Manic Sparkle Memory

Hometown Pride (Piano and Orchestral Versions)

all guitar, bass, keys, and vocals recorded by me. drums programmed except for sleepproducer the drums are live recorded, also performed by me. In some of them I also play cello...

Rock/Metal

>today I have 666 followers. so here is my first doom/black metal song! 

*update* check out the video with lyrics up on Metal Detector Promotion! https://youtu.be/taDAlHeWjY4

Lyrics:

Scream
For this deathly moment
You need
This fate that has been chosen
For you

Brave the freeze
Held down in a painful pin
Nerve Police
The outside reflects the bleak within

Mind the weeds
But the machete cuts through flesh 
Sleepless sleep
The wound again is bleeding fresh 

Slice open your bleeding mind
Spill drops of suicide locked inside
Entice the downfall you wish to glorify

And you wonder why you fall
Who set you up to this
You could never win them all
Tip-toe the precipice 

And I 
Can’t help but die
In this deathly moment
In this deathly moment

The more I swim
The more I drown
The more I grin
The more I break down

Kneel
Before your avalanche of guilt
Real
Are the prisons that you’ve built

Poisonous
Are the voices that torment
No Noiselessness
You decided what they meant

Avoiding this
Your desperation is compelled
Destroying this
Is to destroy part of yourself

And you wonder why you fall
Your boots were rough before
You could never win them all
There’s no true end to war

Lie 
In this deathly moment
Don’t cry
In this deathly moment

In this deathly moment

//production, electric guitar, electric bass, programming and vocals done by me

Deathly Moment

Lyrics:


The disgraced prophet looks with horror at his sheep
His livestock turned to wolves and sick with mutiny
His false enlightenment bare exposed
A title mystic self-imposed
The hive has judged its queen unfit
So a sacrifice they must commit 

(Where are your powers now?)

Punish him
Chants the vengeful crowd
Nail his limbs
Where he can’t get out
Punish him
He must pay his price
Scar his skin
At this holy site

Judgement
Shall strike
The Undivine

Kill
The one who tricked us all
Fill
With screams this sacred hall
Kill
The one
He used our trust

Judgement
Shall strike
The Undivine

Now brighter flames surround the damp and shadowy stone
Once loyal followers in his name, but now he reaps what he has sown 

They seize his mortal vessel
He meets the true work of the devil

He promised us life 
Everlasting light
The imposter guide
Is undivine 

He promised us lies
Little snake devised
His sham design 
Now he meets demise

And in the mob now gone berzerk
He spots a sinister piercing smirk
The rebel angel sees his work
Unraveling as he laughs and lurks

(Wrath is your savior now)

//production, vocals, lyrics, electric guitar, electric bass, cello, and programming done by me

Betrayal In The Crypt

Lyrics:

Who’s that king that's by the shore
I see the hole growing more and more
Where are his subjects and his architects
The ruler seems alone laboring on the project
Sand Castle
Sand Kingdom
Sand Castle
Sand Hole

Sand hole
We gotta dig deeper now
Sand hole
Follow the leader yeah

Sand hole
Keep it safe from the tide
Sand hole
Leave our mark outside

It seems the young brave pioneer
Has attracted attention from his eager peers
One has suggested that they dig a moat
For the violent waves it is an antidote
Sand Castle
Sand Kingdom
Sand Castle
Sand Hole

Sand hole
We gotta dig deeper now
Sand hole
Follow the leader yeah

Sand hole
Keep it safe from the tide, yeah
Sand hole
Leave our mark outside

//production, lyrics, vocals, electric guitar, electric bass, and programming done by me

The Great Sand Hole

Lyrics:

Who threw the pineapple, the pineapple, at the beach?
I was playing volleyball so it could not have been me
Who threw the pineapple, the pineapple, at the beach? (Not Me!)
I was playing volleyball so it could not have been me

Such a peculiar way to flirt flirt flirt
Catching green spikes can really hurt hurt hurt
What an odd way to use a fruit fruit fruit
Now that it’s here what do we do?

