The melody/progression are relatively intact, but the instrumentation has been (obviously) altered, there's plenty of embellishment (especially with the solo), and the adventurous spirit of Jeremy Soule's original work is retained. I love how giant some of these lower-fi textures can end up sounding, and chiptune paired with Dhsu on the ivories is a recipe for success. Dhsu was a fantastic sport and managed to get the solo recorded locally, with a real grand piano, and it shows in the final mix."
The only solution - in my eyes - was to record the solo with a real piano. After he initially recorded his part with an electronic keyboard, I tried forever to get it to mix right. Still, I love the remix, and I have to give a shout-out to Dhsu, who literally performed the piano solo SEVERAL times. The intro takes way too long to build up. in retrospect, I could have polished it a bit more. despite the fact that it was a famous theme, despite the fact that the track succeeded in setting the tone of electronic fusion for the CD. This is the opening track on the Kickstarter-funded, award-winning American Pixels album. did I mention that the album won an award? It's been enough time, licenses are squared away, and. "Well, it seems to me like another good time to submit an American Pixels track. Words and Verses does sound like a neat concept, and certainly there's plenty of variety & inspiration to be found in the texts - should be interesting even if you're not a believer. Secondly, I just unveiled the website for my next major album project in development, something else I plan to take to Kickstarter at the end of the year. Our friend zykO plays guitar on it as well. The game's release itself has been delayed due to COVID-19, but, they allowed me to publish the soundtrack. "First, I recently released another original game soundtrack, this time for an odd hybrid piece that is both retro, and a Western, and an RPG. Mazedude (Christopher Getman) takes the "Dragonborn" theme to the lo-fi, tracker/chiptune realm, with Dhsu adding real-world piano, in this opening track off of American Pixels - but first, some updates from the world of the dude of maze: