Name: Lair Original Soundtrack: Lair Main Title by PlayStation in D&D
Duration: 2 min 13 s
Description: La-La Land Records and Sony Computer Entertainment America proudly present the CD premiere of John Debney's (JOBS, PREDATORS, PASSION OF THE CHRIST, THE RELIC) astonishing original score to the 2007 videogame LAIR. Get it here: http://bit.ly/LairOST

Nour Play With Your Food - Cereal Music Excerpt

Composed By Mark Mothersbaugh and Wataru Hokoyama

Rift Apart

A hardy cheer met her words, and Meeka let it strengthen her resolve. When her heart was tempered to the fear of all the watching eyes, she took a deep breath. The warm air filled her lungs and teased her with scents both delightful and foul. When she breathed out, she let all other thoughts leave her, save the song budding on her lips. She had thought long and carefully on what piece to play for her second night, and she knew just the tune to win the unmovable Gaard Whaleskin to her side. She heard it in a small fishing village two years prior, while she was traveling down the western coast of the Far Plains. An old man had played it while he sat on the docks, his toes dipped in the salty water and his voice hoarse with age. She had remembered every note, and the words to match them, though she had only heard them once. It was all she needed.
Meeka gave voice to her lute, and began to sing.

"I'll tell you 'bout a captain proud,
A man with seasalt in his beard,
Who knew the hidden pathways all
That other sailors hushed and feared.

Like stone he stood upon the deck,
The winds and waters called his name,
And with his father's sword in hand
The ocean's dangers could he tame.

'For in that blade his father lived,'
They whispered in the darkness still,
'Though death had claimed him years ago,
That metal held his strength and will.'

But on one daring venture west
When hunger took the captain's men,
The wizened sailor faced his crew,
Once loyal friends, now traitors ten.

The captain bit back tears of shame,
With every foe he cut in turn.
For though he bested each assault,
His father's honor did he spurn.

And when he reached his final foe,
His former first mate, young and free,
He thrust too far upon the rail
And lost his sword into the sea.

So too did first mate tumble down,
The steel slid through his brazen chest,
To splash into the waves below.
A tombstone for the sword to rest.

Alone, the captain cried and yelled
And almost joined his former crew,
But being wise, he knew too well
That creatures roamed beneath the blue.

Instead he made for nearby land,
Engorged with fever, chills, and dreams,
And barely lived to sail again,
To skirt the ocean's countless seams.

For still he looks to coasts and bays,
In waters still and thunders roared,
For any sign of washed up steel.
To find again his father's sword."

The last note of the song had barely died in the air before the common hall of the Quarralling Sailors ignited in ferocious approval. Those that had been sitting through the previous songs now stood, cheering and clapping and raising their drinks high above their heads. Meeka bowed deeply, blinking back the happy tears that stung her face. Never had a crowd celebrated her music with such fervor. The pride it brought squeezed at her heart, and she wondered if anything would ever make her happier than bringing joy to others through song.

Concept: Ryan Clements
Lyrics: Ryan Clements
Tune and Arrangement: Danny Wiessner
Consulting: Ryan Clements
Vocals: Tori Wiessner
Background Vocals: Danny Wiessner
Guitar: Sam Labib
Guitar Arrangement: Danny Wiessner and Sam Labib
Banjo: Jacob Riley
Cover Art: Pandamusk

Find "The Maiden of Sea Sky (The Story of Eras Book 2)" by Ryan D. Clements on Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/The-Maiden-Story-Eras-Book-ebook/dp/B00IQ3V7M8

Updated 2/20/15

The Lost Captain

La-La Land Records and Sony Computer Entertainment America proudly present the CD premiere of John Debney's (JOBS, PREDATORS, PASSION OF THE CHRIST, THE RELIC) astonishing original score to the 2007 videogame LAIR. Get it here: http://bit.ly/LairOST

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Lair Original Soundtrack: Lair Main Title

An excerpt from "The Maiden of Sea Sky (The Story of Eras Book 2)" by Ryan D. Clements:

Meeka's fingers began to play. Her lute called to the room with notes both strong and sweet, with a playful lilt she felt fitting for her first night of the tournament. She selected a well-loved ditty sung by common folk all across the southern plains. Considering the tremulous favor she had won with her introduction, she considered a simple and short performance was best. She began with Beggars Win the Day.

She sang.

—
Oh kings and lords, they count their coins and suffer through their lives, 
They prattle on about their woes, and blame it on their wives.
 
