Like most RPG fans who played games from the 90s, I absolutely adore the Chrono series.

Last year I decided to experience Chrono Cross again via the new remaster.  During my playthrough, a short 6/8 piano idea for the song, “Burning Orphanage” popped into my head, and after playing around with it, I decided to try building it up into a full song.

It eventually evolved into this, what I think would be classed as a kind of haunting and wistful prog rock song with piano being the main driver, but also accompanied by the usual fair of rock drums, bass, synth leads, organs, both layered and lead electric guitar parts, strings, and mellotron choir.  Some parts of the song are perhaps faintly influenced by bands like King Crimson, some of Steven Wilson's solo music, as well as stuff by The Black Mages.

Once most of the first half was fleshed out (which was originally just going to be the whole arrangement), I realized one night that I could smoothly transition into the song “Silent Light” from Chrono Trigger, so I incorporated that as a slower second half.  Eventually I figured out a way to transition it back to Burning Orphanage with a mellower tone to close out the song.

The progression of the arrangement is recounting Kid’s trauma of fighting and surviving Lynx’s attack on the orphanage (first half with "Burning Orphanage"), but then wandering alone after her escape (second half with "Silent Light") and eventually finding peace (back to a slower "Burning Orphanage"), but not necessarily closure.

The actual scene from the game is one of the most heart breaking and climactic events from the whole series, IMO, and I wanted to try giving it even a fraction of justice.

"Lost Orphan" (Chrono Cross & Chrono Trigger "Burning Orphanage" & "Silent Light" arrangement)

AMBIENT RETRO GAMING MUSIQUE CONCRÈTE 90s Y2K 

komorebi_11 [140]-001 (demo) v2

My own remake of Final Fantasy's "Prelude".

Prelude

Prelude Remake (Final Fantasy)

Originally composed by Nobuo Uematsu and remixed by Masashi Hamauzu for Final Fantasy X (2002) for the Sony PlayStation 2. Arranged in Dn-FamiTracker 0.5.0.3 using the Konami VRC6, Nintendo MMC5, Namco 163 and Konami VRC7 chips.

Final Fantasy X - A Fleeting Dream [VRC6+MMC5+N163+VRC7]

This is my cover of the Final Fantasy III track Dark Crystals. I feel like this is a very obscure piece of music by Nobuo since the game only came out in Japan. I've never heard anyone talk about it, but I was drawn to the funky bassline of it and decided to try and crank it up with distortion in my cover. Hope you enjoy it.

Dark Crystals

In an era of peace, light shines a golden hope across the horizon. The people thrive. The children laugh, and play—exactly as they should. The artists paint—precisely how and when they need to, and their art coincides and works in conjunction with what older civilizations would call Magic as a result of this flexibility and fluidity they've been finally able to reclaim. The word Freedom has become sacred. This sacred Word is defended by All with the burning fury of molten lava. Creativity has developed in the minds of the people so deeply that every challenge has a thousand solutions and every solution has a thousand unique, grand perspectives to the common citizen. Everything—even the small and simple things—are accomplished with Divine Godliness by Everyone. It took ten thousand years to get here...

Despite the fact that Nothing in this world is permanent—even peace—the people Think as if they've discovered the secret to Eternal Heaven on Earth. This is their downfall. To Stay Connected to the fact that "Evil" always thrives somewhere in the Dimension in which they inhabit is a necessary part of overcoming it. By becoming out of touch with this Truth, the people create an opening for "Evil" to once again reign supreme. Becoming out of touch with this Truth—this is their One True Mistake.
What awaits the people as a result of their Great Mental Mishap is tragedy, the disturbing energy of which slowly looms in each heart and soul in the dead of night, or rather, a series of nights; many years pass before every being, including animal can sense this tragedy.
When the people come to terms with this feeling, it strikes them like a blade that cuts into the heart slowly. As the people voice and express their feeling of dread and despair with one another, a darkness begins to overtake the skies. This darkness is a reflection of the people's subconscious minds; the areas they neglected, and therefore kept in the dark. As this darkness that began in the people's minds fills the skies, the Cold Truth whispers to them like a harsh and cold, freezing wind that numbs and disables: Tragedy Awaits... Once again.

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Remember how I said I've been wanting to make music for video games? What I wrote above is a fictional scenario I created for this song (Tragedy Awaits) that I feel could take place in a game like the Final Fantasy series. The writing and scenario I created matches the tone and vibe of the song and I feel could take place in the part of the game where everyone is looking around them in angst, feeling like something terrible is about to happen.

I converted this to 432 Hz in a DAW this time around instead of an online converter and used professional plug ins and software to make this song.
I would consider the genre for this to be Minimalism and I mastered the song so it could kind of match the vibes of MJ's HIStory album; think Earth Song, Stranger in Moscow, Little Susie, She's Out of My Life, etc. This is a simple song, but that was my goal. I feel like if I can master making simple songs sound really good and professional, then I'll have more of the means to do this with more complex bodies of work with ease.

Produced, mixed, mastered and arranged by Kaizer
Image created by AI under the Creative Direction of Kaizer

Produced and Released July 2024

Tragedy Awaits (432 Hz)

FFVI's opera scene recreated on Digitakt & Microfreak

Aria di Mezzo Carattere (Nobuo Uematsu cover) [Digitakt demo]

My electric guitar cover of “Julia” from Final Fantasy VIII.

Guitars and production by Chris Holland.

Original composition by Nobuo Uematsu.

Bandcamp: https://chrishollandmusic.bandcamp.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/chrishollandguitar

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrishollandguitar

Final Fantasy Covers

Final Fantasy VIII - Julia - Electric Guitar Cover

When Megan Thee Stallion performs at the Sector 7 fundraiser concert in Midgar.

