Helldivers 2 Main Theme - A Cup Of Liber-Tea RogetMusic 2024-02-08 | Main Theme to Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios)Music Composed and Produced by Wilbert Roget, IINashville Scoring Orchestra, recorded at Ocean Way StudiosMen's Choir recorded at Abbey Road StudiosMatheus Souza, Electric Violin SoloistDavid Shipps, OrchestratorDavid Wise, ConductorNick Spezia, Recording EngineerVideo edited by @zaidtmusic and @MageLumiiOriginal Helldivers 1 Theme by Johan Lindgren @jlindgrenswe
Monkey Island 2 SE Music: 3 - Melodically accurate Beat Sync RogetMusic 2022-06-30 | The most complicated implementation of Lucasarts' iMUSE interactive music system ever created! I spent practically half the dev cycle iterating on this area alone.Funny story: I met Michael Land, original composer of Monkey Island, at the Game Developers Conference in 2007! We had dinner with a bunch of other game audio people, and he recounted the story of how he put together Woodtick, with hundreds of possible transitions based on cue and bar. I thought to myself, "Wow that's cool- but I hope I never have to do anything like that if I wanna write for games!"...three years later..... 🤣
Monkey Island 2 SE Music: 2 - Interactive Music Layering RogetMusic 2022-06-30 | Focusing on one of the more complicated sections of the game (swamp) where we used location-based layering. There were a few sections like this, where layers would be added or swapped in realtime.Interestingly, we used to have a bar-specific flute stinger play every time you ride the elevator just like the originals, with the same tech as Woodtick (see 3rd vid).... but towards the end of the project this stopped working for some unknown reason, and we never had the engineering bandwidth to fix it :-(
Monkey Island 2 SE Music: 1 - Audio Overview RogetMusic 2022-06-30 | Reuploading old vids discussing music to Monkey Island 2 Special Edition!Apologies for the 2010 phone camera footage :-P
Kontakt: Dishwasher Pad Breakdown RogetMusic 2021-11-09 | A few years back I visited my friend Dave's apartment, which featured the noisiest dishwasher door I've ever heard. I recorded it with my phone and built a pretty useful evocative pad in Kontakt with it :-)Similar texture to Hildur Guðnadóttir's Chernobyl and Battlefield scores!
Score Video: Mortal Kombat 11 Fire God Ascension and Immortal Kombat RogetMusic 2021-04-05 | Showing paper sketches of my underscore to one of the most epic moments in Mortal Kombat 11, when the heroes finally storm Kronika's Keep. The tracks "Fire God Ascension" and "Immortal Kombat" from the soundtrack album are from this scene in the game.I present my paper sketch as well as the visuals, with music featured more prominently in the mix so that details can be heard. Annotations have been added to call out character/faction leitmotifs, give credit to live performers, and explain some of the changes I made between paper sketch and production/orchestration.I hope this gives some insight into my process, and encourages other folks to try paper sketching!
Digitakt Quick Beatslicing Tutorial (via sampleStart chart) RogetMusic 2021-02-08 | Please see docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j4M0LiTLTN8D9q9O2g_Z4VRdogb6_GMm9GWQea4Dl5U/edit?usp=sharing for my sample start-time chart.(scroll down for 3/4 time signature)Have fun! :-)
Vader Immortal End Credits OST RogetMusic 2020-05-05 | Ending credits theme to Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series. This is the most recent piece of Star Wars music I've written, for this 2019 VR release. The concept of the player being force-sensitive was introduced at the end of Episode 1, and so this end credits piece is my own take on a new melody for The Force - somber and reluctant, in contrast to the original films' Force theme.Uploading this as well as the very first piece of Star Wars music I ever wrote officially (Boba Fett boss theme from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, 2008) in honor of Star Wars Day 2020. MTFBWY!
Call of Duty: WWII A Brotherhood of Heroes Score Video RogetMusic 2018-08-26 | Main theme of Call of Duty: WWIIMusic by Wilbert Roget, IIOrch. and cond by David ShippsNashville Scoring OrchestraRecorded at Ocean Way Studios(video edited by Jacob Pernell)
CoD WWII Main Theme Strings RogetMusic 2018-08-25 | Crappy phone camera recording of the strings section in my Call of Duty WWII main theme "A Brotherhood of Heroes". Nashville Music Scoring, at Ocean Way Studios.
