Thief

Blem

Alec

Desert Sands

Pace

Trooper

The Sun Calls

These Are my little compositions that (to me) get better by reverse order, it's interesting because that's also the order that they were written in, getting more complex as I go along. Because of that, I'll write a little description in reverse order.

1. Trooper- my first composition. made this in 15 minutes after I downloaded the software I found to make it- FamiTracker. fun, upbeat, simple.

2. Desert Sands- this was the first time I was able to make a little more advanced song out of just a simple melody that popped into my head (the first 8 notes of the melody). Looking back on it, I probably needed to tone down the noise and volume of the lead voice. 

3. The Sun Calls- This was an experiment to see if I could make a song out of one of my favorite bass/chord progressions of all time- from the song "Walking in Memphis" by Marc Cohn. However, I wanted to see if I could make it syncopated, hence the cool bassline (in my opinion). This motif reminds me of the start of a journey, in the first town or city of an adventure where nothing has gone wrong, and the expositional introductions to the various NPC's come in.

4. Pace- This is kind of the compliment to The Sun Calls, in the sense that it is in the same key and in motif this reminds me of the end of the journey that The Sun Calls started. Almost ending credits-esque IMO. A bit of the melody was inspired by the classic "Duck Tales Moon Theme", one of the best 8 bit compositions ever created.

5. Thief- A friend came in after hearing some of my original songs before and said it was like he was reliving a game from his childhood that never existed. Complete flattery and too much credit, but he thereafter asked me to make a song that sounded like a thief was running around sneakily, stealing or so-on and so-forth. I really like the progressions in this, namely how the first and second voice weave in and out of each other as it progresses. Unfortunately, the ending is a bit jagged and unpolished, and it loops better than it sounds played just once. 

6. Blem- just an all out new idea that came into quite the "busy" composition (good or bad- your choice). Almost seems like a hectic storm of chaos that must be persevered for a hero in the story to progress. What do you think?

7. Alec- last but certainly not least, my favorite peace. Name is completely a placeholder, there are multiple motifs I could use in this to convey a certain consistency throughout the whole piece that I just couldn't decide, so I used my friend who I was talking to after composing it's name. I like the upbeat nature of the beginning and end of this, and the very cool chord progression with the walking bassline in the actual meat of this song really gets me. Rhythmic creativity was also enjoyed in the ending part of the meat section, towards the end. 

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