I remember plating through the stage and heard this I was all like 0-0 "THAT'S SWEET MAN" and then I downloaded the full ist just to hear this one song.... I should really get a life...

This tune always reminds me of VectorMan 1&2 on genesis ❤️

Is this slighty inspired by Green Hills Zone (or rather, You Can Do Anything?)

On My Mind (DL enabled)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzq1y3XO3sg

First act of the Final Zone of Sonic Before The Sequel, an awesome fangame. It's out and you can play it now*; we're making a 2012 special edition with an original score for SAGE 2012.

We're talking about a giant mechanical balloon filled with gadgets and electricity and stuff. That can only mean one thing: Trance out the nose.

http://www.sonicfangameshq.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7437

Stratospheric Synergy - For Arcane Altitude Act 1

JINGLE - Stage Clear

When The End is in Sight - For Arcane Altitude Act 2

Hard Boiled Premonition - For Death Egg

Wub Wub Wub Wub

One of my early college video game audio assignments was a modtracker project*. I've always wanted to revisit it outside a modtracker setting just to see what I could do with it, but it didn't seem fair to just take an earlier work and plug it into BTS, especially for one of the last few bosses in the game. This track is perhaps a re-envisioning and re-composition on the same base concepts - b2 aeolian scale, a triplet/swing breakdown section, pads vs in-your-face hooks. The one biggest difference I guess would be the inclusion of a much more prominent melody. 

Also in terms of production, my original attempt at this sounded way too much like a commercial hardcore track. In the spirit of this being part of an OST for a retro game, I re-thought my instrumentation and synths to be a little more... 'chiptune'y, with the goal of 'if Saturn-era music tried to be as badass as possible, what would it sound like?'. The transition from that to real guitars/bass and then a more modern (albeit unconventional, at 200bpm) dub breakdown section highlights that contrast, I hope.

*http://soundcloud.com/falk-2/superspeed

World's Largest Unicycle - For Titanic Tower Boss Act

Weeow. This one is bound to raise some eyebrows.

Early on in the OST project discussions, we agreed that Kanjika's "Breathtaking Vision" (Sky Sanctuary remix, Project Chaos, OCRemix) was one of the themes that fit so well with both the style and setting and musical interplay from Act 3 all through the post-boss cutscene that it would be wrong to change it. (My original suggestion for Cloudy Crowd was light/airy trance, which instead made its way to Hilltop Heights music instead)

So, we established that the OST would have -some- orchestral work in it. We knew that that meant that 'authenticity' as to the the 'retro-ness' of new soundtrack would go out the door as well. How do you make the most of it? You turn the entire zone orchestral, which actually goes well with the cloudy visuals and the fittingly breathtaking vision of the parallaxing backgrounds.

This zone is important in that it's both Tails' final full zone, as well as the first venture of his newfound mobility, transforming (as far as this spin-off/fan-verse/whatever-you-want-to-call-it goes) from the meek shadow chasing after Sonic to the agile sidekick of proper canon.

With that in mind, I felt that it was fitting that for Act 1 to orchestrate sections of the two different Tails' themes from Sonic Adventure 1 and 2.  Interestingly enough, they share the same lyrics even though they're markedly different songs. What I did was transition from the verse of SA1's theme to the chorus of SA2's theme. Hence, you could actually sing the same lyrics on top of this orchestral rendition.

I also decided to run a little experiment. The looping section of Breathtaking Vision used in Act 3 and the Boss Act remains pretty consistent in intensity throughout, which is 'safer' as far as being music for an interactive venture like a video game goes. For my personal experiment, I tried varying the intensity somewhat through the song, with climaxes and releases. I'm genuinely curious to see how much serendipity can or cannot do to match it up to onscreen action with a simple loop.

p.s. Two Tails themes. Tails(s) themes. What's the plural of Tails? D:

p.p.s this is a re-upload, the original WIP upload didn't let me properly replace with this complete version without breaking. If you previously commented/etc, I'm sorry<3


Flying High - For Cloudy Crowd Act 1

Final Boss. I've always wanted to use french horns in the highest register to emulate wind/air. Guess I finally get my wish. :V

That's Corona at the end. A little something I really had to do; that thing went unused for way too long.

Ode to Shattered Illusions - For Final Boss

Unstoppable - For Bonus Fight

Sonic After the Sequel Original Sound Track

Sonic ATS Breakfast Time - For Horizon Heights Boss Act Phase 2

This is the finished version of Sugar Splash Zone Act 2 for LakeFeperd's fangame Sonic After the Sequel. This song was a collaborative effort. Credit goes to Falk for added instrumentation and rearrangement.

Carbohydration - Sugar Splash Zone Act 2 (Feat. Falk)

Falk is a home-grown musician with a skillset just about as diverse as his interests. Hailing from Malaysia, he jumped with both feet into audio for games right out of college and spent a few years as Audio Lead at a rhythm game publisher. After having travelled to Boston to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music, Falk has been involved in countless fan productions and remixes, original compositions, arrangements, and orchestrations.

Falk, through his affiliation with the Video Game Orchestra, has had the privilege to work in the presence of industry veterans such as Hitoshi Sakimoto of Basiscape, Masashi Hamauzu, and Go Shiina of Namco Bandai, amongst others, in the capacity of recording and mix engineer for their various projects in ensembles varying from simple instrumental overdubs to full orchestral/choir recordings.

Stratospheric Synergy - For Arcane Altitude Act 1

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