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Takayuki Mitsuyoshi - Godless Universe (In​-​game BGM) [from "Schadenbergiana"]

from 2011 X 2013 vol. 2: Kill Two Spicy with One Stone by 103 Records

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Track 10: Godless Universe (In-game BGM) [from "Schadenbergiana"]
Artist: Takayuki Mitsuyoshi
Originally Composed: 2013

This is probably my favourite piece of work done using the iYM2151 app, bar none, and the inspiration for it was actually relatively simple; I'd been reading up on an old arcade game called Rafflesia (www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGSlpoFJI14), a joint venture between Coreland and Sega that took the then-tired-and-true Space Shooter staple and put something of a more gruesome and horror bent. The action was backed with music that was less "go out and kick ass, space warrior!" and more "you are going to die horribly and alone in the depth of space" in terms of mood, working perfectly alongside a roster of deliberately monstrous bosses, all of whom are spawned by the (presumably titular) monster featured on the title screen. Hell, speaking of; the games title? Taken from a genus of parasitic plants that, if you're a Pokemon fan, might be scarily familiar in appearance, and are known for a particularly pungent odour that gave them the unofficial name of "corpse flower" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafflesia). I found the whole existence of the game utterly fascinating and, in a roundabout way, it lead to some hefty inspiration to do some music for a similar horror-themed-space shooter. Only two tracks came out of it, but I don't recall ever intending to do more; early arcade games were known for having very short soundtracks. Similarly, I intentionally set out to do songs that were comparatively short loops, and featured no percussive elements at all to partially sell that "oldskool arcade game" feel even more. I'm still really pleased with how this song came out in particular, both because it sounds just as hopeless and empty as I was aiming for, and because of little touches like the warbly waveform making some interesting sounds depending on what I did with it, and the general progression of the song as a whole.

Trivia Note: A subtler influence on the more stripped down, slower paced composition was an even older horror-themed arcade shooter- one I'd actually played- called Satan's Hollow (www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2BbZKklcf8), and the imaginary game I conjured up for these two songs were much closer to it then Rafflesia.

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from 2011 X 2013 vol. 2: Kill Two Spicy with One Stone, released September 2, 2015
composed by Decon Theed

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