List of tracks I contributed to the game Star Buster! https://twitter.com/Starbuster_Game

StarBuster

'buncha tracks I've had in the 'spotlight' section over the past while. :V

Spotlight #1

A playlist for a specific set of tracks from the HardSpeed project. Gathered up for no particular reason and totally not part of an evil plot to create something new with the project that will take years and years and years to complete. Enjoy.

HardSpeed Project

GET IT HERE!!!

Symphony of Awakened Gods (Elancia)

Sometimes, throughout the course of Star Buster, things go absolutely mad. This is a song for (some of) that madness (but not all of it.)

Bass Boss Chaos

'nother Elancia track! I've had this one bouncing around in my brain for years. Off and on, I'd work on it. Sometimes I'd be happy with the results, most times I wouldn't. I think this is what I'm sticking with? Hopefully?
Anyway, this song focuses on one of the dwarven towns in Elancia. Dwarves on Elancia like to build toys, paint buildings and castles bright colors and spread joy. They're a bit different from ones in other lore, but I guess that's what makes them so fun. Verse and friends stop in a Dwarven town during trying times, and it helps pick their moods up a little...

Factory of Joy

Tsu'ghui unit 32 embarks on what should be a routine operation on planet Exillion. The target is in a mansion bigger than any of them have seen before, but they won't let that stop them from doing their job. (Probably.)
https://leilawilson.bandcamp.com/album/hardspeed-7

Target's Mansion

I had a version of this song uploaded before, but I really wasn't happy with the quality of it, especially since it's one of the cornerstones (seriously, it's referenced in like, 8 different songs) of the personal project that 99% of my music on here is devoted to. I touched up the quality a bit, and changed a few things that were bothering me.

Anyway, this song serves as the credits theme for the final 'season' of my project, and begins playing during the last scene of every 'episode', then rolls on into the credits. It doubles as the theme of a very important character. 

The thumbnail is by https://soundcloud.com/kamiyana !

Transformation[1]x

Collab with https://soundcloud.com/lioness-paladin (she did the lead guitars.)
It was nice to get to work with her on one of the songs for the upcoming HardSpeed album! This song shares some DNA with After the Heartache, as well as Royal Lunar Park, and The Rest is Not Enough

Will you love me tomorrow?

A conversation with a distant self.

Yet another track from my next upcoming album. It includes a couple of little nods to earlier HardSpeed songs.

Wandering Maiden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98tNUVZWRKk
Dear SEGA, I hear that legal troubles regarding Sonic 3's original soundtrack might be part of what's holding you back from a re-release of Sonic 3 ( www.sonic3remastered.com/ More info here)
I suggest an alternative solution to trying to get the rights to use the songs that are currently providing a roadblock in greenlighting the project.

Signed sincerely,
A lifelong fan
NOTE: I did not adhere to the polyphony limits of the sound chip.

[I knew there was no way I could 'outdo' the original song, and that was not my aim here. I set out to make something very different using most of the same instruments. Enjoy!]

[Alternate] Ice Cap Zone Act 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBBaaEw3idc
Dear SEGA, I hear that legal troubles regarding Sonic 3's original soundtrack might be part of what's holding you back from a re-release of Sonic 3 ( www.sonic3remastered.com/ More info here)
I suggest an alternative solution to trying to get the rights to use the songs that are currently providing a roadblock in greenlighting the project.

Signed sincerely,
A lifelong fan
NOTE: I did not adhere to the polyphony limits of the sound chip.
[Rather than paring act 2 down like the original song did, I ramped it up. I couldn't resist paring it down in a few spots to bring back the feeling of isolation the original had in spades.]

[Alternate] Ice Cap Zone - Act 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KItBaqYtNrU
Dear SEGA, I hear that legal troubles regarding Sonic 3's original soundtrack might be part of what's holding you back from a re-release of Sonic 3 ( www.sonic3remastered.com/ More info here)
I suggest an alternative solution to trying to get the rights to use the songs that are currently providing a roadblock in greenlighting the project.

Signed sincerely,
A lifelong fan
NOTE: I did not adhere to the polyphony limits of the sound chip.

