Eulogy to a False Hero - Jamuary Day 3

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Eulogy to a False Hero - Jamuary Day 3

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Well, I didn't have "write the funeral service for a villain disguised as a hero" on my bucket list, but here we are!

I imagine this song to be played during, as I suggest above, a scene where a city is mourning the loss of its beloved superhero, but the truth will soon come out that this hero was harboring dark secrets...or something. It's not that deep lol. I'd love to hear what scenes you can think of when hearing this; I can also think of acquiring an ancient treasure only to realize it's fake and/or cursed.

Originally, I was going to do a sort of FNF-styled song in 7/4 with the Mario Paint cat noise vs. the Mario Paint dog noise, but I got very stuck on how to bring it forward so I abandoned it and did this instead. I think this has a bit of a Splatoon-y feel with the "brass section," especially reminding me of Tartar's themes from the Octo Expansion.

Tape recorder stop/start sounds are from Freesound.org: https://freesound.org/s/627849/

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XwaynecoltX

2024-04-16 05:54:43

So day 3 was notbad and has an interesting sound here some good vibes of energy here and a straght forward play about it some nice work here

~X~

GrapheneKid

2023-01-03 21:51:50

This makes me think of sneaking into a villain's hideout to recover something important, but the villain isn't really all that well off financially so it's just a shoddy abandoned complex hidden in the city's industrial park. Like yeah he's evil and all that but you can't help but want him to have someplace nice to hunker down in, y'know?

I love how the brass is so unstable, and that cool "waterfall" sound (?) that's like sliding your hand down the keyboard is great.

MasterHand4444 responds:

The "waterfall" sound is actually a harp from the Mario Paint soundfont LOL. When you sustain it, it has that cool skipping effect on the end and I wanted to implement that skipping in the song!

I also love your interpretation of the scenario; it sounds like a bit in a Cartoon Network show. Good stuff.