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A couple semi-musical musings - Josiah Tobin - 03-04-2007

Just two songs I recorded over the past couple days. The first one's a mellow acoustic sort of thing, probably derived from listening to too much Jack Johnson. Pretentiously happy. Tongue
http://www.distractionware.com/josiahtobin/files/Sunny_Island_(v2_mastered).mp3

I won't harbor any ill will if you guys hate me for this next one... :lol:
It's a cover of a Silent Hill 2 song called Angels Thanatos-- I haven't actually played the game much, but a friend showed me the song from the soundtrack and it was just too cool not to cover.

Now here's the catch... Ultimate lo-fi horribly recorded trash rock production! This song is meant to sound like a crappy, clipped, over-compressed first take of a garage rock band's demo on an old dusty vinyl being played on a turntable with half-blown speakers.

For some reason I really like how it sounds. It sounds like shit, but intentionally so, and... I dunno, maybe I'm just gaining an appreciation for stupidly lo-fi stuff. :lol: Anyway, here's the link:

http://www.distractionware.com/josiahtobin/files/Angels_Thanatos.mp3

Don't blame me for any damage to your ears.

~Josiah

EDIT:
Here's a version of Angel's Thanatos with redone guitars, hi-fi drums and none of the layers of distortion and noise:
http://www.distractionware.com/josiahtobin/files/Angel_Thanatos_clearmix.mp3
Since people on other forums seem to find the lo-fi one to be a bit much. :p


A couple semi-musical musings - moochthemonkey - 04-07-2007

the first was pretty nice sounding...I didnt like the vocal much but it was a pretty cool sounding song...


A couple semi-musical musings - Josiah Tobin - 05-04-2007

Hell March Redux. I guess I'm obsessed with covering this song.
http://www.distractionware.com/josiahtobin/Hell%20March%20Redux%20mix1.mp3


A couple semi-musical musings - DrV - 05-08-2007

Very cool - sounds much "fuller" or something than the other version I remember you doing. Smile


A couple semi-musical musings - Josiah Tobin - 05-08-2007

Quote:Very cool - sounds much "fuller" or something than the other version I remember you doing. Smile
That other version was actually recorded by a friend; I just mixed and mastered it for him. This version is mine. :p It's not done yet though... There's a whole second half I cut out of this version because it wasn't done yet; I have a couple friends doing some absolutely ripping solos for it. (I think that's the first time I've used the phrase 'absolutely ripping')


A couple semi-musical musings - BadMrBox - 05-27-2007

Crap, only the sunny island file loaded. Quite nice Smile. I have wondered for a while, if I get my act together and starting to work on my fps for real, would you mind making a track for it?


A couple semi-musical musings - Josiah Tobin - 05-29-2007

Quote:Crap, only the sunny island file loaded. Quite nice Smile. I have wondered for a while, if I get my act together and starting to work on my fps for real, would you mind making a track for it?
Hey, sure thing. Depending on what kinda music you want, I might be willing to make you up a whole soundtrack, since I'm trying to do lots of stuff I could put on a resume sometime down the road if I ever pursue my dream of composing music for games. (Not to say that I'd just throw together random shit as resume filler; I would feel terrible for doing that. I always try to do my best Wink)


A couple semi-musical musings - BadMrBox - 06-03-2007

The Mick Turate project has been put on the shelf for a while. The weapon sprites was a pain in the ass and drained to much energy from me really. I will resume work on the game when some of the other projects we have is done. And we have a whole bunch of other projects and I don't think that Freemax want's or have time to do all the soundstracks.
I was thinking if you feel like helping out with some music for The Tales of Sophy II instead perhaps?


A couple semi-musical musings - Josiah Tobin - 06-03-2007

Quote:I was thinking if you feel like helping out with some music for The Tales of Sophy II instead perhaps?
Sure, I could give it a shot. Any particular style you have in mind-- real instrumentation, tracked...? If you have a list of some of the songs you'll need, that'd be helpful too.


A couple semi-musical musings - BadMrBox - 06-03-2007

Quote:Sure, I could give it a shot. Any particular style you have in mind-- real instrumentation, tracked...?
Sophy's gonna run around in a gothlike castle fighting monsters (much like in the first game) so something dark and not to happy would be great Smile.
Quote:If you have a list of some of the songs you'll need, that'd be helpful too.
What songs I can come too think of as for now is:
A title song - shouldn't be very long
Main themes - the songs playing when running around. Loopfriendly. I'm not sure how many I will need as I'm not sure on how long I want the game too be.
Battle songs - One for ordinary enemies and one for bosses.

That's what I can think about now.