I got to participate in a video game arrangement album

[Bloody_Inferno]

For some backstory, I met and became friends with a bunch of indie video game composers. One of them happens to be a part of a Doujin Group who have released a bunch of multiple compilation of arranged tribute albums to video game soundtracks. One of them asked me to play some acoustic parts for one of his arrangements. The song just happens to be in breakneck speed so I was given time to practice before recording. At least I got to flex my flamenco chops.

This time the game was indie shoot-em-up ZeroRanger. The arranged album was supervised and approved by the game's composer and development team. 4 discs worth of arrangements made by some fiercely talented composers/musicians/arrangers I've ever associated with. Even with my contributions being minimal, I had a really fun time learning and recording my parts.

This was the song I contributed to.



For reference here's the original.



This has at least put my foot on the door for submitting arrangements myself. And I've already submitted a demo for the next arrangement project, with 1 or 2 more I'm working on as well.

Anyone into video game music please check it out!

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

Rather than starting a new thread, I'm bumping this up, as I'm now contributing full arrangements to Resonant Union and their latest release.

The latest release is the second volume of their arranged collection of music from the Xeno game series (Xenogears, Xenosaga and Xenoblade Chronicles).

My contribution is a version of the track Wir Fliegen, composed by Hiroyuki Sawano from Xenoblade Chronicles X. This was tough as I was going through a stressful period and I had an extremely short time before the deadline. But every minute was so invigorating. I recorded with my drummer and co-producer, so it's basically the same guys from my recent album.

Full album on YouTube: my track starts at 8:24.



Original track for reference:



I'm already working on 2 more songs for thr next volume. Can't wait to get it done.