Theophany - Terrible Fate

Inspired by the final lines from the poem Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood by the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

"The Clouds that gather round the setting sun
Do take a sober colouring from an eye
That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality;
Another race hath been, and other palms are won.
Thanks to the human heart by which we live,
Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears,
To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears."



Intimations: A Prelude

Ori And The Blind Forest OST - 01 - Ori, Lost In The Storm (feat. Aeralie Brighton)

Ori And The Blind Forest OST - 03 - Calling Out

Ori And The Blind Forest OST - 09 - The Spirit Tree

Ori And The Blind Forest OST - 02 - Naru, Embracing The Light (feat. Rachel Mellis)

Ori And The Blind Forest OST - 31 - The Sacrifice (feat. Aeralie Brighton)

Ori And The Blind Forest OST - 32 - Light Of Nibel (feat. Aeralie Brighton)

A little musical tribute to the amazing and inspiring video game Ori and the Blind Forest by Moon Studios. The original music this piece is based on - the game's Main Menu music - was composed by Gareth Coker featuring Aeralie Brighton. Check out Gareth's OST for the game because its mind blowingly good.

My version of Gareth's music came together in a few hours of messing around in Cubase. Recreated from scratch, I extended the piece and composed a short intro for some extra fun. For those who may want to know, Omnisphere, Nexus 2 and Kontakt are the main VSTs doing the work with some vocal samples to add atmosphere here and there. Sadly, recreating Aeralie Brighton's wonderously ethereal vocals wasn't possible because I'm a man who can't sing to save his life but rest assured I would have loved to have been able to add them.

Anyway, enjoy!

Ori's Theme - Ori And The Blind Forest

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"I am Setsuna" is a game that tries so hard to be the next Chrono Trigger, which is why I am surprised why the soundtrack is piano only. I am going to guess that the soundtrack being all piano was more a budget decision than an artistic choice. The art direction and lore contain a lot of Japanese influence, so having a western pianoforte instrument at times sounded a bit out of place. Nevertheless the soundtrack itself is very beautiful and the piano evokes so much sorrow and a quiet hope that the world in I am Setsuna will find peace.

The battle music, more than the other tracks, felt like it was itself a piano cover of the mythical true full instrumental soundtrack that we never got to hear. To the composer's credit, the piano handled the rhythm, the melody, and all the flourishes you expect would come from a flute, or a harp, or whatever, and I could almost hear it from just the piano. Pretty impressive. So this is my attempt to restore the full version of the song. To make it hardcore traditional Japanese, I used an ensemble of Taiko drums and the Shamisen. And boy, was this so much fun.

While I tried to translate everything from the original track, the one thing I totally redid was the rhythm. Using about 5-6 Taiko drums of varying sizes, I came up with a ton of different rhythmic loops. I don't like how lots of JRPG battle music have the same beat that just keeps on repeating. You start to tune it out. I wanted to constantly change it up, so the listener is always on his/her toes enjoying the unpredictable nature of the percussion, reflecting the tension in a battle.

I originally chose to add the Shamisen just so the piece would have that traditional Japanese flavor, but while playing around with the sample library I liked the sound so much I upgraded it to be the star attraction of the song. I listened to a ton of shamisen performances, including the Yoshida Brothers, for reference. There's so much nuance to the way a pro player slaps and plucks and slides the strings that I can only do a pale imitation on my cheap library. I like how you can use the shamisen as either percussion or melodic. Almost makes me want to go learn to play the real thing.

For those that know about Beat Saber, once the official level editor comes out, I am totally going to create a custom level for this track!

Arrangement and fan art by Jeremiah Sun

Original Track composed by Tomoki Miyoshi
You can buy this game for PS4, Steam, or Nintendo Switch

Resurrected Memories

No Turning Back Orchestrated (Battle Theme) - from I am Setsuna

The OFFICIAL ORIGINAL FULL GAME SOUNDTRACK (OST) from Ori and the Will of the Wisps - composed by the epic Gareth Coker.

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◉ TRACKLIST:
01 Main Theme 00:00
02 We Named Her Ku 01:56
03 A Yearning for the Sky 02:58
04 A Keepsake from the Past 06:30
05 Ku's First Flight 08:52
06 Separated by the Storm 11:37
07 Howl 15:25
08 Now Use the Light, We Want to See! 16:31
09 A Shine Upon Inkwater Marsh 21:57
10 Overlooking the Mill 25:03
11 The Eyes of Kwolok 28:48
12 Kwolok's Hollow 33:25
13 Hornbug 37:34
14 Dashing and Bashing 39:27
15 Meeting Kwolok 43:47
16 Kwolok's Throne Room 44:56
17 Sanctuary in the Glades 47:38
18 The Ancient Wellspring 50:24
19 A Look Inside 53:19
20 Trouble Within 56:28
21 Turn, Turn, Turn Again 57:10
22 Amelioration 01:00:47
23 Escaping a Foul Presence 01:02:56
24 Silent Woodlands 01:05:02
25 Reunification 01:08:42
26 Ash and Bone 01:11:48
27 Shriek 01:15:2
28 Fading of the Light 01:16:50
29 The Story of Niwen 01:21:00
30 Shadows of Mouldwood 01:23:15
31 Mora the Spider 01:28:25
32 The Eyes of the Forest 01:34:23
33 The Darkness Lifted 01:35:49
34 Luma Pools 01:39:49
35 Kwolok's Malaise 01:44:54
36 Strength of the Forest 01:48:14
37 Resolution in Paradise 01:49:35
38 Midnight Burrows 01:54:04
39 Baur's Reach 01:58:16
40 A Snowy Skirmish 02:03:23
41 In Wonderment of Winter 02:04:41
42 Baur's Peak 02:08:08
43 Escape with the Memory of the Forest 02:09:20
44 Shriek's Tale 02:11:16
45 The Windswept Wastes 02:14:09
46 Burrowing 02:17:44
47 Approaching the Ruins 02:22:02
48 The Heart Knows It's Safe 02:24:15
49 The Windtorn Ruins 02:24:57
50 Seir 02:27:17
51 Escaping the Sandworm 02:29:19
52 The Weeping Ridge 02:31:27
53 Willow's End 02:35:01
54 Decay 02:39:57
55 Unblocking the Way 02:45:49
56 The Spirit Willow 02:49:13
57 Shriek and Ori 02:52:08
58 Remaining in Darkness 02:58:18
59 A Stirring of Memories 02:59:56
60 Ori, Embracing the Light 03:02:19

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