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Healer #206 Uncertain
Happy Wednesday Party Members!I hope you've had a great week so far.Today's tune is a bit different. I took a couple of attempts at fulfilling some suggestions but honestly, nothing was clicking. So instead I opted to go a bit rogue with my writing process. The structural layout of this tune is a bit all over the place. Honestly it feels like there are 3 distinct sections.There is a big sc...
Warrior #186 Village
Happy Friday Party Members!When I'm having a rough writing day, I'm always thankful that Bert from the past has done a lot of extra work. There are stretches where I'm in the zone and just dishing out songs left and right, and then there are stretches where I'm tossing out ideas all day. Yesterday was a "toss out all ideas" day. Nothing was clicking for me. So finally I dec...
Healer Songs - 2nd Half of 2024
Hey Party Members!DOWNLOAD ALL HEALER SONGS HEREPass: aerisshanaThis includes the following songs:SleepyRivalsUncertainPeacefulHarborLiminalMoonMenuVillageBaySFX (UI)VillagePiratesTensionMemoryTensionAmbientMelancholyAftermathDesertCityVillageSnowVillageMountain
Healer #205 - Rival
Happy Wednesday Party Members!Got a suggestion the other day for a "cool guy boss" theme. Admittedly, I may have lost sight of the boss theme aspect along the way, but I think this still works well as a rival theme. It's more along the lines of Gary's theme before you battle him in the original Pokemon games. This tune was actually a bit slower until about 30 minutes ago. I was l...
Warrior #185 Tactical
Happy Friday Party members!For all my friends in the States, I hope you had a great Independence Day. And for everyone else, I hope you had a great Thursday! :DIn the spirit of the holiday, I wanted to do something in the style of Final Fantasy Tactics. Because nothing says America like a Japanese game right? XDIt's a fairly simple tune in execution, but I think it would work great for cutscen...
Healer #204 Sleepy
Happy Wednesday Party Members!So recently, I haven't been sleeping well. It's not an every night thing but I've been waking up at like, 2-3 in the morning and then just can't get back to sleep. That happens to all of us once in a while, usually it's no biggie. Welp, my week started off with 2 nights in a row like that, and yesterday I was feeling it.Initially I had planned to d...
Warrior #184 Mystical
Happy Friday Party Members!Someone mentioned recently that there is a lot of Legend of Dragoon influence in my songs. That game is one of my favs of all time so I'll gladly take the compliment. With that in mind, I thought I would lean into that influence a bit with today's tune.LoD has a very unique OST. The composers easily could have gone with a somewhat traditional approach to what you...
Healer #203 Castle
Happy Wednesday Party Members!!!ICYMI, no this is not a mistake. My Healer tunes will now be released on Wednesday, and Warrior/Mage tier tunes have been moved to Friday. Not everyone saw my post about it so I just wanted to address that off the bat.Ok now for today's song, I pulled from the suggestion box again. The suggestion was for something like the Hyrule Castle theme from Link to the Pa...
16 Bit Fantasy II - Royalty Free Music Pack
Imagine immersing your players in a world of nostalgia, taking them back to the days of classic gaming with music that perfectly captures the essence of the beloved 16-bit era. With this pack, you can do just that. Featuring a collection of 16 high-quality tracks created by the talented composer Bert Cole, this 16-bit SNES-inspired music pack is perfect for a wide range of games and projects. Fro...
16 Bit Fantasy - Royalty Free Music Pack
Are you looking for high-quality, retro-inspired video game music for your project? Look no further than my console inspired 16-Bit Fantasy music pack! This pack features a collection of 16 original compositions inspired by the 16-bit era , designed to transport you back to the golden age of gaming. With a mix of upbeat, action-packed tracks and atmospheric, ambient melodies, this music pack is t...
Schedule Adjustment Update!
Hey Party Members! Hope you had a great weekend!After a bit of consideration, I've decided to adjust the upload schedule just a smidge.Don't worry, I'm still putting out 2 songs each week, but I think moving forward my release schedule will be:Wednesday - Healer tier songFriday - Warrior/Mage tier songSo yeah, not a huge change or anything, but this way Monday doesn't feel like a c...
Healer #202 Dungeon
Happy Friday Party Members!So a few weeks back, I did a FFXIII style song for my Tuesday post. I reallyliked the sound I got on it, and I wanted to do something in that vein again. So, viola! It ended up longer than I anticipated, mainly from getting the loop to work right (which just involved adding and extending sections).The idea behind it is as you are walking through an ancient ruin, it start...
Warrior #183 Mystical
Happy Tuesday Party Members!Today's tune is inspired by a track from Pseudoregalia. If you've never heard of it, but you're a fan of metroidvanias or old school 3D platformers....dude. Go check it out!It's a short (but very sweet) indie game initially made for a game jam. It was so well received in that jam, that the dev expanded it and released a full game. Even though you don'...
Healer #201 Home
Happy Friday Party Members!Today's tune is inspired by a mixture of things. So for starters, in case you can't tell by the thumbnail, I recently played Undertale for the first time. (True Pacifist baybee!)...and yeah, I totally get why it was such a huge hit.I really love the music. I'd heard a bit of it before, but actually hearing it in context made me appreciate it so much more. So ...
Warrior #182 Swamp
Happy Tuesday Party Members!Well would you look at that, I spend one day in Louisiana and suddenly I'm writing swamp music! XDJokes aside, this strikes me as a pretty versatile tune. Yes it could be used a theme for a swamp, but you could also use it as a village tune, or even a characters theme song. I threw a few real instruments into this one, mainly acoustic guitar and then a harmonica at ...
