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World 1-2 is an album that features renowned game composers alongside the remixers that pay them tribute. It features original music by grammy-nominated Austin Wintory (Journey), Manami Matsumae (MegaMan), and celebrated remixers Stemage and Danimal Cannon (Metroid Metal), among many more. 

World 1-2 is a music project directed and produced by Mohammed Taher of Koopa Soundworks. It's a collaboration album that combines young independent musicians with superstar composers from the video game industry. World 1-2 features a unique blend of original creations and nostalgia-dipped remixes. All proceeds generated from this album will go toward funding new projects by Koopa Soundworks. We hope you enjoy World 1-2 as much as we enjoyed making it!

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Stemage feat Cory Johnson - Mosaic (Tetris)

Keiji Yamagishi - Memories of T

EP out now! http://burnwater.bandcamp.com/album/ethereal-future

Bringing back some guitars and bass in a big way.

Vocals by Brooke Fraser - Scarlet

B u r n W a t e r // Gone For Good

I'm actually not eligible to participate for obvious reasons but that's not going to prevent me from putting my own spin on this!

Piano: James Landino

Check out Square Enix's Lightning Returns music event here:
http://www.square-enix.co.jp/fabula/LightningReturnsFFXIII/whats_new/sound_campaign/

p.s. despite what you may or may not have read on the internet, no, I'm not affiliated with Square Enix. This is an unofficial remix I'm doing on the side because I'm a fan.

FF Lightning Returns: The Savior - Falk Remix

FS-471 Wwise Interactive Music implementation assignment.
update: Video of implementation here- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjtXrKpW7G4&hd=1
remix version: http://soundcloud.com/falk-2/be-wild

Credits:
Sean Folk - Piano
Nikhil Hogan - Acoustic Guitar
Ethan Lee - Guitar Solo (SECRETS LOL)

THE BAND!!!
Guitars - Fake Falk
Bass - Fake Falk
Drums - Fake Falk (yeah you get the idea)

When thinking of what game to score for my Wwise interactive music assignment, I had the bright idea a few months ago to try to do a Sonic the Hedgehog level. Firstly, because it was a no brainer, but secondly - Japanese games have had a cultural precedent of barely touching interactive scoring compared to western titles. On the flip-side, this allows the composer to do what he does best, which is create memorable melodies and hooks you can hum along to that aren't limited by the 'loose' requirements that interactive scoring demands.

While the goal of 'interactivity' and 'memorability' seem to pull in opposite directions, Sonic levels are (for better or worse) on rails, and more importantly at points they funnel you through one-way sections, meaning that I could apply a basic song form concept, assigning each part of a song to each part of a level, making sure the sections can loop around seamlessly, and then writing appropriate transitionary sections that can be jumped to from the end of each phrase within a section.

I chose Spagonia as my level, and there are many tie-ins of the composition to the level. For instance, while the violin lead parts were a feature of the original track, I maintained that as a means of tying the track to the European vibe of the level.

Since musical sync to the level is the essence of this project, one of the transition segments is the clock tower climb and subsequent grind (which conveniently enough is one-way) and is characterized by the breakdown section and guitar solo.

There's also a whole bunch of little musical cameos that connoisseurs of fans of Sonic music throughout the past 20 years -should- be able to pick up on (I hope!) be it from the 16-bit games, Sonic Adventure, hell even Sonic X anime.

This is only Stage 1 of the assignment. There's a shit ton of other stuff I still need to do before the project is deemed complete, and no, I'm not talking about implementing it in Wwise. Stay tuned!



Be Cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmf5EsGfFWs

First stage of this 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.

I went with a Sonic CD vibe for this one, with emphasis on clouds and rain.

http://www.sonicfangameshq.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7437

Rivulets - For Hilltop Heights Act 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7Z9whouusI

Act 2 of the first Zone of this 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.

In many ways Rivulets (Hilltop Heights Act 1 music) is iconic of Before the Sequel as a whole - It's the first piece of music (other than the title screen) that people will hear, and it sets the mood of the game as 'something wildly different from the typical Sonic experience' (as opposed to starting with a Green ____ trope for example).

For Act 2, I decided to retain a lot of familiarity with Act 1's music. I think this should help that feeling of 'a new adventure' to fully sink in, while at the same time building up the intensity level.

p.s. This track has arguably the most recognizable Sonic music cameo so far out of all the stuff I've done for BTS. :V

* http://www.sonicfangameshq.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7437

Downpour - For Hilltop Heights Act 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92s47PQNw8Y

Act 3 of the first Zone of this 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.

If Rivulets (Act 1 music) was characteristic of Before the Sequel as a whole, and Downpour (Act 2 music) built on it, this track would be a step towards building expectations for the OST in general. I wanted to, early on, expose players to the full range of genres that could be represented in the soundtrack and dissuade any preconceptions on what a 'retro'-style game had to sound like. Sonic CD was 1992 and its two OSTs fit so well with the game despite it being 224p 16-bit fare.

