Songs from a Fictional Video Game

by Bradley Herr

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1.	Traveling Into the Future of Tomorrow! 04:28	info	buy track
2.	Cathedral of Evil 03:14	info	buy track
3.	Industrial Sector 03:32	info	buy track
4.	Clive Fairchild's Theme 02:44	info	buy track
5.	Will They Fight? 01:38	info	buy track
6.	Fire Dungeon 04:30	info	buy track
7.	Dark Heavens 02:40	info	buy track
8.	Castle Town 01:52	info	buy track
9.	Enchanted Woods 03:42	info	buy track
10.	This Part of the Land is Covered in Snow 05:40	info	buy track
11.	The Death of Francis (Requiem) 02:18	info	buy track
12.	First Battle 02:53	info	buy track
13.	Into the Graveyard 02:52	info	buy track
14.	Perished City 02:45	info	buy track
15.	Deadly Waters 03:27	info	buy track
16.	Cathedral Music 01:03	info	buy track
17.	A Clash of Two Forces 02:22	info	buy track
18.	Desperation 03:00	info	buy track
19.	The World Is Cracking 05:40	info	buy track

about

These compositions came about as result of two things: a lifelong interest in video game music and a fascination with the jam packs for Apple's GarageBand software. I can't remember exactly when I started to put this concept together, but it was a result of playing around with (then) a brand new electronic drum kit, a Korg synth, and any sound I could ever want to make being available to me via MIDI patches.

The first thing I did was load myself a virtual orchestra. Every track written for this collection was written with an orchestra in mind, even if the number of non-orchestral sounds outweighs anything symphonic. I was less writing melodic lines one at a time and more looking at the fake orchestra I'd built and painting for all the parts at once.

As for the inspiration to make a "video game" soundtrack, I took a lot of influence from games I've loved and tried to imagine specific environments and the sounds I'd put to them. The composers I tried to style-parody (as it were) include Motoi Sakuraba (the Tales series/Eternal Sonata), David Wise (Donkey Kong Country), Kenji Yamamoto (Metroid Prime series), and (of course!) Koji Kondo (Nintendo's go-to guy, specifically for his Legend of Zelda work). I'd guess there are elements of Final Fantasy present as well.

I hope that the concept isn't too much to handle. It's definitely not for everybody.

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released May 2, 2015

BTH - MIDI, programming, guitars, bass, drums

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