Rom MSOUNDCLOUD LINK: on.soundcloud.com/3e5gDDDreunMYHLP7 COMPOSER COMMENTARY - No Breakfast Oh boy, to say that I'm afraid of the reception of this one is the understatement of the century. So to those of you that don't know, the Ringu theme I made four years ago was and still is the most popular thing I've ever made. No joke, if you go incognito and search "Ringu theme" it is the first result, which is nuts. So as you can see, me and this specimen have a...history. So when I got the chance to tackle her evolved form, for a while it was difficult to step out of the shadow I cast over myself. So in the end I decided to stop my attempts at surpassing it, and just did a complete stylistic left turn. Every sample you hear in this tune (minus the drums) is made from either the remix I made or the actual Evolved Ringu chase theme. It was kind of a blast designing all of the little synths and samples that pop in throughout the song! Plus sampling yourself always proves to be kind of a challenge. This may not be what most people expected, but I had fun making it, so who cares! ------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusic
Spookys Remixed - No Breakfast (Evolved Ringu)Rom M2024-06-30 | SOUNDCLOUD LINK: on.soundcloud.com/3e5gDDDreunMYHLP7 COMPOSER COMMENTARY - No Breakfast Oh boy, to say that I'm afraid of the reception of this one is the understatement of the century. So to those of you that don't know, the Ringu theme I made four years ago was and still is the most popular thing I've ever made. No joke, if you go incognito and search "Ringu theme" it is the first result, which is nuts. So as you can see, me and this specimen have a...history. So when I got the chance to tackle her evolved form, for a while it was difficult to step out of the shadow I cast over myself. So in the end I decided to stop my attempts at surpassing it, and just did a complete stylistic left turn. Every sample you hear in this tune (minus the drums) is made from either the remix I made or the actual Evolved Ringu chase theme. It was kind of a blast designing all of the little synths and samples that pop in throughout the song! Plus sampling yourself always proves to be kind of a challenge. This may not be what most people expected, but I had fun making it, so who cares! ------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicSpookys Remixed - Me and the boys at 2AM (Woormy Charles)Rom M2024-06-30 | SOUNDCLOUD LINK: on.soundcloud.com/3e5gDDDreunMYHLP7 COMPOSER COMMENTARY - Me and the boys at 2AM (Woormy Charles) Last one, and a relatively simple one at that. This piece is split into two parts, the first one captures Charles either deactivated or just walking, the second one is when he changes you. Gonna be real, this specimen freaked me out when I first saw him in endless mode, and his manner of death only furthered that feeling. Thank you all for every nice comment, critique or anything else. This remix collection and you along with it have changed my life for the better. -------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicSpookys Remixed - Ow (Hooked Doll)Rom M2024-06-30 | COMPOSER COMMENTARY - Ow Originally a song meant for Vast Error, this one was truly where I kind of let go in terms of references. Suspiria are two of my favorite films of all time. Both the original and the remake. I wanted to capture the composition style of Goblin while keeping Thom Yorke's (and Johnny Greenwood's) instrumentation style very keenly seen on the Suspiria soundtrack (and the "There will be Blood" soundtrack!) mixing this was kind of difficult, so apologies if it didn't turn out the best, but I'm still immensely proud of the result. -------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicSpookys Remixed - Guys I think I got the wrong game (Lisa)Rom M2024-06-30 | SOUNDCLOUD LINK: on.soundcloud.com/3e5gDDDreunMYHLP7 COMPOSER COMMENTARY - Guys I think I got the wrong game People what was I supposed to do in this situation. You present me with an oppritunity to shill one of my favorite games of all time and you think I WON'T TAKE IT??? Fools. FOOLS! (Funnily enough, even though the entire Lisa OST was made in FL Studio, I made this in Ableton!)
