Name: Jak 3 - Metalpede Nest (1st attempt) by JoshMancell in JoshMancell's Jak & Daxter Collection
Duration: 3 min 30 s
Description: This is a demo for the Jak3 metalpede nest… It was deemed too "industrial" by the powers that be. Fair enough...

Wow, The first attempt of the Metalpede nest! You're spoiling us! :D But wow, the heavy drums are insane, everything about this just seems heavy! The guitar chugs remind me some old crash songs you did. I'm really digging this! It still has it's "Jak" feel even with changes!

Just read the description. It does have an Industrial vibe. It sounds different compared to the other Jak tunes but manages to keep the J&D vibe going strong! :)

These demos are fun to listen to. I guess you were experimenting early on to find a style of music appropriate for the game? Love those drums, very energetic and pounding. Do you have any news on the release of your CB and J&D music?

Dude... this music :)    So much more epic than I remember in the game.

A list of pre-console mixes by Josh Mancell himself from the Jak & Daxter series.
Ordered by game and by approximate appearance (since the games are open world).

JoshMancell's Jak & Daxter Collection

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - The Complete Soundtrack

Yell "Dead Cell" ~Harrier~

Jak II: Renegade - main theme (full-length version)

Almost of these soundtracks have been mixed from the Classic Game (Rock Man X).

Capcom Presents

Fortune Ravine

MP3 and FLAC available for Patrons. ► https://www.patreon.com/thesecondnarrator
Including the looped .ogg version you can use in the PC Steam version

I wasn't originally planning to arrange this, but on a whim I imagined who I would do it, and it sounded really good in my head, so here it is. The original track was a rock piece, and as there are already many great covers for it online, I went in a different direction and tried to make it cinematic and exciting. I analyzed a lot of FF orchestrations that Arnie Roth produced for the Distant Worlds concert, which are all great. I admire his ability to translate the music to a full orchestral palette that's different from the original track in terms of instrumentation, but still feels like it captures the same spirit.

For the opening rift originally played by an electric guitar, I instead used a solo cello playing with the hardest articulation possible for that scratchy frenzy sound. I also utilized a bunch of different drums together, giving it that intense energetic mood very reminiscent of Pirates of the Caribbean/Mad Max. Interestingly, brass instruments don't feature much in the song, which seems counter-intuitive as most action music nowadays all feature heavy doses of strings, brass, and percussion. Instead I use a bunch of woodwinds and the Celeste for the melody. This keeps the piece light and playful amidst the whole epicness of the track.

Arrangement and album art by Jeremiah Sun

Original Track by Nobuo Uematsu
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Final Fantasy VII Orchestrated - Fight On! (Boss Theme)

Victory Road (Ruby - Sapphire) - Super Smash Bros. Wii U

Final Fantasy I OST ~Rerelease

Final Fantasy  OST Rerelease -34 - Boss Battle B

This is a demo for the Jak3 metalpede nest… It was deemed too "industrial" by the powers that be. Fair enough...

Jak 3 - Metalpede Nest (1st attempt)

Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy - Snowy Mountain (pre-console version)

Dead Rising

What Was Solved

This was written for a forest level in *Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy*. The level did not end up in the game but the music was re-worked and re-purposed for the fishing challenge part of the game.

Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy - Forest (demo)

This is from the *Jak II: Renegade* game soundtrack. It was written for the desolate area of Haven City.

Jak II: Renegade - Deserted City (pre-console version)

Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy - Sentinel Beach (pre-console version)

Sonic Rivals 2

Neon Palace Zone Act 1

Final Fantasy VII | Anxious Heart

Dyna Blade/Wham Bam Rock Theme - Kirby Super Star Ultra

Josh Mancell is a Los Angeles-based composer. He has created music for multi-million unit selling video game franchises (Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter), Emmy award-winning television (Clifford the Big Red Dog), festival-acclaimed independent films (The Wake of Light, Love Comes to the Executioner, A Star for Rose, Eat the Sun, etc) and a diverse array of commercials (including Target, McDonalds, EA Games and AT&T), logos and other visual media. Josh is also involved with several bands as both a performer and a producer (Exploding Flowers, Vagrant Winter, Fun Time Objects, Cellborg) and has guest lectured/panel-participated at American Film Institute, Berklee College of Music, Royal Northern College of Music, Sarah Lawrence College, UC Irvine, Cal Poly Pomona and LA College of Music College. His iconic music for the Crash Bandicoot video games was performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 2018 and music from both the Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter games was performed by the Manchester Video Game Orchestra in 2022.

Jak 3 - Metalpede Nest (1st attempt)

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