I'm working on a new game, and this is one of the songs I wrote for it. It is closely based upon the project I worked on years earlier; several songs for that game are uploaded to my channel.

You meet your rival early in the game, and he establishes himself as a boastful, arrogant person. He even does damage to your character as a joke. However, his demeanor masks a deep fear of losing people's respect and admiration. He is the bad guy, but he isn't a "bad guy". The song is mostly written in minor and phrygian modes, but there are a few notes sprinkled throughout the song that indicate his true nature underneath his persona.

Made with Famitracker. Mostly uses the 2A03 chip, with a bit of the VRC6.

Key: E Minor

Battle Tower Royale

Gale's Theme - Tower of the Immortals

https://aquellex.bandcamp.com/album/anthropomorphosis

Anthropomorphosis

[LR35902] Ballistic Bunny (feat. Kommisar)

This originally started life as a song for Battle Tower Royale, but I quickly found that it wasn't going to work for the game. It ultimately made a pretty sweet track, however! I applied some post-processing to this to make it sound fancy, but the original mono file sounds pretty good as well. This uses the base 2A03 soundchip for the NES, with no DPCM.

Key: A Phrygian Dominant
BPM: 130

Kasbah Rave

At long last, over a year after development started Battle Tower Royale now has its title screen music! I could not be happier with what I have written - this song is legitimately the exciting, upbeat epic I wanted it to be. It is easily the most complex piece of music I have ever composed, containing over a dozen key and mode changes! 

The very core of this song is the section beginning at approximately 2:31 - I wrote that section all the way back in 2014! But while that music sat in my folder for the next decade, it was never forgotten. When I was thinking about what I wanted my game's theme song to sound like, that Irish jig was exactly what I had in mind. I began composing the intro using that progression but in a different key and mode. 

If there is song that I could point to that describes me as a songwriter, this is it. I sincerely hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I do!

Keys: C, D, F, G, A - Minor/Dorian/Mixolydian

Emerald Shores - Tower of the Immortals (Title Theme)

There's no better birthday present than releasing a new track for the occasion! This song plays when you are creating the character that you will play as for the rest of the game. I really think the song captures the exciting sense of anticipation and adventure that awaits you; I decided to take the Tim Follin approach of not caring whether the song feels like it's "too much", and I think it worked out for the best! This whole song is written in 9/4 time, which was quite interesting to approach from a songwriting perspective.

Key: F Lydian/Mixolydian
BPM: 150

Tell Us Who You Are - Tower of the Immortals (Character Creation Screen)

Tower of the Immortals is generally a pretty light-hearted game..but there are some times when it gets really serious. This ominous music is what plays when you are facing the stage just before the level boss. 

That penultimate stage is serious business - the levels are shrouded in fog and filled with many dangerous and powerful enemies - you will need all of your skills and wits about you to make it to the end. To fight the boss, you must first prove yourself in The Gauntlet!

Key: E Minor
BPM: 128

The Gauntlet

The Gauntlet - Tower of the Immortals

This is the theme music for Zone 2 of my ARPG, Tower of the Immortals! The Steamworks Foundry is in an industrial, factory-like setting, making it perfect for a groovy blues song! 

While the whole song remains in the key of Bb, I played around with the modes used within this key - this song bounces between minor, blues minor, and mixolydian between the different sections. It was a ton of fun coming up with different riffs and licks, though putting the final arrangement of the song together was fairly challenging. But the end product really sets the mood well, I think!

Key: Bb Minor
BPM: 140

The Steamworks Foundry

The Steamworks Foundry - Tower of the Immortals

I managed to write this in half a day, which is practically a record for me. This song was intended to be reminiscent of The Steamworks Foundry, which includes quoting a bit of its theme in here. But this song is faster paced and really keeps the groove going as you fight your way through hordes of enemies! 

Key: Bb Dorian
BPM: 150

Zone 2 Battle Music - Tower of the Immortals

This song turned out to be quite epic in scope, easily being the second-longest song in the game behind the title theme! In many ways this song is composed in a similar style to the Slime Warrens, but better executed. I've really improved at music composition and arrangement in general since I started making Tower of the Immortal's OST, and I'm quite happy with how this one turned out! The middle section is a lovely change of pace that really makes you feel like you're on an epic adventure, yet it still fits in nicely with the rest of the song.

Key: F# Major
BPM: 120

The Celestial Caverns - Tower of the Immortals

Could it be? A song that isn't chiptune uploaded to this channel?

I've long wanted to expand my musical horizons outward, and getting the opportunity to write a soundtrack for a game was the perfect way to do that. This is the title theme for Gravity Storm: First Mission, an action platformer that lets you control and manipulate gravity. This game is directly inspired from the NES title Metal Storm, but draws influence from other acclaimed platformers of the era as well.

I wrote this song in a 7/4 time signature, and I felt that giving it a moody, atmospheric feel really captured the essence of the game's setting. The space station you must fight your way through is fraught with peril, and danger lurks around every corner. You must use all of your wits to survive...

Key: C# Phrygian

Gravity Storm OST - Title Theme

Just kidding - of course there was going to be a chiptune track in the game. This is the only pure chiptune in the game, though I did include elements of it in other songs. The tutorial area of the game takes place inside of a computer simulation, which lent itself nicely to this compositional style. I wrote it largely using tritones, augmented 5ths, and the whole tone scale to make it sound deliciously dissonant. 

Key: C (though just barely)
BPM: 160

Gravity Storm OST - Tutorial Stage

By day I work a 9-5 job, by night I compose groovy chiptunes. I do game development as well, and many of my game's songs are posted to this channel! All of my chiptune songs are made with FamiTracker.

Gravity Storm OST - Tutorial Stage

Bynary Fission

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