-------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicSpookys Remixed - Expensive Fanta (Tirsiak)Rom M2024-06-30 | SOUNDCLOUD LINK: on.soundcloud.com/3e5gDDDreunMYHLP7 COMPOSER COMMENTARY - Expensive Fanta I'm not explaining the name. You're not gonna get me to explain the name. If you get it, you get it. I still struggle to spell this specimen's name sometimes. I'm sorry Treesark, Trisak, Tarzan- -------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicSpookys Remixed - Mom I frew up (Spooper)Rom M2024-06-30 | SOUNDCLOUD LINK: on.soundcloud.com/3e5gDDDreunMYHLP7 COMPOSER COMMENTARY - Mom I frew up: So this song starts as most others do, in Japan. I was stuck on the Spooper theme for a long time, since (SPOILERS FOR THE WAMBU VIDEO) Wambu had told me that Spooper was his top spot, and thus I wanted to do something special for the little (?) guy(?). I had just missed the last train to my hotel, and so I resigned myself to my fate and walked two hours there. While walking through the Tokyo streets, I listened to an album called "Ugly Season" by Perfume Genius. The sound of that album (particularly the song Hellbent) inspired the vibe I was aiming for, especially in its synth and guitar (?) work, creating vast soundscapes that reminded me of Spooper's spores that envelop the air and [I WANT THIS SONG TO BE ADVERTIZER FRIENDLY]. Although Ugly Season was a huge inspiration, I was also trying to hit a sound close to Akira Yamaoka's The Reverse Will (which is one of Wambu's favorite songs, btw.) so he would like it. What was the point I was making. I don't know. I forgot because I keep thinking about how awesome Wambu is. I love you Wambu (:
-------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicSpookys Remixed - A Quintuple of Nocturnes at Ottos (Otto)Rom M2024-06-30 | SOUNDCLOUD LINK: on.soundcloud.com/3e5gDDDreunMYHLP7 COMPOSER COMMENTARY - A Quintuple of Nocturnes at Otto's Did you know that this stupid song underwent FIVE DIFFERENT DRAFTS. The first one was a drill beat set to FNAF jumpscare sounds. The second one was a remix of a Stray Kids song. The third one was a 12 guitar ballad. I do not know how to play guitar. The fourth was a country song. The fifth was a smooth jazz song. This is what emerged in the end. What am I doing with my life. We the best music. -------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicSpookys Remixed - Boo dot em pee three (White Face)Rom M2024-06-30 | SOUNDCLOUD LINK: on.soundcloud.com/3e5gDDDreunMYHLP7 COMPOSER COMMENTARY - Boo dot em pee three: IMSCARED is a super nostalgic game for me, so when actual, literal White Face appeared it caught me very off guard. For this theme I wanted to both make a tribute to one of my favorite horror games, and also capture the vibe of an unknown being that increasingly becomes more clear once you get closer to it (represented by the drum and bass rhythm section). -------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicSpookys Remixed - ShiShi (Bekka)Rom M2024-06-30 | SOUNDCLOUD LINK: on.soundcloud.com/3e5gDDDreunMYHLP7 COMPOSER COMMENTARY - ShiShi It means Friday in Hebrew. I have nothing to say besides: thank you Wambu for giving me the opportunity to remix Friday. This song also has my favorite sample in the entire soundtrack. If you know, you know. Also Rebecca Black is legitimately an amazing hyperpop artist- -------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicSpookys Remixed -Applebees Become Fantasies [Feat. Blackened One]Rom M2024-06-30 | Featuring the wonderful @blackenedone662 on guitar! SOUNDCLOUD LINK: on.soundcloud.com/3e5gDDDreunMYHLP7 COMPOSER COMMENTARY: Applebees Become Fantasies God this one. This was probably the first endless theme I finished (minus Hanged Man). I already loved the original (Nightmares Become Fantasies) a lot, I found it incredibly effective and also stupidly catchy, however, it felt as if it was missing a...metal touch, so the moment I began production on this theme, I invited @blackenedone662 over, and we pretty much finished the whole thing in a day. He requested me to add the "Down with the sickness" samples which I found hilarious. In terms of production I can safely say I took a lot of inspiration from Nine Inch Nails, Gojira and Death Grips, while still trying to maintain the spirit of the original. I hope I did okay!! -------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicSpookys Remixed - Boo Boo Scareos (Ghost Cow)Rom M2024-06-30 | SOUNDCLOUD LINK: on.soundcloud.com/3e5gDDDreunMYHLP7 COMPOSER COMMENTARY - Boo Boo Scareos: Very clever title, I know. The moment I saw this specimen I KNEW I wanted to sample Moo Moo Meadows, and in fact, I did! it gets sampled throughout pretty much the entire song. Especially in the middle section which is comprised almost exclusively of its lead fiddle, distorted completely. This track was made in 30 minutes and those 30 minutes were really fun. Not much else to say. -------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicSpookys Remixed - Bister Meast (Hanged Man)Rom M2024-06-30 | SOUNDCLOUD LINK: on.soundcloud.com/3e5gDDDreunMYHLP7 COMPOSER COMMENTARY - Bister Meast: Wow, I made this song as a chase theme forthis dude before the first "Spooky's remixed" even released. Time does fly. Anyway, most of this song is, in fact, completely made up from household objects, recorded and effected to oblivion (sans the Hanged Man scream, which is ripped from the original