Yet another Space Holidays entry (Volume 5). This is ice cream with spacesynth and demoscene flavor inside. If somebody wonders what Neuton was doin' all December, well... he was crossing the Rubicon! Hail the Caesar for the inspiration!!!

Across The Rubicon

Probably the best track I ever made (for now... of course). Dedicated to all those lazy individuals with ambitious dreams that won't do anything for their butts to make their dreams come true.

Also, serves as musical teaser for upcoming space game of mine - Septarium. Stay tune, folks!

Viva la Spacesynth!


Trip Into the Future

New release for or from Space Holidays volume 7. This time i've done it traditional way, without that Neutonish mambo jambo you hear all the time. Reckon those who like Lightyear will love this as well. 

Space Cuisine

Full track for the upcoming game Smintheus.  For more information visit website: neutonmouse.com/projects/smintheus

Smintheus Theme

A share from the game music stash designed specially for upcoming game. Has that spacesynth 16n bass. There's more of that... ;)

Magical Waters

One of early Smintheus tracks - cat appears out of nowhere, ready to kick some rodent's ass, but the fight is not started yet... just sneakin and chasin. 

Personal favorite.

Let's Get Dangerous!

Space Holidays compilation peace from Neuton Mouse.

Light Year

Inspiration came from Hellriser franchise and The Prodigy song style. Might be breakbeat, hardcore techno or whatever it is... in other words it might penetrate your ears ; )

Hellraiser

Originally created for video game project but i though it might be interesting to hear it outside the game.

Encounter

Original music by Martin Galway written specially for old Comodore 64 video game called "Comic Bakery". Demoscene remix.

Comic Bakery (Rise Mix)

Second in-game music. Sort of background space techno/trance. 

Space Theme

Not new to me but quite new to soundcloud - this musical piece is played when the player manages to reach to the exit sign and win the level.

Smintheus OST - Victory Screen

Smintheus musical pieces continues their journey to the Soundcloud. This one is pretty sad sounding and there's reason to that - the poor character just got his ass kicked and now we see this gruesome title saying "game over".

Smintheus OST - Game Over

Loop version of one of not-so-recent tracks that I got my hands on. Fixed, cleaned and mastered version is at your disposal.

The Night of Lounge Lizard

Galaxy Union (2012 Edition)

Most part of my game development is done. Now I am focusing deeply on music producing (since there's nothing left to do but this). This tune is little bit extended in some parts because of intro scene that game presents at the beginning of the game.

There is YouTube video where i play this song live - directly from the DAW: https://youtu.be/OaoDV4n0mko

New Beginning

Second track for second level. It has this deep house or chillout or whatever vibe with some synth jams that go jazzy at moments. Groovy layered bass with drum sequence that oddly doesn't have snare drum sure defines the major atmosphere of the track.

You can watch youtube version of the song where I play it directly from the DAW: https://youtu.be/zesO0uLlo4Y

Spotlight Bird

Tilting at Windmills is a little bit unusual track comparing to other game soundtracks. Yes, it's synth music and yet it radiates with medieval tone that is accompanied with pure pathos. 

It was written according to specific level in the game where main character meets a knightly order of mentally disturbed knights. These knights sincerely believe in their secret ideology and they treat their personal vision of the world as dogmatically objective fact. But to others they are just clowns wearing bucket as a helmet and pretend that they are real knights. Some might say tribute to Don Quixote and they might be right :p

P.S: You can watch YouTube video of this song playing directly from DAW: https://youtu.be/uMeprMTf4Aw

Tilting at Windmills

Got carried away recently and spent more time on this track than I planned. This piece vividly relates to "gaming" mood and pushes 80s vibes a bit more further. 

At the end, after consulting with few friends, i decided to cut a HALF of the track. The cut fits very good to the game and loops pleasantly. I'll deal with the removed part later, gonna make it as separate track. 

So, the story behind this track is quite simple. Protagonist meets a dimwit character that tells him legend of the wishing well and with no other options available decides to give it a try and play along with that legend. The music is "painted" accordingly to the personality of the Incitatus, the dimwit horse!

YouTube Link of live play from DAW: https://youtu.be/Vu8QR9HqbWA

The Great Dunce

The fifth track of the Smintheus soundtrack. This one is followed by "The Spotlight Bird". The most groovy/funky among others and perhaps pushes synthwave boundaries a bit. I've used too much samples from Amiga Soundtracker Sample Packs here and couple of Dexed VSTi instances. Dexed is fine emulation of good old Yamaha DX7 synth which is now under my favourites tab. 

