This lovely lazy tune from Secret of Mana has always been one of my favourites to just noodle around with, so I couldn’t help but include it on this album. I started with the melody and wrote two counterpoint harmonies to it. At the end, I just…

This tune has been arranged and rearranged quite a lot, and frankly I had no inspiration for it other than to just play the thing straight. I gave it an honest go and hated what I had. Then I loosened up by playing some Bach and then doing…

I must admit I’m not crazy about the Shadow Hearts game series, but this tune is a creepy little gem. As it turns out, it is one of the main battle themes, so you get to hear the chromatic waves and chinese cymbals and creepy singing lady almost…

There comes a moment in games I’ve played where you’re wandering around a town or something and suddenly you make the judgement that okay, yes, this game’s soundtrack is freaking awesome. I remember that happening for me when I reached Castle…

I picked this piece as a bonus track because Chrono Trigger is my absolute favourite game in the whole world and this may be my favourite tune from that game. The best part is after you’ve been hearing militaristic end-of-the-world stuff, arpeggio…

I used to listen to the original version of this tune from Crash Bandicoot while driving to and from a job that I hated. It reminded me of working retail and how every customer is heartless and nothing is fair. After my success with making Fight…

This is the song that nearly killed my desire to have anything to do with music or recording ever again. Sure, let’s pretend that one cello is a whole symphony orchestra. Yes, that’ll be easy. I learned a lot from this piece about trying to…

Have I already mentioned how much I love Chrono Trigger? Suffice it to say this song fills me with joy every time I hear it.

This lovely lazy tune from Secret of Mana has always been one of my favourites to just noodle around with, so I couldn’t help but include it on this album. I started with the melody and wrote two counterpoint harmonies to it. At the end, I just…