This was an interesting track to work with. I discovered halfway through working with Act 2's music that the rap I was working with actually mentioned "Rainbows" and "Prisms"- a fact that I didn't know when I was just using its chorus "Feel the Beat" section for Act 1. It worked alongside the orchestral-ish rendition perfectly for Act 3's lighter mood. Kinda funny how things turn out.. ;p Despite the rain being gone, I still get a very chilly vibe from the overall zone coloration (nevermind that it's really Hilltop Zone tiles in the foreground). Hopefully the music conveys that well.

I also threw in Green Hill again like I did with Act 2, except as a feature rather than a hidden easter egg. Musical quotes from Sonic music is going to be another staple for this OST, as it really is my homage to the franchise in general.

* http://www.sonicfangameshq.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7437

Prismatic - For Hilltop Heights Act 3

Dave/Blitz Lunar recently created a soundfont using the instruments from Bomberman 64, my favorite childhood game - and I wrote a song with it! These sounds make me ridiculously nostalgic and happy.

Huge thanks to Dave for creating the soundfont, and Surasshu for ripping the sounds in the first place! You can download this soundfont on Dave's website: http://iridescentaudio.co.uk

The original Bomberman 64 soundtrack is by Akifumi Tada - I'm so very grateful to him, as well.

Hello Moon

Written for Titanic Tower Zone Act 1 of Sonic Before The Sequel.

Just plain fun. High times and good vibes here. Stylized vintage mode. Moog leads, Rhodes chords, grooving bass, disco strings, disco toms, wah guitar transitions, and best of all… filters. Capture that French Disco House sound here and enjoy the rest of your day, or life. :)

Bandcamp

Titanic Tower Act 1

Written for Titanic Tower Zone Act 3 of Sonic Before The Sequel.

Going all out aggression mode after a smooth but firm intro. Hope your sub woofer's warmed up for the bass workout. Listen good.. CHYEAH!

Titanic Tower Act 3

Jazzy interpretation of "The Tale of the Kalendar Prince" by Rimsky-Korsakov, for the game 1931: Schenerazade a the Library of Pergamum.

http://scheherazadegame.com

The Jazzy Prince (Rimsky-Korsakov Cover)

Composition, piano: Aivi Tran
Chiptune: surasshu
Cello: Michael Evans

★ Note: This is only a preview, NOT the final version that will be in the game. ★

Cryamore - Daybreak at Ghilcrest (feat. surasshu, Michael Evans)

Taken from the Jamiroquai album, Rock Dust Light Star

White Knuckle Ride

Unapologetically funky.

Written for Tech Tree Act 1 of Sonic ATS.

Rocks Like This

Uploaded at 12:12pm on the 12th of the 12th 2012. Hmm.

Taking some pointers from the UK scene here. This was fun to make.
Some samples taken from "Cahb - Secrets"
and "Koan Sound - Wide Open"

B u r n W a t e r // It's Not The End Of The World

Retro 90s Trip Hop.

Written for Technology Tree Act 3 of Sonic ATS.

Freefall

DOWNLOAD | http://music.gamechops.com/album/nesteryears

bLiNd is a veteran producer and video game remixer. Producing remixes for over a decade for Overclocked Remix, NESterYears is bLiNd's first full-length remix album, taking source from the original Nintendo Entertainment System. 


bLiNd - NESteryears - I'm Dracula (Castlevania)

"CHEROTAPE II" is a mixtape exclusively made for SoMix & Brain Magazine.
All edits and mash ups are done by Cherokee.

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Cherotape II | for SoMix & Brain Magazine

Dark space disco funk.

Written for Technology Tree Boss Act of Sonic ATS.

Wolf Rayet

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Allure - Pretty Bad Day (feat Jordan Lee)

Remix by Kaytranada
Taken from the Body language EP

(Beverlay)Typically her (KAYTRANADA EDITION)

Sonic the Hedgehog - Green Hill Zone (Rogue Remix)

Too young(r_k_mix)

Fly through.

Written for Foliage Furnace Boss of Sonic ATS.

Radiance

Dark Funk. Light Dreams.

Violin performed by Bianca McClure.
http://www.bebesmusic.com/about-me

Written for Storm Station Act 3 of Sonic ATS.

Red Moon

Sexy French House.

Written & Co-Written by: Pejman Roozbeh, Andy Tunstall  www.soundcloud.com/tunners, and Falk Au Yeong www.soundcloud.com/falk-2

Guitars: Andy Tunstall
Keys & Programming: Pejman Roozbeh

For Cyan City Act 2 of Sonic ATS.

Flight Thrills

Funk so great it comes from Fiction.

Video Game Music Credits: No Straight Roads, Epitasis, Cytus II, Crypt of the Necrodancer.

Titanic Tower Act 1

Funk Fiction