Patrick R Posted April 11, 2015 I've made hundreds of pieces of electronic music over the years that I've never been able to do anything with, so I figured I'd upload the best ones to SoundCloud and post them here, in various categories.. You are all free to use any of these in any way you see fit. Most of these weren't recorded with video games in mind, so if you want me to go back and edit any of these tracks so they'd loop better let me know. If you are a composer/sound person who wants to do something similar, just leave a post to where people can download your work. Energetic Music Jujyfruit - Fast, brief, glitchy Space Invader - Very fast, percussive, sounds like old internal computer speakers Crows - Intense, driving, fat synths, brief Train Loadin' - Friendly, piano and drum driven, has a slower middle section Chipamunk - Friendly, marimba and drum-based, with a synth solo in the middle Chirply - Quick, danceable, simple, drum-based Windy Windy - repeating synth sample with growing percussion, chill, groovy The Big Furry Monster - atonal noise opening, Massive glitchy percussion, like a giant industrial computer having a drug-fueled dance party Skitterpip - noisy, jittery, spinning percussion, abrasive synths Mucha Much More - A single sample from an R&B song, stretched and pitch shifted into lunacy. This is weird. Goodbye Horses - This is just the instrumental track for a Goodbye Horses cover I never ended up doing. Dancey! Copyrighty! Pressure Cooker - Slow build to an explosion of chintzy percussion, repurposed orchestra hits and 8-bit detritus. Unlovable - Fast, fun, friendly. Whistling synths with a driving backbeat. Dulcet Rush - Aggressive, noisy, fast, glitchy, big distorted kicks, shuffling white noise hits Folded Artery - Just odd, frankly. Aggressive, schizophrenic, fat synths and an inconsistent tempo. Experimental. Hip-Hop Instrumentals Knives in the Back of Me - 808, synth driven, very short, very loopable Walk Tall - Based on a Frankie Valli sample. Very repetitive but I like it. Chandelier - Opulent? I dunno, it's big. Tickets - Relaxed, slowly builds, based on a simple sample Push-Pull - High impact, airy, building, sprinkled synths, BOUNCE THIS BOUNCES Dubna 48K - Beat made of basic wave shapes, sounds like floppy drives, dot matrix printers and an internal speaker jamming out Beasts and Blades - Jittery percussion, squeezing synths, high impact snares, distant booming background hits The Plow - Driving, detuned, backwards percussion, bass-heavy Blinding - Horns, drums, boom-bap, all samples no filler, long Dripping - Slippery dripping synths falling off the bone Ambient Music Paredolia's Heart - long, repeating distorted kick drum sounds like heart-beat, kinda spooky and sparse, slowly the synth pads get fuller Spirals - eerie, languid, distant percussive echoes, high-pitched synths lead with a bed of lower-pitched pads Hype 1 - Cheap toy-sounding spooky synth, distorted 8-bit percussion, creepy mood, inevitable, creeping insect squawks Must Be Right - Stretched tape loops, sliding backwards, piano recordings twisted out of shape EBE - Slow, cycling, simple bassline that supports scratchy glitched boulders of samples Hemiptera - Vaguely Metroid-y. This is the end credits music after the movie where the grasshoppers have devoured Earth. Sound Effects Clicksaw - Brief 6 second clip, sounds like a computer crashing Death Truck - 20 second clip, sounds like a giant piece of machinery failing and exploding Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forbin Posted April 11, 2015 Good stuff, going through them now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RubixsQube Posted April 11, 2015 Patrick, do you know offhand how many bpm Chirply is? (I think it's 141-142) I am going to use it to test out the rhythm aspect of my game! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick R Posted April 12, 2015 No, unfortunately I don't have any of the FL Studio files for any of these so I can't see what I had the BPM set for. But I can find out with a tempo tracker in Audacity. Give me five minutes. EDIT: Looks like it's 140 BPM, the default tempo in Fruity Loops. Here's a version of it that starts immediately, without the tiny delay at the beginning. Hopefully that should help you sync it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RubixsQube Posted April 12, 2015 Thanks, this is great! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted April 13, 2015 Spirals - eerie, languid, distant percussive echoes, high-pitched synths lead with a bed of lower-pitched pads I'm totes usin' this in my game right now and it'll probably end up being permanent even though I'm not sure it'll fit the tone of the game in the end (since I'm still not sure what the tone will be). It involves ghosts and graves, though, so it probably works. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted April 26, 2015 Chipamunk - Friendly, marimba and drum-based, with a synth solo in the middle I'm probably going to use this for my Bublé adventure, as it's what his style of music is in my head. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elvaq Posted April 26, 2015 Lifesaver! Deadline day saver! I'm using "The Plow" as my title track, "EBE" as my game over track, and "Spirals" as one of the gameplay tracks. Was going to link to the Soundcloud in my audio credits file (not sure if time for in-game credits, will probably just do a readme), but do you have a different credit link you'd prefer? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick R Posted April 26, 2015 Well this is my artist Bandcamp page for my two albums, that might be better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SouperMatty Posted April 27, 2015 Dubna 48K - Beat made of basic wave shapes, sounds like floppy drives, dot matrix printers and an internal speaker jamming out Hi Patrick, just wanted to thank you - I used "Dubna 48K" in my submission.... which was like 60 seconds too late to be official, ARGHH. But still, cheers for providing the resource! I think it worked well in my game - bumped it up from "really crappy" to "really crappy, but nice beats" http://soupermatty.itch.io/cyberpunk-carp-killer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick R Posted May 22, 2016 It seems like most people have released their games, but as it's the last day I wanna go ahead and bump this thread anyway, for anyone wanting some last minute music. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites