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Fake RPG Soundtrack: Hero's Theme

This tune represents the hero of an RPG video game. Plucky, upbeat, and intrepid, it marches along with a gentle lilt, describing the heroic potential of our protagonist. Yet there's also a tender side to the main melody; during emotional scenes, expect to hear this theme repeated in an undertone. [more inside]
posted by zhaytee on Nov 23, 2009 - 2 comments

Fake RPG Soundtrack: Main Title Theme

This is the main title theme for an RPG (as in, video game) that doesn't actually exist (outside of my head, anyway). It's an orchestral piece with strong emphasis on melody and emotion. [more inside]
posted by zhaytee on Nov 22, 2009 - 7 comments

Springtime, All At Once

Full title: "Everything Was Going Fine Until Someone Dared Springtime to Happen All at Once." From the album In Lieu of Talent. Maybe a nice way to kick off a Friday. [more inside]
posted by pts on Aug 28, 2009 - 5 comments

snake (demo)

Another entry in my recent demo series of posts. I posted a not-quite-done version of the track here, featuring piano and overly heavy drums. It's a song about the old classic video game "Snake". I'm sure I'll revisit the "proper" recording some day, but in the meantime, this is a nice performance. [more inside]
posted by edlundart on Aug 7, 2009 - 3 comments

Unclean: Flesh

A short menu intro for flesh, a horror/ puzzle game being developed as a mod for the HL2 engine [more inside]
posted by 5imian on Feb 19, 2009 - 0 comments

For the Horde

A theme song for an iPhone game. [more inside]
posted by 3FLryan on Feb 9, 2009 - 5 comments

Bell Temple (Tixi's Theme)

Music for a video game I'm (slowly but surely) writing - an underground labyrinth of hourglasses, pendulums, and time-based puzzles. [more inside]
posted by wanderingmind on Jun 30, 2008 - 2 comments

Fantastische Farben

This is a tune I wrote in 05. All the instrument sounds come from an emulated SID chip (Commodore 64) and the drums are a sliced up sample. This song was featured on the "I am 8bit" portion of the King of Kong DVD and now I upload it here to share with my fellow MeFites! I hope you like it.
posted by hellphish on Mar 14, 2008 - 7 comments

snake

A quirky but perhaps oddly serious song inspired by that old Snake video game, written and recorded for the mefi music challenge.
posted by edlundart on Jul 19, 2007 - 11 comments

Game Over

Emperor ZiLOG said, "Cough up another quarter, kid." Who was I to refuse the galactic imperative?
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Oct 16, 2006 - 0 comments

Metroid

So, this is how I've spent the afternoon. Constructing a cover of what is, in my opinion, the greatest video game theme ever composed. For your enjoyment. Yes, I know it falls apart a little, in some places. But that's because it's a cappella. And it's a cappella because it would have taken much longer to make were I to have used instruments. Oh! And I'm exhausted. And it seemed like a good idea at the time. Enjoy!
posted by The Great Big Mulp on Jul 19, 2006 - 11 comments

Dracula Man X2 Alpha Turbo

Awesome stuff, guys. I'll represent retro/chip music: I'm involved in the niche hobby of writing new music with old videogame hardware. The music you are hearing was programmed in notepad using a TurboGrafx 16 (PC Engine). It's meant to combine Capcom and Konami videogame soundtracks of the late 80s, hence the weird title. I perform this music live in NYC, with guitars and lasers. I got awesome advice on Ask MeFi about how to get my equipment to shows, and as thanks I'll share my stuff with whoever might enjoy it. More of it is at my site, and my friends who also do this share it also.
posted by jake on Jun 30, 2006 - 25 comments