Axiom Verge Remix: Trace Lives
By orangedrink on January 28, 2018 11:59 pm
Axiom Verge is an incredible video game that was created by one person, Thomas Happ. He also wrote and composed the soundtrack! This song is a remix/remake of his piece "Trace Awakens" which you can listen to here: https://axiomverge.bandcamp.com/track/trace-awakens
I used the original synthesizer sample, but then pitched it up to create a three note progression. The rest was done with drums and guitars, and I either recreated the melody lines, or created new ones that I felt captured the new direction I was trying to go in. The middle breakdown is done on the OP-1 and is meant to bring us back into the "video game world" and then have us come busting back out. The main character of the game, Trace, is trapped in an alternate world, and this part of the song is where he is freed. Trace lives!
If you haven't played the game, I highly recommend it. Everything you love about Metroid and Castlevania with a boat load of awesome. Aside from being a huge fan of the game, I was honored to have been asked to create remixes of the soundtrack for a documentary that is included in the physical "Multiverse Editions" of the game. You can buy the game and the documentary at http://www.axiomverge.com. The Nintendo Wii U version (coming soon) will actually come with a CD of my remixes, with the Orange Drink name on it! It's been a lifelong dream for me to be involved in a video game, on any level, so you can't imagine how thrilled I am to work on a game that I was already a huge fan of.
Dreams do come true.
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... cOoL!