Just a short clip of something I've been trying to write recently. I think I need to work on the speed of my transitions; going too fast in some places.
capo 3rd, chords: Cmaj7, G, Em, Bm7, Am7, D9

WIP guitar piece #1

I found this tuning (CGCGAE) on gtdb.org and thought it would be worth trying out. I'm probably going to slow down the tempo if I'm going to complete, and I also need to work out a proper bridge from the fingerstyle verse to the strumming refrain.

Open C6 tuning WIP

This is the second track for the level Party. It plays after Drake orders the lockdown on the castle.
It stays at the same tempo as the first track to not be jarring, but is written in 6/8 which is the same as 3/4 in length, but has different accented beats.

There are no changes in the game's version, but the cymbal hits at the start are cut off earlier due to the MIDI format. Doesn't sound too bad, though.

Party X (Nightfire 64)

This plays during the ninja fight in the level Estate.
It's an arrangement of Ninja Gaiden's Stage/Act 4-2 theme, made Bondy with the strings in the background.
There aren't any changes from this in the game's version, although one bit of  percussion had been a softer, hi-hat emulating sound that didn't work well in the game, so I changed it and liked it so much I put the change in this version too.

Estate X (Nightfire 64)

This plays during the first part of the level Party, before Drake orders the lockdown on the castle.
It's written in 3/4, which is a time signature known for its use in waltz music. While it's not set in a ballroom party, I just thought it'd be fitting (plus I had actually made Party X, the one in 6/8, before this so I have a good "game design" reason). Because of the waltziness of it, I decided to essentially arrange Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky in a minor version, and I noticed that the descending notes in the first four bars sounded a bit like On Her Majesty's Secret Service's theme, so I kept that repeating, adding a harmony to make it interesting.


The original Party track had just one snare hit at the end to loop it back. This made the loop sound bad in the game, so I added an extra hit. I thought this change from the OST version would be weird so I just added it to the OST version and removed the old one.

Party (Nightfire 64)

This plays in the level, Estate, which is set in a Japanese traditional housing estate.
Because of the setting, I decided to go with a sound similar to traditional Japanese music, within the limitations of Goldeneye's instruments. The plucked string instrument plays a pentatonic scale known as Hirajoshi (1 2 b3 5 b6).
This new version is much more thinned out, only having wooden percussion, bongos, and a string instrument that sparsely plays notes. There was no good replacement for the bass from the original version, so I had to go with this.
There was also a previous game version, but I didn't like it - the opening was really off-putting, so I changed it for a percussion "duel".

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