Through the Seventh Gate ~Land of Heat and Clockwork~
By Catboss
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Cover art by Homestuck.
Released 4/21/2012.
Duration: 4:36.
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Tracks that Through the Seventh Gate ~Land of Heat and Clockwork~ references: Tracks that this one references:
- Tribal Ebonpyre by Erik Scheele
- Beatdown (Strider Style) by Curt Blakeslee
- Atomyk Ebonpyre by Toby Fox
Artist commentary:
(original commentary)
Sometimes songs come to me more or less fully formed - this was the case for LOWAS; some fidelity is lost in the transition from imagination to audio, but that song is more or less how I imagine it.
Other times, though, I have far less to work with. In this case all I had was the opening and a rough idea of where I wanted the song to go. Dave is the perennial coolkid so I figured the Seventh Gate song for LOHAC would be far more casual than LOWAS. Sort of a "herp derp gonna waltz in and slaughter the denizen all cool-like", but other than that I didn't have anything else. So I don't really do my own thing like I did for LOWAS, barring some improvisation on the bass (I like bass solos). Later there was Tribal Ebonpyre, because I was using bongos already anyway.
So yes.
It's also a tribute to Castlevania music, to an extent.
I also have a heck of a lot more percussion in this song than I otherwise would have; 1x drum kit, 1x sample set full of metallic-ish sounds, and bongos. I would have added record scratches too (it's Dave after all) if I had satisfactory ones, but I don't. Not now, anyway. If I ever revise this song I might find some and add them in.
Key changes: there are 2. The second one, I think, actually works out better than the first despite the fact that I never intended for it to be there.
Annnnd finally we end with a simple drum riff and a fadeout. That's all folks! I'll probably work on LOLAR next.
(commentary redux)
The Knight of Time enters the Forge of Flame...
This song was heavily inspired by the music of the Castlevania series. More specifically, I tried to emulate the style of one particular song - "Empty Tome," from Order of Ecclesia. I think it's possibly one of my favorite songs from the series!