Here is a track of a piece I wrote several years ago for a video game I never made. I'm thinking about reusing it for another project. The original was simply a midi file called "swing.mid" because of it's rhythm.
This track of music represents a tranquil place. The hero finds a location that is magical and magestic so that it makes the hero forget about the tribulatiion that awaits outside. I endeavored to record this track with real instruments to give it some life.
Instead of the epic psuedo-symphonic music or else the J-pop/ new age music that is typically featured in an RPG, I thought it would be interesting to have an RPG with kind-of a late 60s/early 70s style psychodelic acid-fusion soundtrack. Something Like this track which I recorded earlier. I set out to record a version of this that fits the style somewhat.
The drums and a bass line are still sequenced.
I used my piano, for one. I ran it through my Pod Xt guitar pedal and came-up with a retro sounding effect with a limited frequency response and a detuning effect.
The lead is a mellotron clarinet.
I added a B section in a relative minor. This is to remind the player that everything is not right and the adversary still awaits outside.
The track ends abruptly because it is meant to loop. When I test it in my game engine, it loops pretty good but not entirly seamlessly.
December 6th, 2008 - 10:28 PM
this is really nice. It's important that people understand that music is as much a part of a game as the visual aspects and gameplay.
December 6th, 2008 - 10:32 PM
The inline player isn't working for me. did I do something wrong?
December 6th, 2008 - 10:37 PM
it's working for me.
December 8th, 2008 - 10:13 AM
That 1-5-4 progression makes me want to break out into Baba O'Riley. The mellotron flute part reminds me the Moody Blues. I like the low frequency boom sound you have in this track.
December 8th, 2008 - 2:13 PM
I get stuck in 1-5-4 sometimes. You should have heard it before I mixed-down the guitar power chords.
December 8th, 2008 - 6:01 PM
Awesome piano and mellotron. I like that. I like how well thought through it is too.
December 9th, 2008 - 4:44 PM
there is something wonderfully lumbering (wondlumbering) about this
December 12th, 2008 - 9:46 AM
This song is great. It's pretty amazing despite its intentions for a video game, however hearing this is in a video game would be really awesome.
January 4th, 2009 - 2:33 PM
[...] title is, coincidently, Winter. This is a rerecording for the video game, in the same style as swing. The original was just sequenced, though it sounded pretty good. The new version is down-tempo [...]