chase theme). I wanted to capture a sense of oncoming dread with that pounding bassline (which was made from me tapping a mic cable on my finger, yes I'm serious.) which kind of takes over the mix. Some people may find it abrasive , and that's fair (to be entirely honest thats a theme throughout the ENDLESS MODE remixes...) but I think it elevates this song by a wide margin. -------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicSpookys Remixed - Hey watch me do a flip (Babyface)Rom M2024-06-30 | SOUNDCLOUD LINK: on.soundcloud.com/3e5gDDDreunMYHLP7 COMPOSER COMMENTARY - Hey watch me do a flip: We're not starting off strong with this one unfortunately. Unsurprisingly, not much to say about this one at all. Babyface is my least favorite monster in the game, and his chase most of the time is a non-issue, so I wanted to make a somewhat chill chase theme that is only...mildly disturbing. I think I did pretty okay! -------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicYour Turn To Die: Remixed - All Move ForwardRom M2023-07-21 | DOWNLOAD THE MOD HERE: rommmusic.itch.io/your-turn-to-die-remixed Soundcloud Mirror: on.soundcloud.com/b2G3S Youtube Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ENyWF5TlYEAFfb_A7rymYzAB7-jFFw1 (Remixer Commentary down below!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Move Forward - Remixer Commentary And that's it! The final track! This is the one that plays in almost every chapter/section end, so I wanted to go out with a bang! Coincidentally when I made this, I just listened to Porter Robinson’s Nurture, which is a wonderful album, so the two factors collided and this track was made, I’m very proud of the drums' sound design, and while playtesting the mod I really liked how this remix fit the game! All in all, It's been a really fun project, and I hope you’ll enjoy the tracks in game as well!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Turn To Die Remixed is a playable music mod that I’ve been working on for over a year, it is compatible with both the Steam and non-Steam releases of the game, and features 16 arrangements of some of the songs in the soundtrack. These arrangements are meant to work (and loop) in tandem with the existing and pre-established soundtrack, building on its leitmotifs and overall style and expanding on their compositional and production front.
-------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicYour Turn To Die: Remixed - Madman (Kyoujin)Rom M2023-07-21 | DOWNLOAD THE MOD HERE: rommmusic.itch.io/your-turn-to-die-remixed Soundcloud Mirror: on.soundcloud.com/b2G3S Youtube Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ENyWF5TlYEAFfb_A7rymYzAB7-jFFw1 (Remixer Commentary down below!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Madman (kyoujin) - Remixer Commentary BIG SPOILERS AHEAD!! As I have previously stated, Sou Hiyori is my favorite character in Your Turn To Die (: hehehehehehe, I love misdirection!!! In all seriousness though, Midori is a really really interesting antagonist. His motivations remain unclear, but to me that's what makes his ties to the main cast so intresting, and his subtle manipulation of each one of them so effective. His theme in the original laid a fine basis and does kind of show how chaotic he can be, but I wanted to take it further. I made it funky, and this song is tied for being my favorite arrangement from the soundtrack. I started with making up a motif to signify him, this motif appears in a lot of other tracks, I won’t tell you which though and in what way! For the production I was very much inspired by Sly and the Family Stone and a lot of stuff Nile Rodgers and Cory Wong made, the way they sort of layer yheir guitars in this…funk wall was really inspiring. This song has a total of eight guitars! Which is way more than any other track I worked on, considering I don’t know how to play guitar! (I chopped up a bunch of different guitar samples and plugins!) I decided to end on the Aren’t You Cheerful motif, which although it was a challenge mix-wise I’m still very proud of, this song feels somewhat like a sarcastic version of that one, so ending them in a similar manner was all but necessary to me.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Turn To Die Remixed is a playable music mod that I’ve been working on for over a year, it is compatible with both the Steam and non-Steam releases of the game, and features 16 arrangements of some of the songs in the soundtrack. These arrangements are meant to work (and loop) in tandem with the existing and pre-established soundtrack, building on its leitmotifs and overall style and expanding on their compositional and production front. -------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicYour Turn To Die: Remixed - A Dolls Tea Party (otyakai)Rom M2023-07-21 | DOWNLOAD THE MOD HERE: rommmusic.itch.io/your-turn-to-die-remixed Soundcloud Mirror: on.soundcloud.com/b2G3S Youtube Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ENyWF5TlYEAFfb_A7rymYzAB7-jFFw1 (Remixer Commentary down below!