Hey there! Looks like I've actually gone and published something, hasn't it? 

Been ages since I've released something proper... last album was when I still went as my old name. Always wanted to change that by releasing something that had a theme to it instead of just being a mish-mash of stuff, but for the last couple years it's always fell apart mid-way through. So, here's the deceased rat approach, music written over the last 12 months or so! 

Enjoy, and share with your friends if you like it! 

(R:RED soon™)

E:BLUE

Short playlist to get a quick feel for what I do!

*Playlist is fluid and subject to change with new releases

Taster Suite

Buy here!

X-17

I literally cannot believe I never uploaded this.

This was made in around February - it was very fun abusing reFX Nexus and the Vengeance sample sets~

This is also the first piece where I acted as a session musician for myself, recording the very small distorted guitar part midway to the end!

YouTube video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=068xUyUMKL4

Sonic 3D Blast (GEN) - Rusty Ruin Act 1 (Arrangement)

I made this a few months back for my hack, Sonic Thrash, but I then decided I wasn't going to be using it anymore. Still, I think the conversion went pretty well, so it's available on request (send a PM if you want the SMPS file, I will require DAC info)!

Mega Man Zero 4 - Falling Down (Final Boss) [YM2612]

Buy and download here:
https://amphobius.bandcamp.com/track/victory-lap

Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/1677536836?i=1677536837

Spotify: 
https://open.spotify.com/album/4gOQrDsGOs0RtCQeLHFuyh

Glad to have something new out finally. Very happy with this, very spur of the moment, and wanted to get this out ASAP. Few more singles to come over the next while!

Victory Lap

Been a while since I've done anything Pokémon related! I was recently going through Violet and enjoying myself and the soundtrack. I thought it'd be a fun challenge to try and do something in the modern Pokémon style whilst covering one of my favourite RSE tracks. It's a rough mix but it was a fun thing to get out of my comfort zone a bit :)

Using my Ibanez and Harley Benton guitars for rhythm and leads respectively and the NeuralDSP Soldano SLO-100 plugin for tones for the curious

Champion Steven

Some unconventional mix practice & more guitar work to derust a bit from a week ago

Maybe a redo of Lance/Red is in order next...?

Champion Blue

Made these back in early 2021. Best to save these from rotting on my hard drive. Who knows, maybe there'll be more than just me on this when it's done? 👁️

There is a lot more that isn't in this 10 minute teaser - good things come to those who can wait... for me to stick my neck out and actually finish something. But here's some FM goodness nonetheless!

SSF2T - YM2612 Edition Teaser

Red (2023)

Yet more practice with string arrangements and very dense mixes, rather happy with this one!

vs Trainer (RGBY)

lvl-0401-AquaticGate2_2

intro-city

pwrup-SuperShadow

rndclear_Shadow_2

rndclear_Sonic_2

lvl-0400-AquaticGate1

featuring accidental killer instinct quote haha oops

lvl-0501-DeathEgg

lvl-0300-AeroDive1

lvl-0200-GravityRuin1

Unfinished cover that I mentioned years and years ago! This and the unfinished GUN cover was what kickstarted the whole project.

USMM-BF-WIP (Sonic CD US - Metallic Madness Bad Future)

Shortly after the R2 project started (this manifested as "shakuhachi fun time" - https://soundcloud.com/swintonmusic/shakuhachi-fun-time) I wanted to learn to do some slap bass and started transcribing this. This would kickstart the whole nu-thrash project sessions.

GUN-MOBILE_DARKNESS

[DalekSam] ghz appropriate level song that isn't overused gogogo
[DalekSam] i've been scratching my head but can't think of anything
[Tanks] OH
[MainMemory] green grove
[Tanks] tbf green grove is never used
[MainMemory] either one
[MainMemory] or both
[MainMemory] :v
[MainMemory] if you can get the saturn version into smps that would be amazing
[DalekSam] challenge accepted

And thus, this happened. :p Very happy with the outcome! It's a bit weird having to work something a bit grander in a style that I'm not completely used to into 9 channels, but I feel like I've done it. ;D

VGM: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14149000/s3dsat_ggz1.vgz

Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn) - Green Grove Zone - Act 1 [Sega Mega Drive / YM2612]

Did this a long while back, but I forgot to share it! Here's a fun little ditty I did for.. fun!

DOOM - E1M1 ~ At Doom's Gate [Sega Mega Drive / YM2612]

Columns III is a good game! You should play it. Or play Sonic Megamix. Whatever.

Did this over the course of a few hours to kill time and thoroughly pleased with the results! Wanted to try this newfangled 'modern' Sonic style music people are all over right now. I also used @master-jace's MIDI as a base for this since this really was a boredom thing.

