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Exclusive Royalty Free Music - Ice Cavern

Happy Tuesday Party Members!

Welp, this is the last Warrior/Mage song of 2022. I thought I would do something a bit "chillier" than the last few songs, seeing as how we are well into the cold season. 

Initially this song was called Crystal Mines, but as I progressed it got a bit icier and icier so I just leaned into that motif. But like I always say, you can use it however you see fit. Could be an interesting choice as a villains tune even!

One more tune on Friday, and ...

Royalty Free Music - Savanna

Happy Friday Party Members!

So I know this isn't the most festive tune to post a couple of days before Christmas, but it's still really fun! I wrote this imagining, as the name implies, a Savanna filled with treasures, random encounters, and all sorts of goodies. 

It's one of those tunes that just makes ya feel good when you listen to it, ya know? At least for me it is.

I hope everyone is staying warm today! At the time of this writing the U.S. has been hit with a big c...

Exclusive Royalty Free Music - Words of the Bard

Happy Tuesday Party Members!

Going back to ye olde taverns in ye olde times of ye olde fantasy worlds on this one...I'm getting ye olde. (Okay I'll stop now).

This tune started off with the harp line, which is like 80% of the song. It didn't take much more for the song to feel complete really. Just a couple of flute lines and a quiet bodhran drum and bam...write a Bard's song complete.

I'm probably biased, but I've always thought Bard was such a cool class. It's a shame a lo...

Royalty Free Music - Dino Village

It's fun tune Friday Party Members! That's a thing I've totally said before, right?

So even though the title says Dino Village, it doesn't have to be used that way (of course)! It's just what came to mind as I was making the thumbnail and naming things.

Really, this would work great for fun cutscenes, for a village of monsters (hey didn't we just do that?) or even as a character theme...but it's gotta be the right kind of character, ya know?

...Sometimes I'm not sure what to...

Exclusive Royalty Free Music - Ice Castle

Happy Tuesday Party Members!

We're definitely into the cold part of the year, so like last year I have to do some icey themed tunes. This one gets very regal sounding in the 2nd half, so to me it screams ice castle, but it could work in a cave setting as well.

When you think of ice or crystal castles, what's the first game that pops in your mind? Leave a comment and let me know. I'm curious about your answers!

For me, it's Deningrad from Legend of Dragoon. Something about th...

Goal reached! 30+ Patrons Reward Poll!

Happy Monday Party Members! 

Wow, I'm so humbled by how much we've grown just in the past month and a half. Since November, we've gained about 10 new party members. That's so awesome! Welcome to all the new faces, and thank you everyone for your support!

My 2nd stretch goal was to surpass 30 Patrons, and I'm happy to say we've done it! Currently sitting at 35 (at the time of this writing). The reward for this is I will begin working on a new music bundle that...

Royalty Free Music - Monster Village

Happy Friday Party Members!

Today's track was inspired by one of my favorite games as a kid...and If ya know, ya know. :D

One lesson I have to constantly remind myself when writing is that "more doesn't mean better."...or I guess the simpler and more common way of saying it is "less is more." Jeez Bert, you even complicated that saying and now you're writing some weird tangent about it...

The song is super simple and clean...but no, not that Simple and Clean! It's j...

Exclusive Royalty Free Music - Fate of the Past

Happy Tuesday Party Members!

Today's song is actually a "Patron Request Fulfillment Post."(...man that just rolls off the tongue Bert. Good job.)

I actually wanted to get this one released last week but I felt like the mix needed some more time, and after hearing the results, I think I was right. 

This is one of those rare "non-looping" tracks (lots of quotes and parenthesis in today's post). It could work great for trailers, opening cinematics, and/or other application...

Royalty Free Music - Hidden in Snow

Happy Friday Party Members! 

Hope you've had a great week. I haven't been in the studio as much as I normally like, and it's looking like that's going to be continuing into December. 

BUT don't worry, you'll still be getting your music. :)

Today's song I imagine being used as a snowy village theme. It's very peaceful and slow, but has a nice jazzy flair to it at the same time. It's one of those songs that came together really easily (love when that happens!) and I'...

Royalty Free Music - Cyber Dungeon

Happy Tuesday Party Members!

Today's track, to me, invokes an image of a dystopian future. Something like you'd hear in the 2300 A.D. in Chrono Trigger. So I decided to call it "Different Time, Different Place."

I always enjoy when I can write something that sounds sci-fi-ish without using super electronic sounds. This track is strings, an oboe, a drum kit, a harp....you get the picture. I mean, I guess there is a ghosty synth in the B section, but still... :D

As al...

Royalty Free JRPG Music - Village Life

Happy Friday Party Members!

Hope you all have had a great week. There's been a lot of festivities in my neck of the woods, between get togethers and family being in town, my time in the studio has been limited. 

