Cult of the Lamb’s Composer, Narayana Johnson, Has Passed Away

Cult of the Lamb’s Composer, Narayana Johnson, Has Passed Away
Cult of the Lamb. Source: Massive Monster/ Devolver Digital
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  1. The composer for Cult of the Lamb, Narayana Johnson, has passed away.
  2. His tracks have won the game a few awards from different events.
  3. Cult of the Lamb was released in August 2022.

Narayana Johnson, the award-winning composer for Cult of the Lamb, has passed away. The news was posted on the game’s official social media accounts, accompanied by one of the tracks he made for the game.

“It’s with heavy and broken hearts we have to announce that Narayana Johnson, AKA River Boy, has passed away,” the post reads. Johnson acted as the studio’s Audio Director and made all of the music in Cult of the Lamb.

For context, Cult of the Lamb has won Best Game Music Awards from the Australian Game Developer Awards and World Soundtrack Awards in 2022 and 2023, respectively. And all of those were his works. According to his IMDb page, Cult of the Lamb is the first and last game that he has worked on.

Cult of the Lamb is an indie game made by Massive Monster and published by Devolver Digital. It was received favorably by the critics and has won Best Indie Game at the Golden Joystick Awards. The game was released in August 2022 and is available on macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 & 5, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. 

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