Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Hero Muzik Vol. 1


Without a doubt my favorite Final Fantasy game EVER was number 6, which was actually the 3rd iteration released here in the States back in '94.  I'll never forget how my grades tanked sophomore year of high school as i couldn't get enough of exploring the Worlds of Balance & Ruin and amassing a motley crew of characters in my party of heroes!  So, it's really no surprise that after the homie Random dropped Black Materia last year, which was his tribute to his favorite of Square Enix's flagship RPG franchise, that i feel compelled and inspired to do the same...


I decided in an effort to re-spark my creation of instrumental projects to make this my new series where i could take the character themes from my favorite RPGs and flip remixes, and thus we have Hero Muzik! Volume 1 naturally had to be based on the aforementioned FF6, as one of the reasons i chose it to kick-off the series was because there were 14-playable characters and i figured that would make for a longer album- especially compared to every installment since where the hero totals max out after 6 (smh).  And boy, was this a labor of love as some of the characters music (i. e. Terra, Shadow & Setzer) was WAY more ripe for sampling/remixing than others (e.g. Strago, Mog & Umaro), BUT i love a challenge and in the end i'm very proud of what i did, as my ultimate goal was to pay homage to Nobuo Uematsu's original score while still putting my "neosonic" touch on these classics...


If Final Fantasy-themed beats aren't your thing, all good as its an acquired taste, but you can still download a FREE song off the album HERE! Also, if you DO manage to check out the album, i'd love to hear your feedback so please drop me a line on the Neosonic Facebook Fan page.  Again, special shouts to the homie Random aka Mega Ran for encouraging me to do this album and stay tuned for more Hero Muzik!

K

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