Rhythm Doctor OST - Lucky Break

Rhythm Doctor Act 5 is out now!

Composed by celesti whispers
Saxophone performance by Adil Johan   / adilj  
Saxophone Tracking by Ashwin Gobinath (Nadir Studios)   / nadirstudiosmalaysia  
Saxophone Assistant Production by Hameer Zawawi https://www.instagram.com/hameerzawaw...

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Composer notes from celesti whispers:

when we decided on the story and mood for this level, rejecting reality and clinging to the gold old days, my immediate association was mid-century pop music and the vapourwave movement. though eventually i decided to use guitars for the 4 cue and to flesh out the track, so it took a lean into jazz fusion.

by the way, i'm very proud of this bassline! finally used a tritone substitution in a way that sounds right to me for once. i also noticed that drum fills by themselves were lacking in energy for the transitions during the glitch nightmare, but adding some fast bass runs brought the whole thing together. it was incredibly gratifying, and makes me want to learn how to play bass. one day i want to write a bassline as good as Unison Square Garden's Sugar Song and Bitter Step.

abridged list of music i absorbed as research:

Stella By Starlight (movie version, 1944)
Marlene Dietrich - Cherche la Rose (1962?)
Casiopea - Tears of the Star (Mint Jams, 1982)
T-Square - Cape Light (Adventures, 1984)
Joe Hisaishi - Night City (Illusion, 1988)
Joe Hisaishi - 8 1/2 の風景画 (Illusion, 1988)
Casiopea vs T-Square (live concert, 2003)
Kanno Yoko - saga (Zankyou no Terror OST, 2014)
Flume - Free (Skin, 2016)
Daniel Olsén - Wild Hearts Never Die (Sayonara Wild Hearts OST, 2019)

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Video made with FL Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin
Effect author credits:
Linear - StevenM,Dubswitcher,Youlean
HUD 3D - Rado1
TextTrueType - Ville
Youlean Drop Shadow - Youlean