VOCALISA is an upcoming virtual instrument from Impact Soundworks featuring a deeply-sampled slavic women's choir. This electrifying style of singing is particularly famous in Bulgaria, and has been used in many popular soundtracks including XENA and GHOST IN THE SHELL.

VOCALISA: "Making of Cyborg" by Kenji Kawai, arr. Will Roget, II

VOCALISA: "Daughters of Illyria" by Henning Nugel

Shapes & Time - Remixes & Reworks

Kotatsu Naps (muffled mix)

Here is my arrangement of "Prelude" from Konami's Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse.
コナミ 悪魔城伝説 の Prelude をアレンジしました。

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I vividly recall conceiving this arrangement with a set of keywords in mind: noble, decadent, aesthetic, salon-style, modern, minimal, and clarity. The accompanying visual was also created to incorporate all of these keywords, portraying the fleeting moment a once-noble material begins to decay. It is an attempt to express the aesthetic found on the blurred line between the pristine and the perishing.

The catalyst for its release was my recent work on "Calling from Heaven."
▶ Calling from Heaven - Castlevania: Bloodlines
https://youtu.be/qeFU_znDQI8

While arranging the first half of "Calling from Heaven," the melody of this "Prelude" kept weaving in and out of my thoughts. Musically, their chord progressions are quite similar, and their themes are, to some extent, interchangeable. It's a fascinating thought that "Calling from Heaven" might have been composed as a deliberate nod to these roots.

And so, this experience reminded me of the "Prelude" I had arranged long ago, and I decided to release it as well. Upon unearthing the project file, I discovered, to my astonishment, that it dated back 11 years...!

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK IS HERE
https://youtu.be/IjPRJ8vh5L8

[LISTEN ON OTHER PLATFORMS]
- YouTube (To get lost in the visuals) https://youtu.be/KqFyLCfUyTM
- SoundCloud (To feel the full resonance) https://soundcloud.com/sdr0x07b6/prelude-decadent-v100-arranged-castlevania-iii-draculas-curse-konami
- NicoVideo (Let's create a storm of comments together) https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm45267306

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この制作では、ノーブル、退廃的、耽美的、サロン的、モダン、ミニマル、透明感、というようなキーワードでアレンジしていたのをよく憶えています。
公開にあたり制作したビジュアル画像もこれらのキーワードをすべて含むようイメージしています。
かつてノーブルであった素材が、退廃していく一瞬を切り取りました。美しいものと朽ちゆくものの曖昧な境界にある耽美を表現しています。

今回これを公開したのは、先日アレンジした「Calling from Heaven」がきっかけです。
▶ Calling from Heaven - Castlevania: Bloodlines
https://youtu.be/qeFU_znDQI8

Calling from Heaven の前半のアレンジをしている間ずっとこの Prelude の前半が思い出されており、頭の中を出たり入ったりしていました。コード進行など音楽理論的にはよく似ており、それぞれのメロディをある程度相互交換可能です。
Calling from Heaven がもし意図的にこのルーツを汲んで作曲されたのなら非常に興味深いことだと思います。

そんな経緯で、ずっと以前にこの Prelude のアレンジをしていたことを思い出したので、流れのまま一緒に公開することにします。
プロジェクトファイルを掘り起こしてみたところ、なんと11年前のファイルでした…！

オリジナルサウンドトラックはこちら
https://youtu.be/IjPRJ8vh5L8

[他のプラットフォームで聴く]
- YouTube（映像とともに没入するなら） https://youtu.be/KqFyLCfUyTM
- SoundCloud（より迫力のあるサウンドで聴くなら） https://soundcloud.com/sdr0x07b6/prelude-decadent-v100-arranged-castlevania-iii-draculas-curse-konami
- ニコニコ動画（みんなで弾幕を厚くしよう） https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm45267306

Prelude (decadent) v1.0.0 - ARRANGED - Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - Konami | 悪魔城伝説 - 新たなる決意

•	I heard that recently a lot of people are listening to podcasts and videos at 1.5x speed to be more “productive.” 

•	I think that is kind of dumb. 

•	Things you enjoy shouldn’t be treated like cramming for a test.

•	Information and art aren't always about more more more… Some things need time to be absorbed.

	•	We wanted to make a piece out of these fragmented, skippy snippets that almost feels like time slowing down when it moves too fast. 

	•	I guess it is also a memo to myself to appreciate the things I watch and listen to more. Someone probably worked really hard on them.

skipping ahead

Piano version of "morning coffee" from Lullatone's 2004 album "little songs about raindrops"
Hear the original version here: https://lullatone.bandcamp.com/track/morning-coffee

morning coffee (piano version)

I really hope one day a dubstep bro asks me "where's the drop?" about this one so I can say "no drops - only drips here, dude."

It is a piano version of a song we made in 2003 imagining the sound of icicles melting faster and faster as the sun comes up. 
You can hear the original version (made by cutting up snippets of sine tones) here: https://lullatone.bandcamp.com/track/icicles-melting

Music for Museum Gift Shops

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icicles melting (piano version)

piano version of Lullatone's song "wake up wake up"
You can hear the original version here: lullatone.bandcamp.com/track/wake-up-wake-up-2

wake up wake up (piano version)

afternoon nap for pets (piano version)

leaves falling (piano version)

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a slow waltz (piano version)

I'm a IT enginee, programmer. I arrange game music as a hobby.

ITエンジニア、プログラマ。趣味でゲームミュージックのアレンジをしています(･ω･)

Prelude (decadent) v1.0.0 - ARRANGED - Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - Konami | 悪魔城伝説 - 新たなる決意

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