Ominous theme – Imminent War in Bloodtusk

Sample Clip Here: Ominous Theme

This is one of my personal favorites. Bloodtusk was a really fun zone for me and it resulted in some of my favorite compositions in AQWorlds. This theme is a slow building theme. It is a repeated theme that layers more and more harmony parts as it repeats. Overall all it is a very simple piece, but as the harmony builds, it becomes richer and fuller. I am particularly fond of the choral arrangement that comes in at the end of the piece. This song has the dubious honor of having made my mother cry real tears (she’s very emotional about music).

Software used:
FL Studio Producer Edition
Sonivox Muse

Ominous Theme by Artix Entertainment, LLC is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.

AQ3D Theme in G Minor

Sample music clip here: AQ3D Theme in G Minor!

This is my first musical theme composed for our newest game, AQ3D. Thyton lent a helping hand in the creative direction of this theme and provided me with a ton of movie soundtracks to listen to before I wrote any notes to this piece. The first four notes of the intro melody provide a motif that is built upon throughout the piece. This will be a repeated motif in future music for this game. Thyton had a lot of cool ideas – Most specifically, the low rhythmic cellos and the deep drum and piano hits at the end of the piece. Overall I really liked how this turned out – It is one of the more cinematic pieces that I have composed for any of the games so far. The key of g minor lends a nice, ominous feeling to this otherwise serene landscape. Thyton and I have collaborated in the past on the music for HeroSmash and of course, the epic, mind-blowing masterpiece – DerpQuest the Musical available for free download on Heromart!

Software –
FL Studio, Sonivox Muse provided almost all of the instrument sounds for this piece.

AQ3D Theme in G minor by Artix Entertainment, LLC is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.

AQWorlds Fishing Theme

Get the music here:  AQWorlds Fishing Theme!

Dumoose requested a nice fishing loop for the AQWorlds fishing minigame.  I decided to go with a chill out loop with a calm and quiet island-jazz arrangement.  The idea was to make the music a chilled out and in the background as possible so that it would not get hard on the ears as players spend many hours of gameplay in this fishing game.  The drumloops that I used came from Sonivox’s Loopline collection.  The main drumbeat was from Dirty Drums and the Bongos came from World Beats.  I ran my Fender Deluxe Player’s Strat directly in and used the cathedral setting in FL Studio’s reverb plugin for the rhythm guitar tracks.

Hope you enjoy!
-Warlic

AQW Fishing Theme by Artix Entertainment, LLC is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License

Mercutio’s Theme

Get the Music Here: Mercutio’s Theme!

This was the Boss battle music for the AQWorlds 2012 Valentine’s Day Release.

This battle theme was heavily inspired by Final Fantasy 6 – Wanted to make something that was rockin’ yet still fitting into a fantasy setting.  I used Sonivox Muse’s Rock Organ, Mixed Ahh Choir and Ensemble Brass instruments.  The Bass sounds were created using FL Studio’s BooBass plugin.  Guitars were created with my Deluxe Player’s Strat running from a Line 6 Spider Jam.  Nothing too special was done with the Guitar tracks – I just plugged the amp’s headphone out into my audio interface.  Further EQ/effects were added in FL Studio.

Software:

FL Studio, Sonivox Muse

Rhythm guitars were double tracked and panned hard L/R.
Layered guitars were used in the section after the solo with the fast picking to created a nice tension.  I thought that this turned out pretty cool!

Mercutio's Theme by Artix Entertainment, LLC is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.

Dragon Realm

Get the music here: AQWorlds Dragon Realm Theme!

This music track is from from the AQWorlds Dragon realm.

It was created using FL Studio and Sonivox Muse.

Sytrus Synth for pads
Muse for Orchestral instruments

The vocal track was performed by me – It was an interesting track to record since I have not sang in that particular style before.

Dragon Realm by Artix Entertainment, LLC is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.