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Doll’s Tea Party - Remixer Commentary Maple my beloved. I think Maple is a super fun character. Her aesthetic of pancakes fused with this eerie notion that she can snap at any moment created a really really neat sound aesthetic in my head, and also in the game itself, Maple’s themes are some of my favorites in the soundtrack! And I had a neat little idea for her first one: So, at the time of release (July 21st, 2023) this arrangement is officially two days old! I’m not kidding, I started this project two days before it was released, and weirdly it quickly became one of my favorites in the whole soundtrack. Maple’s original theme was already magical to me, it fit the character and the mood of the scenes it was in so well that I really didn’t want to do much besides switch it to B minor instead of C because it felt more…Alice in Wonderland-ish to me, but eventually I kind of spiraled down the rabbit hole (pun entirely intended) and almost finished it ten minutes later. While on the bus to a different place I thought of a really cool idea for an ending, a short waltz section, reminiscent of both of my friend’s compositions and the soundtrack for Umineko When They Cry (which is a fantastic visual novel that you should read!!!!) that cuts off prematurely, ending the loop, that section, took me an hour to make, it is 15 seconds long. Localization Reason: Otyakai (お茶会) means tea party. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Turn To Die Remixed is a playable music mod that I’ve been working on for over a year, it is compatible with both the Steam and non-Steam releases of the game, and features 16 arrangements of some of the songs in the soundtrack. These arrangements are meant to work (and loop) in tandem with the existing and pre-established soundtrack, building on its leitmotifs and overall style and expanding on their compositional and production front.
Dancing B (dance) - Remixer Commentary LETS GO LETS MOVE LETS GO LETS MOVE This minigame was a traumatic experience and I will never recover/j. So to all three of the Rom M oldheads, once upon a time I released an album called Packs of Stray Dogs, it was terrible, and we do not talk about it. The reason I’m bringing it up is because this song actually uses the same samples I used in a song from that album, so it's kind of a redemption arc for me, if you will. Okay now to the actual song. I wanted to encapsulate both my love of dubstep metal and the danceability of groove metal, and I think I did an alright job. I’m quite proud of the sound design in this one specifically, especially in the ending section where I allowed myself to go ham with both sound design and leitmotifs, I also chose to include the minecart song as the “chorus” section because in my opinion it was criminally underutilized in the actual game and I found a cool harmony\lead that went along with it in a really pretty way. Localization Reason: Direct translation from the CD2 Title.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Turn To Die Remixed is a playable music mod that I’ve been working on for over a year, it is compatible with both the Steam and non-Steam releases of the game, and features 16 arrangements of some of the songs in the soundtrack. These arrangements are meant to work (and loop) in tandem with the existing and pre-established soundtrack, building on its leitmotifs and overall style and expanding on their compositional and production front. -------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicYour Turn To Die: Remixed - Dancing A (rock)Rom M2023-07-21 | Soundcloud Mirror: on.soundcloud.com/b2G3S Youtube Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ENyWF5TlYEAFfb_A7rymYzAB7-jFFw1 (Remixer Commentary down below!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dancing A (rock) - Remixer Commentary I knew I wanted to turn both Memory Dance tracks into Metal tracks the moment I heard them in game, I have a guilty pleasure love of incredibly dated dubstep metal. What can I say, some of these songs go too hard, so I very much tried to emulate that feeling here. I wanted this track to be not too intense, to leave people desiring a bit more (a request which I will fulfill in Dancing B) hence the weird cut off right as a climax was about to hit. Localization Reason - Direct Translation of the CD2 Title. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Turn To Die Remixed is a playable music mod that I’ve been working on for over a year, it is compatible with both the Steam and non-Steam releases of the game, and features 16 arrangements of some of the songs in the soundtrack. These arrangements are meant to work (and loop) in tandem with the existing and pre-established soundtrack, building on its leitmotifs and overall style and expanding on their compositional and production front. -------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicYour Turn To Die: Remixed - Maelstrom Musing (uzu)Rom M2023-07-21 | DOWNLOAD THE MOD HERE: rommmusic.itch.io/your-turn-to-die-remixed \ Soundcloud Mirror: on.soundcloud.com/b2G3S Youtube Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ENyWF5TlYEAFfb_A7rymYzAB7-jFFw1 (Remixer Commentary down below!