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“Dark Knight” is one of my oldest compositions. I wrote the initial 8-10 measures of this as a sophomore in high school, but it wasn’t until years later that I sat down and actually completed the song as a full-length battle theme. In this form I’m not even sure it embodies its name, but since it’s gone by this title for so long it deserves to stay this way.
My biggest hurdle in completing this song was the ungodly 5/4 time signature. Who knows why I wrote a song in 5/4 (although several good 5/4 video game battle themes exist, like FF8)? I didn’t think it would be hard to complete a song with a 5-beat pattern, but it turned out to be a real p.i.t.a. I’m still amazed I managed to fill several minutes without using too much inane repetition. I like the climatic feel of 5/4, though, and hope to someday write another theme with this beat pattern.
And for the record, this is about as epic as you get with free wavetable soundfonts. :)
(Originally posted on THIS 1.0 on 24 Apr 2005)
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