This music project was inspired by the open-source video game Armagetron Advanced, a Tron light-cycle clone. The version I owned at the time of writing (0.2.8) had sound effects, but did not have music. After reading about plans to include music in future versions, I thought I might take up the challenge of composing something for the game. However, after I started the writing process the music took over and became this project.
The musical considerations for a video game are different from any other audio project I've worked on yet. I did some in-game research, and found that out of those who listened to music while playing, about half enjoyed metal and progressive rock, and the other half enjoyed techno. This provided a difficult starting point since metal and techno have quite different feels to them. So, I decided to try and incorporate the elements I enjoyed most from each genre.
Describing the sound of the finished product is a little difficult. It sounds somewhat like classic metal riffs mixed with drum and bass. All the music is mixed continuously into a single 23 minute track (32MB @ 192kbps CBR). I hope you enjoy my work and please feel free to offer any feedback you have!
Brian Hilmers 2008
djvision@juno.com