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maelstrom Musing (uzu) - Remixer Commentary Special Thank you to Fey for helping with the localization! When I first heard this nifty 3 second loop I thought of exactly one thing: Daft Punk. It very much gave me French House vibes which is exactly why i took it in a direction more reminiscent of Random Access Memories (their last album) I’m very proud of the bassline in this one and the solo at the end, I wanted to make it a groovy song for someone deep in thought and hopefully I did an alright job! Localization reason - The metadata title for this one is “思考の渦” which directly translates to “Whirlpool of Thought” I played around with thesaurus.com a little and figured Maelstrom Musing was a good fit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Turn To Die Remixed is a playable music mod that I’ve been working on for over a year, it is compatible with both the Steam and non-Steam releases of the game, and features 16 arrangements of some of the songs in the soundtrack. These arrangements are meant to work (and loop) in tandem with the existing and pre-established soundtrack, building on its leitmotifs and overall style and expanding on their compositional and production front. -------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicYour Turn To Die: Remixed - Secondary Courage (seme)Rom M2023-07-21 | DOWNLOAD THE MOD HERE: rommmusic.itch.io/your-turn-to-die-remixed Soundcloud Mirror: on.soundcloud.com/b2G3S Youtube Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ENyWF5TlYEAFfb_A7rymYzAB7-jFFw1 (Remixer Commentary down below!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Secondary Courage (seme) - Remixer Commentary Special Thank you to Fey for helping with the localization! This is the parallel song to Point of No Return, my god was producing this one hard in the mixing department, I was very much inspired by DEAD 2 RIGHTS, which is a song from the soundtrack of a webcomic called Vast Error that you might’ve heard about. What I loved about it is how overwhelming is a good way it felt, and I wanted to give this track which basically feels like you’re about to genuinely win for the first time the same feeling, I like to think I suceeded. Through the entire overwhelming second part I wanted to include the Deep thought motif which pops up throughout the soundtrack, I like to think it fits there. I also put a bunch of other leitmotifs! See if you can find them! Localization reason - The Metadata title for this one is 勇気2 which means 'Courage 2', in case you are wondering, no there is no Courage 1. So translating it so Secondary Courage was kind of a no brainer and I like to think it fits the idea of believing in your allies. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Turn To Die Remixed is a playable music mod that I’ve been working on for over a year, it is compatible with both the Steam and non-Steam releases of the game, and features 16 arrangements of some of the songs in the soundtrack. These arrangements are meant to work (and loop) in tandem with the existing and pre-established soundtrack, building on its leitmotifs and overall style and expanding on their compositional and production front. -------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicYour Turn To Die: Remixed - Step of Courage (yuukinoasi)Rom M2023-07-21 | DOWNLOAD THE MOD HERE: rommmusic.itch.io/your-turn-to-die-remixed Soundcloud Mirror: on.soundcloud.com/b2G3S Youtube Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ENyWF5TlYEAFfb_A7rymYzAB7-jFFw1 (Remixer Commentary down below!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Step of Courage (yuukinoasi) - Remixer Commentary Special Thanks to Fey for helping with the localization! Not much to say about this one! I wanted to make a more stripped down and calm version of the Courage motif while indulging in some…jazz pleasantries, I guess? While still keeping the original melody of the track intact with the solo section. Also, no I will not apologize for the little easter egg I threw in there. Localization Reason - pretty much a direct translation of the japanese title. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Turn To Die Remixed is a playable music mod that I’ve been working on for over a year, it is compatible with both the Steam and non-Steam releases of the game, and features 16 arrangements of some of the songs in the soundtrack. These arrangements are meant to work (and loop) in tandem with the existing and pre-established soundtrack, building on its leitmotifs and overall style and expanding on their compositional and production front. -------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicYour Turn to Die: Remixed - Majority RulesRom M2023-07-21 | DOWNLOAD THE MOD HERE: rommmusic.itch.io/your-turn-to-die-remixed Soundcloud Mirror: on.soundcloud.com/b2G3S Youtube Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ENyWF5TlYEAFfb_A7rymYzAB7-jFFw1 (Remixer Commentary down below!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Majority Rules - Remixer Commentary Oh boy, this one. This is one of my favorite tracks in the game already, and when I heard it with the project in mind I already knew what I wanted to do with it, again, pretty much everything here is made from one synth (Vital) besides the main loop, a main gripe I have with the soundtrack is that most of the songs are in the same key, and while doesn’t detract from their value I would’ve loved more diversity, and settling on a key for Majority Rules specifically was very very hard considering how iconic the original is, For most of the project’s lifespan I was considering C# Minor and periodically B Minor (fun fact: changing the song to B minor crashed my laptop!) but I think Eb Minor in the end fits the most! It has a flair of royalty and formality while still feeling distinctly sinister, which was very much the intention. Another fun fact: I added that last section 2 days before the project's release!