Character Themes
Song: The Journey (Kroc’s Theme)
There are several noticeable differences between this and the original; I’ve tried to rewrite some of the weaker sections without changing the song too much (it is, after all, a theme song hehe). Also, the change of the lead instrument to a Spanish trumpet turned out as good as I could have hoped. Spanish trumpets are awesome!
Song: Leaving Millie
In spring 2005, Kroc shared with me a series of remarkable stories. One of the recurring characters in these stories was a girl named “Millie,” and she is the inspiration for this song…
Song: A Memory Away
As soon as I wrote this song, I realized it would be a perfect female character theme for the lead character of Defiance, one of the story premises discussed by the video game team I was working with at the time. The protagonist of the story was a girl named Cara, who I see being comparable to the main character in “Underworld” (if you haven’t seen the movie, you should – it’s good). Cara was a strong, action-oriented girl who ends up falling in love with a man she thought she was saving. Thus the song is a mix of electric guitar and other rock instruments but with a very mellow melody…
Song: Remember
“Remember” is a simple remix of the 2nd half of “Cyaron’s Gate” – which tells you how long ago I wrote it (~1999). Despite its age, I still find it to be one of my more majestic themes. I’ve not done much to change it from the piano version to the MIDI version, and I don’t know that I’ll ever change this theme much. There’s something invariably nostalgic about compositions from early in your career, and messing with songs from that era just seems…wrong…
Song: Fate (Clint’s Theme)
The only way to really understand this song is to understand Clint V. Franklin …and I don’t think anyone – Clint included – really understands that. Kinda like this song, I guess. It’s not really meant to have a unified theme or style or feel or anything of the sort. It’s meant to be…”different.”
Song: Destiny
Yeah, this theme is amazing. I’m forgoing all humility and openly admitting that this song is a MIDI masterpiece. Seriously, I sat down at the piano one day and this just rolled off my fingers. If only that happened more often…
Song: Crossroads
“Crossroads” has been the character theme of several unfinished game characters. Generally, it seems to embody a secondary party member who – in typical fashion – has something to prove but not necessarily the means to prove it. Using what was, for a time, my trademark mix of instruments (gotta love the ol’ charang), this is another harmonically simple piece with a simple but catchy melody…
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