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7 Video Game ReMixes Uploaded – Listen and Download for Free

zircon — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:42:55 +0000

The video game remixes player has just been updated along with the Free MP3s VG remix directory. You can now stream and download all of my 2010 video game ReMixes thus far!

* Mega Man 9 – High Pressure System
* Mega Man 9 – Daft Drafts
* Mega Man 9 – Tornado Man Goes Clubbing
* Mega Man 9 – Charge My Shot Up
* Final Fantasy 6 – Desertion
* Team Fortress 2 – Electrodispenser
* Super Street Fighter IV – Time to Oil Up

Enjoy!

A Fun Electro Hip-Hop Instrumental

zircon — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:37:24 +0000

In addition to my various other projects, I’ve been working on producing an instrumental hip hop CD. Why?! To see if I can, of course! Before starting, I collected dozens of reference albums, songs and instrumentals to study, with the help of various aficionados on OCR. I’ve now written and produced nine instrumentals to date, ranging in style from underground, jazzy hip hop to reggaeton, dirty south/crunk, 90s uptempo R&B, and even futuristic electro hip hop in the style of the Black Eyed Peas.

I don’t think I’ll be selling this album, since it’s almost more of a production exercise, but I’ll probably make it available in some form or another, and it will definitely be available for licensing too. Below you can download one of the tracks I finished today, a rather minimal, futuristic instrumental in the vein of the BEP as mentioned above. Enjoy!

Download the track here!

Game Developers Conference 2010 Report, Monkey Island 2 Score

zircon — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:43:14 +0000

I’ve just returned from the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco where I spent five days hanging out with some of the nicest people in the video game industry! This was my first time at the SF GDC, an event that is geared toward video game industry professionals (or aspiring professionals), audio guys included. It is also home to the Game Audio Network Guild award ceremony, hosted by Paul Lipson and Tommy Tallarico.

Before I go into more detail about GDC itself, I’m very excited to announce that I’m working on the soundtrack to the recently-announced LucasArts game, Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge! Much like the first Monkey Island Special Edition, MI2SE is a remake of the original MI2, featuring all-new high-definition graphics, an integrated hint system, improved controls and, of course, an updated musical score. I’m working with Dan Reynolds, Jeff Ball and Will Roget on this project, which spans over 80 minutes of music. The game will be available this Summer on XBLA, PSN, PC, iPhone and iPod Touch!

Anyway, getting back to GDC, I can’t even begin to list everyone I personally met and spent time with. While there is an expo component to the event, where larger video game developers, middleware manufacturers and related companies show their wares and sometimes look for fresh talent, the real purpose is networking. Events like the IASIG mixer, parties at Pyramind, panels, workshops, and 2am dinners at Denny’s introduced me to dozens of talented composers, sound designers, music implementers, studio owners and everyone in between. I hope to stay in touch with many of these folks over the years and collaborate with them (both as a composer, producer and sample developer) whenever possible.

In preparing for the event, I whipped up three new demo reels with the help of my wife, Jill, who was also at the conference. These genre-specific montages have been added to the Services and Music pages, but you can also download them here:

2010 Dramatic Montage
2010 Casual and Retro Montage
2010 Electronic Montage

Enjoy!

Light, New Age Electronic Track for iPhone Game

zircon — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:31:20 +0000

Over the last couple of months I’ve had the pleasure of creating the audio for an upcoming iPhone / iPod Touch game, Peppers. It’s essentially a “match three” type game (a la Bejeweled) but with some very interesting twists and new game modes. Musically, I was asked to do a single, long loop in a new age / electronic style that is lighter and more ambient than my usual work.

You can download the track as a free MP3 by clicking right here: “Spatial Recognition”. Feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Happy Halloween!

zircon — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:12:14 +0000

…or for anyone outside of the U.S., Happy 31st of October! If you need some sufficiently macabre music for your monster mashes, check out the full version of Necromancy, free at Protagonist Records!

For more drum n’ bass treats, you can pick up the entire album at the Protag store.