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Released 7/20/2024.
Duration: 2:51.

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Tracks that Even in Battle (vs. Rose) references:

• Even in Death by Clark Powell
• Derse Dreamers by Solatrus

Artist commentary:

Latadenata: (Bandcamp about blurb)

hey guys, latadenata here to explain the song:

(sorry in advance for potential english grammar errors!)

at first it was kind of hard for me to start writing this song, i have never really been a big fan of fighting games so I was kinda new to this “fighting game music style”, making it hard for me to picture how the song would go

one thing i knew i had to do was using those typical soundfont orchestra hits you can hear in a lot of retro videogame music to give it some intensity just as a real fight would, well i mean, i guess they’re mostly intense idk i have never been to a fight maybe i should try

the next thing for me was using the two songs i find more recognizable for rose: Even in death and Derse Dreamers

of course, derse dreamers is (allegedly) dave’s theme too, but who looks bigger on the cover art? exactly.

for both of these songs i pretty much just used their beginning melodies as the main melodies of each part because they’re recognizable and are also hard as fuck.

i mostly tried to use violins and pianos since those are the two instruments i find most fitting for rose (and also used staccato violins to emphasize intensity and raw epicness)

for the bass and the even in death main melody i used more retro-like sounds (touhou soundfont bass and a generic square layered with a soundfont piano-y thingy) since i find fighting games are usually generally thought more as 2D retro pixelart games than anything.

Crediting sources:

Latadenata: (Bandcamp about blurb, excerpt)

[...] I was kinda new to this “fighting game music style”, making it hard for me to picture how the song would go

one thing i knew i had to do was using those typical soundfont orchestra hits you can hear in a lot of retro videogame music to give it some intensity just as a real fight would [...]

the next thing for me was using the two songs i find more recognizable for rose: Even in death and Derse Dreamers [...] i pretty much just used their beginning melodies as the main melodies of each part because they’re recognizable and are also hard as fuck [...]

for the bass and the even in death main melody i used more retro-like sounds (touhou soundfont bass and a generic square layered with a soundfont piano-y thingy) [...]