With ale in hand, and dagger too, they cry from dawn 'til dusk,
And see their foes in shadows, ink, and bookshelves grey with dust.
 
But not all men are born to weep and wallow in their wealth,
Alight with fortune's golden touch and everlasting health.
 
Instead we sing for men in rags who live the simple way.
Who needs a crown and scepter tall when beggars win the day?
—
 
Meeka let the last note ring out happily, her voice a proud exclamation and challenge to the room. The moment it ended, she bowed as deep as she could. And her heart swelled with the applause that greeted her. When she straightened up, she was met by a wall of clapping patrons, who whistled and smiled. A fine start.

Concept: Ryan Clements
Lyrics: Ryan Clements
Tune and Arrangement: Danny Wiessner
Consulting: Ryan Clements
Vocals: Tori Wiessner
Backup vocals: Tori Wiessner, Danny Wiessner
Guitar: Eric Wiessner
Cover Art: Pandamusk

Find "The Maiden of Sea Sky (The Story of Eras Book 2)" by Ryan D. Clements on Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/The-Maiden-Story-Eras-Book-ebook/dp/B00IQ3V7M8

Updated: 02/16/15

Beggars Win The Day

It started soft and sad, like the expressions Cedric wore. Each note from his harp slipped into the inn and lingered, as if the walls were soaking them up and keeping them for later. Even the fires dimmed in quiet apology, as if to make room for the supple sweetness of the strings. And then he sang a song Meeka had never heard. As soon as the words tumbled past her, a chill crept up her back. 

"A town, a town, it thrived alone around an ageless tree.
Its fruit, its fruit, the people ate, and cherished endlessly.
They sang, they sang, through spring and fall, with voices red with joy,
And danced 'till evenfall, those men and maidens coy.

Two boys, two boys, bound up by blood, they lived just up the hill,
Would play, would play, about the tree, and laugh with voices shrill.
One day, one day, as sun rained down, the brothers came to fight,
For naught could ease their anger born from which was right.

In wroth.. the two boys fought,
Such pain.. they cast each way.
But woe.. against a stone
Now lay.. their brows in twain..
Forever stained.. Forever stained..

'Oh death, oh death,' their father cried, their mother white with fear,
'It came, it came, for both my sons, while I stood idly near!'
The blood, the blood, it drowned the roots around that tree of life,
And slayed the fruits above, all poisoned with their strife.

A town, a town, that once lived well, was cursed with swift decay,
Its fruit, its fruit, would never grow, after they died that day.
They sang, they sang, laments and wails, the air a greying haze,
And danced down sep'rate roads, those people parted ways."

Cedric's harp sang its last notes with solemn sweetness, and his voice trailed into silence with the same care as a mother putting her babe to rest. The applause that filled the Quarrelling Sailors was somber, but thicker than the one that Meeka received. The inngoers stood and nodded as they clapped, some chatting with each other in awe of Cedric's ability, while a few of the serving girls blotted their eyes with stained aprons.

Concept: Ryan Clements
Lyrics: Ryan Clements
Tune and Arrangement: Danny Wiessner
Consulting: Ryan Clements
Vocals: Danny Wiessner
Descant Vocals: Sherrie Lee
Cover Art: Pandamusk

Find "The Maiden of Sea Sky (The Story of Eras Book 2)" by Ryan D. Clements on Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/The-Maiden-Story-Eras-Book-ebook/dp/B00IQ3V7M8

Updated 2/20/15

The Nameless Brothers

Arranger's note: For what brevity I could accomplish to result in even this seven-minute song, what you hear is a substantially modified version of Clements' original piece. I have edited the excerpt below to reflect the new with hopes that you will eventually find your way to the complete version.
---

The melody was a sweet one, with a touch of bitterness. ... When his voice joined the harpsong, the whole of the common room slowed into an unnatural stillness. Meeka felt the same, familiar warmth tease the hair on her arms. It felt as if the room was shrinking, the walls easing inwards to bring the audience closer to one another. And at the same time, the wide world outside fled away, leaving nothing but the patrons, Cedric, and his immaculate voice.
He sang.

"Dear friends, gather 'round, pray lend me your time,
I've come here to tell you a tale.
Of courage undone, and rose petals won,
And the Sword of Summerway Vale.

In autumn, the winds of Summerway sighed,
And the town was colored with leaves.
The women sang songs, and men sang along,
While children played war in the reeds.

