However, more characters can be unlocked through either playing minigames or buying downloadable content. Players initially start out with these four knights (though there are bonus characters at the start if you own any of The Behemoth’s other games), with their colors relating to elemental affinities: orange (fire), red (electricity), blue (ice), and green (poison). The plot involves up to four gallant knights (or whatever the players choose to play as) rescuing four princesses and a power crystal from an evil wizard and all of his cohorts. Initially titled “Ye Olde Sidescroller”, it was eventually re-titled Castle Crashers, and released in 2008 for Xbox Live Arcade to great acclaim. While finding modest success, their next game would take on a different classic genre: the beat-em-up. So I always thought The Behemoth made the amazing soundtrack for this game, but it turns out Newgrounds was the one who made it! Newgrounds is an American online entertainment and social media website and company, whose site hosts user-generated content such as games, movies, audio, and artwork in four respective site "portals".Born out the popular Flash website Newgrounds, indie developer The Behemoth released Alien Hominid, an homage to arcade run-and-guns like Metal Slug. The song continues with the super cool beats and bass notes, and ultimately ends with just "wind" sounds, conveying that peace after a battle but also reiterating the barrenness of this world. To me, the violin represents the knights' burning passion for justice which keeps them warm through this blizzard and pushes them to keep going and take down their enemies. I like that the synth sounds come back for 4 seconds at 1:17 to set up the violin to takeover the melody (and dat violin tho). At 0:23, the airy synth background sounds are replaced by the melody, accompanied by supporting bass notes a little later.
The really cool baseline starts at 0:13 as you regain your determination and confidence in conquering this ice world. This feeling is conveyed within the first few seconds of the song, with that drum beat and slight echo, followed by the synthesizer and the light notes in the background acting like bird calls in the distance. You (and your comrades) are alone and afraid in this total wasteland, with the harsh cold wind blowing in your faces and you can't see very far because it's not just snowing, it's a blizzard. There's no twinkly lights or warm campfires. In Castle Crashers, the snow world is a brutal, hostile environment. When I think of other games' snow worlds (like Mario or Banjo-Kazooie), they're typically pretty jolly and Christmas-y, with peaceful happy music. I'd say this song captures the atmosphere of this particular snow world extremely well. In this stage, there are Iceskimos that will throw snowballs at you from behind snow forts.
It's the second last Chapter in the game so it's pretty far along. This song can be heard in Chapter 11 in Snow World, which is Stage 32 in the game.
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