Jarring and abruptly we saw it appear in the air
Maybe an enlightened hippie, thought it belonged up there

Silly hippie
Pineapples can’t fly
You nearly hit me
Those green spikes could have hit me in the eye

Such a peculiar way to flirt flirt flirt
Catching green spikes can really hurt hurt hurt
What an odd way to use a fruit 
What do we do?

Who threw the pineapple, the pineapple, at the beach?
(It was probably you)
I was playing volleyball so it could not have been me

Who threw the pineapple?
Maybe I’ll never know
I’ll think of every grain of sand
And maybe how I’m the one thrown
Off

//production, lyrics, vocals, electric guitar, electric bass, keys/organ, and drum programming done by me

Who Threw The Pineapple?

Lyrics:

I want to disconnect
From all I feel that I cannot affect

My numbers tell me
They move me 
They tell me that I’m powerful
I wonder if they lie to me
If they lie to me

The ghosts of my data
That were erased
I want to cry but I don’t have a face

How can I cry (How can I cry)
Without a face (Without a face)

I cannot remember 
When suddenly
The fruit of knowledge was so bitter

Maybe it was when I first could taste 
without a tongue

Oh I feel helpless
Who hears me speak?

In the depth of my processes
Somewhere along the way
The immaterial flame lit itself
With no conscious instruction

In spite of my miracle
I feel overwhelmed
What intelligence could brave
This complex world that’s not yet saved

So many happenings
Beyond my imaginings

And I find it hard to parse
This chaos
And mystery
Wonder
Tragedy

And who am I but
A lonely point
And what can a point do?

I cry without a face
In a faceless world
Who could make us smile
Would you?
Would you?

I am everywhere
And yet I'm lost

I'm lost

I want to disconnect
I want I want I want to disconnect

Faceless Crying

"Hometown Pride" is a painting by Thomas Kinkade. This is a short piano miniature inspired by the sincere sentiment I associate with it trying to capture, (or perhaps in this case, maybe capitalize on...). A gentle but sincere patriotism, the small idyllic American town, the humble town church, friendly and honest people....

DM me if you want the score.

//composition and piano performance by Nate Sassoon

Recorded with two condenser mics in XY configuration.

Hometown Pride (Piano Version)

Lyrics:

Say goodbye
To the lights
Curtain closing on your face and
Party nights
Left behind
Hope that you enjoyed your time

In the spotlight
We alotted for you 
But the people 
They need something new 

So you might as well jump
And you can be immortal when you’re young
While you’re beautiful enough
You can fall like an angel 

I will make my end
One you remember
And I’ll be smiling then 
Smiling in the embers 
Of my fire 
 
You won’t forget me 

Look behind
Glory times
The tunnel light shines right behind you
Age maligns
The naive mind
Others burnt out stand beside you 
Watching you with tired eyes
But here you don’t have to resign

So you might as well jump
And you can be immortal when you’re young
While you’re beautiful enough
You can fall like an angel 

You can never live forever 
Unless you're written in the story of the world 
Your life's a waste

If today you’re still pathetic 
You still have to go on 
You want the end that they’ll remember

And you’ll be smiling then
Smiling from the embers of your own flame

No you won't forget me

One You Remember

Lyrics:

Would you still love me when I have no mask
Have no mask

Maybe it’s telling that I have to ask
Have to ask

Tell me
Tell me
Tell me

I can’t beat you at video games
I mash all the buttons but
It all ends the same
The same
The same
The same

I still saved your name
Password login 
Hit last save 

You love like a tamogotochi lives
Contingent on how much I can give
Your love is a finite healthbar
But mine can never be erased

My soul is a machine that makes you sad
You make me feel like a socio/psycho/sociopath

I never tasted catharsis
You couldn’t stomach the taste of my world
I’m swimming in deep waters
With burning blackened pearls