BUT that hasn't stopped me from getting together today's song for you. Like Tuesday's, it's a peaceful village tune to set the mind at ease. That's just the vibe of the week really...You'll be glad to know I've been catching myself humming the melody while I'm out and...

Exclusive Royalty Free Music - Home

Happy Tuesday Party Members!

It's the week of Thanksgiving, at least, here in the States it is. To me there has always been a certain calming vibe this week. Well, until Black Friday that is...

But all the days leading up to Thursday tend to be filled with peace and anticipation at the same time. Usually when you ask people what their favorite holidays are, they'll respond with Christmas or Halloween. But for me, Thanksgiving takes the crown.

Not only do you get to have a 2022-11-22 14:57:44 +0000 UTC View Post

Royalty Free Music - Sewer Dungeon

Happy Friday Party Members!

Whelp, this is the first Friday in over 2 years where I didn't have a video going live at 10am. Actually I had planned on doing my explanation video today, but this week I really did realize how much I needed a break from that whole side of things.

Was able to get quite a bit done with the spare time, including today's tune! Since there was no scene dictating what kind of song I needed to write, I just went ham with it! Ended up as a cool dungeony theme...

Peaceful Royalty Free Music - "Recalling When"

Huh? A Wednesday post?!

This is the make up tune from last Friday. Meant to get it done sooner but I just wasn't completely happy with the track, so I wanted to marinate on it a touch longer.

Just a peaceful little tune for ya. I think I initially started it as an alternative ending credits theme. I think it could still work like that, but it's probably more effective in a different role. Something like flashback scenes of "when we were kids" or "when I caught the...

Patreon Exclusive - Castle of the Betrayed King

Happy Tuesday Party Members!

Fulfilling another requested tune today! The request was for something like you'd hear in Elden Ring. Specifically the Leyndell Royal Capital area.

I haven't played Elden Ring, so I had to go and listen to a chunk of it to really get the feel down. There is a lot of droning, sweeping ideas happening, as well as some gaps and pauses for the music to breath. Not very high intensity, at least, not the stuff I listened to. 

Initially I wanted to...

Youtube Video - The End...

Hey Party Members!

You read the title correctly. But don't worry, I'm not going anywhere!

Not gonna lie, this is pretty bittersweet for me.

I'll be posting a video soon explaining my decisions behind today's episode...as soon as I film it haha.

Also I owe you guys a song. This video took me way longer to make than I expected. I was actually going to write a new end credits theme, but due to time I used an old exclusive track I wrote la...

Patreon Exclusive - Battlefield (Life, Death and Glory)

Happy Tuesday Party Members!

Fulfilling a request today, and I may have gone in a bit on this one lol. The request was for a large scale battle, something you'd hear playing when a barbarian rebellion clashes with the empire. 

Not gonna lie, I wrote myself into the weeds at first. There is a lot going on in this tune. There are moments of despair, of triumph, of determination and uncertainty. Overall, I'm happy with how it turned out! (Of course you are Bert...if you weren't ...

Youtube Video - Rising Darkness - RPG Villain Music

Happy Friday Party Members!

Today's vid is a touch longer (a whopping 6:25!), because I had a lot of events I wanted to get through. In fact, last weeks vid was supposed to be apart of this whole thing, but I decided to separate it into two vids for reasons. :D

Another side note, this song was actually written a few weeks ago. It was going to be used the song for Kaze's introduction, but it just didn't feel quite right in practice. So I wrote a different track and pushed forward, ...

Patreon Exclusive Music - Rainy Autumn Morning

Happy Tuesday Party Members!

So yesterday, after a month of writing spooky music for October, I sat down to start on one of the Patron requests I've had in the backlog for a couple of weeks. I toyed with some ideas for a while, but nothing was really sticking.

It was raining outside, and I was having a hard time conjuring up an epic, triumphant battle theme when it was such a peaceful fall morning. So I shifted gears and just began noodling on the piano to see what came out. These...

Youtube Video - Epic Ninja Battle

Happy Friday Party members!

You're in for a treat today. I wanted to take things up a notch for this boss battle, so I recorded some live guitar (I went to school to study guitar, ya know). 

I don't do this that often because it tends to take quite a bit more time, and with as much music as I produce, time is of the essence. I kept it fairly simply, with the chugging rhythm, but even that little bit really adds so much life to a track.

Plot wise, I actually intended a l...

Patreon Exclusive - The Lab

Happy Tuesday Party Members!

So if any of you have ever played one of the OG Resident Evil games, you may have seen this one coming, No matter where the game starts, you always end up in some kind of lab somewhere. It may not be called that, but that's definitely the vibe that the final areas give off.

I ran into a touch of trouble on the loop for this one. Whenever you are writing songs that start or end with big sweeping fades, it makes creating a seamless loop almost imposs...