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03.08.2010 11:17

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I have received work back from Keith Arem of the original Toonstruck staff. Below is our correspondence in full and an attachment sent with his reply containing his personal notes for all background music, both for Toonstruck 1 and the ill-fated Toonstruck 2.

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Mr. Arem,

I am writing to inquire about your role as musical director in the
production of Toonstruck. Fan-made soundtracks have been popping up
throughout the internet over the past several years in response to a
desire to enjoy the game's outstanding musical selections outside of the
game itself, but as comprehensive as these pet projects have undoubtedly
been, they are not without their shortcomings. The efforts of an internet
presence by the name of Lebostein have brought forth track names,
composers, ASPAC/KPM/APM catalog numbers and other valuable information
(http://home.arcor.de/lebostein/toonstruck.html) but the list is
admittedly and noticeably incomplete. It is my hope that you still have
at your disposal a detailed list of the music used throughout the game, in
order that us fans might be able to patch whatever holes our own research
has thus far been unable to fill.

As a side note, I speak for every Toonstruck fan in thanking you (however
belatedly) for a fantastic game which, I can assure you, continues to be
played and passed down. Any Toonstruck insights, inspirations, behind the
scenes details or inside-the-director's-studio-style commentary you would
be willing to share would be most welcome as well.

I eagerly await your reply at your earliest convenience.

Kind Regards,

-*****

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Hello ***** -

Thank you for your kind words of support, and allegiance to a game that
was many years of blood sweat and tears in the making.

In addition to my role as Audio Director for the sound design, voice
direction, and musical direction of the game, I now own the rights to
develop Toonstruck into a broadcast property.

For the musical direction, I composed and re-orchestrated an enormous
collection of music from Associated Production Music (APM) for both the
in-game and FMV cut scenes. I also wrote close to 10 original songs for
the game.

I've attached my original notes from the game for the in-game music.
Unfortunately, this doesn't include all of the FMV music lists, since I
assembled and re-orchestrated these from hundreds of segments of music.

While the game was internationally critically acclaimed, the game did
not receive the sales we hoped, and the second half was never released.
Now that my career has developed, I would like to re-release an updated
version of Toonstruck to include the 2nd half of the game (iPad, online,
etc), but I would need tremendous fan support to justify its release. I
am looking for someone to help organize a fan petition to help us raise
the capital to finance the game, so if you know anyone who could help
with this, I would appreciate the assistance.

Thanks again for your loyalty and support for our game.

Best Regards -

Keith Arem

attached file: http://tinyurl.com/252mv75
password: toonstruck

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I believe we've just been charged with a mission to create and become that fan support, a calling I think we're all pretty intent on answering. Let's show Mr. Arem what we're made of.