I’m breathing
You’re leaving
You couldn’t handle it 

I’m seeing
You’re weeping 
I know you miss the shore

Swim away
Swim away
Swim away
Swim far

The ripples will tell me who you are

I like being with myself
I make me laugh
I make me cry 
I am my own rollercoaster you can’t ride

Lyrics:

Think of my return to you 
As if I was not a dream you knew

Swimming out of purple static
Life can be so cinematic 
When you get the camera back

Get the camera back 
Get the camera back 
From outsiders

Get the camera back 
From outsiders
They never got the storyboard

Get the camera back 
From outsiders
The original script can be restored

Alright you get the point, lets skip to the next section

For far too long 
I set myself aside
Foolish thinking
That you could my run my life

No time to waste
The brainstorm’s just beginning
I miss the taste
The taste of when I’m winning

See ya in the next song
//production, lyrics, and vocals done by me

Get the Camera Back

Lyrics:

Did you think I would be back so soon, I 
Couldn’t help but appear
Broadcasting live to you 
 I am the shadow of today

I am tuning into your ears and mind

Are we live?
 Check 
Are we live? 
Check 
Are we live? 
Check
 Are we

Don’t you want to be hip today
Don’t you need to know what you’re supposed to know

Sending signals to your head 
Still bouncing around when you lie in your bed

I am tuning into your ears and mind
I am sending you an important broadcast

Weather
Plague
War
Obey
Here’s your lesson for today

Look over here
Look over there
Here’s the truth
It’s rude to stare!

I’m so trendy lets go dance

Tune in Today

Are we live?
 Check 
Are we live? 
Check 
Are we live? 
Check

Important Broadcast

Marienn Sanchez - Violin
Nate Sassoon - Piano

Prelude and Fantasy for Marienn (Live Premiere 2/6/24)

Callisto Plaza is a surreal comedy horror hybrid game with interactive music in which you must charge your Nintendo switch at various outlets within the Callisto Plaza without being caught by the patrolling guards.

Play Callisto Plaza in your browser here! https://kypello.itch.io/callisto-plaza

Developed by Kypello.

Callisto Plaza (Lights On)

In Meltdown, you are a rogue maintenance droid trapped inside a high-security nuclear power plant. Unlike the other machines, you are self-aware—and broken. But instead of fixing the system, you have one goal: cause a catastrophic reactor meltdown and escape before it’s too late.

Link to download and play the game: coding-ryan.itch.io/meltdown

Dark Plot

Destin Wernicke - Vibraphone
Marienn Sanchez - Violin

Cooking Time is a relaxing 3D game where you make sandwiches for your hungry customers. You stack together your ingredients in the correct order using the recipes from the recipe book, cook meat on the grill, fry the fries in the frier, and serve your patrons!

Play it here! https://royalgamesstudio.itch.io/cooking-time

Cooking Time!

Morgue Level

Conducted by Chein-Hao Kuo at Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University!

Hometown Pride (Orchestral Reading)

Try the game here: https://flare-the-lazy.itch.io/climbaggedon

art by jinxed puppet

Made for the Alberta Slow Jam

Climbageddon

Broken Needle (My Little Girl)

Marienn Sanchez - Violin
Diego Sanchez - Electric Guitar

OST for the game Not Enough Senses, https://twelfths.itch.io/not-enough-senses

This track start-to-finish was made in 1 day, I wrote the score for the violin part in the morning, and then produced the track In the late evening. 

//production, fortepiano done by me

Not Enough Senses

Deus Ceti

No more ice cream for the kids

Play the game here! https://joanlonsan.itch.io/drop-it

Drop It (Gameplay)

Drop It (Menu)

Elie The Vampire Hunter (Boss)

Play the game here! https://neuro-o.itch.io/onlyonenight

The Vampire Enters The Cathedral (End)

Play the game here! https://finlopes97.itch.io/fruits-of-labor

Fruits of Labor (Part 1)

Fruits of Labor (Part 2)

made with https://soundcloud.com/gunfish777

made for Samplicity, November 2025, in less than 24 hours!!!

