Theme music for a steampunk D&D campaign.

A Fire Upon The Sky

Original music for my D&D campaign Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Game Tributes

This is an instrumental version of a classic song from my past. This version has no vocals or leads.

Wooden Boy (Rhythm Tracks)

This is some theme music for a D&D campaign run by Delgar3 on YouTube. If it sounds like the only instrument played was a keyboard, that's because the only instrument played was a laptop keyboard.

Celestial Prophecy

This song was inspired by the fine folks at Experience Points (XP Web Series)who are making a podcast of a live play game. I played the guitars and bass and programmed the drum machine. There might be an easter egg in the title.

All Hail Yog

A LoveLy tHeme And varIations to Let YOu Go

This is a mixed and mastered version of Return to Rise containing re-recorded music as well. Whether it's a better version than the rough mix is up to you. I played guitar and bass and programmed the drum machine. I'm hoping to use this as an intro to a Twitch stream.

Origin Stories

Return to Rise

This is my rock interpretation of Night on Bald Mountain, which follows the spirit but not necessarily the letter of the score. After several failed attempts to play this as originally written, I settled on an arrangement I could actually play . This version only includes the popularly recognizable sections at the beginning. I recommend listening to this with either headphones or a good sound system so you can hear the stereo effects I added.

Interpretation of Night On Bald Mountain

As the Six Million Dollar Man used to say, "We can rebuild him." At first, I just wanted to improve the second half of the guitar solo by making it different than the first half. Once I had a better guitar solo, I found I wanted to improve the drums, and with better drums, adding bass was the next logical improvement. This new version transforms the psychedelic guitar drone of the original into something closer to surf rock. Is my Bionic Man better than original Steve Austin? That's for you to decide.

Moors on the moor (2018 Remix)

This is an arrangement of the Lullaby of Woe by Marcin Przybyłowicz. I am playing guitar and singing vocals. I modified the words for a D&D game I'm running in which a banshee will be singing this song.

LYRICS
Elves asleep amidst the trees
Boughs all a swaying in the breeze
But one soul is restless ever awake
Worse than all manner of ghouls, hags, and wraiths

For your dolly Polly sleep has flown
Don't dare let her tremble alone
For the Banshee, heartless, cold
Haunts these halls of stone
She comes she'll go leave naught behind
But heartache and woe
Deep, deep woe

Kingdoms fallen down from their heights
Dwarves turned into dreadful sights
But one soul lies restless ever awake
Worse than all manner of ghouls, hags, and wraiths

My dear dolly Polly shut your eyes
Lie still, lie silent, utter no cries
As the Banshee, wreathed in woad
Is all that remains in these stones
She'll hunt and find you
Bleed and bind you
Eat your sad soul
Eat your soul

The Banshee, heartless, cold
Haunts these halls of stone
She'll hunt and find you
Bleed and bind you
Eat your sad soul
Eat your soul

Dragon of Icespire Peak

Vyldaras Lullaby of Woe (Male Vocals)

This is my arrangement of the Lullaby of Woe by Marcin Przybyłowicz. I played guitar, programmed the drums, and sang. This is the Jazz mix because of the brushes on the drums. The lyrics are slightly different from the original as I tailored them for a D&D game I'm running in which my players meet a banshee.

Vyldaras Lullaby of Woe (Jazz Mix)

I wrote this theme song in honor of a D&D campaign I'm playing in. I feel like this would benefit from some good vocals and lyrics but so would most songs. If you enjoy rocking out, this might be the song for you.

This is my theme song for Nukulz the ogre. The title comes from how he introduces himself to others. The chorus lyrics are:

The name is Nukulz just Nukulz
Don't need no other fancy name
Got no wealth on which to suckle
I'm still the man just the same

Nukulz Just Nukulz

This is another theme song for a character in the D&D campaign A Fire Upon The Sky. As a cowboy gunslinger, I felt Desperio needed a slide guitar song, which was easier said than done. Since this is the first time I've written and recorded a slide guitar song, I aimed for something simple and on-brand. The open D-minor tuning helped immensely.

Desperio The Gunslinger

This theme song was a literal challenge. When I asked musical preferences I learned Grimby's player liked Iggy Azalea's Fancy, ska, and old-school punk. I could do with that what I would. This is the result.

LYRICS

Here’s the story of Grimby the sneak a
Little Boggun fey you’ll never get a peak of
Pokes around in the alley where the trash is
Picking up treasure for their stashes
Just a wad of indeterminate gender
Making their name so it’s something to remember
That’s Grimby

You could say they’re a master concealer
Always looking out for a piece in the Revealer
Finds the stories that make the news sell
Making you marvel how they write their words well
Living life between a zenith and nadir
Staying down low but surely a crusader
That’s Grimby

That’s G-R-I, that’s M-B-Y
That’s Grimby
That’s G-R-I, that’s M-B-Y
Who’s that? That’s Grimby

Making money with their ogre best friend 
Helping save their hapless humans
May not see them but they’re always there
Gotta guarantee they get their fair share
May not have a lot but manage to get by
May not be so tall but reaching for the sky
That’s Grimby

Set their sights on the big bucks paycheck 
Sewer investigators need all hands on deck
Doesn’t start a fight but down to finish one
Stabbin their enemies ‘til they’re dead and done 
Giant rodents must have some nerve 
When you mess with Grimby, you get what you deserve
That’s Grimby

That’s G-R-I, that’s M-B-Y
That’s Grimby
That’s G-R-I, that’s M-B-Y
Who’s that? That’s Grimby

Grimby

Ariadne is an agent of chaos, a bearer of secret magic, and a badass. This is my attempt to convey all of these aspects in one song.

Ariadne Of The Sky

Meet Nikolai D'Vici the artificer. He's a down on his luck noble with aspirations of making a name for himself. Nikolai is the PC I play in the "A Fire Upon The Sky" D&D campaign. 

Like much of the music I've made for this campaign this song contains some firsts. This is my first song with a 6/4 rhythm part and a starting tempo of 60 beats per minute. This is also the first song where I'm able to change the sound of the music without changing key. I believe I'm playing in B-flat major the entire time. This is not the first time I've played a guitar solo, but it might be the longest one I've performed.

Nikolai The Maker

This is an original instrumental version of the song Chosen of Auril, which I made for the D&D adventure Rime of Frostmaiden.

Chosen Of Auril Instrumental

This is an original song I made for my latest D&D campaign adventure Rime of the Frostmaiden. I played the guitar and sang the vocals to a drum machine.

Lyrics:

The Chosen of Auril in caverns of gold
The Chosen of Auril embraced by the cold
The Chosen of Auril rest in tombs of ice
The Chosen of Auril demand a dark price

The sacrifice paid on the nights of new moon
The sacrifice made by the lots drawn at noon
The sacrifice marked is one healthy and whole
The sacrifice parted from life and then soul

The hunger of winter eats more than its fill 
The hunger of winter takes all that it wills
The hunger of winter gets gifts by the shore
The hunger of winter leaves longing for more

The wrath of winter brings a night in the dark
The wrath of winter forbids all any spark
The wrath of winter comes inside with the chill
The wrath of winter leaves the hearth cold and still

The Chosen of Auril from caverns of gold
The Chosen of Auril from out of the cold
The Chosen of Auril rise from tombs of ice
The Chosen of Auril demand sacrifice

Chosen Of Auril

Currently a man without a band. Formerly of:

* Josiah Hawk
* Manic Goddess
* 415 Noise

I play:

* Bass guitars
* Acoustic guitars
* Electric guitars

I command a robot army of software instruments. God help us.

Vaughn Romero

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