[I think https://soundcloud.com/sonictweaker will remember this one! He covered it a few years back. I've had it sitting around since, and it seemed appropriate... I included parts of Death Egg Zone from Sonic and Knuckles because it's literally RIGHT THERE!  The original Launch Base Zone is one of my favorite songs in any Sonic game... so I tried to do it justice.]

[Alternate] Launch Base Zone - Act 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHciCzqGxO4
Dear SEGA, I hear that legal troubles regarding Sonic 3's original soundtrack might be part of what's holding you back from a re-release of Sonic 3 ( www.sonic3remastered.com/ More info here)
I suggest an alternative solution to trying to get the rights to use the songs that are currently providing a roadblock in greenlighting the project.

Signed sincerely,
A lifelong fan
NOTE: I did not adhere to the polyphony limits of the sound chip.

[This is it! You're at the Death Egg! It's tantalizingly close, but can you make it in time?!
...It occurs to me that in this hypothetical soundtrack, Knuckles would need completely different music for this level. >_>; ]

[Alternate] Launch Base Zone - Act 2

[Act 2 of the original always sounded more 'dangerous' to me, so I tried to do that with this, as well! https://soundcloud.com/leila-wilson-woofle/329-sidescroll <- this was the original version of this tune.] 
Dear SEGA, I hear that legal troubles regarding Sonic 3's original soundtrack might be part of what's holding you back from a re-release of Sonic 3 ( www.sonic3remastered.com/ More info here)
I suggest an alternative solution to trying to get the rights to use the songs that are currently providing a roadblock in greenlighting the project.

Signed sincerely,
A lifelong fan

[Alternate] HydroCity Act 2

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Dear SEGA, I hear that legal troubles regarding Sonic 3's original soundtrack might be part of what's holding you back from a re-release of Sonic 3 ( www.sonic3remastered.com/ More info here)
I suggest an alternative solution to trying to get the rights to use the songs that are currently providing a roadblock in greenlighting the project.

Signed sincerely,
A lifelong fan
NOTE: I did not adhere to the polyphony limits of the sound chip.

[Alternate] Competition Menu

Have you signed the petition yet?  Get on over to http://sonic3remastered.com/ !!! These tunes are here to help people get aware that Sonic 3 might be remade if we band together, after all.
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I was never happy with this one, which is why I've sat on it for so long. It's actually been done for several weeks. x.x; I figured I may as well finish up the set though. Enjoy!

[Alternate] Credits

The night time theme for the village of Zolder, where Verse has to decide if she's going to return to the war, or head off towards freedom.

Crossroads

Theme of Cecelia from my novel Elancia: Symphony of Shifting Tides which will be re-releasing later this year. Alongside it will come an album of redone, new and even old songs from the series. Enjoy! Art is by Renz!

Wistful Witch

One of my favorite songs from the Elancia project. I wanted to take another swing at it with some new instruments/ideas. Pretty happy with how it came out.
Art of Verse is by Renz

What You've Done

Wow, I forgot to do an alternate theme for this laughing jackass. Includes parts of the act 1 boss theme.
HEY! Have you signed the petition @ http://sonic3remastered.com/ yet???  You should go do that. That's what these are here to raise awareness for. A remake of one of the best games of the 90s and possibly ever! Tell SEGA to make it happen. :D

[Alternate] Theme of Knuckles

This doesn't even NEED an alternate. D: Crap. Oh well. I wanted to make less of a 'tropical party' song and more of a 'Wow! new place, let's explore!' theme here. It's not quantized perfectly, and I'm likely to touch it up later. Consider it a WIP!
Anyone else like this stage better before it catches fire?
If you agree, go sign the petition here; http://sonic3remastered.com/  If you *don't* agree, do it anyway.

[Alternate] Angel Island Zone Act 1

Artwork by Renz
I didn't originally intend to touch up the intro track to Symphony of Shifting Tides, but I felt it'd be wrong not to have touched up the very first track on the album -- especially considering all the older tracks will be upscaled MP3s.
I will say, though, I had no idea how insurmountable that'd be -- I don't have any of the software or even the computer I made the original on back in 201X. I actually had to do almost all of those from scratch based on what little MIDI data I could recover from the old MIDI I made in the 2000s. Long story short, it came out great! Different, but great. I didn't lean on the guitar in the intro as much (read: I omitted it completely) and am still iffy on that, but overall I think I got it sounding about as close as I can to the original. Enjoy!

