Age of Reason

Age Of Reason

This is the theme of one of the characters of my text adventure Silk Dust. Augusto is the father of Emilia, the main character controlled by the player. He loves very much his daughter, but he is sometimes a little concerned by her adventurous nature.

"Today is April 19, 1907. You, Emilia Vittorini, arrived yesterday in Varenna, on the shore of the beautiful Lake Como. You are hosted at the magnificent Villa Briccorosso; Princess Lucilla Briccorosso is preparing the Silk Road Race, a 10,000km rally raid between Cairo in Egypt and Peking in China, to be done by car.
You represent ITA, founded by your father, the company that built the car the Princess just bought to use during the rally. The car is supposed to be delivered today. Your role will be to assist the delivery and make sure everything is perfectly functional."

Silk Dust original soundtrack

Augusto's them (Silk Dust game music)

Augusto's Theme

This is the theme of one of the locations of my text adventure Silk Dust. The main character of the game, Emilia, starts her adventure in Villa Briccorosso, a magnificent Italian villa on Lake Como, belonging to the family of Princess Lucilla Briccorosso. 

"Today is April 19, 1907. You, Emilia Vittorini, arrived yesterday in Varenna, on the shore of the beautiful Lake Como. You are hosted at the magnificent Villa Briccorosso; Princess Lucilla Briccorosso is preparing the Silk Road Race, a 10,000km rally raid between Cairo in Egypt and Peking in China, to be done by car.
You represent ITA, founded by your father, the company that built the car the Princess just bought to use during the rally. The car is supposed to be delivered today. Your role will be to assist the delivery and make sure everything is perfectly functional."

Silk Dust soundtrack

Villa Briccorosso (Silk Dust game music)

Villa Briccorosso

This is the theme for the Gardens of Varenna. In Silk Dust, my text adventure game, the protagonist Emilia explores some beautiful places in Varenna, near the Lake of Como. She meets in the gardens a person who will play an important role in the game.

"Today is April 19, 1907. You, Emilia Vittorini, arrived yesterday in Varenna, on the shore of the beautiful Lake Como. You are hosted at the magnificent Villa Briccorosso; Princess Lucilla Briccorosso is preparing the Silk Road Race, a 10,000km rally raid between Cairo in Egypt and Peking in China, to be done by car.
You represent ITA, founded by your father, the company that built the car the Princess just bought to use during the rally. The car is supposed to be delivered today. Your role will be to assist the delivery and make sure everything is perfectly functional."

Gardens of Varenna

Gardens Of Varenna

This theme is called The Ride. In Silk Dust, my text adventure game, the protagonist Emilia has a car ride near the Como lake. Something happens during the trip and she has to face to unexpected difficulties, but begins to appreciate something who will play an important role later on.

"Today is April 19, 1907. You, Emilia Vittorini, arrived yesterday in Varenna, on the shore of the beautiful Lake Como. You are hosted at the magnificent Villa Briccorosso; Princess Lucilla Briccorosso is preparing the Silk Road Race, a 10,000km rally raid between Cairo in Egypt and Peking in China, to be done by car.
You represent ITA, founded by your father, the company that built the car the Princess just bought to use during the rally. The car is supposed to be delivered today. Your role will be to assist the delivery and make sure everything is perfectly functional."

The Ride

This theme is called The Dynamene. In Silk Dust, my text adventure game, the protagonist Emilia at one moment has to take a ship to Egypt. Dynamene is the name of the ship.

"Today is April 19, 1907. You, Emilia Vittorini, arrived yesterday in Varenna, on the shore of the beautiful Lake Como. You are hosted at the magnificent Villa Briccorosso; Princess Lucilla Briccorosso is preparing the Silk Road Race, a 10,000km rally raid between Cairo in Egypt and Peking in China, to be done by car.
You represent ITA, founded by your father, the company that built the car the Princess just bought to use during the rally. The car is supposed to be delivered today. Your role will be to assist the delivery and make sure everything is perfectly functional."

The Dynamene

This theme is called Saint Michael. Emilia, the hero of the game, at one moment has to climb to the Saint Michael's Abbey, in Piedmont. It is an astonishing monument, whose foundations were laid more than one thousand years ago. The end of the piece is an harmonization of a fragment of the well-known Lauda Sion sequence, sung in three voices and accompanied by instruments.

"Today is April 19, 1907. You, Emilia Vittorini, arrived yesterday in Varenna, on the shore of the beautiful Lake Como. You are hosted at the magnificent Villa Briccorosso; Princess Lucilla Briccorosso is preparing the Silk Road Race, a 10,000km rally raid between Cairo in Egypt and Peking in China, to be done by car.
You represent ITA, founded by your father, the company that built the car the Princess just bought to use during the rally. The car is supposed to be delivered today. Your role will be to assist the delivery and make sure everything is perfectly functional."

Saint Michael (Lauda Sion)

St Michael (Lauda Sion)

This is the theme of the main character of the game, Emilia Vittorini.

"Today is April 19, 1907. You, Emilia Vittorini, arrived yesterday in Varenna, on the shore of the beautiful Lake Como. You are hosted at the magnificent Villa Briccorosso; Princess Lucilla Briccorosso is preparing the Silk Road Race, a 10,000km rally raid between Cairo in Egypt and Peking in China, to be done by car.
You represent ITA, founded by your father, the company that built the car the Princess just bought to use during the rally. The car is supposed to be delivered today. Your role will be to assist the delivery and make sure everything is perfectly functional."

Emilia's Theme

A pleasant Sunday morning spent with an Arturia synthesizer, a digital piano, an E-mu Proteus 2 expander, the Enhancia Neova ring and Garage Band.

Album de Davide Bucci

Cinnamon

Recorded in 2007, a little piece built around the repetition of a simple sequence of chords.

Album di Davide Bucci

Tulip Ballad

A very personal interpretation of the well-known pavane by Thoinot Arbeau. Tempo is much speeded-up and the harmony is different from the original 4-part score. Far from being a philological work, it is more a kind of a fairy tale dream. Recorded in different steps between 2003 and 2007.

Age Of Reason

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