A beautiful, famous forecastle shanty I first discovered and fell in love with in Assassin's Creed 4. Original track was specially recorded as a lullaby for Leigh Alexander. I then added the second track/harmonies and shared - Matthew S. Burns (@mrwasteland) then contributed the exquisite pedal tones and reverb, giving it a whole new shape and depth.

Interpretation taken largely from the excellent in-game shantyman; harmonies borrowed from the masterful The Corries (http://bit.ly/1aOWP70).

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Infinifactory is a factory-building puzzle game from Zachtronics. Full soundtrack available at https://zachtronics.bandcamp.com/album/infinifactory-ost

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I wrote and recorded this arrangement of the Secret of Monkey Island opening theme, which is one of my favorite pieces of music from one of my favorite video games. I hope you dig it!

There's also an accompanying music video, which you can watch here: https://youtu.be/zf7VQiu1MGo

I still remember when I realized the Monkey Island CD-ROM would also play the game's soundtrack if I put it in my stereo. After that, I spent more time listening than I'd spent beating the game. Returning to the music all these years later, I was struck by how intricate and interesting the arrangement is - there are all these neat counter-melodies and curlicues in there underneath the main melody; some pretty hip rhythmic stuff in there, too. I tried my best to capture all of that in this arrangement.

CREDITS/INSTRUMENTS

The Secret of Monkey Island soundtrack was composed by Michael Land, Barney Jones, Andy Newell, and Patrick Mundy.

This arrangement featured the following instruments: Flute, pennywhistle, melodica, whistling, vocals, soprano/alto/tenor saxophones, clarinet, xylophone, handclaps, fake marimba, avocado shaker, tambourine, drum set, electric bass, acoustic & electric guitar.

I recorded everything off and on over the course of a few weeks in my home studio, using Logic Pro X for editing and mixing.

The Secret of Monkey Island (Multi-Instrumental Cover)

I play a bunch of instruments and write music. I also host/produce the music podcast Strong Songs, as well as the video game podcast Triple Click. Second album in progress, you can find my first at my bandcamp page linked below. Thanks for listening!

The Secret of Monkey Island (Multi-Instrumental Cover)

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