Big Boss, a video game track for a boss level in our Evolutionary Prototype shoot 'em up game, destined for Windows PC. Composed in 2000 or 2001 in Fast Tracker 2.

I usually type out what inspires me to compose a song, but I do not recall what inspired this one.

The piano section was designed to be random, to address the random and sporadic attack of the boss fight you are engaged in.

The experienced listener will hear a looped beat that I used. This is generally considered to be a form of cheating when composing tracked tunes in the demoscene.

Hope you enjoy anyway!

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Xonatron (Matthew Doucette)
http://xona.com

Big Boss (2000-2001)

Hi-Speed.

A song I composed in 2000 or 2001 in Fast Tracker 2, for a high-action shmup video game level. Enjoy.

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Xonatron (Matthew Doucette)
http://xona.com

Hi-Speed (2000-2001)

Xonakoid.

A chilled out track with swapping bass lines. Composed for our Breakout clone, an unreleased game. Composed back in 1999 or 2000. 

Enjoy.

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Xonatron (Matthew Doucette)
http://xona.com

Xonakoid (1999-2000)

Brain Storm (Remix).

Just a track for the demoscene, composed back in 1999 or 2000.

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Xonatron (Matthew Doucette)
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Brain Storm (Remix) (1999-2000)

Tubelectric remix 30 Years later (1994..2024). Originally by Robert Allen for Jazz Jackrabbit (PC) video game released in 1994. (P.S. Alexander Brandon composed the remix for Jazz Jackrabbit 2.)
v1.0.0

Tubelectric [2024 Jazz Jackrabbit 30 Year Remix]

Inspired a bit by Heart and Soul by Hoagy Carmichael (1938). It's also only the second song I attempted to have a verse/chorus song structure. Still learning.
v0.0.21

Exploring Arpeggios (2023)

My first song exploring the A Natural Minor Scale. What interested me was the similarity to the C Major Scale in that they both only use the white piano keys. Being new, I wondered what the difference was. My intuition told me it's centered on the different root note of the harmony and melody. Using ChatGTP as a mentor, I learned it is also the chords: A Natural Minor tends to use minor chords whereas C Major tends to use Major chords. Here's my first attempt at using the A Natural Minor Scale!
v0.0.24

Tranquility (2024)

One of my first FL Studio tracks. Made on my 3rd day back to making music after a 20 year hiatus.
v0.0.8

Synth Funk (2023)

My first song after returning from a 20 year hiatus of making music. This song will always have a special meaning to me, as it was the moment where I felt like I unlocked the magic of music. I learned chords, chord progressions, harmonies, melodies, and ostinatos in 15 minutes from my first music theory lesson -- from Simon of Composing Academy ("How to Compose Music") -- and then composed this song afterwards on my own. It is magic.
v0.0.2

After Chords (2023)

Remixing Mortal Kombat while hanging with Myke Wills of Enfenyx Gaming.
v0.0.4

Mortal Kombat [2024 Chill Remix]

Just seeing what I can do with synths. Trying an AmFCG chord progression with some chord progression variations that are new to me (EFAmG and AmFCG).
v0.0.14

Synth See (2024)

Exploring the key of A Minor and chord progression of AmFDmE (i-VI-iv-V). One of many suggested chord progressions by ChatGPT.
v0.0.13

Emotions (2024)

Same song I remixed before, but now with swing! And 54 half-time BPM (108 BPM) of the original 1938 version... I think!
v0.0.7

Heart & Soul [2024 Hoagy Carmichael Swing Remix]

Composed in one night in a few hours. Playing around with sequential modulation of arpeggios inspired by Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement, for the second time. Here is the first: https://soundcloud.com/xonatron/arpeggios
v0.0.7

Peaceful Dance (2024)

My first attempt at a cinematic composition. Inspired by Kevin Castro of Pianote. In this piece, I explore for the first time: triad open voice chords (3rd an octave up), dyad open voice chords (1st root and 5th), dyads doubled up, a middle melody on those doubled dyads, and arpeggios with tension (off chord). As Kevin put it, "Music is just tension and release." (Note that no arpeggios with tension made it into this version.) I am using a UVI's Model D VST.

v0.0.21

First Cinema (2025)

Testing the "MT Power Drum Kit" VST. It was recommended by my friend and music composer, Simon Forsythe.
v0.0.7

Drums (2025)

Exploring The Brothers Nylon's "Funk and Soul" samples in FL Studio. The samples are pure funk. They include bass, drums, guitar, and keys, all separated and ready to be mixed and arranged. Just playing with it. My original plans were to make it into a rap beat remix, similar to "Been Around the World" (1997) sampling of David Bowie's "Let's Dance" (1983).
v0.0.4

Funk & Soul (The Brothers Nylon 2025 Remix)

Exploring Splice INSTRUMENT's Soft Piano, a VST I discovered in my first music theory lesson from Simon of Composing Academy . Also exploring arpeggiated chords in FL Studio for the first time. It is something I learned from learning to play the piano live, which I am proud that my play is making it into my compositions. Also exploring my own chord progression: AmDmGC (i-iv-VII-III).
v0.0.23

Soft Piano (2025)

Whiplashed, a JFK Whiplash Gumball 3000 Remix.

This is a song I composed in 2002 or 2003 with Fruity Loops 3.

