First version v0.1: VGM challenge "Final Push". Basically the end credits medley. For now there's the intro, slightly nerfed heroic themes, scheming, intrigue, and a couple of final level type themes. I plan on adding final boss, maybe another section and happy ending (basically a repeat of the heroic themes but this time more decisively complete) in the end. In general the structure is very flexible, to the point I've already shuffled these sections around a couple times, and probably will do in the future. In a vacuum I like the synthwave section in the end, and the scheming section in the middle, less keen on the intro. I'll probably remake the intro, but we'll see.

So there's a lot of little improvements to be made, especially in the beginning. I want to expand the sound palette, which for now is mostly made of the same electronic set. Drums are quite barebones. Mixing is rough, and there are a lot of moments of melodic awkwardness and a couple of jerky transitions. Scheming section is basically an island in a sea of otherwise connected motifs and melodic material, and I want to incorporate it more into the rest of the track. In general there's some fat in the melodic material I plan on trimming off to make more room for motifs and motivic transformation.

V0.2: Apparently I lost this section in one of the edits. Oh well.

v0.3 update: Rewrote intro, still not quite where I want it, but much more connected to the rest of the material. There's now a final boss theme in the end, which is very unfinished right now, with a placeholder bridge between it and the previous section. In the project file there's a skeleton of an outro that I cut from this preview because it's not in the shape to even be a proof of concept and lacks a connective bridge to the rest of the song. Instrumentation, mixing, sound design are still almost untouched from the last time. The project structure now goes thus:

Intro -> Heroic themes -> Villain's scheme theme -> Intrigue, peril -> Final push -> One-winged angel transformation into Final boss -> Outro (Not in the audio)

v0.4 update: All sections exist now, including finale and outro. Drums could use variety, some transitions need smoothing out a bit and as always, tweaking. Now the biggest chunk of work ahead are in arrangement and instrumentation.

v0.5/v0.6 update: Sound design changes and mixing for the most part. At this point the only changes I might make are to the bridge before the bossfight, which I overhauled in this version.

V0.7-> v1.0 release: Alright I think I'm about done with this project. It bloated like a balloon, but in the end, I managed to pull something together. As always, speak if something's on your mind, but I'm not going out of my way to work on this project any time soon.