Dijurido MAGfest 2018 hotel recording RogetMusic 2018-08-25 | Anton "Detective Tuesday" Corazza - Alto Sax (youtube.com/user/DetectiveTuesday)Michael "Bassoonify" Gebhart - Bassoon (youtube.com/channel/UCLkNcN2ort4Rf5VcL1cfx0A)Wilbert Roget, II - Flute, arranger
Kakariko Village: Day Breath of the Wild live cover RogetMusic 2018-06-13 | Spontaneous recording of Kakariko Village from BotW, recorded on an MS Surface (so neither audio nor video is high quality, just a quick little fun thing). I was visiting Seb in Gothenburg and we decided to jam for a bit! He was my cello soloist on Call of Duty: WWII, Destiny 2: Forsaken, Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, and others. Check out his channel:youtube.com/user/Freijman
CoD:WWII legno effect 20170625 114617 RogetMusic 2018-02-08 | More CoD:WWII recording session phone cam footage, this time showing an effect with strings that I used in the main theme. It's a little buried in the mix, but this is how we got that "marching percussion" sound when the CoD theme kicks in.Basically we handed out a buncha wooden dowels to the players, and everyone chose to either slap the string with the dowel, slap with their pencil, or just use their hand on the body of the instrument. I reused this technique in a bunch of different cues throughout the score, as a way to get interesting percussive sounds without using more typical elements like snare drums and such.
CoD:WWII Main theme brass 20170625 155319 RogetMusic 2018-02-08 | Some phone camera footage from my CoD: WWII recording session at Ocean Way Studios in Nashville. I was incredibly impressed by the horn players in particular!
Eternal Conflict (Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire) RogetMusic 2018-01-11 | Composed and orchestrated by Wilbert Roget, IIPerformed by Northwest Sinfonia, Northwest Sinfonia ChoraleHorn solos by James NaigusPercussion solos by Doug Perry
Army of the War God (Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire) RogetMusic 2018-01-11 | Composed and orchestrated by Wilbert Roget, IIPerformed by Northwest Sinfonia, Northwest Sinfonia ChoraleHorn solos by James NaigusPercussion solos by Doug Perry
Enter The Fire God (Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire) RogetMusic 2018-01-11 | Composed and orchestrated by Wilbert Roget, IIPerformed by Northwest Sinfonia, Northwest Sinfonia ChoraleHorn solos by James NaigusPercussion solos by Doug Perry
Flying Teapot by Yoko Kanno (flute, piano, guitar, and mandolin cover) RogetMusic 2016-10-04 | "Flying Teapot" from Cowboy Bebop (Yoko Kanno), arranged/performed by Wilbert Roget, II(piano, flute, guitar, mandolin)
Redwood Forest, Finally RogetMusic 2016-09-12 | Redwood Forest travel montage cutscene music for an open-world game
San Fran Overran RogetMusic 2016-09-12 | San Francisco travel montage cutscene music for an open-world game
Momentum Flux (Beyond Libra opening titles theme) RogetMusic 2015-11-10 | Opening titles for my anime album, "Beyond Libra" - now released!!http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/beyondlibraMusic : Wilbert Roget, IILyrics : Gee Daigo Kawai, Tristan PanniersTranslation Support : Su Mon Han, くろまIllustration : Keiiii (art), Jose Felix (animation), MaikoZ (title design)Hatsune Miku (vocals), Chuck Simpson (drums), Jeff Ball (violin, viola), Wilbert Roget (guitar, bass, keys), Andreas Kotsamanidis (mix/master)
Beyond Libra: Anime-inspired soundtrack album! RogetMusic 2015-11-02 | Album is now RELEASED!! http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/beyondlibra"Beyond Libra" is my anime-inspired soundtrack album, 8 years in the making. Live orchestra, three live choirs (incl. a Nigerian vocal ensemble and a Slavic women's chorus), and a host of musicians and vocalists including Raj Ramayya (Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain), Jillian Aversa (Soul Calibur 5, Halo, VideoGamesLive), and many more. Tons of diverse musical genres, including J-pop, orchestral, dulcet small ensembles, afrobeat, and many more!
