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http://www.providence-guild.net/grom/Shining_Force/Music/shining_guitar.jpg (http://www.providence-guild.net/grom/Shining_Force/Music/shining_guitar.jpg)

and heres a sample of the work in progress =]
http://www.providence-guild.net/grom/Shining_Force/Music/01-Introduction.mp3 (http://www.providence-guild.net/grom/Shining_Force/Music/01-Introduction.mp3)
http://www.providence-guild.net/grom/Shining_Force/Music/02-Title_Screen.mp3 (http://www.providence-guild.net/grom/Shining_Force/Music/02-Title_Screen.mp3)

FREAKIN AWESOME :D :D :D

timing just needs a bit of work in the intro and it'll be perfect!

yea, the first guitar part is a little bit off ... ive tried to correct it, but it just gets worse =[ ill have to leave it as it is i think =[

Are you playing it or composing it in a program?

i play it all, the synthetic strings are played from my musical keyboard.

I like it!

I've only recently listened to the Shining Force soundtrack, but there's some neat stuff on there. Looking forward to hearing it with a guitar twist :)

heres another one


http://www.providence-guild.net/grom/Shining_Force/Music/03-Simones_Theme.mp3

Sounding good :) I wasn't sure guitars would suit that track, but it definitely works.

What's next? ;)

Next up is the Town Theme.

Also, im gonna post all the sheet music to each song - hand written by me ofc.

town theme !!

http://www.providence-guild.net/grom/Shining_Force/Music/04-Town.mp3 (http://www.providence-guild.net/grom/Shining_Force/Music/04-Town.mp3)

okay .. the battle theme is done.

i must stress that this is my favourite tune from the entire SF1 soundtrack ... and imo nothing can beat the original.  with that in mind, i set out to do the best i bloody could .... came no where near the awesomeness of the original but meh ... after approx 20 hours of fanny around with different styles and tunes and methods ... ive come up with a version that im gonna call a final version - yes theres plenty of room for improvement - im just sick of the song right now :P

so here it is

http://www.providence-guild.net/grom/Shining_Force/Music/05-Attack.mp3 (http://www.providence-guild.net/grom/Shining_Force/Music/05-Attack.mp3)

That's a really tough track to take on, but I think you did it justice. I would have liked the guitar to be a little stronger, but I can see why you did things the way they are. Either way, a good track :)

Just a quick update - this project is far from forgotten, its still heavily in the making =]

track listing thus far :
(green tracks are 100% complete, red tracks are yet to be recorded)

01 - Introduction
02 - Title Screen
03 - Simones Theme
04 - Town
05 - Attack
06 - Enemy at the Gate (Battle Theme 1)
07 - Overworld (Battle Theme 2)
08 - Circus Battle (Battle Theme 3 - named Circus especially for rusty :p)
09 - Holy War (Battle Theme 4)
10 - Battle on the Ship (Battle Theme 5)
11 - Castle Theme
12 - HQ
13 - Shade Abbey
14 - Sad Theme
15 - Darksol (Castle Rising + Darksol Battle Theme)
16 - Dark Dragon
17 - Ending

Ill also be throwing in some bonus tracks from some old classics, these tracks are not set in stone yet, but im certain not ALL of them will appear on the disc.

18 - SF2 Town (Shining Force II Town Theme - SMD)
19 - World Map (Boulder Dash World Map - NES)
20 - Overworld (Zelda (ALTTP) Light World Theme - SNES)
21 - Main Theme (The Newzealand Story Level Theme - NES)
22 - Level 1 (Super Mario World (no Yoshi) Level 1 - SNES)
23 - Galaxy (Starfox Galactic Map - SNES)
24 - Tetris (Tetris Theme - Multiple Platforms)
25 - SF Backing Demos (Collection of Backing Tracks I made for the first 17 tracks on disc)

Please note - the small jingles like when you revive a character or promote someone, will not be included.

haha, is the circus theme the evil town theme?
Will be good to see that list green : )

Have fun doing dark dragon, that could be an awesome piece done in metal.

New Zealand Story? :D Love that game, and love the soundtrack.

I'm looking forward to hearing the complete set - I've really liked the tracks you've done so far :)

Evil town theme? Interesting interpretation, I always thought it was something like a "final fight (of chapter)" theme. :)

yea newzealand story was an awesome game, with some kick ass tunes =]

update -  finished battle theme 5, Castle and HQ themes.

update -

Finished track 14.  Ive had a little look into Darksols theme, and tried a few different approaches ... its almost impossible to replicate ... so ive hit a large stone in the road ... not sure how to proceed from here ;S will keep u all updated.

having tried and failed miserably at Darksols theme, i have located my problem, the backing melody is just played too fast. Im not good enuff on guitar to mimic it. As such, i will have to improvise the backing melody, which may compromise the authenticity and originality of the track.

Also, unlike the other tracks, there are not 1, not 2, not 3, but four lead channels (or lead guitars if u will) which all overlap to produce the end result. whilst I can record these individually, when overlapping that many lead guitars, it just sounds nasty. may have to drop some of the channels, or, worse still, record all lead guitar tracks from a digital synthesiser - which would clear up the nastyness in teh mix .. but wont sound particularly rock guitar-like.

running out of ideas ....

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You could always do a creative remix and change the tempo or composition a little. I know all the other tracks aren't remixes, but they were never designed to be played on instruments so don't be too worried that you can't play it :)

well its done, finally, really messed around with some stuff, tried many things, in the end i made an improv riff backing, heavily over-driven (and loud) bass lines, with several lead guitars ... its a bit of a mess, but meh :P it works ... kinda :P

struggling to get DarkDragons theme to sound okay now ... its a VERY strange composition ....

that .. and WotLK has been released ... so im playign that almost 24/7 :P

this project is NOT abandonned !!! watch this space =]