Valkyrs speargun idle oohshiny 2019-11-15 | Valkyr Prime with her "Noble" animation set showing off the speargun (Ferrox, Scourge etc) idle animation
Indie Mashup 11 - Everythings Alright With No Promises by A_Rival oohshiny 2018-06-04 | Produced by A_RivalWritten by Laura Shigihara and A_RivalVocals by Laura ShigiharaString Arrangements by Wilbert RogetPiano Performance by Wilbert Roget and A_RivalBased on: ‘Everything's Alright’ by Laura Shigihara and Kan GaoOriginal Album: “To the Moon OST”/ "Everything's Alright With No Promises" is a track about thetroubles of confronting mortality and accepting realisticexpectations. /
Indie Mashup 09 - Whalers of the Moon by Anosou oohshiny 2018-06-04 | Arranged by Mattias ‘Anosou’ Häggström GerdtBased on ‘Mystery Moon Intruder’ by DisasterpeaceOriginal Album: “Cat Astro Phi”/ I actually listened to Disasterpeace long before I met Rich inperson (or online for that matter) so it was great having theopportunity to arrange his work. Nothing quite like the music heputs together. Raw, almost simple but with an edge — a sense ofrhythm and harmony that I'm quite jealous of. Remixing Cat AstroPhi gave me a chance to tackle that, in some very different ways,and I'm very happy with the result! /
Indie Mashup 03 - The Traveling by Kan Gao oohshiny 2018-06-04 | Arranged by Kan GaoBased on ‘The Traveller’ by Alec HolowkaOriginal Album: “Aquaria OST”/ Aquaria was one of the first indie games I’ve played, and I stillremember how perfectly the track “The Traveler” accompaniedthe stunning visuals. The answer: “too perfectly”. So I decided tofix that, and turned it into some kind of a trailer theme wannabe.Then, as the crème fraiche to reflect that change, I edited thename into something that’s slightly more awkward. /
Indie Mashup 05 - Piano Sonata in A Minor Croatoa Op. 5 Mov. 1 by Jonas Blake oohshiny 2018-06-04 | Arranged by Jonas BlakeBased on ‘Lost Temple of Croatoa’ by Francisco CerdaOriginal Album: “Jamestown OST”/ The Lost Temple of Croatoa is one of those rare pieces that hassuch melodic and harmonic integrity that it remains captivatingeven when stripped down to its barest essentials. In arranging apiano cover, much of the texture of the original is lost bynecessity; it is up to the pianist to fill in the blanks with pianistictextures and runs. Having a dramatic, moving theme like the onecomposed by Francisco Cerda for this track makes this task easierand very, very fun. In short, it's a pianist's dream. /
Indie Mashup 01 - Daughter of Heaven by Dain Saint oohshiny 2018-06-04 | Arranged by Dain SaintBased on ‘Tower of Heaven’ by FlashygoodnessOriginal Album: “Tower of Heaven”/I was really enamoured with Flashygoodness' composing style forTower of Heaven -- the use of a single beautiful improvisation as ajumping off point for the soundtrack speaks closely to the stronguse of motif that I'm constantly yelling at people to use.Coupled with David's worldly sound -- and taking a bit ofinspiration from his 8-bit Bolero -- I happened upon a very niceblend of styles that tells a compelling story -- which is all I everwant to do when I compose. I'd contemplated throwing a sinister"May Heaven grant you fortune" line in there, but I much preferthe piece as a strict instrumental./
Indie Mashup 08 - Nexus by Disasterpeace oohshiny 2018-06-04 | Arranged by DisasterpeaceBased on: ‘Kinetic Harvest’ (Shatter OST), ‘Light’, ‘The Traveller’ (Aquaria OST), ‘Having Lived’ (To the Moon OST) , ‘Turning the Tide’ (Jamestown OST)Original Albums: “Shatter OST”, “Aquaria OST”, “To the Moon OST”,“Jamestown OST”/ Nexus is a medley/mashup of music from Aquaria, Jamestown,Shatter, and To the Moon. The song has four distinct sections. Thefirst features reimagined versions of "Light" and "The Traveller"from Aquaria, while the second is an interlude which features somechord excerpts from "Turning the Tide" on the Jamestownsoundtrack. Eventually the song builds up into a tribute to "KineticHarvest" from Shatter, before devolving into an arrangement of"Having Lived" from the To the Moon soundtrack. I tried to mixthings up and have a bit fun, melding video game and chip/8-bitsounds, piano, hip-hop and dance vibes. /
Indie Mashup 02 - DARK STAR by Francisco Cerda oohshiny 2018-06-04 | Arranged by Francisco CerdaBased on ‘Lone Star’ by Jim GuthrieOriginal Album: “Sword and Sworcery EP”/One of the most important things for me in a composition ismusical themes; it is certainly the point from which I embark onany music. You really can do a lot of complex work just developinga few simple ideas. At the same time, I think that when you want todo a "cover", you must try to own the song, give to the listener anew perspective of it, but at the same time don't walk away fromits essence. You must make it different, but still recognizable inany musical language.The “Lone Star” tune from Sword & Sorcery's soundtrack has apretty distinctive melody, which is nice if you are looking for somekind of evil transformation. I decided to make the "Jamestown"version of it; a sort of "lost level track", or an epic/orchestaltranslation of this piece of music. At the end it got out of my hands, and the "Lone Star" musical themes went into some kind of twisted and aggressive journey into the Jamestown soundtrack'sdissonance and ultra-tonality (a musical concept that doesn't existbut sounds pretty cool and probably should). It was a pretty funadventure, and there's even some samples taken from the originaltrack, try to find em' all!!! ;) /
