War of the Monochrome is a song i made for Check X Mate, an upcoming chess puzzle game with visual novel elements by Sliced Kiwi Studios!
The beta will be released this month!
You can visit the Steam page right here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1843790/Check_x_Mate/

About the song:
I was asked to make a memorable battle theme for the chess puzzle sections of the game, so i wanted to do my best to make the song feel like it could fit a wide variety of situations and game difficulties, gradually building up from a relatively more bombastic intro to more melodical sections, but with plenty of intermissions inbetween, in my opinion, this would fit the more difficult chezz puzzles in the gameplay because you'd be listening to the song for longer if you are struggling
I went for some progressive time signature choices, and also went with some more key changes than usual because i felt like it could help with giving the song more of an unique identity
In terms of inspirations, i would say that Rei Kondoh's works were in my head a lot when i was in the planning phases of this song

Please note that this song is composed by me and belongs to Sliced Kiwi Studios, you are not allowed to use it in other places without the permission of Sliced Kiwi Studios

War of the Monochrome - Check X Mate OST

In honour of Koningsdag (King's Day, the birthday of the king of the Netherlands, a national holiday on the 27th of April), i decided to create an arranged version of the national anthem, "het Wilhemus"
Since the original composition has some cool wacky time signatures, i decided to lean into the theme of wacky time signatures and give this boss theme a progressive and semi-orchestral feel, kind of like a combination of Kingdom Hearts, Dark Souls/Elden Ring, and some of my own style

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This is an original song composed by me in a style inspired by Atsuhiro Motoyama's work on the Umihara Kawase series, it is particularly inspired by his work in Umihara Kawase Shun and Sayonara Umihara Kawase

For this, i tried to analyse what MIDI hardware and other instrument sources Atsuhiro Motoyama used, and i also tried my best to replicate common composition patterns used by him

I am a big fan of Atsuhiro Motoyama, it is a shame he has not composed for many recent games, i would love to hear more from him
Alongside ZUN and Jake Kaufman, he is one of my favourite VGM composers of all time
Unlike ZUN though, not many people make music in "Atushiro-style", so i wanted to start doing that
If you also like Atushiro Motoyama's style, and you are a musician, please consider trying to make Atsuhiro-style music too, i would love to compare and share insights!

Things i used:
SC-88pro
Korg Trinity
JV-1080
Serum (for manual instrument recreation attempts)
HALion 6 (this is cheating...it just has nice electric pianos i wanted to use in the background)

Oh yeah... and Mizūmi (湖) means lake in Japanese, i thought it'd be funny, because in Umihara Kawase, you have songs that reference the words "river" and "sea" in the titles, but not "lake"





...Also, can you find the hidden Fleentstones notes?

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