How to Write Atmospheric Music on a Super Nintendo

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Secret of Evermore (1995)
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Guide
Duration: 21:19
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Secret of Evermore has a great, moody soundtrack that I'm sure would be a way bigger deal in video game music history if it hadn't been released shoulder to shoulder with the best video game soundtracks of all time. Let's take a look at the soundtrack and see how it creates such a poignant atmosphere.

0:00 - How does SoE craft its musical atmosphere?
1:24 - Simulated Reverb
3:13 - Sitting on Am for forever
7:16 - A Clever Homage
9:25 - Changing Keys on a Dime
18:06 - Voice Leading through Weird Key Shifts
20:41 - Outro

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secret of evermore
super nintendo music
atmospheric music
16 bit music
moody music
retro game music
snes
jeremy soule
how to write music
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music theory
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