To Get By

Rather than redoing act 1, I decided to finish act 2. I might redo both later. They both have some decent moments, but I think them (and carnival night act 1) could stand to be redone at some point. Who knows! MYSTERY! Speaking of mysteries, it's still a mystery if we'll get a remake of Sonic 3. Help it become a definite yes by going here; http://sonic3remastered.com/

[Alternate] Angel Island Zone Act 2

Big thanks to Empyrean Aria for doing the violins on this track! This is one of the very last tracks for my upcoming album Symphony of Shifting Tides: Redux

Long Ride [Feat. Empyrean Aria]

The last track off my upcoming album Elancia: Symphony of Shifting Tides releasing sometime after the Shifting Tides E-book, which will be releasing on the 7th of June (a few days after this posting!)  Stay tuned for more info on the album as well.
You can pre-order the e-book here! 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9PBV6P2
or here
https://www.tfpublishing.com.au/store/elancia-chronicles-symphony-of-shifting-tides

Extrapolate

Theme of the Temple of the Sea Goddess, which Verse only visits in dreams...

Get the album here! https://leilawilson.bandcamp.com/album/elancia-symphony-of-shifting-tides-redux

Derelict Ocean

A Fox's Tale

Spooky dungeon theme!
Get the album here: https://leilawilson.bandcamp.com/album/elancia-symphony-of-shifting-tides-redux

Done Got Lost

Verse's best friend, Xan 's theme.
Get the whole album here: https://leilawilson.bandcamp.com/album/elancia-symphony-of-shifting-tides-redux

Got Your Back

Theme of Karina. She and Verse have a tenuous relationship which involves completely disrespecting one another and being incredibly unpleasant to one another. Verse has feelings for Karina, of course.

Get the album here! https://leilawilson.bandcamp.com/album/elancia-symphony-of-shifting-tides-redux

Crushed Flowers

Cuteness Hunter

I don't really make a habit of doing game remixes, but this is helping me get through writer's block so I can get back to more original tunes for ya'll. :3 Enjoy! 

Marble Zone

From ECO! :D This is the theme that plays in the two palaces in the country of Kerlynzia. In season 2, it is heard in the palace within the walls of the southern capital, Auraimsho.  It includes a bit of Kerlynzia's national anthem, too.
"The palace was something people talked about having seen, or had been by, when I was little. I heard it was a really special place, full of history and whatnot (at least after the last capital got wiped out a few hundred years back.) Anyway, my expectations were a bit different from reality. Given, I was being taken in as a prisoner when I first really got a close look at it, but it looked less fantastical and more... imposing. In time, it became part of what I came to know as 'home.' It was always there, watching over me and the other children in the barracks, as we busted our knuckles and broke our bones training to defend it." ~ Versearrun's diary

Imperial Palace [Night]

Cat's outta the bag!!! I'm working on Freedom Planet 2!!!
So, what might Dragon Valley sound like in a more peaceful time? 
About like this.
But how long will peace remain?
Collaboration with https://soundcloud.com/stephendiduro !! Enjoy! And go check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHAYtSUfW0c

Freedom Planet 2 - Dragon Valley

I've had a -ton- of professional work this year, to say the least. Between jobs though, I've been keeping sharp by doing things like this. Gives me a chance to try out new things that I can put to use in professional work, ECO, etc.
Kind of went for a SonicTweaker-esque sound with this one. :D Enjoy.

