U.S.G: A New Beginning Symphonic Suite
Download link for U.S.G: A New Beginning Symphonic Suite:
http://www.brandonabley.com/files/USG-OST-SV-06-04-2008.zip
Download USG: A New Beginning at rpgmaker.net
Both the game and its soundtrack are free to download and distribute. Please do not claim ownership of either, however, because you did not make them.
Cover Art:
Track Listing:
1. Bullet Hell
2. War Room
3. Elephant Attack!
4. Chatting
5. Creepy Flying Saucers
6. Llefara
7. A Giant Enemy is Approaching?!
About the music: My music has been described as minimalist, but I do not compose in the minimalist style intentionally. This soundtrack is a conscious effort to compose minimalist music, so expect a lot of a simple structures and repeating patterns. I’m extremely proud of it and would not hesitate to say that this is, overall, my best work. I am extremely fond of every track, except for Chatting. That particular track is cheesy and generally terrible. My personal favorites are Bullet Hell and War Room. Respected community member Badluck had a minor role in the creation of Llefara (he helped me come up with the melody).
The music was written for a standard small orchestra accompanied by piano and trap set (drums) and a small section featuring four-voice choir (SATB). The music was written specifically to be playable in its current form by a real ensemble and to not be particularly difficult to play.
About this recording: This is the symphonic suite made from the music for U.S.G: A New Beginning. It is not exactly the same as the music in game and is instead the music as written for a live ensemble. It has a beginning and an end, rather than looping into a fade like most video game soundtracks. For the most part, though, the music is indistinguishable from the original game sound version. I input every note (even the drums) into a sequencer with a keyboard. I used EastWest’s sample packages and Garritan Personal Orchestra to generate sounds. I recommend both, but I advise that EastWest’s packages are a glitchy and while the sample quality is excellent many patches have duff notes.
About the game U.S.G: A New Beginning:
U.S.G. is a stunningly brilliant bullet hell shooter slash RPG made with RPG Maker XP by Hima and Piti at GPTouch. The main gameplay segments play like a standard bullet hell shooter, but in-between missions you spend skill points to level up different powers and decide which ones to bring into the next stage. Enemies in each stage have specific weaknesses that play out in a way similar to games like Final Fantasy. Cutscenes bookend each stage (and they are way too long). Each level has multiple difficulty settings and the game is extremely challenging on higher levels. To top it all off, the production values are through the roof - the game looks absurdly professional. It is by far my favorite RPGMaker game and one of my top indie games out there.
You can find out more at GPTouch’s website (well probably not if you can’t read Thai but): http://www.gptouch.com/
