Skies of Arcadia - Yafutoma Dawn, Eastern Sky Pirates - "Il buono, il brutto, il pirata dell'aria"
15Arrangement, whistling, production: Jorito
Harmonica: Furilas (https://twitter.com/macrhunter)
Vocals: Lauren the Flute (https://youtube.com/selie22flute)
Guitar: Aster
When I discovered the Skies of Arcadia album project over on OverClocked ReMix (http://arcadia.ocremix.org), I was thrilled. I have a lot of good memories of the game from my Dreamcast days and since the album is for an RPG I actually played and enjoyed a lot I couldn't not write a track. Browsing through the OST I stumbled upon the Eastern Air Pirates track, which instantly gave me an Ennio Morricone vibe. Since I've always wanted to create a spaghetti western style track, it was too good to pass up. Of course that means using all the classic Morricone sounds like the twangy guitar (courtesy of Aster), the harmonica (courtesy of Furilas), the soaring soprano vocals (courtesy of Lauren the Flute) and of course the whistling (courtesy of yours truly).
Creating the spaghetti western vibe came so easy that it felt like cheating, but the flow of the track, the incorporation of Yafutoma Dawn and overall production took considerably more work. Still, I am very happy with (and proud of) the end result and am very grateful to my collaborators that made the Western vibe come really alive and made the track great. Thanks a lot guys, onwards we ride. Yeehaa!