Music
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Track Premiere – Abysm 2 EXPANSION: Spirit Falcon
Classical music in a WAD? Yes, it seems so. I know it’s a pk3 file (you pedantic fools!) but they will always be WADs to me. This was composed for Abysm 2 EXPANSION: Spirit Falcon, a mod for GZDoom… It as fast as Doom, but it has some really awesome RPG systems. You start in a sort-of hub area… there’s a dialog system, player stats, stores, and quests. It reminds me of Strife to an extent, but I like the combat more. Check it out: forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=74359 www.moddb.com/mods/abysm-2-infernal-contract/downloads/spirit-falcon-expansion-pack-beta-v1 I had a lot of fun composing this… mainly because I love staccato cello and viola, but I also was able to sneak in some Roland SC-55 instruments. When I was first speaking with jazzmaster909 I assumed it would be DOS-style midi music or something similarly retro. They were like, “can you do metal or classical?” While metal is my favorite style of music, I don’t have an electric guitar at the moment… but I do have tools to compose some classical stuff. So, that’s what we went with. It’s kinda weird to hear my style of classical in a WAD, because I don’t typically use modern, processed instruments. So, I added in …
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An Homage to Deus Ex Using FM Synths
I was home, recovering from SMILE eye surgery (Lasik but better)… and staring at the screen was a bit difficult… luckily my ears were working fine. So, I started messing around with some FM synths and came up with this after a couple of days. Naturally, it had to be titled, “My Vision is Augmented.” I need to shout out Ryu Umemoto. His work on PC-98 games (warning: most are eroge) made me fall in love with FM Synth. He may be my favorite game composer and Xenon may be my favorite soundtrack… so count this among the biggest of my influences, right up there with Deus Ex (2000). I used the DEXED vst to create most of the instruments and sounds for this (let me know if you want the presets or files). It’s an amazing, free FM Synth that accepts cartridge files from the Yamaha DX7. So, you can use any DX7 library with it. Otherwise, I also used the actual Yamaha DX7 vst for some bass instruments (I may replace it later with DEXED versions), Roland SRX Orchestra for some symphonic background PADs, and some Deus Ex sound fonts (don’t tell Alexander Brandon or Alexander Brandon …
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Every Zweihänder Release
These albums are available on Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon, and basically everywhere else. The best way to support musical artists is to purchase on Bandcamp: zweihander.bandcamp.com/music Primeval by Zweihänder Forbidden Magic by Zweihänder Nitheren by Zweihänder Höllental by Zweihänder Daemon Slayer by Zweihänder Ear Slayer by Zweihänder
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