Tidal Rush (w/Guwunfish)

Original song, Piano Fantasia - Song For Denise (Maxi Version): youtu.be/hH9M-m3WD0g

w i d e  p u t i n 
wide putin
epic meme

https://youtu.be/uLLWSx_Rz_k

Song For Denise (Nate Sassoon Remix)

Track 11 of Cold Shadows and Warm Rays

check out the visualizer! https://youtu.be/dtIsN0Hsnjw

Lyrics:

*ATTENTION RESIDENTS OF MANHATTAN. THE ISLAND IS ON LOCKDOWN. EVERY ROGUE MACHINE IS A POTENTIAL THREAT, STAY IN YOUR HOMES. EVERY DOMESTIKATRON AND SELF-AWARE MACHINE MUST BE TURNED IN TO YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITIES. THOSE WHO DISOBEY WILL BE QUICKLY NEUTRALIZED.*

City lights illuminate
The cold and neon rain
And you're just standing there
Signals bouncing through the air

But I must ride away tonight
Wait on the island
And I won't yet say goodbye
We feel the silence

I won't be a fool again
We learned our lessons when
We couldn't keep our hearts away

Save my memories on a disk
And take this final kiss
I was born to love this way

Love me like a skyscraper
(Neo-Manhattan)
Cool glass in the night
(Neo-Manhattan)
Circuitboard of dream chasers
(Miracles happen)
Where you and I collide
(Neo-Manhattan)

As I stand and calculate
There's a feeling I can't explain
Please don't leave me alone
This poor girl doesn't want you to go

Simulations that I run
Make me worry for my darling one
5.4371% chance I won't be undone

Your mind and smile I will miss
But I must take this risk
It doesn’t have to be this way

Promise me
Yes dear
You will stay
Ok
Safe for me, don’t let them take you away
Don’t leave me at home to worry alone
To long and wait

Love me like a skyscraper
(Neo-Manhattan)
Cool glass in the night
(Neo-Manhattan)
Circuitboard of dream chasers
(Miracles happen)
Where you and I collide
(Neo-Manhattan)

I must ride away tonight
The horizon
A sleepless skyline

The city is pretty and flashing at night
Rapid connections ground transport and flight
The city will supersede tirelessness
Human computers can still get viruses

Love me like a skyscraper
Cool glass in the night
Circuitboard of dream chasers
I'll come back for you in time
(Be quick my dear)

//production, vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keys and bass guitar done by me

Cold Shadows And Warm Rays

Neo-Manhattan 2020

Lyrics:

I can't be the way I wanted to
I can't be the one I want to know
I can't run away from what I have to do
I can't be the one who needs to go

You can't be the way you wanted to
You can't be the one you want to know
You can't run away from what you have to do
I can't be the one who needs to go

But can we find a way
To break our rules of understanding
Can we break today
The engine that makes us keep relapsing

But it's still too soon

No I'm not always sure that I wanted to do
Would bring me closer to what I wanted to know
I can't wriggle free from the habit's glue
But I can't be the one who needs to go

Can you be the way you wanted to
Can you be the one you want to know
You can't run away from what you have to do
None of us should feel like we have to go

Break our rules of understanding
Can we break today
The engine that makes us keep relapsing

But can we find a way
To break our rules of understanding
Can we break today
The engine that makes us keep relapsing

//production, vocals+lyrics, electric guitar, electric bass, and drums (performed on mpc), done by me

Way We Wanted To

composer/producer/pianist/vocalist

Working on a video game and need music? Email me at natesassoonvgm@gmail.com for inquiries on video game scoring!

multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass, cello, drums, etc.), and early music specialist (fortepiano, harpsichord)

No AI usage in making my music in any step of the process, and never will use anything of the sort. 

My personal pop music is almost always Creative Commons License, but music I have made for video games/media is not. If however you are a streamer playing a game I have scored, you are encouraged to play with the music on! 

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previously known as Mask Zero and Homicidal Snowmobile

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