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Descent I + II - The Vintage Dreams Mix
Album - Owner: Alieo - 40 items
A SynthFont Project using the "Vintage Dreams Waves v2.sf2" sound font. I took an opposite approach from previous past projects to when I made the original MIDIs try to sound more like real orchestral instruments. This time, using the Vintage Dreams Waves sound font, I try to return that vintage feel to the old MIDIs/OPL3s with this high quality synth-heavy sound font. It was challenging on some percussion-heavy songs because there aren't many percussion instruments to choose from.

And the banks were all screwed up; none of these songs were a straight translation to this sound font--I had to select the instruments by hand for each MIDI track because the bank to the Vintage Dreams Waves sound font wasn't numbered correctly. For example, a square in the original MIDI would've translated to some annoying off-key bell--so everything had to be reassigned by ear and by hand.

Also, MOST of the MIDIs that were shorter, under the 3:30 mark, got extended, but in a way that made it sound like the song had an extra verse. Game10 is no longer the longest song, now Game15 is. And for Game20, which was really short, I extended it from the beginning and gave it a lead-in progressing intro.

I hope you like my interpretation!
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52. Descent II Game02 (Vintage Dreams 'Zeta Aquilae' Mix) January 30, 2020, 10:27:07 PM 4
Music from Descent 2, Level 2: Turnabout Bore
Original Track: "Game02" by Dan Wentz
Rearranged By: DJ Hearseman (formerly Texace12, formerly formerly Alieo) via SynthFont
19. Crush 2020 (Game19 Vintage Dreams Mix) January 30, 2020, 09:52:22 PM 6
Music from Descent 1, Level 19: Oberon Mine Track: "Game19" by Ken Allen, Brian Luzietti, Larry Peacock, Leslie Spitzer, Jim Torres, Tim Wiles
Rearranged By: DJ Hearseman (formerly Texace12, formerly formerly Alieo) via SynthFont
26. Eerie Ectoplasm (Game04 Vintage Dreams Mix) January 30, 2020, 09:55:34 PM 66
Music from Descent 1, Level 26: Pluto Military Base
Original Track: "Game04" by Ken Allen, Brian Luzietti, Larry Peacock, Leslie Spitzer, Jim Torres, Tim Wiles
Rearranged By: DJ Hearseman (formerly Texace12, formerly formerly Alieo) via SynthFont
34. Awakening (Credits Vintage Dreams Mix) January 30, 2020, 10:14:11 PM 68
Music from Descent 1, Credits
Original Track: "Credits" by Ken Allen, Brian Luzietti, Larry Peacock, Leslie Spitzer, Jim Torres, Tim Wiles
Rearranged By: DJ Hearseman (formerly Texace12, formerly formerly Alieo) via SynthFont
27. Mega Missile (Game05 Vintage Dreams Mix) January 30, 2020, 09:58:00 PM 72
Music from Descent 1, Level 27: Charon Volatile Mine
Original Track: "Game05" by Ken Allen, Brian Luzietti, Larry Peacock, Leslie Spitzer, Jim Torres, Tim Wiles
Rearranged By: DJ Hearseman (formerly Texace12, formerly formerly Alieo) via SynthFont

Notes: Had to borrow the helicopter and seashore tracks from another sound font file.
30. Overrun (Game04 Vintage Dreams Mix) January 30, 2020, 10:05:38 PM 78
Music from Descent 1, Secret Level 3: Astoroid... something something... (can someone help? I forgot the name of the third secret level of D1. It was that really difficult one with the fusion hulks all over the place; briefing said it was overran with infected robots.)
Original Track: "Game04" by Ken Allen, Brian Luzietti, Larry Peacock, Leslie Spitzer, Jim Torres, Tim Wiles
Rearranged By: DJ Hearseman (formerly Texace12, formerly formerly Alieo) via SynthFont