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Turn To Die Remixed is a playable music mod that I’ve been working on for over a year, it is compatible with both the Steam and non-Steam releases of the game, and features 16 arrangements of some of the songs in the soundtrack. These arrangements are meant to work (and loop) in tandem with the existing and pre-established soundtrack, building on its leitmotifs and overall style and expanding on their compositional and production front. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicYour Turn To Die: Remixed - Point of No Return (zetubou/zetsubou)Rom M2023-07-21 | DOWNLOAD THE MOD HERE: rommmusic.itch.io/your-turn-to-die-remixed Soundcloud Mirror: on.soundcloud.com/b2G3S Youtube Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ENyWF5TlYEAFfb_A7rymYzAB7-jFFw1 (Remixer Commentary down below!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Point of No Return (zetubou) - Remixer Commentary Special Thank you to Fey for helping with the localization! This one is probably my second favorite arrangement in the entire soundtrack, I wanted this song and another later in the soundtrack to mirror each other, to contrast both the feeling of hope and despair if you will (this song in the game file is literally called Zetsubou/zetubou) I knew I wanted to emphasize the gravitas of the situation while not making it overly dramatic, so I decided to leave most of the drama in the opening and give it a more industrial disco touch in the middle section, I hope I did a good job! Localization Reason - 戻れない (the title found in the game files metadata) means: “no going back”, and since this song plays during a literal point of no return, I decided that was an appropriate title.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Turn To Die Remixed is a playable music mod that I’ve been working on for over a year, it is compatible with both the Steam and non-Steam releases of the game, and features 16 arrangements of some of the songs in the soundtrack. These arrangements are meant to work (and loop) in tandem with the existing and pre-established soundtrack, building on its leitmotifs and overall style and expanding on their compositional and production front. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicYour Turn To Die: Remixed - One Fell Swoop (setuna)Rom M2023-07-21 | DOWNLOAD THE MOD HERE: rommmusic.itch.io/your-turn-to-die-remixed Soundcloud Mirror: on.soundcloud.com/b2G3S Youtube Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ENyWF5TlYEAFfb_A7rymYzAB7-jFFw1 (Remixer Commentary down below!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One Fell Swoop (setuna) - Remixer Commentary Special Thanks to Fey for localizing this title! Ah yes, the “we’re getting backstory about the Hades Incident” song. I wanted it to be a bit more engaging and also a bit more sinister and a little more engaging. I decided to also include the Samurai Woman motif along with the Cardiogram motif for reasons I cannot disclose here (spoilers for the game and such) what I can tell you however is about the percussion, the instrument being played here is a calabash, yes, it's made from the fruit, and yes it sound dope. Localization Reason - The CD2 title for this song is イアイスキ - イアイ refers to "居合" which is the motion of a quick draw and sheath of a sword. スキ refers to like, a gap or moment in time. So the song is basically means "the moment where 居合 happens." So Fey explained all that to me and suggested: "One Fell Swoop", and I liked that title a lot.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Turn To Die Remixed is a playable music mod that I’ve been working on for over a year, it is compatible with both the Steam and non-Steam releases of the game, and features 16 arrangements of some of the songs in the soundtrack. These arrangements are meant to work (and loop) in tandem with the existing and pre-established soundtrack, building on its leitmotifs and overall style and expanding on their compositional and production front. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicYour Turn To Die: Remixed - Samurai WomanRom M2023-07-21 | DOWNLOAD THE MOD HERE: rommmusic.itch.io/your-turn-to-die-remixed Soundcloud Mirror: on.soundcloud.com/b2G3S Youtube Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ENyWF5TlYEAFfb_A7rymYzAB7-jFFw1 (Remixer Commentary down below!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Samurai Woman - Remixer Commentary This was the last song I originally had for the project, and it was very fun to do. The percussion on this one was very very fun to make and the section where the motifs come in to signify Sara’s journey thus far was also very rewarding to make. I decided to overlay the main melody with a Shamisen, and I think it helped emphasize the Samurai in Samurai Woman. Not much else to say about this one, it was just very fun to make from beginning to end.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Turn To Die Remixed is a playable music mod that I’ve been working on for over a year, it is compatible with both the Steam and non-Steam releases of the game, and features 16 arrangements of some of the songs in the soundtrack. These arrangements are meant to work (and loop) in tandem with the existing and pre-established soundtrack, building on its leitmotifs and overall style and expanding on their compositional and production front. