I am licenced © to the one who created me, I am Tarl.
My Hammer was made by the Priests of Thor, & it was
blessed by Odin himself. This is not the same as the 
Great One..My weapon, was made to destroy the armies
of the Undead. No Death Knight can withstand the Holy
Fire of my Aura.

Come all ye' who wish to know of me!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Radiance

[Tarls Playlist] by Christopher M.
Novel Written, by James Cooper Hong - Forgotten Realms Books

#Folder

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

Halloween

Spooky Tunes

Chiptune

[M]ilon’s Secret Castle, Orbital Server House

[ 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]

Luigi's Mansion

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! A spooky chiptune to celebrate the season! Made in FamiTracker, using the VRC6 expansion chip.

Check out the rest of the compilation here: http://9bitrecords.bandcamp.com/album/9-bit-nightmare

Download

Spectral

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

This is a song about Bark Bark the dog's magical adventure. (made in LSDJ!)

Bark Bark!

U2 - with or without you (Totmacher´s 8 Bit Version)

I really enjoyed composing this experimental, somber, and somewhat spooky chiptune. Images of carnivals, castles, and calliopes were drivers for much of the melody. And the beats are the result of an enjoyable exploration into syncopated, bombastic rhythms. 

If you're interested in licensing any of my music or hiring me to compose/produce music for you, send me a message. I compose and record a wide variety of styles, and am capable of designing sound to fit whatever mood, feeling, or setting you need.

Calliope's Castle [8-Bit NES-Style Chiptune]

Hesitant Alien

Millions

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

Milons Secret Castle Nes game Meddley

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)

Ghost Town's official audio stream for 'Spark' from the upcoming album Evolution - out November 9, 2015 on Fueled By Ramen.

Pre-order now at http://flyt.it/ghosttown
Pre-order on iTunes: http://flyt.it/evolution

Spark

One of the main holiday tunes I've yet to do these past couple of years. Hope you enjoy!

Was going to have this go public on the 31st, but decided some of you may want to use this in some way before then.

Animal Crossing - Halloween

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)

Play Crack The Sky - Brand New (8-Bit Cover)

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)

久しぶりにゲームボイで作曲をしましたよ。

勉強するのテーマ (Studying Theme)

Always & Forever

(I've Had) The Time of My Life (12" Version)

Kick

Need You Tonight (2017 Remaster)

This is the opening music for the upcoming exploratory platformer game, Ashes of Eden, being developed by Indie Hug Hug. 
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AshesOfEdenGame/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indiehughug
Check our site for updates: http://ashesofedengame.com/

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.
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AshesOfEdenGame/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indiehughug
Check our site for updates: http://ashesofedengame.com/

With A Heavy Heart And Hopeful Eyes

Sherman Brothers

The Beautiful Briny (From "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"/Soundtrack Version)

Christerious - Battle Against a Spooky Skeletal Pirate (2A03 Chiptune Original)

‹‹\(´ω` )/›› ‹‹\( 　´)/›› ‹‹\( ´ω`)/››

park (Gameboy Original Song)

Secret - Castle (vers2)

Vamplifyer (Darkmire's Theme)

commissioned by zaz

https://twitter.com/ZazSaysStuff

Ghostpunkz - Art House of the Dead

commissioned by https://twitter.com/ZazSaysStuff

Ghostpunkz - Spectral Smackdown

2018春M3に持っていく新譜に収録する新曲です(*´ω｀*)

⚡⚡⚡ (Original Gameboy Song)

A spooky little tune made with FamiTracker, an 8-bit NES composing software.

Spooky Ghosthouse [chiptune]

Game - Lunar: Eternal Blue 
Release Date - December 22nd 1994
Supported Platforms - Sega Mega CD, Sega Saturn, Sony Playstation
File - RP053.PCM
Size - 2,056KB

Lunar: Eternal Blue OST

Mystic Ruins

Lunar Eternal Blue OST (Mega CD) - Mystic Ruins

Original Japanese version form Pokemon Red and Green

Lavender Town (Original Japanese Version)

Musician and game audio engineer from the Pacific Northwest. 
- Audio tech design on Halo Infinite and Clockwork Revolution.
- Guitar, Vocals, and Mandolin on PRIME: Metroid Reimagined and Where the Water Tastes Like Wine.
- Vocals for the Singapore-based metal band, A Porcupine’s Narrative. 
- Vocals and Mandolin for the progressive rock band, mötæ.
Cheers!

Calliope's Castle [8-Bit NES-Style Chiptune]

Joshua Du Chene Audio