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Song: The Forest Awakes
As background music originally designed as an “entering the forest” theme, this number is distantly reminiscent of classical Irish music. (Very distantly!) The pan flute lead is quick and clever, and the 6/4 time signature keeps the piece moving along…
Song: Deeper
“Deeper” is a new type of music for me – a techno dungeon theme with a bunch of cool non-MIDI sounds. To give you a feel for the thematic setting of this piece, think of a sci-fi hero quietly sneaking through an alien lair. When the music escalates, the hero makes a run for it after being detected by his otherwordly enemies…
Song: The Haunting
“The Haunting” was my first composition after a two-year composing hiatus (2003-2005). After being away from music for so long, I didn’t want to jump back into composing too quickly so I used this simple piece to help get back into the groove. It felt great to sit at a piano and plink out such a simple but compelling theme. The rest of the song just kind of came together, and I’ve really come to love the subtle panning and velocity effects…
Song: Halls of Despair
“Halls of Despair” was my first attempt at a fully mixed horror theme. Because of this, it was also the first effects-driven song I ever wrote. Part of me thinks the effects are almost too much, but another part of me kinda likes how they work together to totally disorient you. This song is best listened to at a quiet volume, so the effects are more subconscious than explicit…
Song: Surreptitious
Every time I hear this song, I think of sneaking around in a castle. In fact, it sounds like it belongs in FF9 during the scene where Steiner runs around looking for Princess Garnet…
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