One Year Later — On Continuing And Concluding the Score to Celeste

Madeline goes to some unexpected places in Chapter 9: Farewell.

The Empty Space Above

I know what you’re thinking, “conclude” sounds like a weird way to describe writing the score to a free add-on chapter for a game. Celeste, as a narrative, is a self-contained thing. The score, too, is its own self-contained work that ends with the credits theme. But as an experience, Celeste became far more than I…