I hope people aren't annoyed by all the tiny WIPs I put up! I wanted to get this melody down before I forget it. Now I need to get back to work.

The Happy Village WIP01

I should probably put this old song up on youtube or something

Miniboss Loop

Tried doing some stringruns using Emberton's free Intimate Strings Lite. It sounds good with enough reverb and supporting instruments.

Stringrun Test

Wanted to try it, let's see where it goes. I loved this song as a kid, even though I didn't really like the game itself.

DK64 Frantic Factory WIP01

I wrote this in 2011, and neglected to ever upload it here. this was one of those songs that felt like it really wrote itself, after spending weeks toying with various sound libraries I finally got a project file going and put it all together.

Serious Business

One Cold Morning

Bell crystal001 loop

Finished my first song in years. This was a joy to work on, and I look forward to working on more in the near future!

Wide Open World

Bad Juju

I know I've had this up on youtube for months. Let this serve as a reminder to myself that I need to redo it.

Rainbow Rhapsody

Drop the contrabassWIP01

Still *hammering* away at this. Added more verses, including a partially complete "Production Room" segment. Hoping to eventually transition into the "Mr Jack" segment.

DK64 Orchestrated WIP07

dregs of a bitter cup WIP03

The Little Toy Shop

It's your first day on the job! Don't get squashed.
Needs a lot of work, composition is not final.

Hard Hat Zone WIP001

I think I'm done, but I'm going to let it sit for a bit so I can be sure. I finished this up while waiting for a friend.

Winterglade

This one should be fun to finish... This is old, BTW

Diane (revised)

going to collaborate with a friend, a propositional sketch

06 - 2018 ThoughtfulPianoSketch04

going to collaborate with a friend, a propositional sketch. This one is more space-adventure

Retrograde Sketch WIP03

Another waltz for halloween, if I finish it by then. THIS IS A WIP, so expect some bad rendering. I haven't done any mixing or mastering yet.

Diner for the dead WIP01

Lots of fun and experimentation. Hope to finish it eventually, it's nearly done. The tempo is exactly 120, so the downbeat syncs with the clock.

Old Industry WIP02

I couldn't sleep. I had a lot on my mind. This melody started playing in my head, and I felt impressed to open my sequencer and record. It was a beautiful experience to write this. I've never done Piano Improv before.

Some Time to Think

Current progress of the main level theme for the Fire Castle in Cape Chronicles.

Firecastle WIP01

Had this sitting my on my harddrive for like 6 months, we never ended up using it for any of our project so far so I'm publishing it now at this time. It's got an awfully cheesy melody, but it's still got decent instrumentation.

Pressing Forward

Got a few hours today to work on this one some more, hope that I'm not overdoing it!
Planning to feature this in an album (I hope), like a soundtrack written for a racing videogame.

Solar Surfing: Wild Stallion WIP003

The soundtrack to Prequel Adventure's Saturalia Nightmare, which you can play here:
https://www.prequeladventure.com/this...
Background artwork by Kazerad used with permission.

Late 2019, Kaz approached me to take some simple holiday hymns and spruce them up a bit, but I also got the feedback for them to sound like an "epic christmas nightmare" so things got a little carried away. I hadn't made music in years, it was a bit rough shaking the rust off.

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen was very straight forward, simple, and relaxing to work on, and covered all of my comfort zones. I went with the first thing that came to mind, and it was cozy from start to finish. I borrowed an ostinato string pattern that I made for an earlier sketch here.

Saturalia Nightmare: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

The soundtrack to Prequel Adventure's Saturalia Nightmare, which you can play here:
https://www.prequeladventure.com/this...
Background artwork by Kazerad used with permission.

Late 2019, Kaz approached me to take some simple holiday hymns and spruce them up a bit, but I also got the feedback for them to sound like an "epic christmas nightmare" so things got a little carried away. I hadn't made music in years, it was a bit rough shaking the rust off.

Carol of the Bells was hard to decipher, there's so many arrangements of this song that finding a good jumping off point was muddled and frustrating. It doesn't help that I never learned to read music, so I had to work with some free midi files and otherwise do it by hand, and as it turns out there's some debate on what the notes are supposed to be with these midis, so a lot of it I just did by ear like I usually do. I wanted to feature a strong central solo violin, but I'm frankly disappointed with how it turned out and feel like I could do a lot better if I were to try again.

Saturalia Nightmare: Carol of the Bells

The soundtrack to Prequel Adventure's Saturalia Nightmare, which you can play here:
https://www.prequeladventure.com/this...
Background artwork by Kazerad used with permission.

Late 2019, Kaz approached me to take some simple holiday hymns and spruce them up a bit, but I also got the feedback for them to sound like an "epic christmas nightmare" so things got a little carried away. I hadn't made music in years, it was a bit rough shaking the rust off.

We Three Kings is my favorite piece here. I wanted to shoot for a musical genre that I don't have much experience in. I changed some chords for this arrangement to make it sound more boisterous and cinematic, which ended up working surprisingly well in the end. Because the song is in 3/4 (and I couldn't find any drum patterns that worked in that time from my library) I had to hand-key the percussion, which I think turned out to be the better part of this song.

Saturalia Nightmare: We Three Kings

Decided on an album name, if I ever publish one.
Just imagine you're racing through the canyons of an old riverbed.

Do you think this is a good mix, or should I work on it some more? Any bad frequencies poking through?

Sapphire Cup: Riverbed Circuit

Still working on this, determined to learn as much as I can from it. Improved the main riff, more interesting percussion, added a distorted legato choir voice to the counterpoint

Quake 2 Descent Into Cerberon WIP02

song I composed for my map entry for the Quake Mapping discord Halloween Jam 3 last year, when I took some time off. I managed to build my very first published map start to finish, and had enough time to crap out a quick song to play over the level.
If you have a copy of Quake, and follow the instructions, you can play my and many other fantastic maps by the community here: https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/hwjam3.html

Hwjam3 Vileduct

I haven't actually gotten to touch this since 2018, but this bit of progress has been sitting on my harddrive for a while that I thought I'd share what little bit is new. I have no idea how to end this song, but if I can manage I'd love to end it with the Mad Jack boss variation of this theme

DK64 Orchestrated WIP11

it's taken me about a decade to realize that I have no idea what I'm doing, but at least I'm having fun. thanks for listening

Makkon

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