It is a remix of "Whiplash" by JFK, but contains extra composition. If JFK has any problems with this video, I will gladly and quickly take it down. I am just a fan.

I first heard of "Whiplash" from the Mischief 3000 Episode II underground car racing video by Teckademics, which features the Gumball 3000 rally.

Turns out Dustin, the creator of the Mischief series digs my remix:

"hahaha. Funny when I edited the Mischief 3000 trailer back in '02 I never thought this song was going to be a hit! Good remix man! - Dustin, creator of the Mischief﻿ series"

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Xonatron (Matthew Doucette)
http://xona.com

Whiplashed (JFK Whiplash Gumball 3000 Remix) (2002-2003)

Popcorn, a Gershon Kingsley / Hot Butter Remix Remix.

This is a song I composed in 2002 or 2003 with Fruity Loops 3.

It is a remix of "Popcorn" originally by Gershon Kingsley in 1969 and later by Hot Butter, an instrumental cover band, in 1972. (If Gershon Kingsley or Hot Butter has any problems with the content of this video, I will glady and quickly take it down. I am just a fan.)

I first heard of "Popcorn" from Digger, a PC game by Windmill Software. Check out http://www.digger.org for in-depth information on Digger. Here's a video of Digger, notice the 4 color CGA graphics: http://youtu.be/7kz0_KWIMEU

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Xonatron (Matthew Doucette)
http://xona.com

Popcorn (Gershon Kingsley Hot Butter Remix) (2002-2003)

This was done years ago, either 1999 or 2000, in Fast Tracker 2, using samples from a Sega Genesis emulator. The entire song was tracked with individual notes. not "loop recorded".

The original song was composed by the amazing Yuzo Koshiro.

In an interesting turn of events, our first video game Decimation X, http://xona.com/decimationx, became Japan's #1 top rated Xbox LIVE Indie Game and the first game to knock us off our pedistal to #2 was Protect Me Knight, produced by Ancient Corp., a company Yuzo Koshiro started! I considered this to be an honor. Since that time, we have had many top games in Japan:

Top rated XBLIG games in Japan (May 8th, 2011):

1. REVOLVER360
2. まもって騎士 (Protect Me Knight) (Yuzo Koshiro's game)
3. Score Rush -- http://xona.com/scorerush
4. Decimation X -- http://xona.com/decimationx
5. Decimation X3 -- http://xona.com/decimationx3

The current ranks are hacked, and we have knocked down illegitimately from our rankings. Read more here:

Xona Games Targeted For Rating Manipulation Abuse, Twice.
http://xona.com/2011/07/06.html

We have three games in the top 5, but none have beaten out Yuzo Koshiro's game!

Here's the original, in case you were wondering how close this was. I can't compare to Yuzo Koshiro even with a remix!: http://youtu.be/3oWIlGb_Iu4

Like a Wind (Yuzo Koshiro The Revenge of Shinobi Remix) (1999-2000)

Revenge.

A mix between old-school techno and old-school rap.

Revenge is a tracker song I composed in 2000 or 2001 with Fast Tracker 2.

Always loved this sound. It could fit a hard core rap track or even a strange, eerie, video game stage in a shoot 'em up. I'm sure there's other places it fits too.

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Xonatron (Matthew Doucette)
http://xona.com

Revenge (2000-2001)

One of my more complex and instrumental tracks, and one of my favorites precisely because it is not a techno track, composed in 2000 or 2001 in Fast Tracker 2 (FT2).

I'm not sure what inspired this song, but I wanted to take a break from all my techno work and try to do something more instrumental. You can still tell my love for bass in this song, with a slight techno feel. I tend to like beats too. It's too bad I didn't have access to higher quality samples back in the day. These samples were likely 8-bit and the stereo was "faked" with left-right speaker placement. There's no reverb and whatnot in FT2.

Delivered (2000-2001)

Not sure what the original "Deep Inside" is, but this is apparently number two.

This was composed for Evolutionary Prototype, a 2D side and overhead scrolling shoot 'em up video game. It was never finished or released. It was first video game of Saw Tooth Distortion, which eventually became (10 years later) Xona Games (http://xona.com).

The level this music went to was was deep into the game, one of the last stages, where you would be deep inside the enemy forces on their home planet. Hence the title, "Deep Inside".

I have always loved the strange and eerie beat and lead to this song, which perfectly matched the essence of the game at the point in question.

It was composed back in 1999..2000 in Fast Tracker 2.

Listening to this song again after so many years, it seems to have a resemblance to R-Type. I would not be surprised if it was a form of, perhaps subconscious, inspiration for the track.

Deep Inside 2 (1999-2000)

I no longer remember what the original "Dixon Remix" was, but apparently this is the second. 

It's a chilled out remix of a song by Troy Dixon (Rage N MC of R.U.N.M.C. Records), a rapper/composer out of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Basically the piano lead in the first section of the song was taken and remixed how I wished, with some extra piano instrumental notes at the end added in. It was composed in Fast Tracker 2 back in 2000..2001.

Dixon Remix 2 (2000..2001)

Choice Is Yours.

A song I composed in 2002 or 2003 with Fruity Loops 3. Just something simple. Enjoy.

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Xonatron (Matthew Doucette)
http://xona.com

Choice Is Yours (2002-2003)

Matthew Doucette (Xonatron), musician for Xona Music (http://xona.com/music). Returned to making music after a 20-year hiatus (2003-2023).

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