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

Hi-Res remaster of this track: https://soundcloud.com/hunty/battle-1-roland-sc-88-gm?in=hunty/sets/general-midi-story-4-reminscence-of-darkness

Battle #1「かかって来い」- REMASTER

submitted to Battle of the Bits Winter Chip XVIII https://battleofthebits.com/arena/Entry/Memory+Flash/58686/

artwork by Bravoman also submitted to WCXVIII https://battleofthebits.com/arena/Entry/Winter+Chip+%28Upmost+Gem%29/57572/

Memory Flash (old version!)

made in beepbox because i missed making music like some of my older stuff

this is banger i am proud ehehehe

BEEP - BOPIP

same fucking bpm

Fearofdark - Swampocalypse

The Night Before

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Mostly original samples here again.

All composed, arranged, and produced by me.

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I got started on this out of boredom, but I saw potential in it. 3 livestreams of me working on this song later, and it's complete, but it was not without some annoying issues I dealt with.

Because of the rules for the category (Module file that has to be under 24 kilobytes), I've had a very difficult time cramming it down into that. The final module size was 30kb, and without altering the song some it was not possible to compress it down further than 26.

This is where Pigu helped tremendously. At the cost of some parts being slightly changed, he got it under 24kb.

The version you're hearing is the original 30kb one, but you can hear the other version by clicking this link: http://battleofthebits.com/arena/Entry/Way+Back+From+Sleep/27159/

The photo in the image is by Jonatan Pie, and I took it from Unsplash (I altered it). Check it out here: https://unsplash.com/photos/1hpE3fROU0I

Winter Chip XIII

Way Back From Sleep

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My musical influences in alphabetical order:      
Aphex Twin, Art of Noise, the Beatles, Ben Cullum, Boys Noize, Bruford, the Buggles, Cusco, Dave Oleksiak (my uncle), David Wise, Death Grips, Debussy, Depeche Mode, Dominique Guiot, Dvorak, ELP, the Follin Brothers, Genesis, Gershwin, Go Ichinose, Hip Tanaka, Hitomi Sato, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Ichiro Shimakura, Jake Kaufman, J Dilla, John Zorn, Junya Nakano, Kanye West, Kapustin, Kfaraday, Keishi Yonao, Lauren Bousfield, Leonard Bernstein, Madness, Manabu Namiki, Masashi Hamauzu, MSTRKRFT, Moondog, Morricone, Mort Garson, Motoi Sakuraba, Nobuo Uematsu, Pat Metheny, Pilotredsun, Rush, Ryota Koduka, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Saitama Saisyu Heiki (SSH), Shinji Hosoe, Shoji Meguro, Squarepusher, Steve Reich, Vangelis, Vince DiCola, Wang Chung, Wendy Carlos, William Bonney, Yasunori Mitsuda, Yoko Shimomura, Yuzo Koshiro

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Nick Roeslein Oleksiak

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Nick Roeslein Oleksiak

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