Atsushi Fukai Original Album

metamorphosis

Illustrations by Koji Maruta

"metamorphosis" the album

This is my first non-hobby independent music album. However all the music are derivations of tunes from my past "Project" series, so those of you who are familiar with my game music projects might find it particularly interesting. Some of the music titles have been renewed for the occasion.
The album's theme is "Fantasy", where I thought it would be perfect to make use of my existing repertoire as a bridge between my own musical fantasies and career material.
With the help of my pro musician friends, the album features live instrument performances of violin, cello, and guitar.

Tracks

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mp3 YouTube	1. Tropical Snow (from Project Fantasyzone) Based on the image of a gravity-light planet where it snows in warm climate.
mp3 YouTube	2. Treasure Moments (from Project Twinbee 2000) Portrays a promised friendship between parting characters who have shared a voyage.
mp3 YouTube	3. Wings Of Courage (from Project Dragon Spirits) Theme of a warrior with the ability to transform into a dragon to confront evil.
mp3 YouTube	4. Tabibito (from Project Dark Soul) A warrior continues his voyage to find a place to belong, after waking into justice and destroying the evil that once raised him.
mp3 YouTube	5. Fly With Me (from Project Twinbee) Fly like Peter Pan!
mp3 YouTube	6. Lone Penetrator (from Project G) A single fighter spacecraft charges into the enemy's enormous mechanical fortress!
mp3 YouTube	7. Silent Ocean Of Lights (from Project BLAZE) Victorious, but adrift in a damaged spacecraft, the space warrior closes her eyes in peace amid the calmness of star ocean.
mp3 YouTube	8. Warrior's Fate (from Project Dracula) Portraying the bloodline of a vampire hunter descendant in the battle against monstrosities of a cursed castle reigned by the enemy vampire.
mp3 YouTube	9. Farewell (from Project Ys) Final salutations with the friends of the adventure world, when the hero must return to his homeworld.

Notes

After graduating from college, my work as been mostly providing music for other people's projects, under client requests. As much as it is fun in its own right, I have also wanted to exploit my own ways with music. So I have decided to create this music album as a stepping stone in seeking a career as an independent composer, beside from being a freelance creator.
Being my own sponsor, there were limits to how much I could experiment with issues of budget and schedule, but thanks to the extraordinary help of my musician friends, I believe I was able to make maximum use of available resources to create this album, of which I am proud.
Some of the featured music originally dated back as far as ten years, and it was interesting personally to see how some things did and did not change(mostly the latter) over time in my stance in designing melodies, which are my most valued element in musical conception.

Thanks again to Fumiko Mori (violin), Masaru Tamagawa (cello), Tatsuya Maeda (guitar), and Toshinori Hiramatsu (guitar) for making this project possible!