Original video game music inspired by Castlevania Symphony of the Night.
I've been making music using the name Exalted Dirt since the late '90s. Friends compared early Exalted Dirt Recordings to Iron Maiden and Metallica.
Story behind the song
This composition was different from all before it in the manner that all the major parts--the skeletal components, if you will--were composed mentally while I was at work. The main theme kept coming to my mind over the course of a few weeks. Recognizing it fit into a harmonic minor scale with an additional flattened 5th, I began to think of some simple things that could be done with the scale. By the time I bothered to do any programming or arranging, I had 4 of its major musical concepts floating around in my head. Some were things I could actually hum; one was a visual combimation of notes I could imagine being played on the guitar, not knowing exactly how it would sound with the layers being played all at once.
Finally, I began to work on my music. As I dug through my instrument samples, I was hoping to find a good theremin sound. Alas, I settled for a synthetic whistling sound, similar to what was used in the X-Files theme. The only major segment of the composition which was an afterthought was the part where the pipe organ plays alone and then repeats through the guitar solo.
I plan on using this in a video game project, unless someone else sees fit to use it for something else. I tried to convey the same type of feeling in the music as in parts of the CASTLEVANIA: SYMPHONY OF THE NIGHT soundtrack, while making it just a bit more 'metallic'. While I was working on this I could easily imagine Alucard storming through his father's fortress to end his reign of terror. Therefore, I decided to call it "Vampire Slayer".
Enjoy!
Corey Finney (Exalted Dirt)
Comments
The artist currently doesn't allow comments.
