Here's some original music from Carpoon, a downloadable Windows game being developed by Tom Arnold from GameXplain!  In Carpoon, you control a pick-up truck and harpoon escaping cars sentenced to recycling by car crusher, towing them to their doom!  The game can be played in both single player and local multiplayer for competitive demolishing action.

Visit the Carpoon official site to download and play the game!
https://tombo.itch.io/carpoon

Disclaimer:
Carpoon and all imagery presented are copyright of Tom Arnold.  All rights reserved.

Carpoon

Here's some original music from Carpoon, a downloadable Windows game being developed by Tom Arnold from GameXplain!  In Carpoon, you control a pick-up truck and harpoon escaping cars sentenced to recycling by car crusher, towing them to their doom!  The game can be played in both single player and local multiplayer for competitive demolishing action.  This theme features in the boss battle against the Monster Truck.  There are two versions of this music: one for normal gameplay starting with the guitar wail of the boss intro, and one for when the timer has less than 30 seconds remaining.

This more intense piece boasts a darker, grungier take on Parkin' Panic while retaining the whimsy that the rest of the soundtrack embraces.  Starting out with rock with a touch of blues, it sets the mood for going grill to grill with the rebellious monster truck.  It then mixes things up by switching to a quick-paced country blues rock.  Finally, the intensity is scaled back with a rock style of the 60s and 70s reminiscent of music from the British Invasion with a Motown beat for the refrain before transitioning back to the start.  One could say this is the most complex composition for the game yet!  Have fun listening!

Visit the Carpoon official site to download and play the game!
https://tombo.itch.io/carpoon

Disclaimer:
Carpoon and all imagery presented are copyright of Tom Arnold.  All rights reserved.

"Monster Truck Mayhem (with Intro)" ~Original~ from Carpoon

"Monster Truck Mayhem (Floor It!)" ~Original~ from Carpoon

Here's some original music from Carpoon, a downloadable Windows game being developed by Tom Arnold from GameXplain!  In Carpoon, you control a pick-up truck and harpoon escaping cars sentenced to recycling by car crusher, towing them to their doom!  The game can be played in both single player and local multiplayer for competitive demolishing action.  This theme features on the title screen and in the menu when making selections before the game.

Following the leitmotif originally created for Parkin' Panic, a catchy loop was in mind to hear when navigating the menus.  A shuffle beat with a bit of a funky pop sound throughout helped to contrast with the source.  The repeat with a single instrument addition of the subdued brass really helps keep the track in line for continueous repeat and draw the player into the game.  Have fun listening!

Visit the Carpoon official site to download and play the game!
https://tombo.itch.io/carpoon

Disclaimer:
Carpoon and all imagery presented are copyright of Tom Arnold.  All rights reserved.

"Destruction Ahead" ~Original~ from Carpoon

Here's some original music from Carpoon, a downloadable Windows game being developed by Tom Arnold from GameXplain!  In Carpoon, you control a pick-up truck and harpoon escaping cars sentenced to recycling by car crusher, towing them to their doom!  The game can be played in both single player and local multiplayer for competitive demolishing action.  This theme—now extended—features on the Volcarnage Island map, where two active volcanoes spew giant molten globs of lava that land on the asphalt, adding some dangerously hot obstacles to the environment.  There are two versions of this music: one for normal gameplay, and one for when the timer has less than 30 seconds remaining.

When originally composing this piece, I wanted to capture the feeling of a dangerous volcanic island, keeping in mind the whimsy of the game's art style and the light-hearted fun found in the gameplay.  The composition developed into something you might hear in a Donkey Kong Country game, but with some musical effects that mimic automobile sounds here and there.  Towards the beginning, the slide of the bass guitar imitates a revving engine while the mute trumpet later is very akin to the honking of a car horn.  Overall, it turned out to be a catchy, playful piece with a bit of an adventurous, tropical vibe.  But its length was much shorter than other stage themes that followed.

About five years later, I revisited the theme upon request and updated it to feature twice the content as before in order to increase its duration to level comparable to other stage themes.  The first idea was to include various shouts to ramp up the intensity, bringing the composition from the drum solo to the climax of the piece.  The almost chaotic feeling near the end was made to match the feeling of the active volcanoes as they erupt their balls of lava onto the ground, peaking with the trill sound of the zaghrouta yell near the end.  With the pre-established content that only was polished a little, these new sections are intended to bring more variety, dynamics, and memorable quality to the theme.  Have fun listening!

