Parallel Lies - Closing Title Mix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)2023
Parallel Lies - Steve Dale (Composer) 2023

Parallel Lies - Closing Title Mix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)2023

Parallel Lies - Closing Title Mix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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After almost 3 months of being out of commission due to a move halfway around the world to Singapore, and dealing with a few technical hiccups in the form of a blown CPU and some late audio hardware deliveries, I'm finally back on track and better than ever with a brand new studio! The first song to get the momentum going again is, of course, "Sunrise Blvd." from the continuation of the Revenge of Shinobi expanded & enhanced album.

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Revenge of Shinobi (Expanded & Enhanced)

Sunrise Blvd. (Expanded & Enhanced) • THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI

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"Make Me Dance" is a favorite tune of mine from the original Revenge of Shinobi soundtrack, so it was good to give this another go after so many years. I based this version on the expansion template I did a few years ago before I wiped my catalogue and restarted. It has the same level of variation with a lot more energy, and I'm happy with how it came out. Hopefully, so will you.

Make Me Dance (Expanded & Enhanced) • THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI

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For this song, I wanted to pump up the expansion with the same frantic energy as the base tune. At the same time, I wanted to inject some feeling into it as well, almost like a very brief break in the storm before the intensity ramps back up again. A triple-piano seemed like the best bet, along with a few sampled sound effects from the actual game to round it all out.

Like A Wind (Expanded & Enhanced) • THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI

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The best way to sum up "Ninja Step" would be to use the phrase "industrial funk." There's equal parts factory mechanics and equal parts old fashioned funk and street hop in this track, and I used that as the basis for my expansion.

The idea was to trigger memories of old-style street dancing from the 1980s when partying and having fun were the order of the day. This meant I had to "funkify" the song even more by building on the original in a very precise way. All the old song triggers are still there...just placed in different parts of the song in order to swing the listener all the way back to the beginning.

Enjoy. I had FUN with this one!

Ninja Step (Expanded & Enhanced) • THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI

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"The Dark City" is a simple tune, but sometimes those are the worst ones. Got severe writer's block with this one, and had to spend a few weeks figuring it out in my head before I could come up with something that made me happy. This is a jazzy tune, so I played that up with some smooth saxophone in the expansion just to liven things up, without straying too far from the base tune.

The Dark City (Expanded & Enhanced) • THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI

After the very lengthy and complicated "China Town" expansion, I wanted to get back to basics for "Over The Bay," and focus on sticking close to the elements that make it such a fun little dance number. The expansion is a series of variations on the main theme with a few breaks thrown in between to pump up the intensity. It's straightforward and meant to get the blood pumping. Nothing more, nothing less.

Over The Bay (Expanded & Enhanced) • THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI

Behold, the evil Zeed head-banging that heavy metal hair around to the tune of an expanded version of "The Ninja Master." For many Revenge of Shinobi fans, this was a stressful race to figure out how to slay this evil foe before Joe Musashi's beloved Naoko lost her Z-axis under the weight of a massive concrete ceiling. I wanted to play up the frantic panic and chaos of this song while still retaining those "breaks" in the mayhem that encouraged players to stop and wonder what those holes in the sides of the wall were all about. With 2 more songs to go, this soundtrack is almost complete.

The Ninja Master (Expanded & Enhanced) • THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI

The original version of "Silence Night" plays when the main player fails to rescue Naoko from being crushed to death during the final battle with Zeed, thus triggering the bad ending. The original 40+ second version of the song only hints at the tragedy of it all. I wanted my expansion to put the listener in the mind of Joe Musashi, and the anguish and sorrow he would have felt over failing at his task, and losing the love of his life. I also wanted to amplify the atmosphere by adding in some harmonized piano and a Japanese koto for more authenticity. Hope you all enjoy it.

Silence Night (Expanded & Enhanced) • THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI

The original version of "My Lover" felt like 10% of a finished ending theme, and I wanted to greatly flesh it out without over-extending its allure and welcome. This meant beefing up the section with a twofold approach: 

1) To stress the importance of the "good ending," and the saving of Naoko from certain death at the hands of Zeed's trap.

2) To create a much more compelling, rousing and triumphant ending theme that takes into account everything Joe Musashi went through during the game.

You, listener, will decide if I hit that mark or not. For now, I'm very proud of what I've done with the soundtrack for "The Revenge of Shinobi," and I'm very happy you have all joined me for the journey. Big news to come as I move onto a brand new soundtrack, so stay tuned!

My Lover (Expanded & Enhanced) • THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI

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