- It’s Wednesday and I am late again! Jesus I’m not good at this schedule thing lol. But let’s get into it. Number 15 of 100, another Video Game song and another little challenge for myself. This is when I was in the beginnings of the VG songs and knew that I wanted my own collection of them, so the challenge was to write a boss battle. And I think it turned out pretty great!
- Digital Wave: I started off by just finding a sound that would be cool as an intro, sort of scary but in a non-threatening way. When I stumbled on this synth I immediately fell in love with it because it could do a vibrato by pressing harder and harder on the screen. The intro is just a little walk up with a single note bass, but it puts you in the headspace of “this boss means business.” The only other time it’s used in the song is the sound of the walk down in the bridge, meant to act almost like a bass, it’s the main foundation for that section of the song. Then I added a second one of those synths for harmony specific to the walk down.
- Arcade Synth: What is a VG song without Arcade Synth? So the next 4 tracks are AS, starting with the lead, it’s really interesting because all the notes you hear in the lead’s pattern are actually a mix of that one and the rhythm track. When the lead is solo’d you hear that it’s a much more skippy pattern (as well as open) and the upbeats of the chords are actually what fill those gaps, giving it a fuller sound. The 3rd AS is the bass, I wanted to stick more with the syncopation to counter the constant hits of the rhythm synth, only going straight in the bridge. The last one is the really high octave synth in the verses. I just tried to find a catchy motif that played off the lead synth to keep it feeling the same throughout. In a boss battle you should have this sense of urgency throughout the fight so it was really important for me to keep it consistent.
- Pulsar Wind: This synth is used exclusively for the long held bass notes in the intro, end chorus and bridge. It’s only there for filler on the bottom. Nothing to see here, smile and wave boys ;-).
- Hip Hop Drum Machine: Yep a drum machine. The thing with no soul lol, was just a kick and cabasa. And it just works! You can see where I placed them in the second picture.
- Oh and at the end of the song I added the high octave synth back in as a full circle bit of the song and the low Pulsar Wind Synth for when it’s looped so it’ll be seamless!
- I always say, when I talk about this song, that this one is like the 1st boss you battle in the game. I never saw it as the end all 8-bit boss battle song. It’s no Undertale Megalovania lol! But it’s a good song to listen to and to fight a battle to!
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