Play the Carpoon demo or purchase the game on Steam or Itch.io!
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1068840
https://tombo.itch.io/carpoon

Disclaimer:
Carpoon and all imagery presented are copyright of Tom Arnold.  All rights reserved.

"Volcarnage Island ~Extended~" ~Original~ from Carpoon

"Volcarnage Island (Floor It!) ~Extended~" ~Original~ from Carpoon

Here's some original music from Carpoon, a downloadable Windows game being developed by Tom Arnold from GameXplain!  In Carpoon, you control a pick-up truck and harpoon escaping cars sentenced to recycling by car crusher, towing them to their doom!  The game can be played in both single player and local multiplayer for competitive demolishing action.  This theme features on the Volcarnage Island map, where two active volcanoes spew giant molten globs of lava that land on the asphalt, adding some dangerously hot obstacles to the environment.  There are two versions of this music: one for normal gameplay, and one for when the timer has less than 30 seconds remaining.

When composing this piece, I wanted to capture the feeling of a dangerous volcanic island, keeping in mind the whimsy of the game's art style and the lighthearted fun found in the gameplay.  The composition developed into something you might hear in a Donkey Kong Country game, but with some musical effects that mimic automobile sounds here and there.  Towards the beginning, the slide of the bass guitar imitates a revving engine while the mute trumpet later is very akin to the honking of a car horn.  Overall, it turned out to be a catchy, playful piece with a bit of an adventurous, tropical vibe.  Have fun listening!

Visit the Carpoon official site to download and play the game!
https://tombo.itch.io/carpoon

Disclaimer:
Carpoon and all imagery presented are copyright of Tom Arnold.  All rights reserved.

"Volcarnage Island" ~Original~ from Carpoon

"Volcarnage Island (Floor It!)" ~Original~ from Carpoon

Here's some original music from Carpoon, a downloadable Windows game being developed by Tom Arnold from GameXplain!  In Carpoon, you control a pick-up truck and harpoon escaping cars sentenced to recycling by car crusher, towing them to their doom!  The game can be played in both single player and local multiplayer for competitive demolishing action.  This theme features on the Parkin' Panic map, taking place in a port town square with statues of harpooning vehicle legends and a car crusher in the centre.  There are two versions of this music: one for normal gameplay, and one for when the timer has less than 30 seconds remaining.

Affectionately titled "Bumper Boogie", inspiration for this piece came from the boogie woogie, classic rock 'n' roll, and a bit of rockabilly to keep the player bopping to the beat.  It's all meant to be reflective of the whimsy of the game's art style and the light-hearted fun found in the gameplay.  Maintaining a standard with the musical effects that mimic automobile sounds, one can make out horns and the revving of an engine in the forms of the saxophone melody, mute trumpet, and bass guitar fret slide.  Overall, the theme seems to give a feeling a wild event at an old-school town square.  Have fun listening!

Visit the Carpoon official site to download and play the game!
https://tombo.itch.io/carpoon

Disclaimer:
Carpoon and all imagery presented are copyright of Tom Arnold.  All rights reserved.

"Parkin' Panic" ~Original~ from Carpoon

"Parkin' Panic (Floor It!)" ~Original~ from Carpoon

Here's some original music from Carpoon, a downloadable Windows game being developed by Tom Arnold from GameXplain!  In Carpoon, you control a pick-up truck and harpoon escaping cars sentenced to recycling by car crusher, towing them to their doom!  The game can be played in both single player and local multiplayer for competitive demolishing action.  This theme features on the map for The Autoworks, which takes place in an automobile factory with an assembly line and molten steel.  There are two versions of this music: one for normal gameplay, and one for when the timer has less than 30 seconds remaining.

Inspired by industrial rhythms, this composition was written as a catchy electronica piece with jazz blues and even classical elements mixed in.  The piano, saxophone, and strings that accompany the digital and unorthodox percussive instruments help to achieve that.  Much like with the other tracks, the guitar fret slide towards the beginning and mute trumpet simulate the sounds of a revving engine and beeping car horn.  Its more serious-sounding undertones are intended to give the track the feeling of a final or decisive stage in this otherwise light-hearted and whimsical game.  Have fun listening!

Visit the Carpoon official site to download and play the game!
https://tombo.itch.io/carpoon

Disclaimer:
Carpoon and all imagery presented are copyright of Tom Arnold.  All rights reserved.

Carpoon

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