Columns III - Column Dive

Got bored, did this. The Kontakt factory stuff is quite nice!

[should clarify this is a cover of godot's theme from ace attorney 3]

Fresh Coffee

I accidentally did a @leila-wilson-woofle
oops

Break Free!

I started playing the translation patch for Ace Attorney Investigations 2 last night. The music is excellent. Then again, it's by Noriyuki Iwadare. It's impossible for him to make bad music.

The game's also fantastic! I'm currently only on Case 2 but I'd recommend trying the fan-translation out.

For this I used the original sequence data from the ROM as a base, as the intention was more to bring the instrumentation more to life outside of the DS's hardware.

Gyakuten Kenji 2 - Pursuit ~ Wanting to Find the Truth [Arrange]

Oh no it's like I did it if it were in a game

An Empty Tome

Barely slept any, was really restless, was reminded this track exists from ToxicxEternity's stream last night and then quickly learned & covered this. Was good fun, especially considering I did this all while I was fucking shattered lmao

I suppose I'll get to doing those things I promised for MainMemory next, then

On the Edge... for Eternal Engine

I think this is one of the most un-Pokémon-like battle themes in the series, but it's fucking rad and pretty underappreciated

so here's my cover of it!!!

Battle! Vs Deoxys!

I did it, boiz

This was fun as hell to make, even if I had to wing pretty much nearly everything that wasn't the bass and leads, lmao. I'll get back to my normal stuff soon, but being on a synthwave kick lately meant I wanted to get this idea I've had racking around for ages done anyway. 

pls no punterino

Deja Vu

This is probably a phase but I can't stop making this stuff!

Hatzenbach

Against the Pressure (FM cover)

Mes Volutes Bleues

Little backstory with this one - I ended up making this around the time I did the Mes Volutes Bleues cover, to try out some romplers and sample CDs I hadn't really got to use yet. Felt now would be an apt time to upload this to share it instead of letting it just sit away on my computer. :)

Go buy Sonic Mania! Seriously one of the best Sonic games to ever come out. Fantastic throughout.

Launch Base Zone

I had this idea rattling in my head a couple days ago out of nowhere, completely unprompted, as for whatever reason I started humming the melody and said "I should do that one some time"

So about 7 hours later with many Akai MPC3000 samples and Korg M1 instances, here's my take on it

more original work soon i guess

Chaos Angel Zone - Act 1

Afterburner

New album coming 1st December - this Friday!

See http://amphobius.bandcamp.com when it hits!

Blanchimont

Overture IV

ARTURIA ALL OF THE THINGS

Finally got a new track out of my system. Still wanting to make something heavier, but this at least got me feeling creative. :)

Free download available on Bandcamp: https://amphobius.bandcamp.com/track/indy

Free download

Indy

Headphones were dying, needed to buy new ones. Made this to break em in!

Free DL on Bandcamp: https://amphobius.bandcamp.com/track/rascasse-3

Rascasse

I SPENT AN HOUR GETTING AN EMULATOR SETUP JUST FOR A SCREENSHOT. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I accidentally found the fundamental drum loop used in the original track last night while going through my sample library (X-Static Goldmine, by the way). Decided to go and make a cover of a track that's been a part of my life for a very long time. Enjoy!

Rusty Ruin Zone - Act 2 (Saturn)

X-17 coming 1st March.

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Moving On

Buy X-17 here - it's only the price of a couple cups of coffee. :)
https://ffm.to/amp-003.oyd

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Hybrid

I made a track for the 2 Hour Album Challenge's 6th volume over the weekend and it's out now! You can check out the making of my track here; https://www.twitch.tv/videos/407053536

Please consider buying the album and the other 35 tracks by some amazing artists - it all goes to a really good cause.

https://2hac.bandcamp.com/album/zen-2hac-volume-6

Cooldown

So.. this is actually really old. It's nearly 2 years old even - the date modified says 2017-06-21 (before Sonic Mania released and before the Switch leak, as well), but I went back and found it before I streamed Cooldown and I totally regret not uploading this. So, here it is!

Lava Reef Zone - Act 2

Mania-ish vibes of the US version of Metallic Madness -- made this over the day to not fall asleep after waking up at 4am today lol

I plan on doing a similar version of Bad Future later, but just wanted to get this up now :)

Sonic CD US - Metallic Madness (Present)

Hi, I'm Sam, I make music I guess, lol

Guitars:
Ibanez GRGR121EX (2014)
Jackson JS32 Rhoads (2015)
Harley Benton Fusion III FR HH (2022)
Harley Benton PJ-5 HTR (2019)

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