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicYour Turn To Die: Remixed - Not So SouRom M2023-07-21 | DOWNLOAD THE MOD HERE: rommmusic.itch.io/your-turn-to-die-remixed Soundcloud Mirror: on.soundcloud.com/b2G3S Youtube Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ENyWF5TlYEAFfb_A7rymYzAB7-jFFw1 (Remixer Commentary down below!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not So, Sou - Remixer Commentary Sou Hiyori is probably (and unsurprisingly) my favorite character in Your Turn to Die. I feel like he’s one of the most interesting subversions on the typical murder mystery rival character I’ve ever seen. You genuinely have no idea what he’ll do next, and I find that sense of dread and mystery intoxicating. I wanted to incorporate that in his theme, so I moved it up to D minor since it feels more…outwardly sinister and a bit bratty, in a way. Most of the percussion and drums in the first section is made from my recordings of construction that was happening outside my house at the time. As for the main melody, You’ll notice that it is an altered version of a certain motif. This leitmotif also recurs throughout the soundtrack. What it means I will leave up to your interpretation.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Turn To Die Remixed is a playable music mod that I’ve been working on for over a year, it is compatible with both the Steam and non-Steam releases of the game, and features 16 arrangements of some of the songs in the soundtrack. These arrangements are meant to work (and loop) in tandem with the existing and pre-established soundtrack, building on its leitmotifs and overall style and expanding on their compositional and production front. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicYour Turn To Die: Remixed - Dont Be DauntedRom M2023-07-21 | DOWNLOAD THE MOD HERE: rommmusic.itch.io/your-turn-to-die-remixed Soundcloud Mirror: on.soundcloud.com/b2G3S Youtube Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ENyWF5TlYEAFfb_A7rymYzAB7-jFFw1 (Remixer Commentary down below!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don’t be Daunted - Remixer Commentary I don’t have much to say about this one, it's very straightforward, that clavinet loop just screams disco for me,so I kind of had an obligation to turn it into that kind of song, I did feel like this song needed a second section, so I decided to put the Exploration D motif (which is my favorite btw) as a second part, I think it worked kind of well!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Turn To Die Remixed is a playable music mod that I’ve been working on for over a year, it is compatible with both the Steam and non-Steam releases of the game, and features 16 arrangements of some of the songs in the soundtrack. These arrangements are meant to work (and loop) in tandem with the existing and pre-established soundtrack, building on its leitmotifs and overall style and expanding on their compositional and production front. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicYour Turn To Die: Remixed - Cardiogram SuiteRom M2023-07-21 | DOWNLOAD THE MOD HERE: rommmusic.itch.io/your-turn-to-die-remixed Soundcloud Mirror: on.soundcloud.com/b2G3S Youtube Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ENyWF5TlYEAFfb_A7rymYzAB7-jFFw1 (Remixer Commentary down below!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardiogram Suite - Remixer Commentary This one is the big one. I was very much unsure if tackling the Cardiogram tracks was the right move, but me and a friend got such a good idea that it would’ve been a waste not to do it. A while back, a friend showed me how unbelievably great most of the songs from Who wants to be A Millionaire are, and I couldn’t agree more, a thing we both liked is how each time the question gets more intense, the key goes up a half step, which helped create tension and intensity, so I decided I wanted to do the same thing for the many many different variations of the Cardiogram. We start off slow, in the regular key of C, I didn’t really do much for this one to be honest, I played a melody which I thought I could interpolate in interesting ways and across a variety of different instruments. After that we reach the second section which is in C# Minor, I loved the idea of the Majority Rules strings playing in the background so I managed to isolate the parts and spread them to each ear, that drum playing in the background is a very edited Tabla btw. Next we get the Climax, which is my favorite. It is very much unapologetically inspired by another murder game soundtrack, but I tried to give it my own unique touch, I hope I succeeded! The two next sections aren’t noteworthy by themselves, they just create more intensity and help with the buildup to the eventual second Climax, which returns to the original; key of C Minor to encapsulate the sheer scope of the track. The two remaining section play in Chapter 3-1B, Since this is a game with Meister and Midori, I thought it would be fitting to insert their leitmotifs as well (in the first and second sections respectively) Going into a more jazz influence was mostly because I thought it fit the tone of the Chapter a bit better, since the subgame does have a flair for the dramatic.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Turn To Die Remixed is a playable music mod that I’ve been working on for over a year, it is compatible with both the Steam and non-Steam releases of the game, and features 16 arrangements of some of the songs in the soundtrack. These arrangements are meant to work (and loop) in tandem with the existing and pre-established soundtrack, building on its leitmotifs and overall style and expanding on their compositional and production front. