My band got around to recording some demos off of an 8 track in a garage lol, we'll be releasing those over the winter. The first two release Monday the 4th :3
A pastiche of Pokemon battle music using some quotations from Shostakovich's 5th symphony. Basically, a Shotakovich battle theme. If I do another I'm gonna do Mozart with stuff from Symphony 40, I'll probably look into trying to do more with one motif instead of using at least four like I did with this one.
and here is that same melody he probably would've strung up (with extra instruments for added dramatic effect)!!!
I don't know what this genre is so if anyone can identify what I'm doing here I'd appreciate it because I have no formal education in music, I am but a humble animation major 🫡
Back on my bs, with heartfelt thanks to @tafferling who has suffered through the monumental twist in chapter 13 of Mass Effect: Absolution. I hope they can forgive me. Thank you for reading my weirdly niche oc fanfic. I dedicate this artwork to you.
Emrys, inspired by Marvel’s ‘What if..?’ character The Watcher, is something I’ve wanted to draw for a while.
Explanation and more cringy oc musings under the cut. 👇🏼
Last week I was also tagged by the wonderful coemancer crew to share two tracks that I associate with one of my ocs. I hope you don't mind if I chose Emrys.
He has a backstory inspired by Muse’s The Dark Side, I especially love the alternate reality version, because it has a haunting, lonely feel, and a mass effect vibe.
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Then imagine my surprise when Ghost released ‘Impera’ in ‘22. It has so many uncanny parallels. I know the album has themes surrounding the rise and fall of an empire, hence the name. But it’s also the name of the fourth planet in the Trebia system, the turian home system in Mass Effect. Emrys hides the Absolution behind Impera when he takes his team back to Palaven in a risky move to thwart the Reapers.
And then there’s the track, ‘Watcher in the Sky’, again, I know it’s a metaphor about searching for a higher power to explain away all the evils people do to each other. But you’ll have to forgive me if it gave me chills. The similarities to Emrys, who is an AI inhabiting the relay system and a literal ‘watcher in the sky’ it is, at least to me, more than a little freaky.
I'm finally ready to post this soundtrack, which I started doing a long time ago!
It's not just a soundtrack, I made it based on my oc Aolyxe's personality. Perhaps I can say that this is Aolyxe soundtrack... Ahah, probably something that could be played during a boss fight with Ao?
This, by the way, is a short version. I also have a long version saved, but I think I want to work on it a little more for now.
If anyone is interested, I used the app "GarageBand”
Tagged by the lovely wife @archaiclumina Thank you this was loads of fun :3
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Rules are simple! Spell out your URL using song titles that can describe your muse, then tag as many people as there are letters in your URL!
R - Run Boy Run - Woodkid (Cal)
E - Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung (Of course Leon)
C - Calcutta - Abhi the Nomad (Cal)
O - Omen - Guilhem Deq (Leon)
N - New Gold - Gorillaz, Tame Impala, Dom Dolla (Cal)
D - Doom - Imagine music (Leon)
I - I've Got That Tune - Chinese Man (Cal)
T - This Too Shall Pass - Danny Schmidt (Leon)
E - Elegia - New Order (Cal)
R - Rebel Yell - (Cal - Dang broke my alternating streak)
U - Until We Go Down - Ruelle (Leon)
N - Nightcall - Kavinsky (Cal)
E - Electricity - Down (I like to imagine it playing in Leon's workshop.)
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Honourable mention cause I didn't have an M and this has been a constant RP vibe for a while - Move to the Ocean - Brick + Mortar and Baauer and you should listen to it.
Look at him go tagging 13 moots! @archivumesoterica, @kepesktribe, @wisismydumpstat, @altaniadventures, @talvieqalli, @wpip-raham, @moffbby, @foxlin-fantasia, @bananarose, @valerunner-xiv, @jigschosai, @zeloinator, @emc2beans
Gawd all your pages are so pretty. I hope I counted right.
Some nice and sludgy instrumental doomy stoner rock to feed y'all, out now on all platforms as Ashwraith (Garage Demo), look us up on all platforms as Death Arcana!
^ We all know this one. Cardlan's theme song in general, yah.
