Takoyaki Surprise OST by Meredosia

\This soundtrack was commissioned to me by my friend Matt Edson of Red Triangle Games. Takoyaki Surprise is an action game where you control both and octopus and his swordfish companion to fight off evil food and save the princess. Of all my releases, this probably had the longest production time, mostly because I was writing the soundtrack as the game was being made. And the game took about two years. This turned out to be a good thing because I was able to learn new skills while working on the project and apply them when it came time to get everything finalized for release. I was even able to get my friend Emily Timm (of Sun Urchins and Ghost Mice) to sing lead on the credits' song.

Typically with rock albums, I'll write the songs and make a quick demo, get around to recording drums, get around to recording guitars, and get around to doing vocals. This soundtrack was sequenced with OpenMPT where the performances are perfect as soon as you type in your desired notes, so there was no 'getting around' to doing anything. At times I tried to get ahead of the project and ended up having to start songs all over, which is fine. It's never a waste of time to write music. And you'd better believe those scrapped songs are going to show up somewhere.

You might notice how most songs are themed around a different type of food, which was a very fun challenge for me. In fact, some of the songs were based on jingles I'd jokingly written for restaurants I had no intention of patronizing. Either way, I love having a theme to write a song around instead of going into natural minor riffs and singing about being a misunderstood artist.

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