#55 Update: Music by Kevin Penkin
over 9 years ago – Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 05:44:27 PM

Just like last week, we’ll start off our weekly Update with a question submitted to our UTD poster giveaway contest: 

“How great of a quality would you say about Under the Dog's music?” – from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

“How great” you ask? Well, you can find out for yourself! 

Music composer Mr. Kevin Penkin has actually provided us with a demo for Under the Dog. When we first heard the demo we said to ourselves, “We simply have to share this with our backers!” So as the 3rd Forum Exclusive content, UTD backers can go to our Forum and listen to his demo. 

You can go to the Forum page from the link below: 

http://community.under-the-dog.com/forums/ 

Please note:

• You must have a backer status of AGENT tier or above to access the Forum. 

We have messages from Mr. Kevin Penkin and also from Mr. Hiromitsu Iijima, our Music Director from IRMA LA DOUCE. 

From Mr. Kevin Penkin (Music Composer):

“The score to Under the Dog embodies the underlying themes of loneliness, pressure, isolation, and fate. I'm trying to reflect on how the emotional states of the protagonists are, as they are forced to kill in order to save those they love. I realized that this sense of duty drives the characters throughout, and so the score needed to reflect this motivation as we witness the consequences of their actions.”

From Mr. Hiromitsu Iijima (Music Director):

“When I listened to Kevin's music for the first time, I felt young energy and professionalism. He comprehends the story well and also knows what kind of music goes well with this film. He expressed the image that everyone on the production side shares for Under the Dog, which surprisingly synchronizes well with how the world is set up in this animation – and he did it without hearing many words from us. I hope you can feel the motifs from different aspects of Under the Dog in this piece.”

Biweekly Update

Starting this month, our weekly Update becomes biweekly. So our next Update will come out on July 15. No, we are not taking time off or slacking. We’ll actually be busier than ever this summer, as we are getting ready for the new trailer of UTD to come out! The contents of our Updates will be more and better, we promise!!

Till the next Update then!

You can read this Update in Japanese on our Under the Dog website.

このUpdateの日本語版はUnder the Dogのウェブサイトで読むことができます。

http://under-the-dog.com/ja/news/music-by-kevin-penkin/

#56 Update: BackerKit
over 9 years ago – Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 05:44:22 PM

Survey is coming up!

Thank you for the long wait. We know you’ve been waiting (im)patiently to hear the word: survey.

The reason why survey is coming very soon is because we have recently signed up on BackerKit, a company who provides services to help manage backer list and rewards to make sure all the promised rewards are delivered to our backers. BackerKit was introduced to us by our Associate Producer Mr. Justin Leach. (Some of you may know him from one of the pioneering anime project on Kickstarter called “Kick-heart” by Production IG and Director Masaaki Yuasa. We very much appreciate Mr. Leach’s cooperation with Under the Dog!)

Anyway, BackerKit empowers our UTD backers to make the following selections, registrations, updates, and downloads:

• Shipping address registration/change
• DVD or Bluray disc
• T-shirt size (Japanese sizes) 
• Your name on the end credits (choose between your real name and pseudonym)
• Digital rewards downloads (wallpapers, soundtrack, UTD episode, etc.)

In other words, you will be able to customize your own UTD backer info! 

Note: Of course, the survey contents vary depending on your tier. 

BackerKit is also good news for those who joined UTD through PayPal, as ALL backers receive the benefits described above. There will be no distinction between Kickstarter and PayPal backers in terms of the survey.

So it’s all good news so far. So far, so good?

As to when exactly the survey will be sent out, it will be out by the end of this month. We will provide more specifics in our next Update.

Biweekly Update

As it was mentioned previously, we have shifted our Updates to biweekly. So our next Update will come out on July 29.

Till the next Update then!

You can read this Update in Japanese on our Under the Dog website. 

このUpdateの日本語版はUnder the Dogのウェブサイトで読むことができます。

http://under-the-dog.com/ja/news/backerkit/