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Chrono Trigger Mix

Some of my favorite creations in a variety of styles including EDM, Folk, Video Game, Dubstep, Metal, Alternative, Acapella, Djent, Acoustic Guitar, Chiptune, and Stock Audio.

Favorite Creations

This is a playlist of my video game related music.

The first track, "SolTera Theme Song" is the theme song for an upcoming post-apoc, crafting, voxel-based FPS I'm working on through Myth Tech Studios: www.mythtechstudios.com

The next two tracks are part of a full soundtrack I'm composing for a non-existent, modern, indie-style game, inspired heavily by Darren Korb's soundtrack for the game, Bastion ("Somber Souls..." is in progress).

The fourth track, "Sick Game," is a game-nostalgia-metal tune for which I wrote the lyrics and composed & produced the vocals. The composer of the music and I are planning to produce a full song based on this short tune.

The next five tracks are all 8-bit NES-style chiptunes; The track, "Mötæ - Shutter..." is an 8-bit, note-for-note replication of a tune by a band with which I formerly sang and composed. The other four songs are original compositions intended to convey different classic game styles.

"Super Mario Chipstep" was the first song I wrote in FL Studio after about a decade of being away from electronic music production. The focus was on trying to learn a bit about NI's Massive while having fun sampling from Super Mario Bros.

To hear more of my composition skills, feel free to browse around my "Favorite Creations" playlist. If you're interested in my services as a composer, vocalist, or producer, please send me a message.



Video Game Music & Chiptunes

[ Download both motae albums (featuring this vocalist) FREE at http://motae.bandcamp.com/ ]
My friend and musical colleague The Panpsychist (Cody Richards) sent me an instrumental track he had started working on. I was so inspired by it that I stayed up all night writing and recording vocals for it. Here's what it sounds like in its current state. The drummer from motae will be joining us on this piece and laying drums for it soon as well.


Sick Game (The Panpsychist ft. Joshua Du Chene) [Work in Progress]

I met Dutch musician Tijmen Riedé during a trip to the Netherlands a few years ago. He wrote an electronic interlude track called "Reflections" for an album I produced in 2012 with my band, mötæ (motae.bandcamp.com). Tijmen sent me "2210" while I was living in China last year, and it was so exciting that I wrote and recorded vocals for it the night he sent it to me. I just now got around to mixing it and posting it, so here it finally is!

LYRICS:

Did you see it coming all along?
You knew the rest of the world was longing for something more than you could ever give.
Yet you still let it live a lie.

Why am I afraid of all this big talk?
Why can’t I imagine what comes next?
Why were you the only one I trusted?

(There have been reports of resistance and violence in various parts of the greater district… our advice is to gather up your loved ones… and go!)

You wanted this to be sure - that the world was vulnerable.
You want all this to be yours, because your world is vulnerable.
Your world’s so vulnerable.
And you just can’t take it.

Now - guns held out - you’ve taken all you’ve ever wanted without a single thought of repercussions.
Hold your hands up to the sky as you propagate your lies.
Act it out, say it right. With script in hand, use all your might.

But I’m no longer here to take the blame – you should have planned before you rained your glorious declarations of forever building nations of us, when all that we ever wanted to be was free… free… free...

Now we must bid you farewell, for we must all go.
Your fantasies are manifested so unexpectedly.

You wanted this to be yours, because your world was vulnerable.
Your world’s so vulnerable.
And you just can’t take it.

2210 - Tijmen Riedé ft. Joshua Du Chene

Chrono Trigger Bootleg
Original by Yasunori Mitsuda

Chrono Trigger - Corridors of Time (Acquarium Bootleg)

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Recess Remixes (feat. Fatman Scoop and Michael Angelakos)

Skrillex & Kill The Noise Feat. Fatman Scoop and Michael Angelakos - Recess (Flux Pavilion Remix)

This is the theme song for Myth Tech Studios' Post-Apoc, Survival, Open-World, FPS, MMO video game "SolTera."
The game is no longer in production, but thanks for checking out the track! 
If you'd like to contract me to compose music for your game, film, or band, please message me through the SoundCloud messaging service. Thanks!

SolTera Theme Song

I am absolutely thrilled to share this piece with you. This is a remix of 'World Revolution' from Chrono Trigger, as part of Elder-Geek.com's '25 Games for My Son' series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twjwRMVXKi4

Download the full album here from Loudr: https://loudr.fm/release/chrono-trigger-music-for-twenty-five-games/wNGuM

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I had the pleasure of working with some incredibly talented musicians on this track. Please check out their work (and hire them 'cause they're totally freaking amazing)!

Joshua Du Chene (guitar and vocals)
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/joshuaduchene
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/joshuaduchene
- Web: https://www.facebook.com/SkinwalkerAudio

Alyssa Menes (alto and tenor sax):
- Web: http://portfolio.acmenesmusic.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/acmenes
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/acmenes

Michaela Nachtigall (violin):
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/mklachu
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mklachu

At Last, It Is Time (feat. Joshua Du Chene, Alyssa Menes, & Michaela Nachtigall)

Arran's latest track, created for the EGX Rezzed build of the game.

