Vampire Slayer

    This composition was different from all before it in the manner that all the major parts--the skeletal components, if you will--were composed mentally while I was at work.  The main theme kept coming to my mind over the course of a few weeks.  Recognizing it fit into a harmonic minor scale with an additional flattened 5th, I began to think of some simple things that could be done with the scale.  By the time I bothered to do any programming or arranging, I had 4 of its major musical concepts floating around in my head.  Some were things I could actually hum; one was a visual combimation of notes I could imagine being played on the guitar, not knowing exactly how it would sound with the layers being played all at once.
    Finally, I began to work on my music.  As I dug through my instrument samples, I was hoping to find a good theremin sound.  Alas, I settled for a synthetic whistling sound, similar to what was used in the X-Files theme.  The only major segment of the composition which was an afterthought was the part where the pipe organ plays alone and then repeats through the guitar solo.
    I plan on using this in a video game project, unless someone else sees fit to use it for something else.  I tried to convey the same type of feeling in the music as in parts of the CASTLEVANIA: SYMPHONY OF THE NIGHT soundtrack, while making it just a bit more 'metallic'.  While I was working on this I could easily imagine Alucard storming through his father's fortress to end his reign of terror.  Therefore, I decided to call it "Vampire Slayer".
    Enjoy!
        Corey Finney (Exalted Dirt)