and say to him, "I just got Kevin Spacey to star in our next film."

Can you imagine what it must feel like to call up your friends and say something like that? I can... Because I get to tell people that I just got Lani Minella to record the voice-overs for our game.

You may not recognize Lani Minella's name, but one glance at her resume and you'll most likely "geek out" as much as I did. She was Rouge the Bat in the Sonic video games, the succubus in World of Warcraft, the Dropship Pilot and Zerg Queen in Starcraft, Nancy Drew in countless Nancy Drew games, some of my favorite voices in EQ's Lost Dungeons of Norrath and Legacy of Ykesha expansions, and has done amazing voice work in more than 400 other games! Even as she introduced herself and I got to know more about her, she'd shift into voices I immediately recognized and loved. You can check out her IMDB entry here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0591115/.

The other voice actors were just as amazing to work with. They nailed the character themes perfectly. Before we recorded these voice-overs, I was the kind of guy who always played games with the sound off and my own MP3 soundtrack blaring instead... I don't think I'm going to do that with Alganon. We're still in the process of editing the sound files, adding in effects, and hooking them up to the characters in the game, so I can't post a video of the Talrok jokes just yet, but soon... very, very soon.

- Hue Henry, Lead Data Designer

Eric Speier Here. I am the composer for Alganon. I've been composing music for most of my life. Some projects that I've worked on include the entire score for the WB and Cartoon Network animated series, "Mission Hill", "The Oregon Trail", and music in films such as "Harold" and "Kumar Go To White Castle", and "The Punisher", etc... If you like, you can check out my credits on my web page at http://www.filmmusic.org.

I've been really excited about the music I'm composing for Alganon, taking the approach of creating a "sound" for each of the major areas of the game. There are some major themes that I bring back in variation in several places throughout the game, but much of the music I'm composing for this stage of the game is laying out a musical foundation for the existing parts of the world. We are trying different approaches to music that have more of a storytelling effect within major story arc quests. I will be working very closely with Hue to bring that to realization.

It's been a very creative time for me, as I'm really getting to stretch out and try some new things musically (which for me is what music is all about). I also get a chance to work with some truly talented people. These past few weeks, I've been working with Lani and Hue to finish up the voice-over requirements, which is something new for me, having previously focused mostly on music. Lot's of learning to be done!

In the meantime, while you wait for more of these tracks to be produced, we have a wide variety of music and sound effects for you on our website at http://www.alganon.com/music. Mathew Anderson, Community Manager for Alganon, insisted you listen to his favorite track, the Asheroth theme.

- Eric Speier, Composer