℗ 2020 1501 Certified Ent. LLC / 300 Entertainment
℗ 2005 SQUARE ENIX MUSIC

Random J Mashups

Megan Thee Stallion x Final Fantasy VII - Body (Random J Mashup)

Streets Of Lindblum

Soulless Village

An acoustic guitar track with beautiful harmonized melodies that wind and twirl around one another.

Inner Workings (Guitar Arrangement)

This is my new interpretation of The Black Shroud theme. This should play in most of the areas within the Shroud. I hope you like it!

FFXIV Music Project - The Black Shroud

Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged by Josh Barron

Samples used:
Brass Band Soloists by Fracture Sounds
BBCSO Professional by Spitfire Audio (Tuba Only)

Drifting from FINAL FANTASY VIII (Brass Band Ver.)

Battle Theme by Nobuo Uematsu from Final Fantasy X in the style Mario 64's OST

-- Credits --
Original : Nobuo Uematsu
Mario 64 Soundfont : PablosCorner & LuigiXHero
Image Background : noclip.website

FFX Battle Theme - Nobuo Uematsu (Mario 64)

On this episode of the podcast we break down the Playstation Concert, Nobuo Uematsu's retirement, and Uncharted 2 turning 15.

Episode 296 - A Playstation Concert, Uncharted 2 Turns 15, and Nobuo Uematsu Retires

A theme from Final Fantasy II, overworld, for strings, woodwinds, harp and orchestra.  

Final Fantasy II Orchestral Overworld

This is a mostly-finished but still-being-polished arrangement of "Sealed Door", "Wind Scene", and "Schala's Theme" from Chrono Trigger.

I originally made this in 2006 as "Belthasar's Ambition", but have recently decided to remake it into a better version.  Feedback is greatly appreciated!

Original 2006 version (warning: muddy mix):
https://azurekevin.github.io/music/remixes/belthasarsambition.mp3

"Belthasar's Determination" (Chrono Trigger remix: Sealed Door, Wind Scene, Schala)

Award-winning guy/composer with a command over many genres, THIS MAN is Heavily influenced by video game and film music and has recently taken a dive into video game orchestral and jazz fusion arrangements. Ryan (aka ORION) hopes his music will leave beautifully vivid, dark dreams in the mind of the listener.

Faux Octopus is an experimental-psychedelic acoustic-electronic musician from Raleigh, NC.

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I'm Dermot.  I arrange chiptunes in FamiTracker, 0CC-FamiTracker and Dn-FamiTracker, and I programmed FamiTracker-related calculators in JavaScript for both halflife fades and pitch slides.  A 7-Zip archive of my FTM and NSF files along with my calculators can be downloaded from the link provided.  I update the archive whenever I make or update a chiptune.  I was originally invited by my friend Pongball to share my music on SoundCloud, and I'm grateful for her support.  But while I've made a lot of musical arrangements, I've always strictly been an amateur, never a professional, and my free SoundCloud account has been running out of space.  And in truth, I actually get more useful feedback for my music on my YouTube and FurAffinity accounts than I do on SoundCloud, so I've provided links to my chiptune collections there.

Here’s a small haven of my music related works. Which include (but are not limited to) mashups, remixes and original compositions (video game themed). Most of which are video game compositions.

I'm a guitarist who records instrumental music, mostly in the vein of rock & metal.

This page is for my original music, and rock/metal covers of my favorite music from video games, films, and TV shows.

Formerly known as “Nanaki's View”.

Download my music here: https://chrishollandmusic.bandcamp.com

Freelance composer, arranger, and producer. Co-Founded The Travelers VGM and continues to work on numerous projects with Virtual Video Game Orchestra (VVGO), The ETHEReal String Orchestra, and community orchestras such as Iowa City Community String Orchestra.

His latest release is the sequel to ETHEReal String Project titled Kaleidoscope: Sakimoto & Hamauzu Works which focuses on the music of both Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masashi Hamauzu and special guests such as Benyamin Nuss and Joe Zieja on piano. 

Josh is also currently working on the soundtrack to the highly anticipated game Fallen Aces, a Noir tinged story with grit and tons of action, by New Blood Interactive.

We are a blogging and podcast site discussing all things gaming, movies, and entertainment. From #playstation to #nintendo and #xbox to movies and entertainment, we roundtable discuss it all like it was a game night with family and friends. Please make sure to leave us comments when you like an episode, or want to chime in on the topics.

I'm a singer, songwriter, composer, and producer currently working on rock/pop/punk and video game music.

Guitarist, Music Producer, Composer & Audio Engineer. Into many genres which is present throughout my music. Check out my covers and originals!

I make music.

friends:
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New SoundCloud cuz the old one I had ran out of space. Didn't really wanna delete some of the older tracks. They're like mementos to me lol. So this will be my official one.

About me: The wise INFP/ENFP empath starseed music artist from NYC waking the world up. Great entrepreneur. I'm 30 years old. Im from LIC, New York (Queens). Im a certified audio engineer and music producer, rapper, singer, artist etc changing the world by inspiring and educating people with music, words, art and style in legendary ways.

My mission is to uplift people's awareness and advance society and I do this through the arts and self-development (often combining the two).

Why listen to/watch my videos/music? When you listen to my music and watch my videos - given how unique and epic my music, personality and knowledge/wisdom etc is, you instantly raise your own vibration. Raising your vibration means rising up and having more life. My energy literally raises your life/energy.

Main genres: Hip-hop/Rap and R&B/Soul. I also am moving towards Funk, Rock, EDM and many other genres. I listen to all types of music so I wanna basically make music in all of those genres too.

Email me if you have any questions, inquiries etc: KaizerNYC@Gmail.com

**Most songs are demos until I can get back into the studio and start making music more professionally again**

New tracks tagged #nobuo uematsu