Casino Night Zone 2P

Finally found the mood I was going for last time I sat down to redo this song. :V

Dream Sea [2017]

Someone please tell me what is wrong with me oh god

Launch Base Zone [P - Mix]

One of the 'dungeon' themes from ECO, used across various seasons/books/whateverIAmCallingThemJesusThisThingWillNeverGetFinishedSomeoneKillMePlease. Originally, I had used it for what became the train scene in season 1, as well as the Temple of Slumber in season 2.
My main inspiration was Motoi Sakuraba's work on the Star Ocean Series, although it might be a touch hard to tell. <_>;

Heavy Funk Intrigue

Artwork by the incredible Tae! http://www.smackjeeves.com/profile.php?id=22105 
From ECO. I wanted to do a fresh take on https://soundcloud.com/leila-wilson-woofle/a-memory-misplaced that better fit the mood for these scenes. This is heavily inspired by the work of https://soundcloud.com/interovgm , although I don't know if they'll ever hear this!
Although things between Verse and Lyrikos grow strained at times, they always come back to one another.  This is the theme that plays during Verse's peaceful dreams.
During dreams filled with mystery, a different theme plays: https://soundcloud.com/leila-wilson-woofle/dream-sea-2017

You're Still My Sister

Edit: I think every comment on this is about having/not having girlfriends/boyfriends now????
You mean the GF doesn't stand for GIRLFRIEND!?!??!
Gonna be uploading a lot of stuff because I'm going to be absent for all of October and part of November probably. :(

Stardust Speedway Girlfriend

Time for my yearly game remix. 
Act now and you'll get two* for the price of one. :V


*This is technically two.

Zeal/Schala

Scene song from my Elancia Chronicles series.
Artwork is by Renz!
I've been wanting to take another swing at this song for a long time. It took me quite a while to figure out how I wanted to approach it, though. I wanted to give it more of an R&B sound, while keeping it relatively 80s. I had to make a lot of decisions about what fit and what didn't, which kept this one on the backburner for about a week, but I'm very happy with the result. I built the song arrangement around the bass, and only kept a few tracks from the original composition I did back in 2012 or so.

Pocket Watch

Artwork by @TunesofDusky
Alternate take on https://soundcloud.com/leila-wilson-woofle/swimming-through-the-dark-early-wip This is much closer to the original idea I had in my mind for the song than what came out before.
I actually like this one a lot better, too, but as with most tracks on Capel albums, there'll be multiple versions of this one anyway. :V  I'm slowly but surely chipping away at The Bad Friend (my next album) along with the next Capel album (where this song and its partner will live!) I'll be working more on those after I finish up the book-related projects.

Swimming Through The Dark [Night]

I got hired (along with two other fantastic musicians!) to do a song for this pretty rad project called StarBuster!  This is the theme for the intro stage, which is the only one I've done so far. This game really deserves a look! You can read more about it and play the demo here; https://www.sonicfangameshq.com/forums/showcase/starbuster-demo.373/

Awaken

Another HardSpeed song here! This is the battle theme for the Tsu'ghui, a mysterious race of killer clones. It seems like they're being controlled by someone.
The beginning of HardSpeed's narrative follows a squad of Tsu'ghui on a routine mission that turns out to be anything but. I wanted their battle theme to differ heavily from the normal battle theme.

TsuGhuiBattle

Back to Elancia music finally, and more Renz art! As you guys all know (you DO know, right???) the second Elancia album has officially released and you can grab it here! https://www.goalpublications.com/store/p93/symphony-of-hunted-truths-album.html

This track right here is off the third album which is a long ways off,  and is the theme of one "Dark" Derrik Lancaster, the self-proclaimed king of all pirates. Despite him making the title himself, he's held it for an absurd amount of time. The first stories of his exploits are at least 50 years old, and he really doesn't look that old at all (and he's probably too lazy to have done all the things in those stories.) He's amassed quite a following, and his crew is feared the world over. Beneath his bravado, he seems to be carrying a burden that effects every facet of his life. He's not the type to open up about it, but it may soon destroy him.

High Seas King

So, as I've probably been mentioning a lot, both the second Elancia album and book, Symphony of Hunted Truths, have released (let me know if you picked up either!) That means I'm well on my way into working on the third. This is the "OP" for the as-of-yet-untitled book 3. While the OPs for the first two books were a lot more upbeat (and both shared some leitmotifs) the third book (and third album) have their own mood. I wanted to set the tone for that right off the bat with a much more emotional/slower opening theme.  This song actually first appeared on Roadtrips, of all places, although some Elancia leitmotifs are mixed in. Enjoy! Art of Verse is by Renz!

