DELTARUNE Chapter 1 Jazz Orchestra - Lancer's Theme by The Second Narrator published on 2022-09-27T18:14:31Z Here's me doing an impression of jazz music haha. My only real exposure to playing jazz was during high school band, and I barely remember stuff about bass lines, minor 7 chords, syncopation, swing rhythm. I got this sweet SWAM saxophone sample library to try to integrate into an orchestra. Can't believe I'm only now using saxes. I went an listened to a big playlist of jazz music to kinda get the general feel of it. I'm sure not everything I did in this arrangement follows jazz convention correctly, but oh well. The original track has this bouncing beat that I wanted to preserve, cuz it perfectly encapsulates Lancer's playful mischievous nature. Toby fox's use of jazz is perfect, because while I was playing around with filling out the sound, I wanted to add a bunch of changes to the structure and texture that would make it really unpredictable to the listener. The funny thing is that I assume most jazz musicians are great at improv and can just fly off with their solos and articulations while being in harmony with all the other players. Being a jazz outsider, I had to instead meticulously sketch phrases and ideas out on my piano, and then translate them over to whatever instruments I thought sounded best. Some of the chords and flourishes I ended up using were a result of just brute force banging on the keyboard, trying out random notes and timing until I felt like I heard something nice. Finally, getting the overall mix to sound like it's in a cozy underground club posed another challenge. Most of my libraries were recorded/designed for large hall space. Even though I took out almost all the reverb, some instruments still sound like they're really far away, like the trumpets and trombones. Just pretend that the jazz stage is too small, so a bunch of players had to sit backstage. I got a newfound appreciation for jazz music. There's elements about it that I can see myself continuing to use in future tracks. Deltarune Orchestrated will be available on iTunes/Spotify upon completion of the album. MP3 and FLAC available for Patrons. ► www.patreon.com/thesecondnarrator Arrangement by Jeremiah Sun Original Theme by toby fox DELTARUNE Chapter 1&2 is currently free to download on PC and the Nintendo Switch! Genre Jazz & Blues Comment by RedMusic52 Timmy Lancer/Lancer Turner 2023-07-07T20:28:01Z Comment by Jstar338 So yeah he dipped his toes into this and it turns out he's a natural 2023-01-02T00:17:43Z Comment by OESJ sends out a special atmosphere ... 2022-10-09T01:47:13Z Comment by Rey Pixels I just imagined susie and lancer as sherlock holmes and whatson. Now I cant get that image out of my head. 2022-09-30T22:49:28Z Comment by SEEREAL >:] masterpeice, all i have to say. 2022-09-30T17:50:53Z