30 tracks fusing rock band, electric cello, orchestra, and taiko and traditional instruments
If last year’s big project Infinity Crystal was the classic bold colourful JRPG, Crisis is its modern sequel/prequel/spinoff, featuring an emotional storyline and intense action! And even bigger.
I also decided I wanted a fusion sound heavy guitars and electric cello, and taiko drums and traditional instruments. I wasn’t aiming for strict accuracy as to any style, but I did have a nice detour back into taiko drumming via youtube tutorials and the magic of Japan Marvellous Drummers who inspired me at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Over an hour of music, including battle themes, intense and relaxing background location pieces, storytelling builds and recurring themes, a huge big tragic-heroic large scale piece, and a vocal credits song.
Once again, the music is available to download on bandcamp and itch.io, either for listening or for use in games, with seamless looping versions of the tracks provided. And it can be listened to on Spotify.
This project also marks a bit of a step up in terms of production and my own mixing/mastering abilities.