Ghasast Hast In The House On The Rock - Marius9

20th Feb 2010 02:00 - 16 years ago
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Description : This is an NES Style soundtrack that I made after visiting the House on the Rock in Spring Green, WI last summer. I have been working on it off and on, a level here and there since July, whenever the nerve struck me. I just finished last night. This is actually going to be the soundtrack to an 8 bit game at some point, we're working on the levels and concepts now, which is why I am not allowing it for download. Eventually, we want it to go on some game network, like Xbox live. Since it isn't going to be released on an actual 8 bit system, I took some liberties with the soundtrack, adding delay effects to some channels and padding that wouldn't have been possible on an 8 bit system, but for the most part, I tried to stay true to the 8 bit sound style.
This track is over 11 minutes long, so I had to lower the quality of the mp3 quite a bit, making it sound fairly crappy, but since it's supposed to be an NES game, it isn't necessarily bad to have a lack of quality.

Game story:

If you don't know my inner circle personally, the name Ghassast Hast has no meaning for you at all. To explain him is a little difficult, but more or less, he is a creature that exists in a parallel dimension to ours. He looks kind of like a black mage from Final Fantasy, but he doesn't have the black face and red eyes, he has a half turtle half human face that pokes out from the hood slightly, and his robe conceals two fingers that can grow on command and go through anything. Originally, in this universe (not created by me) he was a creature that wandered aimlessly and you avoided him at all costs because he would kill you if you got in his way. You can't hurt him, he is invincible to everything from nuclear weapons to magic.

I took a few liberties with the character, and now you play as Ghassast, who stumbles somewhere between his world and ours, where he isn't quite as invincible, and his super badass fingers are not as badass, they're just a defense mechanism.
This is a good thing, because as it happens, this portal comes happens to be right in Spring Green, WI, where The House on the Rock stands in our world. Unfortunately for Ghassast, the portal isn't complete, so the house comes to life, and he has to get home by going through all the exhibits.

There is a bit more to it that I could go through, but if you are that interested, contact me. I can tell you what all the levels are supposed to be in conjunction to the exhibits, but this description is getting really long by now, so enjoy the track...

Comments (3)

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Nosleeves
Nosleeves 27th May 2010 00:51 - 16 years ago
this is cool i have those 8 bit one shot clips didnt get the chance to use them yet.

great midi playing man this song rocks
Marius9
Marius9 replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks a lot for saying so, I actually used a step sequencer for this track, so that the sound was perfect on timing. Generally I play, and occasionally if I feel a track needs it I'll fix errors in timing, if I'm not feeling lazy, but this one I actually took some time with and composed note by note, the way old school game composers did it (I don't actually know that, that's just what I think in my head). Also I didn't use any 8 bit sounds per se, I used the WASP "thinsaws" preset in FL studio, and 3 Sytrus sounds, but I don't recall what they are off hand. In the end, I guess I came out with more of a Super Nintendo sound as opposed to the Nintendo sound I was going for, but I like it just the same, glad you do too.
BadKonexion
BadKonexion 20th Mar 2010 12:11 - 16 years ago
Captured the 8 bit sound and feel well
Crypt
Crypt 25th Feb 2010 17:40 - 16 years ago
Wow!! I love the melodies in this song. Very uplifting!! I hope that game works out for you. Good stuff!
Marius9
Marius9 replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks a lot! The track itself 10 levels, which is why it's so long, each level only being about a minute at its longest. Happy to hear you like the melodies. Do a google image search for "The House on the Rock" sometime, and you'll kind of see where each track fits.

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