Chiptune

King of The Ring vs. The Skeletwins

Moonlit Mire (Zone 1)

Boneyard Buzz (Zone 2)

Castle Capers (Zone 3)

Joule Duel (Boss Battle)

Tuesday Tunes Prompt 002: Virtual Reality / Race to the Finish.

Tuesday Tunes is a weekly exercise where I spend 1 hour creating an original song using a randomly generated prompt. The goal of this is to expand my personal skills in a varying range of genres and themes.
 
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Tuesday Tunes

Tuesday Tunes 002: Digital Dash

TT-011: Technology Gone Nuts/Simulated Reality

Now with Dog-O-Vision™!

Tuesday Tunes is a weekly exercise where I spend 1 hour creating an original song using a randomly generated prompt. The goal of this is to expand my personal skills in a varying range of genres and themes.
 
Support me on Patreon for extra sweet info like: sneak peaks of songs for current projects, downloads & detailed breakdowns of Tuesday Tunes, and more™. https://www.patreon.com/zachbrunomusic

Tuesday Tunes 011: V.R. Vacuum

TT-024: Rivalry/Simulated Reality

It’s time to D-D-DUELLL!

Tuesday Tunes is a weekly exercise where I create an original song using a randomly generated prompt. The goal of this is to expand my personal skills in a varying range of genres and themes.

Support me on Patreon for extra sweet info like: FREE downloadable loops for your games, breakdowns of Tuesday Tunes, sneak peaks of songs for current projects, and more™. https://www.patreon.com/zachbrunomusic

Tuesday Tunes 024: Dueling Dukes

TT-030: Tech Gone Nuts/Alternate History

See? Goblins have thoughts! They’re just…stupid.

Tuesday Tunes is a weekly exercise where I create an original song using a randomly generated prompt. The goal of this is to expand my personal skills in a varying range of genres and themes.

Support me on Patreon for extra sweet info like: FREE downloadable loops for your games, breakdowns of Tuesday Tunes, sneak peaks of songs for current projects, and more™. https://www.patreon.com/zachbrunomusic

Tuesday Tunes 030: Cretin Cabal

TT-035: Tech Gone Nuts/Fairytale

BLEND IT AND REND IT BROTHER!

If that dang ass toaster movie had a rampaging murder blender, my childhood would’ve been very different…MOVING ON!

I enjoyed the game idea from TT-011_VR-Vacuum so much that I decided to create another entry in the misfit household appliance boss battler series! I plan on making more of these in the future and will package them together in a music pack with some KILLER artwork!

Sticking with good ol’ Super Audio Cart, I blended together some neat sounds that sound kinda funky and groovy. That’s what happens when you listen to Tee Lopes and “King of the Spill” decides to live rent free up in that noggin’. I he*kin’ love Slap Bass + Triangle combo, it just gets me movin’ and groovin’, especially paired with the Drum rhythm. I wanted to experiment with the Noise Menu to push the Tech Gone Nuts prompt and adding panning rhythmic hits at varying octaves sounds so wild and crazy. Perfect for being stuck inside a malicious blender, slowly sliding through the protein shake and trying to avoid being ripped to shreds. I thought it would be neat to have one of the Lead Saws be slippy and slidey, so the left lead plays some slippery leads, while the right lead follows more arpeggiated shreddage. There’s also a backing Pulse playing some chords and plucking through a sweep arpeggio to add some tension and body.

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Tuesday Tunes 035: Blender Beatdown

TT-048: Descent Into Madness/Alternate Universe

HONK! I said what I said…I'd rather paint the town DEAD🤡

Blappo no…what are you doing? STOP IT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAlrighty then let's break this thang down. This is actually a boss battle theme about a killer clown from an old canceled project I worked on. I've been wanting to revisit it for a while and this prompt felt like a good time to do it. Boss themes are so much fun. I love writing chaotic melodies and arpeggios and just wacky and wild riffs in general. Since the theming is centered around clowns, I stuck with common instruments used in clown or circus music. I chose an Organ for the wild and tense chord combinations it can produce, and the staccato notes in the C sections sound so crispy and bouncy. The Xylophone scooby doo be goin' hard, with the octave layering coupled with the Bass. I also triple layered the Xylophone, each detuned 1 semitone from each other and the volume lowered and panned, so it gives a strange sound of uncertainty. I used a full Woodwind section for chords and alternating melody lines because they sound goofy and spooky, and I love when orchestral pieces use the Woodwinds to take turns playing melodies. So playful! The breakbeat drums just add another chaotic, and unpredictable layer to the clown theme and they just he*kin RIP dude. 

