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DOWNLOAD THE SONIC PARADOX REMIX SHORTS HERE: http://tinyurl.com/sprsv1

This tune was one of three contributions to the Sonic Paradox Remix Shorts in 2012, the others being "Above the Storm" (Sky Troops) and "Winterstruck Dawn" (Speed Highway's At Dawn crossed with Ice Cap Zone). This track was also my second attempt at a four-handed piano piece, the first being "Checkered Emerald Path" from the 2011 Sonic Stadium album.

"Havoc Harbor" was put together as a tribute to Sonic Adventure 2, on occasion of its HD rerelease in the digital marketplace last October. I chose to upload it today to honour SEGA composer and Crush 40 guitarist Jun Senoue, who scored most of SA2 along with numerous other Sonic titles, as it is his 43rd birthday.

Sonic Adventure 2 is a game that is very, very close to my heart, as it marked my foray into the Sonic franchise. From the story to the gameplay, from the cinematics to the general atmosphere... this title, while flawed in some aspects, is a masterpiece in my eyes. No other game had such a profound effect on me. 
What really drove the game home for me was the music, with the majority under Jun's name - the soundtrack is absolutely amazing! City Escape, Green Forest, Eternal Engine, freakin' Live & Learn with Johnny Gioeli... how could anyone not fall in love with SA2's music here?

I've admired Senoue as a musician ever since I was a kid. His tunes never fail to put me in a good mood and help me get through my fair share of bad days, he's proven himself to be an excellent composer game after game after game since he got on the series, and he's just an all around fantastic guy. I wish I could meet him and shake his hand and just thank him for everything he's done for the series, buuuuuuut I can't afford a trip to Summer of Sonic in order to make such a thing a reality... yet.

So, happy birthday to a fantastic guitarist and composer, and to one of my childhood heroes, Jun Senoue!

Additional shout-outs to Aptiva of Freen in Green for helping with the song title and mastering and to Elson "Darkspeeds" Wong who requested the Data Select theme from Sonic 3 & Knuckles at one point. The track also contains a riff on Kenichi Tokoi's Asteroid Coaster from Sonic Colours just because!

On a final note, the third edition of the Sonic Stadium Music Album is currently under way - and I've already got a tune ready for it, but I can't show it off just yet...~

Havoc Harbor ...for Metal Harbor

Kingdom Hearts - Treasured Memories

My favorite song from one of the greatest games of all time.

Kingdom Hearts 2 - Sanctuary (Aphelion Remix)

I do not own any images. All rights goes to its owner.
Watch it in action on YouTube!
Link : http://youtu.be/cIHIuoVVRJQ

(PIANO) Sonic Unleashed - Apotos - Windmill Isle Day

Featuring https://soundcloud.com/ingridgerdesmusic

Originally Composed/Arranged by Tomoya Ohtani & Sung by Jaret Reddick for Sonic Unleashed

Vocals: Ingrid Gerdes
Drums: Blaize Collard https://soundcloud.com/blaizecollard
Bass, Guitars: Falk Au Yeong
Additional Guitars: Ethan Lee https://soundcloud.com/ethan-lee-music
Production, Orchestration, Arrangement, Programming, Mixing, Mastering: Falk Au Yeong

Drums Recording Engineer: Norihide Shiota https://soundcloud.com/nori-shiota
Assistant: James Landino https://soundcloud.com/jameslandino

After having drifted off from the franchise around the time of Sonic Adventure 2, a video of Rooftop Run almost a decade later reignited my love for Sonic and the franchise's music. Unleashed/Colors/Generations were some of my favorite games of this past generation hands down which was a far cry of the horrid trash that came out around 2006.

So chin up little guy, regardless how bad things are now, one day you'll rise again.

This track was originally a short-edit of Dark Gaia/Endless Possibility for the Sonic Generations Unleashed Project mod's release trailer. It's now restored to its full song form.


Endless Possibility (Rockestrate My World Arrangement)

Esta es la primera vez que uso este medio para poder compartir musica con todo el mundo.

Pokemon Black and White- Emotion Battle Theme Remix (New Years Special)

Edit (12/22/11) : Second / Third song to hit the DL limit! WOOO! I added a mediafire link for you guys. It's labeled as "Kingdom Hearts - Passion (EO Dubstep Remix)" instead of "Kingdom of Sanctuary", but they're the same thing. :)


Kingdom of Sanctuary (Kingdom Hearts "Passion / Sanctuary" EO Chillstep Remix)

Done and done.
Kinda rushed a bit at the end but I thought the final product was alright. 
Enjoy!

Kingdom of Sanctuary (Kingdom Hearts "Passion / Sanctuary" EO Dubstep Remix) (BUY LINK = FREE DL)

Sonic Unleashed - Windmill Isle (Day)

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

NEW 2018 Version: https://soundcloud.com/beyond-our-eyes/aquatic-ambiance-djent-2018

This is a cover song from the awesome video game soundtrack of Donkey Kong Country! Beyond Our Eyes does not own any rights to the original track.

Aquatic Ambiance (Donkey Kong Country) Djent Cover - 2012

Kingdom Hearts 2 Japanese Opening

Kingdom Hearts - Passion (violin, piano) - FT. Josh Chiu

Versão Acústica da Aquatic Ambience. Donkey Kong Country. SNES. 

Acoustic version of Aquatic Ambience. Donkey Kong Country. SNES. 

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Aquatic Ambience - Donkey Kong Country

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irslIm22Y2Q

This is part remix, part mashup. Old school DJMAX/bemani fans should recognize quite a bit in this as well. :V

Youtube link above has surprise @ 1m30s mark

Topical Tropical - For Star Shores Act 3

Rolling Out - For Hilltop Heights Boss Act

A quick orchestration of the Donkey Kong Country theme. This started of as a slow somber piece, but I changed it up. I wanted to give it a feeling of some kind of epic Donkey Kong Country movie with Donkey Kong preparing for some kind of final showdown. I actually remixed this game's theme when I was a about 12 (I'll post the embarrassment to my informaldummeh channel a bit later). This new one is just a quick doodle to test out some techniques/libraries/newly recorded samples.

Used:
Kontakt 5, Spitfire Albion, Percussion, Harp, Solo Strings, Great British Brass, British Wood & Felt Piano, Cinesamples Piano in Blue, CineBrass, CineBrass Pro, VOXOs, Deep Percussion Beds & HollyWoodwinds, Cinematic Strings 2, Orchestral Tools Symphonic Sphere, 8dio Requiem Pro, EWQL Symphonic Choirs, Orange Tree Samples Evolution Acoustic Guitar, Various private orchestra libraries

Donkey Kong Country - Theme Orchestra

Circumstance - Opening

Sonic the Hedgehog - Green Hill Zone (Rogue Remix)

Based on "Endless Possibilities" and "Dark Gaia Phase 2"

Busted guitar's wiring slightly before this, so it's pretty much midi guitar. Ethan Lee (http://www.youtube.com/user/funnyguy1321) stepped in to do the lead lines on a dime<3

Trailer link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBE2EFNQoEo



Unleashed Project - Release Trailer

Just testing out my newest MIDI cable and I LOVE IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL

A short take on the "Circumstance" opening and title screen theme from LakeFeperd's acclaimed fan game, "Sonic Before the Sequel". Both songs composed by Falk, "Circumstantial" arranged by me.

Also, now downloadable as requested.

...might do more BtS stuff.

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