Legend of Heroes: Song of the Ocean - A Peaceful Time remix - "Take It Easy"
8Arrangement, production: Jorito
Flute: GamerOfTheWinds (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQFIzKI61fxibPgfPKeJQxw)
Saxophone: prophetik music (https://ocremix.org/artist/4695/prophetik-music)
I finished my first contribution to the Hometown Heroes album (http://hometown.ocremix.org) fairly quickly, and despite a crazy busy schedule, I couldn’t help but do another track, simply because I like the concept so much. The aforementioned crazy schedule make a simpler track a necessity, and I’ve always wanted to try my hand at some bossa nova, for the simple reason of not having made a bossa nova track before.
I stumbled upon the first village track from Falcom’s Legend of Heroes 3: Song of the Ocean, a game I played a lot on my PSP. Since the game music was catchy and I’m a long time fan of Falcom's music, it was an easy choice and the arrangement came together quickly.
I always knew I wanted live performances for the lead instruments in this track. I quickly settled on flute to take the lead in this track, but I also wanted another lead instrument, something that could interplay with and complement the flute part. After some deliberation I felt a saxophone would fit the bill just perfectly and would work great in the overall soundscape. As luck would have it, I knew exactly who would be able to deliver a great performance and on short notice. After reaching out to Gregory (GameroftheWinds) and Brad (prophetic music) to see if they would be game, they immediately liked the concept and were on board. They both delivered great performances, and their parts really shine in the otherwise sparse track. It was also a great excuse to record myself on kalimba and shakers, because live recordings are better and more fun than midi.
All in all I really like how it came out, despite it being a pretty simple song. Can’t help but chill out after listening to it, and to me it definitely invokes the warm, fuzzy, relaxed feelings of home.