Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
1. M4 (Part II) - 0:00
2. Sleepwalker - 8:18
3. M4 (Part I) - 16:01
4. Meno Mony Falls - 25:19
5. Of Nature - 31:12
Released September, 2006
Design – Lindsay Batke, Tim Batke
Engineer – Graham Lessard
Mastered By – Phil Demetro
Mixed By – Faunts, Graham Lessard
Performer – Joel Hitchcock, Paul Arnusch, Steven Batke, Tim Batke
"Originally written for a live performance hosted by the Film And Video Arts Society, M4 (which includes the song "M4 Part II," as featured in the video game "Mass Effect") is composed of scores originally created to accompany three independent short films. This CD EP (which is basically a full album) was self-released by the band and distributed via Friendly Fire Recordings, who re-released it in December 2007 as a download release, available through iTunes (FFRD-01).
Released in a cardboard sleeve."
music.apple.com/us/album/m4/1280781709
mediafire.com/file/mugqhxoomvdpvxo
Licensed music can have a wonderful place in video game soundtracks. From Starsailor's "Way To Fall" during the credits of Metal Gear Solid 3, to Poets of the Fall's "Late Goodbye" during Max Payne 2's credits. Faunts' "M4 (Part II)" joins those in its sublime use during the credits of 2007's Mass Effect; this eight minute wonder that serves as the cherry on top for such a memorable experience as Mass Effect. The mid-way climax that gives way to an extended coda is just genius; the words still ringing in your head as the rest of the song plays out. And fuck me, the "And I need you to recover/Because I can't make it on my own", that works for me on the same level as Brian McMahan's "I MISS YOU" on Slint's "Good Morning, Captain."
What I didn't know until many years after finishing Mass Effect, is that there are four songs that were supposed to come after it. And after having heard part two of M4 so, so, so many times, it took a lot of adjusting to the immediate calm of Sleepwalker before I really started to enjoy what this album/EP has to offer. I don't like uploading things necessarily for the sake of it, I upload things I enjoy a great deal, so I didn't want to cross myself on that until I was sure I could appreciate this body of work. It took long enough, but I can say I've had this on repeat for weeks and am enjoying it greatly. Of Nature, in particular, is plain beautiful. I must say I love everything about this song. I love the way its last tone leads into part two of M4. It's subtle, but it's there. This song steals the show for me. Whenever I put this album on, I just know Of Nature is waiting for me. Its content particularly resonating with me during this time of my life.
It's a nice touch that while M4 Part II and Sleepwalker end on dejected notes ("Because I can't make it on my own," "The floors crack, the walls suffocate,") Of Nature ends on "Waking to the silence in your voice/Waking to the light, I'll now rejoice." In fact both M4 Part II and Sleepwalker are incredibly anxious in lyrical content when you give it a good perusing. You can clichely sum all this up as "Of Nature is the light at the end of the tunnel" shenanigans, but that's not the whole story. Even Of Nature, with "This day is dragging on, why don't you die " isn't totally lighting. But it's hopeful in a way the other songs aren't. That dejectedness, that hope, those are always magical to me the way everyone finds and records that experience of finding the light and struggling in dark. It's a large part of why I listen to music.
1. M4 (Part II) - 0:00
2. Sleepwalker - 8:18
3. M4 (Part I) - 16:01
4. Meno Mony Falls - 25:19
5. Of Nature - 31:12
Released September, 2006
Design – Lindsay Batke, Tim Batke
Engineer – Graham Lessard
Mastered By – Phil Demetro
Mixed By – Faunts, Graham Lessard
Performer – Joel Hitchcock, Paul Arnusch, Steven Batke, Tim Batke
"Originally written for a live performance hosted by the Film And Video Arts Society, M4 (which includes the song "M4 Part II," as featured in the video game "Mass Effect") is composed of scores originally created to accompany three independent short films. This CD EP (which is basically a full album) was self-released by the band and distributed via Friendly Fire Recordings, who re-released it in December 2007 as a download release, available through iTunes (FFRD-01).
Released in a cardboard sleeve."
music.apple.com/us/album/m4/1280781709
mediafire.com/file/mugqhxoomvdpvxo
Licensed music can have a wonderful place in video game soundtracks. From Starsailor's "Way To Fall" during the credits of Metal Gear Solid 3, to Poets of the Fall's "Late Goodbye" during Max Payne 2's credits. Faunts' "M4 (Part II)" joins those in its sublime use during the credits of 2007's Mass Effect; this eight minute wonder that serves as the cherry on top for such a memorable experience as Mass Effect. The mid-way climax that gives way to an extended coda is just genius; the words still ringing in your head as the rest of the song plays out. And fuck me, the "And I need you to recover/Because I can't make it on my own", that works for me on the same level as Brian McMahan's "I MISS YOU" on Slint's "Good Morning, Captain."
What I didn't know until many years after finishing Mass Effect, is that there are four songs that were supposed to come after it. And after having heard part two of M4 so, so, so many times, it took a lot of adjusting to the immediate calm of Sleepwalker before I really started to enjoy what this album/EP has to offer. I don't like uploading things necessarily for the sake of it, I upload things I enjoy a great deal, so I didn't want to cross myself on that until I was sure I could appreciate this body of work. It took long enough, but I can say I've had this on repeat for weeks and am enjoying it greatly. Of Nature, in particular, is plain beautiful. I must say I love everything about this song. I love the way its last tone leads into part two of M4. It's subtle, but it's there. This song steals the show for me. Whenever I put this album on, I just know Of Nature is waiting for me. Its content particularly resonating with me during this time of my life.
It's a nice touch that while M4 Part II and Sleepwalker end on dejected notes ("Because I can't make it on my own," "The floors crack, the walls suffocate,") Of Nature ends on "Waking to the silence in your voice/Waking to the light, I'll now rejoice." In fact both M4 Part II and Sleepwalker are incredibly anxious in lyrical content when you give it a good perusing. You can clichely sum all this up as "Of Nature is the light at the end of the tunnel" shenanigans, but that's not the whole story. Even Of Nature, with "This day is dragging on, why don't you die " isn't totally lighting. But it's hopeful in a way the other songs aren't. That dejectedness, that hope, those are always magical to me the way everyone finds and records that experience of finding the light and struggling in dark. It's a large part of why I listen to music.
