Davester2296 B-Sides | Descent Into Peril | Wolfenstein Rising OST [MIDI] @Davester2296-B | Uploaded November 2020 | Updated October 2024, 57 minutes ago.
Big thanks goes out to Raees for coming up with the initial and main idea of this song (0:00-0:28), as well as the title!

I wound up tweaking the drum-beat a little, added triangles, the occasional clave, and even some guiros and cuicas! I really loved the feeling of descending into danger (or peril!) this track gives off. I could imagine this being used for a level that has you start off riding an elevator down into a big industrial-like facility. I was also going to use the "telephone ring" sample from General MIDI in order to make this sort of "alarm bell" effect that would pan from left to right throughout the song. However, I had to scrap that idea since it only really sounded good with the gzdoom and default windows soundfonts. The sound was very grating in some others, or just totally negligible in others, so that's why it got axed. Perhaps the alarm idea could be implemented into the level as some sort of ambient sound for the map!

Aside from that, I also came up with a piano part for the song. I really wanted it to give it this "danger approaching", slightly discordant sort of sound. Then to add on to that feeling, I wound up using a sound I never thought I'd ever find use for! Patch 87, bank 0 in General MIDI, which is basically a synth playing 5th chords. For a long time I always wondered to myself, "when would I ever really use this sample?". Then when I was working on this song, I decided to use it instead of reaching for the synth strings samples. Its that synth that plays on the left side, accompanying the piano part.

I always like to have a bit of contrast with tunes like this, so whereas the main part feels anxious and uncertain, I created a triumphant-sounding guitar section. I also tried to give a couple of the guitar notes my signature kind of bends when playing leads. Anyhow, after having a moment of triumph and confidence, it transitions into a more aggressive sound, then it finally goes back into that anxious atmosphere.

Also fun fact, Raees named it "Descent Into Peril" because the initial idea had given him a sort of Descent vibe.

Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the MIDI! ~DAR



MIDI DOWNLOAD: mediafire.com/file/y15742hhy5rpvh3/Descent+Into+Peril.mid/file

Originally Completed on --November 15th, 2020--

Composition Credits: Davester2296, Raees Kamaar

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