Honoring Our Fallen Brothers RogetMusic 2015-09-12 | I composed this funereal cue for an epic sci-fi military action game. I wanted to show the soldiers' human side, giving up their lives to protect their faction. Because this game was multiplayer-only and lacked traditional cutscenes/story, I used the battle preparations frontend as an opportunity to have these kinds of cues that showed the more human side of war.This piece was recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios
Soaring Above The Clouded City RogetMusic 2015-09-09 | I wrote this cue for a casual medieval fantasy RPG, portraying a bustling town square in a magical floating city. I used choir and brass quintet to illustrate the clouds and majestic architecture, with fast paced guitar riffs, flute solo and hurdy-gurdy representing the busy city crowds.
Lara Croft Overture, LIVE Performance (Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris OST) RogetMusic 2015-09-08 | Here's me, performing a live piano arrangement of the title track "Lara Croft Overture" from my soundtrack to Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris! I wrote the original soundtrack as a loveletter to 80s and 90s action-adventure movie scores, and so the title theme follows that melodic adventure paradigm. You can get the full Lara Croft soundtrack at soundcloud.com/crystaldynamics/sets/lctoo
The Ruins of Taris (Star Wars The Old Republic OST) RogetMusic 2015-09-06 | I wrote this somber ambient cue for the planet of Taris, a ruined ecumenopolis. For each planet I scored, I wanted at least one piece to have an emotional and reflective tone, distinct from the suspenseful painting that most ambient cues in The Old Republic use.
The Bounty Hunter RogetMusic 2015-09-03 | I wrote this hybrid electro-orchestral cue for a short sci-fi action thriller. It makes extensive use of hard-hitting synthesized percussion and leads, as well as brassy orchestration and a Spanish-influenced acoustic guitar solo.
Fields of Woodhurst RogetMusic 2015-09-02 | I wrote this ambient cue for a peaceful farming village in a casual medieval fantasy RPG. It uses Celtic harps and woodwind solos to give a rustic feel, juxtaposed with an emotional warm strings bridge section.
The False Emperor (Star Wars The Old Republic OST) RogetMusic 2015-08-29 | I wrote this intense choir and orchestra theme for Star Wars: The Old Republic, as an alternate main theme - it was ultimately used as the boss theme for Darth Malgus, one of the principal villains in the game. I used a very classic-cinema approach to the orchestration and melody, to evoke the Franz Waxman and Erich Korngold sound that John Williams was inspired by on the original Star Wars films. The choir as well sings in Sanskrit, a language used by Williams in the choral themes from The Phantom Menace.This piece was performed by the Skywalker Symphony Orchestra at Skywalker Sound.
Suite from Mansion of Crossed Destinies RogetMusic 2015-08-28 | This piece is a suite of interactively-stitched ingame cues I wrote for the puzzle game "Mansion of Crossed Destinies". I explored colorful, woodwind-heavy chamber orchestration with jagged harmonic progressions to underscore the whimsical art style. Each segment can modulate to different keys or tempos, but always ends similarly and can be stitched to any other segment. The game then randomly chooses each segment based on intensity level, using tempo synchronization to achieve seamless transitions.
Forgotten Labyrinth RogetMusic 2015-08-27 | This cue is from a casual medieval-fantasy RPG, and is played in the dungeon areas. Because there were several different types of dungeons that could be replayed many times, I wrote a lengthy loop with several unique-sounding sections within, all with different moods. Different dungeons can start at a different point in the track (based on their mood/feel), but the piece always develops and loops fully to prevent ear-fatigue. This piece also pays homage to some of my favorite JRPG soundtracks in its use of woodwind solos and subtle electronics while still portraying a fantasy mood.
Rescue Mission RogetMusic 2015-08-26 | This piece is an intense action cue from an epic sci-fi action game. It's used in a timed extraction sequence, and so while the first half uses high speed action music, it ends with a lengthy gradual tension swell as players defend their dropships' takeoff.(Recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios)
Payback, Flashback (Dead Mans Hour OST) RogetMusic 2015-08-25 | This dramatic piece is from Dead Man's Hour, a short crime/noir film about a former criminal's final chance for retribution. The protagonist has a standoff with his original killer, shooting him and then going into a flashback of his last moment with his duplicitous girlfriend. I used lots of bending pitches throughout the score to depict the protagonist's moral decay, and lots of "dirty" sounds like guitar tremolos and string effects for a gritty atmosphere.
Oppressed Village RogetMusic 2015-08-24 | This piece is a dark town theme I wrote for a casual fantasy RPG. Brooding minor chords and low toms juxtapose against colorful orchestration, to portray this once-peaceful village now being under enemy rule and martial law.