Act1 Forest 002

Theme from the iOS and Android game 'Magma Monsters'

Magma Monsters Theme

Submitted to IndieCade's Sound Wall.
Posted with permission.

Game: Norna
Game Website: http://www.playwaves.org

“I got out of bed one morning and picked up my guitar and played a few chords that sounded kind of nice. I needed some music for the credits in my game Norna, so I recorded myself playing something with those chords using a crappy microphone and I stuck it in the game! Luckily, it also inspired some other music in the game, which uses the same chord sequence but is played with a synthesizer.”

The Child And The Star (by Abbas Razzaq)

Menu music for an unreleased spy/stealth game titled 'Project: Johannesburg'.

Trumpet performed by John Robert Matz.

Project: Johannesburg - Menu

Failsafe is a first-person parkour game about exploration, forgotten worlds, and secrets.

Failsafe is now live on Kickstarter! Please back us: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1659894998/failsafe/description

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This track was brought to life by the incredible talents of some amazing musicians:
Steve Chiu - Erhu
May Claire - Vocals
Michael Evans - Cello
Kristin Naigus - Bansuri

Failsafe - The Forgotten (Kickstarter trailer music)

Medley sobre temas de Chrono Trigger y Chrono Cross
Grabado en vivo por Felipe Hinojosa
en Expogame 2015, Concepcion Chile

Orquesta de Música Popular
Arreglos por Alvaro Stöckle
Dirigido por Carlos Stöckle

Chrono Trigger / Chrono Cross Medley

Album available on Bandcamp! https://ryanike.bandcamp.com/album/where-the-water-tastes-like-wine-original-game-soundtrack

The full length version of this song can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/ryanike/heavy-hands-where-the-water-tastes-like-wine-soundtrack?in=ryanike/sets/where-the-water-tastes-like

The debut trailer for Where the Water Tastes Like Wine! A new indie game by former Gone Home developer Johnnemann Nordhagen at Dim Bulb Studios!

http://dimbulbgames.com/

I had a blast writing the music for this, and got to work with some very talented performers!

Ryan Ike: Composition, Arranging, Lyrics
Joshua Du Chene: Guitar, Male Vocals
May Claire La Plante: Female Vocals
Max Wolpert: Fiddle

Lyrics:
If I turn my eyes
From these cold blue skies
Won't stay my worry
Won't calm or quell

I can say my piece
I can barter my tale
Won't ease my burden
But I might as well

There's a heavy hand
Laid across this land
And it steers my journey
And it guides my pen

Press on, head high
'Til the ink has run dry
'Cause my story ain't like
To wind home again

Heavy Hands - Where The Water Tastes Like Wine (Trailer OST)

You have come so far. And now, from the top of the tower, you can see more clearly than ever before.

I composed this piece for Bananacat Studios' 2016 Global Game Jam entry, Small Sacrifices. This is the song that plays once you've conquered the tower.

Play the game, free, at https://smallsacrifices.hoff.tech

From The Top Of The Tower (Small Sacrifices OST - GGJ 2016)

This tower is the prison of Ur-Grue, the legendary dream eater and memory wraith.
You are in a room. There is your favorite jacket, a stone altar,  and an inscription in the room. There are exits to the north and east.

I composed this piece for Bananacat Studios' 2016 Global Game Jam entry, Small Sacrifices. This song is the combination of each of the level's themes, played in a seamless sequence from beginning to end. 

Play the game, free, at https://smallsacrifices.hoff.tech/

Small Sacrifices (Small Sacrifices OST - GGJ 2016)

This track is a linear version of a demo idea for what will dynamically be played during the the game when you are running through a level, successfully chaining parkour moves back to back. To see the interactive music implementation of this song in action, watch this video: https://vimeo.com/157545436

Jordan Chin - Acoustic Guitar
Michael Evans - Cello

Failsafe - Flow (Demo)

This is the opening music for the upcoming exploratory platformer game, Ashes of Eden, being developed by Indie Hug Hug. 
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Here Lie The Ashes

This is the intro level music for the upcoming exploratory platformer game, Ashes of Eden, being developed by Indie Hug Hug.
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With A Heavy Heart And Hopeful Eyes

Chrono Trigger - Main Theme (Orchestra Extra Version) HQ

LegVacuum 2

Armcannon - Corona to Rigor [Chrono Trigger]

"OFFWORLD is a turn-based giant mech battle game. You are the best bounty hunter in the galaxy and it is up to you to track down a pack of dangerous criminals. By collecting and equipping a powerful mech team, called STRIKERS, you'll go on a quest through the galaxy to capture four unique bosses."

Pay What You Want for the Album!
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Download the game for Free!
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Developer website - http://shinyshoe.com/
Additional music & SFX by Jack Menhorn - http://jackmenhorn.com/

OFFWORLD - Menu

Schala from (Chrono Trigger) performed by The OneUps Band 
Schala de (Chrono Trigger) version por The OneUps Band 


Schala (Chrono Trigger) - The OneUps

The tune used in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge: http://seeminglypointless.com/aoaocb/

Song made by Foster K White: https://soundcloud.com/sirfossy 
http://fkwhite.com/

At Last, It Is Time (feat. Joshua Du Chene, Alyssa Menes, & Michaela Nachtigall)

Jacob Pernell