9 episodes
New World Sonata Eugene Chou
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4.9 • 10 Ratings
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Nearly a thousand years of peace have graced life in the singularity. In the days which are lit by the Empyrean Sun, four childhood friends journey through the strata; layers of human civilization dividing the endowed and the despondent. Carrying their own secrets, quandaries, and uncertainties as they venture through the foreign and the familiar, they begin to unravel the difficult history of their society and must confront the mysteries of their precarious future - a world on the precipice.
New World Sonata is written by Eugene Chou and produced by Karsten Otto.
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S1Ch9 - Mori Woods
Return to ground zero.
Thanks to all our wonderful listeners and cheers to our incredible team of voice actors and sound designers for bringing Season 1 of New World Sonata to life!
New World Sonata is written by Eugene Chou and produced by Karsten Otto.
Season 1, Chapter 9 Voice Actors:
Carlin Shoto - Marlowe Holden
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Faye Persephone - Serena Berman
www.serenaberman.com
Seren Veli - Sarah Beth Pfeifer
www.sarahbethpfeifer.com
Narration - Abby Awe
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Season 1 All Voice Actors:
Leland Zhul - Karsten Otto
www.karstenotto.com
Camille Shoto - Alesandra Nahodil
www.AlesandraNahodil.com
Senri - Michelle Silvani
www.imdb.com/name/nm4221082
Carlin Shoto - Marlowe Holden
www.marloweholden.com
Seren Veli - Sarah Beth Pfeifer
Instructor - Tommy Schutz
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Sound Designers:
Reila Ceh - www.caitlinkloeckner.com
Luke Santy - www.lukeinternet.bandcamp.com
Cover art by Sharone Halevy
Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/2kciwJt
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/newworldsonata
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newworldsonata
Patreon: https://patreon.com/newworldsonata
Twitter: https://twitter.com/newworldsonata -
S1Ch8 - Dal Segno
The echoes of our choices go round and round.
New World Sonata is written by Eugene Chou and produced by Karsten Otto.
Season 1, Chapter 8 Voice Actors:
Leland Zhul - Karsten Otto
www.karstenotto.com
Carlin Shoto - Marlowe Holden
www.marloweholden.com
Faye Persephone - Serena Berman
www.serenaberman.com
Narration - Abby Awe
www.abbyawe.com
Sound Designers:
Reila Ceh - www.caitlinkloeckner.com
Luke Santy - www.lukeinternet.bandcamp.com
Cover art by Sharone Halevy
Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/2kciwJt
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/newworldsonata
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newworldsonata
Patreon: https://patreon.com/newworldsonata
Twitter: https://twitter.com/newworldsonata -
S1Ch7 - The Farmer And The Bridge
The lessons we teach shape the beliefs we hold.
New World Sonata is written by Eugene Chou and produced by Karsten Otto.
Season 1, Chapter 7 Voice Actors:
Instructor - Tommy Schutz
www.imdb.com/name/nm6673811
Faye Persephone - Serena Berman
www.serenaberman.com
Narration - Abby Awe
www.abbyawe.com
Sound Designers:
Reila Ceh - www.caitlinkloeckner.com
Luke Santy - www.lukeinternet.bandcamp.com
Cover art by Sharone Halevy
Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/2kciwJt
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/newworldsonata
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newworldsonata
Patreon: https://patreon.com/newworldsonata
Twitter: https://twitter.com/newworldsonata -
S1Ch6 - A Departure
Ties to another world. Promises broken, promises made. Moving on, staying still.
New World Sonata is written by Eugene Chou and produced by Karsten Otto.
Season 1, Chapter 6 Voice Actors:
Caleb Shoto - Evan Maltby
www.evan-maltby.com
Senri - Michelle Silvani
www.imdb.com/name/nm4221082
Leland Zhul & K9 - Karsten Otto
www.karstenotto.com
Faye Persephone - Serena Berman
www.serenaberman.com
Narration - Abby Awe
www.abbyawe.com
Sound Designers:
Reila Ceh - www.caitlinkloeckner.com
Luke Santy - www.lukeinternet.bandcamp.com
Cover art by Sharone Halevy
Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/2kciwJt
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/newworldsonata
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newworldsonata
Patreon: https://patreon.com/newworldsonata
Twitter: https://twitter.com/newworldsonata -
S1Ch5 - Knowledge
Ideals laid to bare. Pretenses shattered. History examined. A course of action arranged.
New World Sonata is written by Eugene Chou and produced by Karsten Otto.
Season 1, Chapter 5 Voice Actors:
Leland Zhul - Karsten Otto
www.karstenotto.com
Alesandra Nahodil - Camille Shoto
www.AlesandraNahodil.com
Narration - Abby Awe
www.abbyawe.com
Sound Designers:
Reila Ceh - www.caitlinkloeckner.com
Luke Santy - www.lukeinternet.bandcamp.com
Cover art by Sharone Halevy
Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/2kciwJt
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/newworldsonata
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newworldsonata
Patreon: https://patreon.com/newworldsonata
Twitter: https://twitter.com/newworldsonata -
S1Ch4 - Mandrakes
In a stormy forest, a stormy mind finds brief solace in the past.
New World Sonata is written by Eugene Chou and produced by Karsten Otto.
Season 1, Chapter 4 Voice Actors:
Faye Persephone - Serena Berman
www.serenaberman.com
Narration - Abby Awe
www.abbyawe.com
Sound Designers:
Reila Ceh - www.caitlinkloeckner.com
Luke Santy - www.lukeinternet.bandcamp.com
Cover art by Sharone Halevy
Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/2kciwJt
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/newworldsonata
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newworldsonata
Patreon: https://patreon.com/newworldsonata
Twitter: https://twitter.com/newworldsonata
Customer Reviews
Amazing
The depth and breadth of the world-building in New World Sonata has not even begun to be explored. They drop you in, expecting you to follow, there is no handholding or information dump - some people might find this offputting, but I found it enchanting. And the sound design really takes off at a certain point (you'll know). I love this story.
I dig it!
Think depth of Lord of the Rings/Name of the Wind with a pinch of Mass Effect, all wrapped up in a series of Bioshock audio logs.
The voice acting is very believable and excellent, the characters are unique and feel real, and that sound design/foley art! My favorite, but it's all great stuff, and it sounds like a professional production. I could close my eyes and be transported to that New World Sonata universe, and 20 minutes would go by in a flash (I really like the length of the episodes too). Kudos to the writing which gave just enough detail and sound cues to give me an idea of the surroundings, but left a good deal to my imagination like what Faye's Togo (Toga?) looks like. Thinking Korra's polar bear dog meets the dragon from Neverending Story.
What I also really like is that there's a whole lot of lore, but it's not all outright explained to you, so as a result, it feels like the listener's choice on how far they want to dive in. Like Star Wars or the aforementioned above, you can really get into the details if you wanted to via some New Sonata-pedia that I'm sure some group of fans will make some day or even other media that could be made like books, a tv series, movies, videogames...I could see it! On the flipside, you can also forgo getting into the nitty gritty and just listen to a good story that slowly builds over time, and I don't think you'd lose anything. I just think you'd get more out of the world the New World Sonata team created the more you immerse yourself into it.
My only quips were with the pacing of the beginning of the first episode where I felt pretty thrown into the deep end with New World Sonata terms and the talkiness and lack of prevalent sound design of the fifth episode. That said, for anyone looking to get lost in a new, fantasy/sci-fi world with some interesting characters, look no further. This is my first story podcast series that I've listened to, and wow, this series made me realize it's another great medium for storytelling, and I'm looking forward to new episodes.