Rock
Song: Defiance – REMIXED
What better way to release some new music than this – a remix of one of my favorite rock themes. Video game battle themes have moved away from orchestral themes in recent years, opting instead to use a lot more guitars and drums…and thus we have the newly remixed Defiance. Soundfonts have been used to render the entire song and a new intro lends itself more to classic RPG boss battle themes. The end of the song has also been remixed, including more than 60 seconds of new material. This remix originally appeared in the TGP/TLA project of 2000-2001 but I’ve never released it online – until now!
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…
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: Defiance
Ah, sweet “Defiance.” I’ve gone through hundreds of variations and modifications of this theme, but still I love the original incarnation of this piece. Yeah, it’s repetitive; yeah, the layout is awfully simple; yeah, that’s a weird techno-ish sound in the middle of what should be a solid rock song. But somehow it works. I don’t know how, but this song still rocks (and I’ve heard it probably a thousand times)…
Song: Ominosity
Ominosity is such a clever name. :) I hate naming songs (I’ve got no less than twelve unfinished songs with the name “Battle” ), so I get excited when I actually think up something witty. Simple things for simple minds, as they say…
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