Under The Moons In The Rain

During development of Star Buster, I came to the realization that some stages changed enough that their second halves might warrant a second song. The first levels for both Alpha and Cassie have this going on in a big way! So this is the second half of Alpha's first stage.
The first half can be found here!
https://soundcloud.com/leila-wilson-woofle/starbuster-intro-stage

Sunset Escape

New HardSpeed track.
This one has to do with more thoughtful, pensive moments for the characters -- specifically Capel, the main character. Capel barely even understands how people work, and yet she desperately wants to live among them. Every step forward is two steps back. Sometimes, she isn't even sure it's worth it to keep trying.
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Mostly done using the Korg Wavestation. I started out trying to decipher the patterns one of the presets had, and ended up reproducing the sounds manually instead. From there, the rest of the song formed. :V

Steady Lights

Night time arrangement of https://soundcloud.com/leila-wilson-woofle/tempestuous-ravine for the upcoming third Elancia album. I wanted to try and do a more subdued arrangement for the song overall, but I still like the original, so both will be on the album. It was fun to do a 'cute' sounding song for once! Enjoy.

Windy [Night]

This will be the first track on my upcoming album, HardSpeed. It serves as the opening text crawl more or less. It has a little more orchestral flair than most of the other HardSpeed music. Part of this is due to the main character of this album, Sydney, being a cello player. (Don't worry, Capel still appears.)
I've been working on something big-ish behind the scenes related to HardSpeed as a whole, and this song was definitely a good step in getting it started. For now, expect a new album out sometime this summer!

Ignition

I'd been wanting to play around a bit with this track from my upcoming third Elancia Album for a while. It isn't that I was particularly displeased with the old one. I just felt I could do more with it, especially considering how the story plays out now. 
Imagine an ancient, lost city. One full of partially functioning machines and lights, where a magical lightning temple has temporarily found refuge. That temple's power is making the machines all come back to life...

Lost Laboratory [2020 remaster]

This is the first track off my new album, HardSpeed https://leilawilson.bandcamp.com/album/hardspeed which, as you can see, is up for sale now! There are a few tracks on it that are not on SoundCloud. Please consider supporting my work, and enjoy the music! ♥

Grab the album here!

Transdimensional Gear: Hardspeed

This is the theme for the intro stage of Cassie. She's the second playable character in Star Buster! https://twitter.com/Starbuster_Game
...and also the source of 90% of the inside jokes in the devteam. Her gameplay style is really unique, too! I actually reversed the melody used in Lab 19 (Alpha's intro stage) for part of this song.

Spannerquest 40000

Part 2 of Cassie's intro stage from Star Buster. https://twitter.com/Starbuster_Game
All Cassie wanted was a gigantic wrench! Instead, now she's got explosions and horrifying monsters roaming around like they own the place. Not exactly a great day for her or the crew of the Petrov.

Spannerquest 2 [Gone Wrong] [Gone Explodey]

'nother song from Star Buster! https://twitter.com/Starbuster_Game
This is the theme for the Petrov, a small-ish ship crewed by a sparse-but-hardy (and also pretty moody!) crew. It's been Cassie's home for a long time. It's fixing to be Alpha's new home, too... Almost.

Almost Home

Phoenix Highway, Freedom Planet 2
(Yes, Freedom Planet 2 is out. Yes, you can play it!)

No Speed Limit!

Newer take on https://soundcloud.com/leila-wilson-woofle/imperial-palace?in=leila-wilson-woofle/sets/symphony-of-awakened-gods for the third Elancia album, Symphony of Awakened Gods. I like this one a little better, really. It shows a bit more of the serious/militaristic side of the Empire and its ruling class, but they're both going on the album!

Imperial Palace [Day]

More Star Buster!
Cassie looks well chuffed! I wonder what this stage could be...

SnowFlight

Composer for Star Buster, Miasma Caves, Leilani's Island, Freedom Planet 1 and 2, HardSpeed and tons more.
Freelance game composer, author and semi-professional race car driver from the west coast. I've been in the game music business for around 10 years.  I have two major projects (HardSpeed: Synthpop/80s) and Elancia (JRPG styled music.)

Leilani Wilson

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