Swap Heroes - Original Soundtrack
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"Этот проект является моим первым набегом к восхитительному миру SNES-музыки. Я никогда не предполагал, что буду создавать неторопливую SNES-музыку, пока Крис не обратился ко мне, чтобы написать саундтрек к его предыдущей игре (The Boy with Bombs). К тому времени, когда он попросил меня написать саундтрек в следующей игре (Swap Heroes) я уже схватил SNES-вирус, и очень волновался, чтобы просто попасть туда к кутерьме звуков снова.
Once I began to study the SNES music more closely, I started to notice how much effort was put toward mangling the samples in interesting ways. For a while I just assumed the SNES composers took the easy route by getting to use prerecorded samples of real instruments. Easy, compared to the NES and Genesis composers who were out there wielding raw wave forms and trying to make sense of it all. It wasn't until I start analyzing the techniques used in SNES music composition that I realized they were very deliberate about the specific volume envelopes, pitch bends and vibratos for EVERYTHING. While the game may have had just one sample for any given instrument, the composers would constantly mangle the sound to appear as if it were many other instruments. You'd be surprised how some of the most iconic SNES sounds tend to originate from a simple music box sample. I must say it was quite the serving of humble pie.
I couldn't possibly go in to the insane levels of detail they did, but I tried to bring over as many lessons as I could to try and create a new SNES soundtrack that was directly inspired by games like: Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Star Fox, Yoshi's Island, Super Mario RPG and Ninja Warriors".
Трек-лист
- Stage 1 Star Beach
- Stage 2 Rainbow Woods
- Stage 3 Magma Caves
- Stage 4 Lost Sands
- Stage 5 Death Peak
- Game Over
- Unreleased ~ Title Screen (The Boy with Bombs)
- Unreleased ~ In-Game Theme (The Boy with Bombs)
- Unused ~ Savage Theme
- Unused ~ Death Peak Alternate
- Unused ~ Slap Bass Stinger
- Unused ~ Battle Theme