A simple upbeat tune made using Mega Man 7 instruments

Tracked in OpenMPT, original Impulse Tracker module on Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0fh8fq1czzmfhbe/Firage_-_Feels_Good_Man.it?dl=0 (123.56 KB)

Feels Good Man

The Mana series is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and I've never done a full song using just the Secret of Mana soundfont so here goes I guess

The word "mana" has multiple meanings in my native language so the title can be read as either "on the lands of magical power" or "on the lands of death"

Tracked in OpenMPT

Original Impulse Tracker module on Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1nwmvggrrv2r6m3/Firage%20-%20Manan%20mailla.it?dl=0 (810.6 KB)

Manan mailla

A tracker metal tune

2.03 MB, 19 channels, Impulse Tracker format

Original module downloadable on Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dgg1wpus7ahnaze/Firage%20-%20Space%20Justice%20Wolf.it?dl=0

Space Justice Wolf

A simple little spooktune tracked in OpenMPT

Impulse Tracker module download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/halboqw8medi9s3/Firage%20-%20Vampire%20Byte.it?dl=0 (882.29 KB)

Vampire Byte

A silly little thing

All instrument samples from EarthBound

Impulse Tracker module: https://www.dropbox.com/s/97ahw5utbymbcux/Firage%20-%20Battle%20Against%20a%20Flamboyant%20Foe.it?dl=0 (307.08 KB)

Battle Against a Flamboyant Foe

An irritatingly cute background theme for a coffee shop or some similar place.

Cute Little Café

Furnace module on Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/diq7y416z9lhutd/Firage%20-%20Splash%20Beach%20Party%202.fur?dl=0 (50.16 KB)

It's still snowy, dark and cold where I live so I'm manifesting some summer vibes through this track 😎🏖

This is the very first complete music module I've created using Furnace (https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace) which is a neat free chiptune tracker program that can be used to create music for a wide variety of platforms, ranging from video game consoles to home computers and arcade game hardware. 8-bit, 16-bit, FM synthesis, samples, wavetables, it's all supported.

It is also my first complete Sound Blaster Pro 2/OPL3 tune! I've played around with OPL instruments in OpenMPT previously and also made a collab with Zero using them (https://soundcloud.com/zerothefox/zero-green-x-firage-virtual-vacation-zone) but haven't really been able to come up with anything longer than like 1 minute on my own until now.

The OPL3 FM chip inside Sound Blaster Pro 2 is similar to the one used in the regular Sound Blaster but it has twice the amount of channels, more operator waveforms and the neat ability to do more complex 4-operator FM synth sounds by combining two channels into one.

Also if anyone's wondering, there is no Splash Beach Party 1. I just felt like using the initials of the soundcard I was working with for the song title.

Splash Beach Party 2

a little spacesynth/italodisco style tune, mainly inspired by the music of Koto and Laserdance but also by some other tracker musicians like Lizardking and Myvoice

most synth sounds made with Synth1, some with Korg M1 VST

samples from various sources e.g. LinnDrum, E-mu Emax

tracked in OpenMPT

Impulse Tracker module on Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ql0390d9up86b3m4aibxc/Firage-Laser-Lords.it?rlkey=85t4p2mf1phifac1n6a2qt5cl&dl=0 (1.9 MB)

Laser Lords

A fast chipstyle Mega Drive tune. Made in Furnace.

The track title and voice samples are lifted from an old Finnish commercial for the Mega Drive. Here are translations for the different lines I used: 
0:01 "Welcome. I am Sega, the king of games" 
2:04 "Through my 16-bits, I am invincible" 
3:17 "And as you can hear, my sound is the most powerful"

MP3 download: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4ibbwak3it6kf57ifugca/Firage-Pelien-kuningas.mp3?rlkey=d8smugsv9e3qxepg17825027r&dl=0 (8.26 MB)
Furnace module download: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4cw0huhol12pa35k5a3fh/Firage-Pelien-kuningas.fur?rlkey=457sd3hctsx75x3afggqw83v2&dl=0 (456 KB)
VGM module download: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qnj6jei8f780y2jhaadhm/Firage-Pelien-kuningas.vgm?rlkey=gdcvb9iex6uo7ymk5mlhyuln8&dl=0 (669.02 KB)
Mega Drive ROM: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tx0qerz74cq55wvi4oya2/Firage-Pelien-kuningas.bin?rlkey=56vlgawznvvvzh7evyxpiqmie&dl=0 (728.29 KB)