The track deals with the hermit character from the game. At first I wanted to write something ambienty, imitate the sound of Himalayas but that wen't into unwanted direction. I had mind image of "swamp hermit with aviator sun glasses " while composing the track rather than wanted "highlander spiritual hermit", thus the mood  turned out to be more night jazzy, oh well... :D

YouTube link for Live version played directly from the DAW: https://youtu.be/EBKIVzi4wSI

Groovy Eye

After 20 days of music production this track finally managed to see the light. It's quite long, complex and versatile track infused with 80s musical and romantic juice. This time you'll hear instrument that I haven't used before in related tracks. I think it fits greatly and even adds to track's "kick-ass-ness". 

Specially written for one of most important game levels. The level is long and challenges player to deal with the stuff without crutches. I hope that players will find this OST to be motivating enough to keep the struggle against puzzling odds of Smintheus. 

Have a great listening experience, folks!

Live Play throught the DAW on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7YarPzb8A-M

Stinging Sensation

Wooohoo! New magnum opus is ready to hit the boards! 

So, what it brought on table this time? The new musical reality that differs from the rest tracks now on genre level - relaxed soundtrack for last level of Smintheus Beta full of shamanic notes and transcendental moments. Is it ambient? Partly... is it Movie soundtrack? You got that right. Something of something made of other "somethings". 

Although track is relatively simple I've used tons of instruments. There are nearly 40 tracks in the project with lots of automated faders for this and that, all executed to materialize the desired atmosphere of the track's idea. Dug out few ancient VSTi such as Absynth and Korg M1 as well as more ancient sample libraries of ethno percussion stored on old scratched CD bought from local store. Speaking of composition, one of distinct moments is the mid part which plays one theme that grows with each bar more and more - a musical trick that i borrowed from Ravel's "Bolero". 

I'll spoil the bits of inspiration this time... the level and music is inspired by well known series of books written by Carlos Castaneda. I think I managed to express this inspiration quite precisely while keeping original style of the rest of soundtrack. Think of movie soundtrack written somewhere in 80s.

YouTube Live Play: https://youtu.be/4IJUO72EbU4

Separate Reality

Prepare for upbeat tempo and catchy melodies with this one. Quite "dancable" tune. This track will be the last one specially made for Smintheus Beta. 

It's packed with the juicy sounds of 80s hardware synths. You'll find stab chords to be dominating here - somewhat intentional move which was done in order to differentiate from the rest of soundtrack. The Uncatchables was designed for the level 7. In this particular level player finally meets his antagonist face to face and confronts him. A humorous picture where the mouse chases the cat :)

Gotta thank the @tiido for the valuable support and necessary second opinion towards this track. You rock, catman! :D

Oh yes, the YouTube version is right here: https://youtu.be/L6C6uXqi0wI

The Uncatchables

Track specially designed for Smintheus Beta game trailer. It's divided into 3 parts, each one corresponds to the game aspect rendered in the trailer. From happy synth stuff to aggressive guitar chords. Track's pretty short but quite catchy :)

Check out trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3SOgCpD9PM

Smintheus Trailer

New track for Space Holidays vol 10 compilation. This is more of a tradition now. I think the track is one of the best pieces of spacesynth I ever written since Lightyear. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! :)

Interstellar Discovery

Happy holidays and Merry Christmas!

Annual tradition of releasing spacesynth track continues to thrive! I present you classical non-traditional spacesynth track with emphasis on vocoders and a mix of simple melodies that progresses to a crazy solo. If you find "I Need More Space" short then use the loop button :)

Originally this track was written for upcoming Space Odyssey 2020 compilation, but it was rejected due to "no more space for new entries", instead it went to Space Holidays volume 11. I wanted to write separate track for SH11, but rejection kinda wiped remaining motivation + I got sick. Oh well...

Inspired by the wallpaper (you're looking at it) and my inner desire for larger living place.

Happy new year!

I Need More Space

Soundtrack for the Smintheus trailer specially designed for the game's Steam page. The track is pretty much a hybrid of 80s and 90s styles, more closer to CD versions of soundtrack of 90s PC games. Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQGvhJTs97k

2020

Smintheus Steam Trailer

Original soundtrack taken from Zork: Prototype demo game. Check website for more info.

Zork Prototype

Traditional classical spacesynth track with progressive arrangement specially written for Summer in Space vol. 3 by Space Sound Records.

First track to be produced on Linux OS (Reaper DAW)
Also the first spacesynth track of mine with Horny Hits sample (you know, that overused brass sound in 95% of spacesynth tracks) :)

Have a cool and safe summer!

Flying Pug

Aka "Neuton Mouse". The dude who's responsible for making these retro sounding tracks inspired by 80s era music of almost all genres. New wave, italo disco, spacesynth, synthwave, demo/amiga-scene and chiptunes tracks are at your disposal. I prefer not to limit myself in genres, so you might often hear all kinds of fusions whether it's groovy and jazzy twist or hard rock stuff or whatever I think that fits to this kind of music.

I'm also the "indie game developer" and currently developing 2D Survival Gadget-Building Puzzle Game called "Smintheus". Check out homepage and twitter (especially twitter) for moar stuff.

NM

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