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicYour Turn to Die: Remixed - Your Turn to GoRom M2023-07-21 | DOWNLOAD THE MOD HERE: rommmusic.itch.io/your-turn-to-die-remixed Soundcloud Mirror: on.soundcloud.com/b2G3S Youtube Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ENyWF5TlYEAFfb_A7rymYzAB7-jFFw1 (Remixer Commentary down below!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Turn to Go - Remixer Commentary So, this was the first track I made for the project, and honestly the one that inspired this whole thing, when I heard that the entire Your Turn to Die soundtrack was made using GarageBand loops I was honestly taken aback considering how well they translate over to a visual novel setting, so I wanted to do a neat one of remix of the title theme, and that eventually spiraled into the OST you see before you now. As for the track itself, well…there isn’t much to say to be honest. I can tell you that besides the main loop everything you hear was made with one synth, Vital (which is free, btw!) and the only really interesting tidbit is about the middle section, which you may notice has the main motif playing an octave below what it should be, this is due to a process I put it through called Warping, which causes an audio to be put through an algorithm determining its original speed and creating some really interesting results, in the GarageBand loop case it actually made for some really unique harmonies!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Turn To Die Remixed is a playable music mod that I’ve been working on for over a year, it is compatible with both the Steam and non-Steam releases of the game, and features 16 arrangements of some of the songs in the soundtrack. These arrangements are meant to work (and loop) in tandem with the existing and pre-established soundtrack, building on its leitmotifs and overall style and expanding on their compositional and production front. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/romm_music Twitter: twitter.com/rommmusicYour Turn To Die: Remixed - TeaserRom M2023-07-14 | Your Turn To Die is one of my favorite visual novels! Its writing is incredible and it is pretty much the best death game visual novel I've ever read, however it did leave me wanting to tackle its soundtrack in my own way, so I decided to give it a fresh coat of…sound. Your Turn To Die Remixed is a 15 track playable mod that I’ve been working on for over a year, it is compatible with both the Steam and non-Steam releases of the game and It will be out very soon! Nankidai I am up for hire.
Special thank you to Fey Halpren for helping me localize some of the track names!
LYRICS: And so, yet another sordid chapter of probable cause comes to its end. Or, well, I'd liken it more to a sudden death rattle as its due climax is snuffed out by the guided hand of irrelevance.
When the soaps get boring, what choice is there but to change the channel? I mean, we were even getting to the sad breakup trope, they don't even BOTHER with that one in OTHER adjacent yarns.
But regardless, I do so hope your curiosity was tickled, this Hollownull night. At least I must assume it is, but from where I'm sitting, it could be ANY holiday. Arson Prevention Day, Arson Encouragement Day, Beaver Appreciation Day, Custard Pie Abstinence Day, or even the coveted Simultaneous Spontaneous Combustion Day.
And if you don't celebrate any of those...well, you're not special. There was probably no need to even TELL you a scary story.
Your life is already so boring that it scares me.
Now, leave while you still can. While I can assure you that the continental breakfast is worth the hype, I CAN'T assure you'll find your way out if you stick around for it.
The valet's got your ride, but... fix your tail-light.
LYRICS: When I was young I couldn’t fathom living I couldn’t fathom living Without you
When I got old I couldn’t live without it Couldn’t live without the lone subsiding for the truth
And now I see It all just isn’t worth it Mementos from illusions to illusions passing through
And when I cry They always turn their head to Sing a silly song i used to love when i was six
Mirror on the wall I couldn’t I cannot stand tall Mirror on the wall Life is unforgiving Three colors are potent here In me
When you’ve matured Into a fuller person Fragments from your soul are scattered All across the floor
In one of them You were finally happy In one way or another You were set free from this cage
Look at me Tell me how you did it Tell me how to live a life without the threat of Ropes
Cause in the end You remind me of a time when The fabric of that contorts the seams of life became controlled
Mirror on the wall Remind me Were you bound to fall? Mirror on the wall Yet I'm still staying In this cage designed for me -------------------------------------------- Bandcamp: romm.bandcamp.com Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/rommandel Twitter: twitter.com/rommandel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rom_mandel/...Vast Error Vol.5 Side 2 | PerfectionRom M2022-09-13 | Perfect cover art by Diz (twitter.com/dismurrit) THE ENTIRETY OF VOL 5 HAS BEEN RELEASED! STREAM IT N O W ! vasterror.bandcamp.com