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Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020)

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This is Golden Reflections, an original theme I composed for percussion ensemble. This is part of my album "Superstars on the Horizon," which includes 10 original character themes inspired by Animal Crossing villagers.

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Streaming: https://album.link/superstarsonthehorizon
Sheet Music: https://www.musicnotes.com/l/Th5h8

Next up from my original album we have the normal dog Goldie! There are so many good normal villagers and it was really hard for me to choose which one to compose a theme for, but at the end of the day I knew it had to be Goldie. If it weren't for Isabelle, then in my opinion Goldie would be best Animal Crossing doggo no questions asked. (Although I'm not gonna lie, I was really tempted to write a song about Daisy's fleas LMAO)

So why a ballad? Well, I had a gig last year where I played drum set for a college chorus concert and there were some student solos between the bigger pieces with everyone. One of the solos was "Can't Help Falling in Love," specifically the Haley Reinhart cover version, and the arrangement we played got my gears turning. The piano player (accompanist for the choir) just gave the upright bass player and me lead sheets and told us to come up with something that fit the style. The patterns we played for that concert are pretty similar to the style I ended up using with this theme. I also really liked how the chord progression was simple for the A section but the B section had a bit more going on, which you can certainly hear here. Any gigging jazz musician will immediately recognize the inspiration for the chord changes in this B section. Tbh I almost called this song "Golden Leaves," but I thought it would be too on the nose, so I went with Golden Reflections instead. I had an image in my head of warm orange, almost-golden sunset light reflecting off the leaves on an autumn evening, so that's where "Golden Reflections" came from. I've always thought it's kind of neat to see where all these different inspirations come from to create a final product. In this case, I think it's the perfect theme for sweet Goldie!

Do you think this theme fits Goldie? What other Animal Crossing villagers would you like to see me write theme songs for? Be sure to let me know down in the comments below! Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video!

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Original Composer: V-Ron Media (that's me!)

-- Programs/Equipment Used --
Mallet Parts: Liberty One Glockenspiel, Yamaha Vibraphone, and Deagan Marimba
Performance Videos: iPhone 14 Pro
Game Video: Elgato HD60 X Capture Card/OBS (Animal Crossing: New Horizons)
Audio Production: Logic Pro
Photo Editing: Adobe Photoshop 2023
Video Editing: Adobe Premiere Pro 2023

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