Among those good folk lived one man apart,
Who happily married quite young.
His wife played the strings, and tailored his things,

At daybreak the man would tend to his shop,
Which came stocked with a sword or two.
He also sold spice, which fetched a high price,
If word of the townsfolk was true.

But nightfall would bring a stillness to town,
With nary a person in sight.
While supper was made, he worked with his blade,
And trained 'neath the waning moonlight.

His skill with a sword was hardly of note,
Despite all the practice he sought.
But 'patience breeds strength,' he heard at great length,
So again with shadows he fought.

At supper his wife would silently sit,
While the man ate his meal with a grin.
And when he was fed he'd take her to bed,

But one night had differed from all of the rest,
As the man took to hand with his steel.
For through the black cold tread a beast of old,
And with it a terror made real.

Its eyes brightly burned like ebony stars,
Its wings were a crooked disgrace.
It spotted the man, so to him it ran,
With hunger to spur on its pace.

In darkness the man did see it approach
And though he stood armed with a blade,
It drove him away, in utter dismay,
And fled he to where his wife laid.

He slammed the door shut with fear in his eyes
And hid in the cellar to die.
He heard his wife yell, he gasped, his heart fell,
And the beast faded swiftly to night.

Frantic he bounded up out of the dark.
He found his wife crumpled in pain.
Her belly was gashed where the monster had slashed,
And blood pooled beneath her like rain.

He took up her hand that faded to white,
He watched her short life ebb away.
But there by her head, his sword drank the red,
And sealed up her spirit like prey.

The man watched his weapon then don a red cloak,
The metal a rich crimson hue.
Empowered, he stood, then pulled up his hood,
And sought out the beast he did rue.

Alone in the night, he found the old fiend,
Having feast on each home in the town.
He drew up his sword, and quickly charged for'd,
And swung the blade down on its crown.

The edge split the beast from horns to its feet,
Like apple skin peeled with a knife.
Enchantments it bore; the beast was no more.
Yet the man thought of naught but his wife.

For her soul was bound to the steel and the hilt,
Through some magick twist left to chance.
So empty he strode, her fate on him sowed,
To wander the Plains in a trance.

They say he guarded the south for an age,
His magick blade never grew frail.
Rose petals would chase each path he did grace,
Oh, the Sword of Summerway Vale."

Concept: Ryan Clements
Lyrics: Ryan Clements
Tune and Arrangement: Danny Wiessner
Consulting: Ryan Clements
Vocals: Danny Wiessner
Cover Art: Pandamusk

Find "The Maiden of Sea Sky (The Story of Eras Book 2)" by Ryan D. Clements on Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/The-Maiden-Story-Eras-Book-ebook/dp/B00IQ3V7M8

Updated 2/20/15

The Sword of Summerway Vale

Star Trek The Motion Picture Suite

“Tribulation produces perseverance” is an Epic Orchestral Christian Music about  Romans 5:3-5.

“And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;  and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”
(Romans 5:3-5, NKJV)

Tribulation produces perseverance

02 - Starcraft 2 - Heart Of The Swarm - Main Theme

Composer: Akira Yamaoka.
Release date: October 1, 2001.
Game: Silent Hill 2.
Platform: PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360.

SILENT HILL 2 - Betrayal

The song "Dread Design" from the Pyre Original Soundtrack.

Pyre is the newest game from Supergiant Games, the creators of Bastion and Transistor. Out now on PS4.

Pyre: Original Soundtrack

Dread Design

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A tune inspired by the first Story of Eras, Ferius Foxfur and the Bottle of Violet. Clements paints a nighttime scene in which Ferius encounters the awe-inspiring and ember-flecked Ardere Fox on the edge of the woods. The fox leads him on a breathless chase through the forest toward an end that Ferius could never have guessed.

The vision of the entire set played out in my mind like something out of a Studio Ghibli film, projecting a chase more romantic and adventurous than hurried and frantic. The character half-clumsily bounds through the branches and roots in side-scrolling profile while the glowing embers of the Ardere Fox linger in the air and on the forest floor amidst the night's dark pallet.

In the same way that Ferius Foxfur and the Bottle of Violet stands as a sort of introduction to its successor, The Maiden of Sea Sky, "Chasing The Ardere Fox" stands to do the same here in Beggars and Sailors.

Concept: Ryan D. Clements
Tune and Arrangement: Danny Wiessner
Cajón: Eric Wiessner
Cover Art: Pandamusk

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Updated: 02/16/15

Chasing The Ardere Fox

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