^ This one dropped today for an interaction between Cardlan and Sun, a game show that 100% didn't involve acid and stolen sharks (leitmotifs the tadc theme cuz why not)
^ Wait, I DIDN'T MEAN TO POST THAT! THAT HASN'T BEEN RELEASED YET! I SEE YOU MOVING YOUR MOUSE TO THE PLAY BUTTON, DON'T! DON'T LISTEN! NOOOO-
I was tagged by @greypetrel to post three song playlists for as many OCs as I have!
WELL I HAVE TWO. My babies. My darlings. (and a bonus Warden I've decided!)
Rose Trevelyan
"My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me." - Jane Austen
Ready Now - Dodie (the consummate Rose song. SO LOVELY)
"The world seemed to tell me that I had a plan"
A Message to Myself - Roo Panes (:KERMIECRISIS:)
"I'll find a voice that I hold dear and I'll send a message to myself."
Seven - Sleeping at Last (This could be for Hawke too TBH, FUN)
"I'll find the silver lining no matter the price"
Garrett Hawke
"Every now and then I like to do as I'm told just to confuse people" - Tamora Pierce
The Last Crusade - Sam Roberts Band (SLAPS)
"You play the king and you play the pawn
You give up and you soldier on
This is the last crusade we're on"
Heart in a Cage - The Strokes (ALSO SLAPS)
"Well, I don't feel better when I'm fucking around"
Little Giant - Roo Panes (FILL YOUR HEART HERE)
"Just got to carry what you can
Have the heart of a giant
But know you're a man"
Mina Cousland
"Nobody gets to tell me how my story ends but me" - Seanan McGuire
(she is barely formed but she's a mentioned character in my fic so I should think about her!)
Survival - Muse (SLAPS)
"I choose to survive whatever it takes"
Bird Set Free - Sia
"There's a scream inside that we all try to hide"
King - Florence and the Machine
"I am no mother, I am no bride, I am king."
tagged by the fantabulous ୨♡୧ @gatheredfates ୨♡୧ in this awesome meme!
Rules are simple! Spell out your URL using song titles that can describe your muse, then tag as many people as there are letters in your URL!
Some songs I associate with my OCs purely on vibes, not necessarily the lyrics verbatim, so some of them might seem a bit weird c': but the selection below all make an appearance on the Spotify playlist I curate with husbo for our characters! Please enjoy! I've used YouTube links this time, for those who aren't Spotify users c:
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A – Adieu – Emily Bindinger (Both)
R – Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac (Oli)
C – Clementine - Halsey (Ren)
H – Hoops – The Rubens (Oli)
A – A Real Hero - College & Electric Youth (Both)
I – In Dreams – Ben Howard (Ren)
C – Constellations - The Oh Hellos (Both)
L – Lilac Wine – Jeff Buckley (Oli)
U – Until We Go Down - Ruelle (Both)
M – Megalomaniac - aeseaes (Ren)
I – I Can Hold a Grude Like Nobody’s Business – Adam Jensen (Ren)
N – Nobody Speak – DJ Shadow, Run the Jewels (Oli)
A – About Damn Time - Lizzo (Ren)
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This was hard because I have like 12 hours and 42 minutes of music to pick from c': And because I am unable to resist, here are some bonus honorable mentions for the letters A and R!
Achilles Come Down - Gang of Youths (Technically a song my husband picked for his blorbos, but I have come to associate it heavily with mine c': )
Rät – Penelope Scott (I will never not recommend Scott if given the chance, also my number 1 Ren song, but I mentioned it in her 14 Associations meme so I thought I'd give R to Oli this time c': )
tagging 13 moots so you can all inadvertently recommend me new tunes! @reconditerune, @aethericfist, @dragons-ire, @voidwife, @lukelxiv, @shroudkeeper, @ofhollowhearts, @xmimiteh, @miqojak, @starforger, @mint-jellyfisch and @blackthorne-of-the-mist!
(Also a sneaky tag of @gatheredfates again because she said she had more songs and I wanna see 'em c':)
And literally everyone else reading this! I love sharing music! So please tag me if you do it so I can check out your rad OC OSTs c: