Continue - 30th Sessions Version feat. Lyn

I had the honour of being approached by the Dash Adventure 2 team to contribute to the original/remixed soundtrack. This one, Ready, was actually the first commission I completed for the project. That's why we have Dash artwork instead of Sonic artwork, for those curious. 

I've been keeping this one a secret for almost a year now I think? During that time I got many many people asking me to do this track, so it gives me great pleasure to release this now.

🔴 This is a commissioned track for the Dash AU, so you may not use this without permission of the commissioner (Revenir - https://twitter.com/revenir_incarne). Additionally, this will not be on streaming services.

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○ Credits ○ 
☆ Art: Blazykun (https://twitter.com/blazykun), Lourdes (https://twitter.com/Edible_Potatoes)
☆ Arrangement: DDProd (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEQNWe57afb96NEB65Qw2-w)
☆ Vocals/Lyrics/Mix and Master: Dream Kittu 

☆ Intro Art: Fivey (https://www.deviantart.com/fivey)
☆ Outro Music: Faded Hills Music Box Redux (https://youtu.be/zEqyIKMyNcw)

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︎︎○ PATREON SHOUTOUTS ○
Cooper Castille
Blue
DecodeBen
Neo Galaxy Prime
Ihara
SonicRings

☆ EXTRA COOL PATREONS ☆
Skydra

★ TOP PATREONS ★
MegaDusk
Rolligion

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You can commission me to sing, compose or write for your project. Please email nonameavailablehun@gmail.com for enquiries.

[VERSE 1]
Look up and see
That your paradise isn’t far from the shore
Follow your heart of gold, there’s nothing to fear
Come along with me
If we can just shatter these walls then I’m sure
That our tomorrow will be found, so clear

[PRE-CHROUS 1]
We’ll be running with the wind together, cut through the lines
See the path that’s glowing up ahead, it lets me shine
There’s no way I’m gonna hold back, no time to relax
This is how dreams come alive

[CHORUS]
Here is the perfect chance, don’t let it slip on by
Let go of the past, ‘cause our moment is now, our stage, yeah
We’re right on time to blast off, no one can deny
Believe in yourself, get ready, go!

[VERSE 2]
Open your heart
And you may just find what you were looking for
Incredible strength that lets you weather any storm

[PRE-CHORUS 2]
We’ll be flying in the sky and overlooking the sea
A whole wonder never-ending like the journey
There’s no way I’m gonna hold back, no time to relax
And our dreams will come to life

[CHORUS]
Keep holding on, and take a step into the sun
I promise you’ll feel the heat in your heart; an answer
Leap up and blast off, our adventure’s just begun
Believe in yourself, get ready, go!

[BRIDGE]
All through the darkness and the tears that are clouding your eyes
Remember the power always waiting inside

[CHORUS]
Here is the perfect chance, don’t let it slip on by
Let go of the past, ‘cause our moment is now, our stage, yeah
We’re right on time to blast off, no one can deny
Believe in yourself, get ready-

Trust me, keep holding on, and take a step into the sun
Feel the heat in your heart in this blue azure world
Leap up and blast off, our adventure’s just begun
Believe in yourself, get ready, and go!

READY! - Sonic Adventure's Emerald Coast Vocal Mix (English Cover)

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Alongside the palace theme, I kept humming ideas for orchestrating the Boss Theme since the start. I found myself mistaking it for the battle track Stand Your Ground from Final Fantasy XV. It's only off by one note, and the phrase alternates up and down a key. I ended up mostly recreating it verbatim to use as a launch pad. The idea here is to have the first loop represent the bosses from the first two palaces, and the 2nd loop for 3rd and 4th palaces.

In addition to FFXV, I took inspiration from a lot of Square Enix's properties, because they really know how to hype you up for a boss. The track Traveler's Road from Legend of Mana consists of a thundering and relentless beat, yet it leaves from some emotional phrasing that I just really like. Yasunori Nishiki's many boss themes for the Octopath Traveler games are culminations of the boss's theme built up over time across multiple music tracks, and I love the constant callbacks he makes. Since the Title Theme of Zelda II has phrases that get reused elsewhere, I thought I could extend that to this track and also do a callback to the Title theme.

Finally, Masayoshi Soken's music for the Eikon fights in Final Fantasy XVI are pretty much worth the price of admission alone. They make a great case for music in modern games should still be able to take center stage and not be regulated to the background underneath the voice acting and audio. Compare that to Dark Souls, which Zelda II shares many connections to. Even though the music there is also epic during the boss fights, there's no real hook to them to make them memorable. Besides, Link himself is iconic, so it's only fair to add that much more emotionality into the music.

I had planned for the track to consist of just the opening rhythm from the original, which would lead straight into the phrase at 1:22, and then it'll be over. However, as I was experimenting with instrumentation and constantly being sublimely influenced by Octopath and FFXVI, I kept stretching out the track to accommodate every idea I wanted. I made a point to keep the rhythm persistent throughout the entire track. I wanted the track to mirror a player's first time experience fighting these bosses. In Zelda II, you are stuck in a single screen, and the bosses immediately comes at you, forcing you to react. There's nowhere to escape and you'd probably lose all three lives and get sent back to the beginning of the palace to make your way back, all the while thinking of how to attack its weak point and dodge its attack pattern. Link is at his most acrobatic and speed compared to all the traditional Zeldas, and I really wanted to push the music to epic Final Fantasy levels to reflect that.

I think it's just hilarious that I extended the track out to 10x its original version (40x compared to the FDS version as it lacks the alternating keys haha), and I still consider this a generally "faithful" arrangement. This will afford me the freedom to switch genres for the 2nd Boss Theme!

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Arrangement and illustrations by Jeremiah Sun
Original Theme by Akito Nakatsuka

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06 - Boss Theme ~FFXVI Eikon style | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Orchestral Arrangement

Long time no see. Here's one for You guys to miss me more.

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