2023

Pelien kuningas (The King of Games)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yt14g0rcc3f7wsp/Firage%20-%20Spooks%20%27N%20Spectres.it?dl=0

A tracker module similar to Pirate Skeleton Tavern, very playful and "spooky" in a cartoony way.

Uses some elements (mainly the harsh FM patch that accompanies the bass) from a WIP track of mine, "Groove of the Undead".

ALMOST completed in time for Halloween this year.

I used FM synthesis for most of the sounds, but there's also stuff like vocoded scat singing. Because why not

Tracked in OpenMPT.

Spooks N' Spectres

This track started out as a FM metal chiptune (Thunder Force as my initial inspiration) back in 2014, but I was unable to complete it for the longest time.

One day I tried to rebuild it in FL Studio and I really liked how it sounded with these synth guitars and all! It inspired me enough to finish this damn thing.

I might go back to the chiptune version at some point and finish it too.

Made in FL Studio.

Give It All

Some fast and furious shit

Tracked in OpenMPT

Original Impulse Tracker module: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rwnoubwnikpo27h/Firage%20-%20Nitro%20Warrior.it?dl=0 (429 kB)

2017

Nitro Warrior

I originally just wanted to make a song that would utilize the skull trumpet as the main instrument for Halloween

But it became this unholy amalgamation of Decap Attack, Sonic CD, Caravan Palace and memes

Tracked in OpenMPT

Original Impulse Tracker module: https://www.dropbox.com/s/t5oa8j42mqdwc7r/Firage_-_The_Grim_Reaper_Blows_the_Horn.it?dl=0 (1.06 MB)

The Grim Reaper Blows the Horn

I was supposed to make something Thunder Force-esque but this sounds more like Ys/Castlevania music to me

I reused several assets and ideas from another WIP tracker module of mine called "A Desperate Battle"

Tracked in OpenMPT

Original Impulse Tracker-module: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5j2rh4cd4wjgq7q/Firage_-_Unholy_Calling.it?dl=0 (1.14 MB)

Unholy Calling

Dedicated to all the werewolves out there

Started out as an attempt to make New jack swing but I'm not sure what it became in the end. Still swings though

Tracked in OpenMPT

Original Impulse Tracker module download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7za5qto4z2gtl4/Firage_-_The_Full_Moon_Boys.it?dl=0 (1.06 MB)

The Full Moon Boys

A village theme inspired partly by Finnish folk music and some other influences

Features kantele sounds by A. Tolonen (http://atolonen.mbnet.fi/main.html) and several instruments from Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra (https://sso.mattiaswestlund.net/)

Made in FL Studio

Village of the Fox Mother

Happy Puppycore

My first complete SID tune, writing stuff for only 3 monophonic channels is an interesting task

Title means "a band of thieves/rogues/villains" in Finnish 

Tracked in DefleMask, original module on Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kh09haec3jau8fx/Kelmikopla.dmf?dl=0

Kelmikopla

Mega Man X soundfont heavily used

Tracked in OpenMPT

Original Impulse Tracker module: https://www.dropbox.com/s/klfb5ngo5lwozfn/ride%20to%20hell.it?dl=0 (166.84 KB)

Ride to Hell

Some sequenced gallop metal with a few sax parts thrown in for good measure

Made in FL Studio

2020

Dwelling of Destiny

I didn't feel like I shitposted hard enough with Happy Puppycore so here's some more of that shit

Made in FL Studio

You've Yee'd Your Last Haw

A pretty minimalistic, lofi, chill-kinda track that I made some time ago using mostly instruments from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Tracked in OpenMPT

