This was the last song I finished of this EP. On a couple I went a little overboard and added too many tracks and too many melodies, and they can drown each other out at parts. Here I made an effort to keep things calmer and less dense. I think it turned out pretty well!


Escape!

This is the only song on the EP that has a "real" instrument in it. I played some extremely distorted chords under everything, which I think makes things sound more exciting, and also makes the song sound like an Anamaguchi track (not as good to be sure, those guys are pros, but in that direction). 

This track has my favorite melody off the entire EP though, from 2:14 - 2:26. If thats the only thing that I got done during this whole process, I'd still be really happy with it.


North Woods

This is the first one I wrote after figuring out how to do the pitch bend effect. Its the simplest one of the set, but is still pretty catchy. To me, it sounds the most like something that could actually have been taken from a real NES game.


Van Victory

The title of this song is from the book I was reading while working on the EP. The book is called "The Reluctant Communist" and is about this man, Charles Robert Jeknins, who surrendered himself to the North Koreans during the Korean War, spend decades as a semi-celebrity prisoner, and now lives in Japan. 

The track was also used for a while on my friends' podcast, "InCoversation". The best part of the song is the pre chorus drum fill, which I imagine being done by some 80s hair metal drummer on an electronic drum kit. 


C.R.J.

It didn't turn out nearly as good as what I was hoping for and I think its the worst of the six on the EP. I had all these ideas for different parts, including a completely different ending, but couldn't get them all to mesh exactly right (especially in the breakdown). I am really proud of the extremely quick melody part at the end though.


Quick Sprint

This one turned out great. The static fade in part at the beginning seems so goofy that I kinda cringe when I hear it, but it also makes me laugh and works well. This is the song I that spent the most time trying to balance having a lot of different melodies with not having them drown each other out, and I think it worked well. 

To my ears at least, the song has good momentum, the cut outs work well to break up and pace things, and the break down at the end sounds crunchy. 


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