Music
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: Retribution
Retribution is my favorite rock/battle theme to date. It’s a great mix of old and new RPG elements, and the whole feel and pace of it turned out better than I could have hoped for…
Music for Writers
Several months ago I had the enjoyable – and enlightening – experience of reading through some 20+ excerpts at the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest (ABNA). It was very interesting to see firsthand the vast difference in raw talent among aspiring writers. Some of these people make you wonder why they’re not published already while others [...]
Song: King of the Desert
While I like the melody and structure of “King of the Desert,” the real masterpiece, however, is the countless subtle effects used throughout. The strum of the guitar, the pitch fades on the high power chords, realistic harmonics on the guitar solos (I’ve never heard a synthesized song use them correctly until this); this song is a product of a lot of carefully implemented effects. I love way it all came together…
Song: Unknown
This song is a byproduct of boredom in its purest form. Sometimes I find myself in a real rut with the direction my composing is going, so I’ll force myself to sit down and arrange whatever comes out of my brain first. I’ve always loved “Hall of the Mountain King,” so I figured I’d slaughter it by converting it into MIDI with a groovy drumbeat and strange background synth instruments. Grieg would definitely kill me if he heard this…
Song: Reign of Anarchy
This song is, in a word, random. Sometimes I get a bunch of ideas in my head and I can’t think up a whole song for each one, so I throw them together into one big mess…like this.
Song: Tiberian National Anthem
Here’s the weird thing – even though you’ve never heard this song before, I guarantee that if you listened to it without hearing the title, you’d associate it with some kind of patriotic event. I don’t know why that is, but it’s a real phenomenon. Music association is a fascinating tangent in the “nature vs. nurture” debate, after all…
Song: Faith (Love Remix)
I’ve played with many ideas for adding a melody to “Faith’s” original simple vi-IV-I-V (or i-VI-III-VII in natural minor) progression, but invariably none of them were epic enough to match the scope and majesty of the original arrangement. Eventually I settled on a couple ideas that I liked, so I decided to arrange the song in a more peaceful, quiet setting. Thus we get “Faith’s” Love Remix…
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…
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