10.07.01 - Ahead On Our Way

I decided to delay this music update from Wednesday to Thursday because I was really short on material this past week.

It snowballed however. Here we are, early Sunday morning and the music update is just now being finished.

Anyway, in other news, Audible Vortex judges should have received info on where to get the judging files and have had a chance to begin listening to entries. Judging for the contest is Anonymous, meaning that a second copy of the music with all the ID3 tags have been removed and the files renamed were made available to the judges. The original copies are untouched. Judging is expected to be finished sometime around the 17th of this month.

In other news, I will have a fairly full week next week. You may not see the next update until Monday, October 15th, the first day of my vacation.

Oh, one last note: If I make a comment below, it will have "Ross:" in front of it rather than "Ed:" like last update. It's less confusing that way.

Most Wanted The Sound Cave Most Wanted: Castlevania Diablo II Final Fantasy (Wonder Swan Color additions) Grandia Skies of Arcadia Suikoden 1 & 2 Valkyrie Profile

Music Notes The following scribings are notes from the composers about their featured pieces in the updates. Their email addresses can be found next to their contributions, found below. MP3 Remixes "Fighting" (Final Fantasy 7) by Trptcox Not much is to say about this piece -- I wrote it one Sunday when I had absolutely nothing t do. it's short and to the point -- though if I were to really try, I could probably an excellent and lengthy song out of it. "Not Alone" (Final Fantasy 9) by Orkybash It took forever, and I don't think I'm still quite satisfied, but I declare this mix finished. Its techno... I gotta admit I'm not sure what kind, but I was going for "trance". Anyway, I'll cut to the chase. This is a remix of You're Not Alone, a song from FF9. It features ANOTHER delayed piano, some nice, though a bit standard, techno beats, and my first phased instrument, a looped synth pattern! I don't think this is my best work, but its certainly worth a download. "Beginnings Reborn" (The Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy 6) by Ostin Drais This was originally written as my entry for Audible Vortex. However, I couldn't come up with a third tune that would work in the vein I was in--specifically, opening title music--that I liked. By the time I decided to throw in some random song, it was already too late: the contest was over. I finally decided to throw everything together and polish (as much as I could--some annoying pops are still there) for submission to the general archives. Digital Music "Dissipating Sorrow ~ ST: TNG Ressikan Flute Theme" (Final Fantasy 9) by Salivator Anyone who's been watching that Star Trek marathon on TNN might recognize a little part of this song. There's a really beautiful flute theme in one episode, where Picard unconsciously lives an entire lifetime on an alien planet within the course of 25 minutes. I basically took the ending part of that theme and stuck it onto the end of Dissipating Sorrow, from FF9. Kinda neat, I guess. The only real reason I tracked this was because I'm having some difficulties with the other pieces I'm working on right now, so I needed a bit of a diversion to let my mind decompress. Ross: This file is also available as an MP3.

Current Competitions Audible Vortex Click the logo or go here to read about it. Note: Entries are no longer being accepted. Judging is underway.

Weekly Silliness Field to Tomorrow is the name of one of Lunar 2's overworld themes.

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Ross Bemrose
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