Name: Video Game Scoring Assignment
Channel: Composed by Reuben Walton Programming by Reuben Wa
Description: Free MP3 download! Licensing options are available for this track. A piano starts and then there is silence for around five seconds and then the parts add in and build to the end, until 0:40 when there is an explosion-like burst of sound, mirroring what was described in the rough description of a scene or rough visu

Video Game Scoring Assignment

Reuben Walton

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A piano starts and then there is silence for around five seconds and then the parts add in and build to the end, until 0:40 when there is an explosion-like burst of sound, mirroring what was described in the rough description of a scene or rough visu

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Reuben Walton

Reuben Walton is an artist and songwriter originally from Cape Cod, MA and currently based in Falmouth, MA. His work spans multiple genres with a popcentric foc

Reuben Walton is an artist and songwriter originally from Cape Cod, MA and currently based in Woods Hole, MA. His work spans multiple genres with a pop-centric focus. A graduate of UMass Lowell and Sturgis Charter Public School, Walton's involvement in music has been a longterm passion with a steady shift towards original material beginning in high school. From his beginnings with choral ensembles, avant garde lo-fi dadaist compositions and earnest cover songs, to his free-flowing explorations of hip hop, atmospheric R&B and plaintive pop melodies, Walton brings a unique perspective that is both vulnerable and playful, his vocals and ear for melody and rhythm forming much of the common element unifying his body of work. His modest career highlights have included performances at UMass Lowell's annual Mothers of Rock concert and various venues in Southeastern Massachusetts and the Greater Boston area. Currently he is in the process of assembling a short EP with producer AVLI Music of Avli Music Productions in Woodland Hills, CA, in addition to working on a variety of side projects and collaborations.

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Genre

Beats • Rock

Charts

#112,080 today Peak #2,544

#2,384 in subgenre Peak #109

Author

Composed by Reuben Walton Programming by Reuben Wa

Rights

2011

Uploaded

June 29, 2008

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MP3

MP3 0.5 MB • 96 kbps • 0:46

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A piano starts and then there is silence for around five seconds and then the parts add in and build to the end, until 0:40 when there is an explosion-like burst of sound, mirroring what was described in the rough description of a scene or rough visual simulation that I was writing the music for. I was given a description of a rough sketch of a scene in a video game to score for 45 seconds using Digital Performer and MIDI software at Berklee College of Music in the 2008 Music for Video Games Workshop from Friday 6/27/2008 through Sunday 6/29/2008. Since I was able to create sheet music for all the parts using the software, it was actually performed by a keyboard player, guitarist, bassist and drummer, but this recording is the MIDI version of it from the software. It is a very minimalist piece. I think the opening weird wide piano harmonic interval was just the first notes I was able to enter since there was a real learning curve with me learning how to use the Digital Performer notation software for the first time and having the assignment to do. The descending bass line I think was inspired by the bass line in the song "Threads" by Portishead, off of their 2008 album Third, which was released on Monday 4/28/2008. This Berklee workshop was so soon after that, so I had been listening to that album and track and been influenced by it. This song was originally uploaded to my SoundClick music page at http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=541671&content=music on Sunday 6/29/2008. The track artwork for this song is just the version of the SoundClick logo with the white background since I didn't use one of my own artworks since it was such a short piece.

Composed by Reuben Walton
Programming by Reuben Walton
Produced by Reuben Walton
Recorded by Reuben Walton
Mixed by Reuben Walton
Edited by Reuben Walton
Track artwork by Reuben Walton and SoundClick

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