New Mix from 2020!
10. Tanker (Game10 Vintage Dreams Mix) January 30, 2020, 09:50:37 PM 79
Music from Descent 1, Level 10: Mars Orbital Station
Original Track: "Game10" by Ken Allen, Brian Luzietti, Larry Peacock, Leslie Spitzer, Jim Torres, Tim Wiles
Rearranged By: DJ Hearseman (formerly Texace12, formerly formerly Alieo) via SynthFont
28. Astro Base (Game02 Vintage Dreams Mix) January 30, 2020, 10:00:21 PM 84
Music from Descent 1, Secret Level 1: Asteroid Secret Base
Original Track: "Game02" by Ken Allen, Brian Luzietti, Larry Peacock, Leslie Spitzer, Jim Torres, Tim Wiles
Rearranged By: DJ Hearseman (formerly Texace12, formerly formerly Alieo) via SynthFont
29. Piecemeal (Game03 Vintage Dreams Mix) January 30, 2020, 10:02:33 PM 84
Music from Descent 1, Secret Level 2: Asteroid Storage Depot
Original Track: "Game03" by Ken Allen, Brian Luzietti, Larry Peacock, Leslie Spitzer, Jim Torres, Tim Wiles
Rearranged By: DJ Hearseman (formerly Texace12, formerly formerly Alieo) via SynthFont

You've heard this before. It was the one I had for Level 3, but I reassigned it to Secret Level 2 (Song 29).
03. Old Moon (Game03 Shareware Vintage Dreams Mix) January 30, 2020, 09:30:42 PM 85
Music from Descent 1, Level 3: Lunar Military Base
Original Track: "Game03" by Ken Allen, Brian Luzietti, Larry Peacock, Leslie Spitzer, Jim Torres, Tim Wiles
Rearranged By: DJ Hearseman (formerly Texace12, formerly formerly Alieo) via SynthFont

Had some time and came back to finish this project off. Pardon the loss of Descent font in image; that was 2-3 computers ago.
35. CLEAR! (Exit Vintage Dreams Mix) January 30, 2020, 10:15:21 PM 85
Music from Descent 1, Exit Theme
Original Track: "Exit" by Ken Allen, Brian Luzietti, Larry Peacock, Leslie Spitzer, Jim Torres, Tim Wiles
Rearranged By: DJ Hearseman (formerly Texace12, formerly formerly Alieo) via SynthFont
09. Life on Mars (Game09 Vintage Dreams Mix) January 30, 2020, 09:48:43 PM 86
Music from Descent 1, Level 9: Mars Military Dig/Mars Colony (PC/PSX level titles; I forget which used which.)
Original Track: "Game09" by Ken Allen, Brian Luzietti, Larry Peacock, Leslie Spitzer, Jim Torres, Tim Wiles
Rearranged By: DJ Hearseman (formerly Texace12, formerly formerly Alieo) via SynthFont
05. Sea Organ (Game05 Vintage Dreams Mix) January 30, 2020, 09:44:46 PM 87
Music from Descent 1, Level 5: Venus Nickel-Iron Mine
Original Track: "Game04" by Ken Allen, Brian Luzietti, Larry Peacock, Leslie Spitzer, Jim Torres, Tim Wiles
Rearranged By: DJ Hearseman (formerly Texace12, formerly formerly Alieo) via SynthFont

Arrangement of tracks 1-5 in this project were supposed to emulate the PC shareware version of the old OPL3 files. After Level 22, Songs 1-5 repeat in Levels 23-27, and that's where you'll hear the full version OPL3 emulations of these variations. I also do different takes for the repeated Secret Levels sequences of Game02 through Game04 in #s 28-30.
25. Mystery Metal 2020 (Game03 Vintage Dreams Mix) January 30, 2020, 09:54:16 PM 87
Music from Descent 1, Level 25: Pluto Outpost
Original Track: "Game03" by Ken Allen, Brian Luzietti, Larry Peacock, Leslie Spitzer, Jim Torres, Tim Wiles
Rearranged By: DJ Hearseman (formerly Texace12, formerly formerly Alieo) via SynthFont
04. Virus (Game04 Vintage Dreams Mix) January 30, 2020, 09:39:24 PM 89
Music from Descent 1, Level 4: Venus Atmospheric Lab
Original Track: "Game04" by Ken Allen, Brian Luzietti, Larry Peacock, Leslie Spitzer, Jim Torres, Tim Wiles
Rearranged By: DJ Hearseman (formerly Texace12, formerly formerly Alieo) via SynthFont
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