Indie Mashup 07 - Aftermath by Kan Gao oohshiny 2018-06-04 | Arranged by Kan GaoBased on ‘Epilogue’ by Francisco CerdaOriginal Album: “Jamestown OST’/ I loved the Epilogue track; Francisco tied up the Prologue themewith it cleverly through a glorious sense of closure. But I wasunsettled by just how utterly non-melodramatic it was, becauseeverything should obviously be super melodramatic and makepeople depressed. So voilà! Here’s the ending where everyonedied on Mars and their ethnic pet space hamsters are lefthomeless. You’re welcome. /
Indie Mashup 10 - Tear Heavens Seams Apart (Dance For No Reason Mix) by David Saulesco oohshiny 2018-06-04 | Arranged by David SaulescoMastered by Mattias Häggström GerdtBased on ‘Luna Ascension’, ‘Atop the World’, and ‘Pillars of Creation’ by FlashygoodnessOriginal Album: “Tower of Heaven”/ Tower of Heaven made that kind of cheesy love-at-first-listenimpression right away. Flashygoodness's soundtrack, which isessentially a series of variations on a single theme, evokes strongfeelings with small means, and said theme is understated and at thesame time very moving. This remix is an attempt at doingsomething quite different, but with the same emotional resonanceas the original. Special thanks to Mattias Häggström Gerdt formastering assistance! /
Indie Mashup 04 - Modules Mutant Jazz Space Babies Remix by Module oohshiny 2018-06-04 | Arranged by ModuleBased on ‘Ballad of the Space Babies’ by Jim GuthrieOriginal Album: ”Sword and Sworcery EP”/ When I got the parts for this track, It was very beautiful andatmospheric, I just went with the first thing that came out (whichhappened to be some jazz drums) then recorded some live bass and mangled, twisted and pulled apart the audio while just trying tohave as much fun as possible. :) The original track is very lovely,beautiful and atmospheric, like floating in space, so I tried to keepsome of that 'cause I really love Jim's soundtrack, but I really tookthe energy way over the top, making some form of mutant jazzyrandom collage of sound. /
Indie Mashup 06 - Everythings (Still) Alright by Francisco Cerda oohshiny 2018-06-04 | Arranged by Francisco CerdaVocals by Laura ShigiharaBased on ‘Everything's Alright’ by Laura Shigihara and Kan GaoOriginal Album: “To the Moon OST”/ Since I already was already working on DARK STAR, my"epic/orchestral/contemporary/energetic/dissonant/rock/steammachine shmup" rendition of Lone Star, I wanted to do another cover completely in the opposite direction. I had listened to To the Moon's soundtrack after it was nominated for finalist on IGF this year, and I thought that it fit so well with the emotional direction of the game... However, because I was touring doing the live keyboards for a romantic pop singer across the wild lands of Chile, only a few hours remained to do this complicated task! Between the love songs on stage and the dissonance of DARK STAR, a simple melody oriented song was desperately needed.Suddenly, I came across this beautiful tune. It was so inspiring andemotional - the melody felt so natural and the structure was soclear, it was like I have hearded it 10,000 times before, some kind of musical love at first sight. Laura Shigihara's interpretation of"Everything’s Alright" was also lovely. I was thinking that maybeshe could provide me the vocal track for an string arrangement orsomething... And then I realized that the original track only haslight piano over it!After more than 24 hours awake working on DARK STAR, I thought I was ready for some mellow music. But then, while I was doing this arrangement, each time I heard the song I found myself starting to cry! I didn't even feel sad! It seemed that this song activated some kind of "romantic reflex" within me (a complicated way to say that it was a pretty song), and now everytime I hear the string fall on 3:05, I run out of air and tears try to escape from my eyes. Even now, as I sit here after 36 hours awake, finally writing the liner notes, I still cry every time I hear it! I think I'm going to call my girlfriend...True story. /
Erasmus Talbot - High Intensity Suite (seamless edit) oohshiny 2018-04-30 | A combined version of the High Intensity Suite from the Elite: Dangerous OST by Erasmus Talbot, available from frontierstore.net/merchandise/elite-dangerous-merchandise.html
Perpetuum Jazzile - Africa (shrunk) oohshiny 2018-04-24 | Shortened version of youtube.com/watch?v=yjbpwlqp5Qw
