This piece also features clever scissor sounds and what sounds like paper ripping during the beginning, middle and end of the piece. Complete with hand-claps, this piece is bound to put a smile on any fan‘s face. “Decorating” (Young) is a fun and upbeat piece of music featuring ukulele, marimba and accessory percussion. This piece almost makes me imagine cartoon-like grizzly bears marching down a city square, juggling brightly colored objects, wearing fezzes, and some of the grizzly bears are riding unicycles. This is not to say the music is not well composed, it is just that the vibe is rather silly.

Percussion instruments add a strange ambience and keep the march like qualities alive.

The brass instruments sound surreal and carry the lighthearted melody. “Sogport Scraps Theme” composed by D’Oliveira features an odd sounding march. The instrumentation is varied and ranges from hornpipes, Celtic sounding tin whistles, bassoon, various percussion instruments, fiddle and electronic sounds. The unique blend of bluegrass, electronica, hip hop and folk music gives the music a unique sound that must be experienced at least once by anyone who considers themselves a game music fan. Composers Kenneth Young who was featured on LittleBigPlanet 3’s soundtrack and Brian D’Oliveira who composed the soundtrack for Papo and Yo create musical landscapes that instill joy, wonder and discovery into listener‘s hearts while also making them chuckle at times throughout the soundtrack. The Tearaway Soundtrack is an eclectic mix of some of the goofiest game music I have ever heard.

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