In this test for music mixing, I decided to make songs transition into each other.
The songs that were chosed are
Sonic Forces OST- Battle With Metal Sonic (US Theme Remix)
Sonic Forces OST - Infinite
Doom Eternal OST - The Only Thing They Fear Is You

Test - Simple Music Mix Transitions with videogames soundtracks

I don't really often enjoy doing game remixes, I'll admit, but every now and then, it can be pretty fun! This song in particular has always inspired me, and confused the heck out of me. Learning to play it was a very educational experience! Driving around the San Francisco Bay Area at night (and especially criss-crossing the bay) made me think of this song a lot. I know it's not perfect, but I hope you enjoy it!

I'm still on vacation... just got back from roughly 700 miles of driving, and getting ready to do more! @~@  I will be returning home August 2nd!

Chrome Google. Err... Gadget. I said Chrome Gadget.

ASK: "You're Brooklyn Sans is my total headcanon you do such an amazing job and I adore it so much! Please do more readings with it, it's perfect!"

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Ask Brooklyn Sans #2

From Tumblr: 

"Anonymous said:
Could we hear brooklyn sans getting over protective of his baby brother?"

ART CREDIT: aprip (askbabybones.tumblr.com)

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Baby Papyrus

From Tumblr:

"sushinfood asked:
Sans, would you ever consider telling Papyrus the truth? About everything you've tried to do to save everyone. Will you let him live without knowing as you work yourself to death over and over again? It seems so lonely..."

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Super Duper Secret

I've re-created the famous Rob Hubbard tune from the game WarHawk.  This tune was far more difficult than I thought it would be and took me probably 4 times as long as I thought it would. I really wanted to concentrate on showing off the keyboard, but instead I spent much more time trying to figure out the right notes to this song. I still think I have a few notes here and there that aren't right, but I just can't figure them out.  

Warhawk Performed on Yamaha PSR-36

FS-471 Wwise Interactive Music implementation assignment.
update: Video of implementation here- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjtXrKpW7G4&hd=1
remix version: http://soundcloud.com/falk-2/be-wild

Credits:
Sean Folk - Piano
Nikhil Hogan - Acoustic Guitar
Ethan Lee - Guitar Solo (SECRETS LOL)

THE BAND!!!
Guitars - Fake Falk
Bass - Fake Falk
Drums - Fake Falk (yeah you get the idea)

When thinking of what game to score for my Wwise interactive music assignment, I had the bright idea a few months ago to try to do a Sonic the Hedgehog level. Firstly, because it was a no brainer, but secondly - Japanese games have had a cultural precedent of barely touching interactive scoring compared to western titles. On the flip-side, this allows the composer to do what he does best, which is create memorable melodies and hooks you can hum along to that aren't limited by the 'loose' requirements that interactive scoring demands.

While the goal of 'interactivity' and 'memorability' seem to pull in opposite directions, Sonic levels are (for better or worse) on rails, and more importantly at points they funnel you through one-way sections, meaning that I could apply a basic song form concept, assigning each part of a song to each part of a level, making sure the sections can loop around seamlessly, and then writing appropriate transitionary sections that can be jumped to from the end of each phrase within a section.

I chose Spagonia as my level, and there are many tie-ins of the composition to the level. For instance, while the violin lead parts were a feature of the original track, I maintained that as a means of tying the track to the European vibe of the level.

Since musical sync to the level is the essence of this project, one of the transition segments is the clock tower climb and subsequent grind (which conveniently enough is one-way) and is characterized by the breakdown section and guitar solo.

There's also a whole bunch of little musical cameos that connoisseurs of fans of Sonic music throughout the past 20 years -should- be able to pick up on (I hope!) be it from the 16-bit games, Sonic Adventure, hell even Sonic X anime.

This is only Stage 1 of the assignment. There's a shit ton of other stuff I still need to do before the project is deemed complete, and no, I'm not talking about implementing it in Wwise. Stay tuned!



Be Cool

FS-471 Wwise Interactive Music implementation assignment, Part 2
update: Video of implementation here- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjtXrKpW7G4&hd=1
rock version: http://soundcloud.com/falk-2/be-cool

Credits:
Sean Folk - Piano
Nikhil Hogan - Acoustic Guitar
Ethan Lee - Guitar Solo (SECRETS LOL)

THE BAND!!!
Guitars - Fake Falk
Bass - Fake Falk
Drums - Fake Falk (yeah you get the idea)

Part 2 of the assignment. So the secret is, aside from having parts sync to points in the level, there are 3 genres corresponding to how well Sonic is doing. This is when Sonic is tearing up the level, wherease a 3rd iteration, "Be Groovy" will correspond to when Sonic screws up/gets hit/etc.

I've spent since literally the start of the year coming up with the concept of tying interactivity to how well Sonic is performing. Imagine to my amazement when the Sonic Generations demo came out, and the exact same thing was being done by Sonic Team (listen to Modern Green hill playthroughs - when Sonic boosts, the drums go double-time)

I think I was pretty elated and disappointed at the same time. Elated in the sense that great minds think alike, and disappointed that what I'd intended to be an original concept has been 'done already', even though the game releases today. Oh well. Live and Learn.

Be Wild

The True Name - Extended Instrumental

Time for my yearly game remix. 
Act now and you'll get two* for the price of one. :V


*This is technically two.

Zeal/Schala

CD Ainda Exite Graça - Quarteto Arautos do Rei - 2012

The True Name - Extended Instrumental

Ryū Ketsueki