What kind of vibes does this track give you? What kind of game genre can you imagine hearing this in? Tell me your thoughts!

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Tuesday Tunes 048: Wrath of the Ringmaster

TT-049: Tech Gone Nuts/Scifi

I'M TRYING TO USE THE PHONE!!

Oh yes, the return of the malfunctioning, malicious household appliances! (TT-011, 035) This is such a goofy and fun game concept. I am definitely planning on writing more for this and releasing it as a music pack! I was feeling the itch to write something in a metal band composition, but make it chiptune. I setup the Pulse 12.5% as the Left Lead, the  Pulse 25% as the Right Lead, Add 2 for Left Rhythm, Pulse 1% for Right Rhythm, Triangle + BASS Slap for Bass, and Drumkit 1 for the Drums. I loved the upbeat craziness from "TT-035 Blender Beatdown", so I wanted to bring that style back. For the lead melodies, I started writing the Left Lead first and wanted to repeat it on the Right Lead, but I copy/pasted in the wrong spot which led to the offbeat variation, which was just a nice happy little accident. And then I got crazy and tried to layer them on top of each other and it turned off to be he*kin wild dude.

What kind of vibes does this track give you? What kind of game genre can you imagine hearing this in? Tell me your thoughts!

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Tuesday Tunes 049: Ringtone Rager

TT-052: Isolation/Samurai

Dishonor on you, dishonor on your cow…🐉🐄

Oh HELL YEAH BROTHER I love me some world/ethnic music and I've always wanted to try and write something in a Japanese style. However, I was also feelin' another 2D Platformer Level Theme/Boss Theme, so I chose Chiptune instruments. I really vibe with those styles of games and they're so much fun to write. The Shamisen has such an interesting sound to it, it almost sounds like every note is being quickly slid into it with a quick decay. It's a gr8t sound for these quick, upbeat riffs and arpeggios. It just sounds so intense! The Koto also has a noticeably unique sound. I think I could've done more with it like adding extra vibrato and bends because from the research I did, that's what I heard and to me, that's what gives it that traditional & iconic sound, but I wasn't confident in my skills. Oops 🙈 Also MIDI is just really a pain to automate bends and vibrato and nobody got time for that. For the other iconic Japanese sounds, I used the Hyōshigi which is just instantly recognizable, and I also used some percussive tom work which is commonly heard in ethnic/world pieces. I decided to use more of a Drum and Bass direction for those respective instruments because I like the way they sound in this style of music, and they help beef up the overall composition since the Chiptune leads are sort of thin on their own. Combining the Percs & Bass with the Japanese instruments creates a cool fusion of genres, which I'm a huge fan of. Lastly, I used an Airy Pad to help set the setting and provide some ambience the he*kin concept I was going for! Imagine you're out adventuring through a clifftop monastery, in search of a legendary warrior who has been exiled from their clan. The reason? Well…that's for you to decide in your game!

How do you think this feller dishonored their cow? Tell me your thoughts!

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Tuesday Tunes 052: Banished Bushido

WHY WON'T THIS DANG ASS SAFE OPEN???

This track is featured on the "bitCRUSH Sampler Round 1 - Nintendocore & More". Check out the sampler on Bandcamp! 
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Cipher Strife

A WIP track for a fighter from "The King of The Ring" project.

Shreddin' Sand [WIP]

Money Match [WIP]

The Obsidian Oppressor

Volcanic Panic [WIP]

The Sultan of Shred

Riptide Rumble [WIP]

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