Original Impulse Tracker module: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dq9sw7tbtprghvc/Firage_-_A_Brief_Respite.it?dl=0 (433.16 KB)

A Brief Respite

@pikkuveli suggested that I should make some "some calm sounding tunes in either 3/4 or 5/4" and @zerothefox told me that I should use the Ocarina of Time SoundFont so I made this, a calm sounding tune in ¾ using N64 Zelda instruments

Made in FL Studio

Kobold Bandit Camp

FamiTracker module: https://www.dropbox.com/s/npyql9l6a5xli6x/Dark%20Pulse%20Domination.ftm?dl=0
NSF file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xqx2vcdexbv4s7d/Dark%20Pulse%20Domination.nsf?dl=0

Some boss battle and EDM vibes in here

I've been meaning to play around with Konami's VRC6 mapper some more (I haven't really done anything with it since Break Free 7 years ago) and I finally got around to that!

I kind of ran out of ideas during the chorus but I forced something out because I haven't made anything else quite like this in FamiTracker before

Dark Pulse Domination

The composition isn't all that new or original, but I think I really nailed the sounds in this one. A mixture of Sega Mega Drive/Genesis-sounds and something a bit more modern.

The Silver Starlight

I've been attempting to get better at composing orchestral music.

Most of the instrument sounds come from the great and free Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra sample library (http://sso.mattiaswestlund.net/). Tracked in OpenMPT.

Happy New Year.

Dawn of a Brave New World

Just a simple little 4 channel tracker tune

Original Impulse Tracker module: https://www.dropbox.com/s/09v2d3ktfc23glw/Firage%20-%20Catboys%20on%20Caffeine.it?dl=0 (46.81 KB)

Catboys on Caffeine

After finishing Tubular Turmoil Zone Act 1 I thought "what if I made something similar but only used instruments from the original Jazz Jackrabbit on DOS" so that's more or less what this is

Original Impulse Tracker module: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mlfzsmip0mb6b8j/Firage%20-%20Buns%20%26%20Guns.it?dl=0 (428.43 KB)

Buns & Guns

For a tavern full of pirate skeletons. There isn't much else I can say about this piece.

I reused the organ part from another demo of mine since I thought it fit in quite well.

Pirate Skeleton Tavern

I bought the Korg M1 VST somewhat recently and I've been aching to use it on something, so I whipped this up

Made in FL Studio

Tower of Legend

A sort of sequel to an earlier track of mine called Buns & Guns (https://soundcloud.com/firage/buns-guns) which I made using samples from the first Jazz Jackrabbit game on DOS

I extracted all the samples out of Jazz Jackrabbit 2's music modules and went like "what can I make out of these"

Apparently the orchestral hit used in the ending cutscene track makes for a pretty good rave stab

And that in essence formed the base of this track. JJ2 has a ton of cool drumloops and filtered synths

Original Impulse Tracker module: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3vy91vwhvk73io0/Firage%20-%20Buns%20%26%20Guns%202.it?dl=0 (0.92 MB)

Buns & Guns 2: Electric Boogaloo

This started out as a style imitation of this certain type of TV and radio production library music but ended up sounding a lot like a spacy prog rock ballad of some kind

Sequenced in FL Studio

Moon Pyramid Traveler

Hello, I'm Kermakastikeritari, or Kermis for short. I am a hobbyist musician from Finland, mainly making music for fun and my own enjoyment.

Firage is a "fictional video game music" project that I founded in 2005. Firage doesn't really have a set genre, but I'm highly influenced by other video game musicians, rock/metal music and various kinds of electronic music.

I'm more interested in composing, arranging and mixing music on a computer rather than actually playing physical instruments, but I'm capable of performing some simple stuff on keyboard and guitar.

I mainly use OpenMPT, FamiTracker, FL Studio and Audacity to create my music.

Most of my music is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license, so feel free to use my music either as it is or by expanding on it. And if you do, please send me a link to your game/video/remix/other creation, I'm curious.

Contact info:

email: kermakastikeritari at gmail dot com
Discord: Kermis#8417

And I guess you can also just send me a message here on SoundCloud as well if you need to

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