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

This is the song that plays when you're at the central hub of the game, the place where all of the NPCs, shopkeepers, and plot-significant scenes are. The opening note plays as you enter a hallway brightly illuminated with sunlight streaming through the windows, which gives way to waterfall-filled caverns. The Lydian mode sets the mood of this place very nicely!

Key: C and D Lydian

The Slime Warrens

The Slime Warrens - Tower of the Immortals

This is a cut section from the Slime Warrens. I originally meant to take the song in a different direction, where the song would have had three main sections before looping back to the beginning. This section is written in F# minor, linked to the C lydian intro by the F#. However, I couldn't make it work despite my best effort, as I came to realize that what I was writing wasn't really fit as level music anyways.

This section is *very* nearly finished, and only the very end was still somewhat in the thought stage. I was also planning to change up the background arpeggios a bit, but I still think it sounds fine the way it is. It's a pretty nice piece on its own, but not enough to comprise a full song. Still, I didn't want it to go to waste so here it is.

Key: F# Minor

The Slime Warrens - Cut Material (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

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, G Mixolydian

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

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

I'm a guy who enjoys composing chiptunes on the side. I use FamiTracker to make my songs.

The Steamworks Foundry - Tower of the Immortals

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