Interstellar Dogfight RogetMusic 2015-08-23 | This rousing action cue is meant for an epic space battle in a sci-fi action game. It uses rushing orchestrations and a bold melody, along with ethnic percussion and heavily syncopated background elements to increase tension.(Recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road)
Betrayal RogetMusic 2015-08-22 | This cinematic track was writtten for a crime-themed shooter game, during a cutscene where the protagonist is shot in the back by his best friend. It's a very simple cue with only electric guitar and bass, with a focus on the grit and shock of the moment.
Billys Theme (Dead Mans Hour OST) RogetMusic 2015-08-21 | This cue is the intro theme to the film Dead Man's Hour (dir. Nathan Kitada), about a recently-murdered man reanimating for one final day of retribution. I wanted a feeling of gritty sadness to his theme, so I used solo electric guitar (performed by Brian Auld) with a very plain, simple melody. Background elements such as scraped metals and whistle-tone flutes swirl about to portray an otherworldly haze for this introductory sequence in the morgue.
Capital City Sommervale RogetMusic 2015-08-20 | This piece is from a fantasy RPG, and depicts a bustling medieval town. I used several traditional Celtic instruments (frame drums and celtic harp) as well as other European folk instruments (hurdy gurdy and gadulka) to give a metropolitan feel while still remaining true to the medieval setting.
Battle of the Wizards RogetMusic 2015-08-19 | Here's a rousing battle cue I wrote for a casual fantasy RPG. I used choir, running winds and strings, and other coloristic orchestrations to depict these magic-intense battles, while keeping the bold melodic brass backbone needed for a fantasy medieval score.
Bloody Footprints RogetMusic 2015-08-18 | Here's a stealth cue I wrote for a crime-themed action game. I kept the instrumentation simple so as to retain the grit of the visuals, but used sporadic drum fills (played by Chuck Simpson) to keep the mood tense.
The Nightmare (Buried OST) RogetMusic 2015-08-18 | This cue is from the animated short film "Buried", and is played during a sequence where the protagonist is in a nightmare of giant snowflakes giving chase. I used a bouncy triple-meter rhythm for the chase music as a reference to Dukas' classic "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", portraying enchanted inanimate objects going out of control.
Elysias Theme RogetMusic 2015-08-16 | This piece is a character theme I wrote for a casual fantasy RPG. It features the lovely Laura Intravia's solo vocals, with a somber plaintive melody and fantasy orchestrations. I used some subtle electronics in the bridge, doubled with quiet woodwind staccatos to create a sparkling background that illustrates the concept of magic.
The Northern Blades RogetMusic 2015-08-15 | Here's a heroic battle theme I wrote for a casual fantasy RPG. In addition to typical orchestration and melodic elements associated with medieval fantasy scores, I also tried some unusual harmonic progressions and syncopations in the second half of the cue, in order to portray the element of magic.
Jacobs Balloon RogetMusic 2015-08-14 | Here's a bouncy theme I wrote for a small jazz ensemble (trumpet, vibes, electric guitar, upright bass and drums, and live flute played by yours truly). I went for a floaty French jazz aesthetic, with some Brazilian bossa influences in the harmonic progression.
Reasons to Die (Dead Mans Hour OST) RogetMusic 2015-08-13 | This morose guitar and cello duet serves as the ending credits theme to Dead Man's Hour, a short crime/noir film about a former criminal's final chance for retribution. Featuring Brian Auld on guitar and Alex Atanasiu on cello
The Emerald Planet (Veiled Alliances OST) RogetMusic 2015-08-12 | This orchestral cue is played as an introduction to the gorgeous city-planet. I used soaring orchestrations and brass fanfare to portray the grand vista, with some Star Wars stylistic references in the use of brass harmony.
Streets of Rome RogetMusic 2015-08-11 | This piece describes a stroll through the city of Rome. I used lots of plucked strings and frame drums to give an ancient Mediterranean feel, while also using subtle electronics and larger percussion sounds to keep my portrayal of ancient Rome fresh and unique.
Race Against the Rock (Gemology OST) RogetMusic 2015-08-09 | Here's an action track from the Gemology (WiiU) OST. The developer listed a few Star Fox pieces as reference, so I attempted a Nintendo-style orchestral sound - emulating the orchestration, performance style, and recording hall of the recent Nintendo titles that use live orchestra. Featuring James Naigus on french horn