HEALER #200 MAIN THEME
HAPPY 200TH SONG PARTY MEMBERS!!!Hard to believe we've reached this milestone already. I've grown a lot as a composer since I started doing this stuff, and I wanted to reflect that in today's song. It's a big deal reaching this point, so the song had to be BIG and EPIC. So I did what I had to do....Orchestral.I know, I know...I've done some orchestral in the past but you guys ...
Warrior #181 Battle
Happy Tuesday Party Members!This one is long overdue, but a while back Hikitsune Red had mentioned doing something in the style of Ace Attorney. Unfortunately his request was lost in the shuffle for a while...until I redid the suggestion box on Discord. I never played the AA games, but I know they are kind of a big deal. The music reference I was given was really bombastic and electronic so I went...
Healer #199 Village (DOS style)
Happy Friday Party Members!I had a few different candidates for today's release, but ultimately decided to go with a suggestion that Mondune dropped a few weeks ago. The suggestion was for some old school, MS-DOS style tunes reminiscent of the Might and Magic games.Some of you aren't old enough to remember that DOS sound, or even to have played an MS-DOS game...but I was there man. I WAS T...
Warrior #180 Cyber
Happy Tuesday Party Members!Ok so I'm either back home or on my way back today...not sure tbh. The only thing that is certain is...I'm very tired. XDBut today's song is a doozy! It definitely took a turn that I wasn't expecting towards the end, and I did something that I've never done in one of these tracks before! What that is...well I'm not going to spoil it here, you'...
Healer #198 Tension
Happy Friday Party members!Actually...its Tuesday at the time of writing this...that's a little behind the scenes magic for ya. :DRight now I should be at Comicpalooza kicking off the weekend of booth-tending. Can't wait to let you guys know how it went!Today's song is a simple one, but I think it's pretty effective. It's very reminiscent of something you'd find in the old ...
Warrior #179 Slums
Happy Tuesday Party Members!I've never played Saga Frontier, but apparently I need to! I had a request pop up in the suggestion box that referenced a city called "Koorong" from the game, and I immediately fell in love with the track. It's got a very funky, almost island-y vibe to it.My tune ended up being a bit darker sounding than the reference. I threw some reggae elements in the...
Surprise Saturday Update - New Camera, Comicpalooza, Collections
Happy Surprise Saturday! Just a couple of quick updates/announcements for ya + testing out my new camera. Enjoy!-BertP.S. I forgot to mention it but I'm getting together a post for Friday ahead of time so uploads will not be interrupted for this week.
Healer #197 Village
Happy Friday Party Members!When was the last time I wrote just a straight up "village" theme?? I can't remember....Ok I had to check. Looks like it was December last year...at least that was the last track labeledvillage. Anyway...I had more Secret of Mana style song requests so I booted up that sound font for this tune. I debated on having drums in it, tried out a couple grooves but r...
Warrior #178 Ambient
Happy Tuesday Party Members!Soooo have you guys heard of Animal Well yet?? It's a little game that not many people are talking about at the moment... :PIn case you don't know, Animal Well is an indie game that released on May 9th and it's blown up the internet with its strong sense of style and many...MANY secrets. I grabbed it on Friday and played over the weekend. Man, it's been...
Healer #196 Rain
Happy Friday Party members!Those of you who are active in my Discord (I'm trying to get better about posting in there, I swear!) may have seen my message yesterday about what kind of day I was having. Basically, it was a "none of these ideas are good enough" kind of day. I made several attempts yesterday morning but nothing stuck.I was actually really close to venturing in to the horro...
Warrior #177 Shop (Earthbound Style!)
Happy Chewsday Party Members!Yesterday I started 6 different songs. SIX.You might be saying "Oh sounds like it was a productive day then!"Wellllll started isn't the same as finished. XDI only started that many because I kept tossing them out after an hour or so.Actually, this was like, song number 2 I believe, and it came together pretty easily. But when I wrote it I thought it would b...
Healer #195 Forest
Happy Friday Party Members!Another request fulfillment today! I've done some Secret of Mana style music in the past, (I mean how could I not, that OST is so iconic) but it never hurts to do more of this style. :DThis one took a bit of brainstorming on the arrangement too. There are some quirky chord movements in the original that I wanted to replicate, but I also wanted this song to have its o...
Warrior #176 Battle
Happy Tuesday Party Members!Today's tune is a Xenogears inspired battle theme, and it's a doozy!I've been tinkering with this one for about a week now. I had a few sections come to me but the arrangement felt weird for a while. I had to break things apart and reshuffle a few times to finally get the flow to feel right.Orchestral stuff can be a bit tricky. I feel like it's not my st...
Healer #194 Game Over
Happy Friday Party Members!I thought I'd continue my theme from last week and give you guys a jingle. Basically every game has one...the game over jingle.Also continuing my theme from last week, I included a few variations on the theme, so you've got an 8-bit, a 16-bit and a 32-bit version. I've also got 2 piano versions for ya this time around, one of which strays pretty heavily from ...
Warrior #175 Dungeon
Happy Tuesday Party Members!So I initially had a different track in mind for today. The original track has been a long time coming (sorry buddy!). While working on it yesterday, I made progress but lost a bit of steam on it early in the day....Orchestral stuff is hard.So I shifted gears (pre-emptive pun intended), and went in a new direction. I took some inspiration from a Xenogears track (ohh now...
