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	Message: : Direct downloads (Ogg Vorbis for in-game use, FLAC for everything else) via : OneDrive : Simplici7y : Listen on YouTube : Album liner notes : My discography : Over the last two months, I’ve made new arrangements of Marathon ’s entire : OST. A word of warning: If you’re looking for faithful remixes, keep : looking; anyone who wants the originals’ mood and atmosphere faithfully : preserved will be severely disappointed by these. I categorise this as an : arrangement album rather than a remix album to emphasize its differences : from its source material. Marathon ’s OST runs for 40’16”; See You : Starside runs for 77’77” (fine, 78’17”) – 38’01” longer, for those : keeping score. : And that’s not getting into the stylistic differences. These are not : ‘modernised’ versions of Marathon ’s music, by the way; my intention was, : in fact, quite the reverse. Imagine ’70s Genesis with ’80s Genesis’ : production and you’ll get the right idea – I took the progressive rock : influence on parts of the OST up to eleven. Beyond that, “Aliens Again” is : jazz fusion; “Flowers in Heaven” a weird mix of doom metal and ambient; : “Guardians” a similarly weird mix of electronica and power metal; : “Landing” borderline symphonic/atmospheric black metal; “Rushing” an : equally weird mix of metal and… disco? And that’s just off the top of my : head. : I also strongly recommend against using these for a first playthrough; : they’ll substantially alter the game’s atmosphere, which is one of its : most memorable qualities. It would (hopefully) still be enjoyable, but it : wouldn’t really be Marathon . : Caveats aside, these intricate, dense, yet dynamic mixes are brimming with : retro synths, arpeggiation, musical cross-references, reverb, and entirely : new instrument parts and melodies. They’re *Marathon’s* OST by way of ’70s : progressive rock songwriting and arrangement, ’80s pop production, and : ’90s Japanese games’ atmosphere, with secondary influences from genres as : disparate as jazz, blues, disco, ambient, post-rock, classical, electronic : music, Krautrock, and metal. : On 2022-12-05, when I began remixing Marathon ’s OST in GarageBand, I : intended to do simple remixes that just replaced the familiar instruments : with retro synths, but as I gained familiarity with GarageBand’s : surprisingly robust feature set, my ambitions grew considerably. I imposed : two rules on myself: 1. use each existing melody at least once in its : original track; 2. don’t change existing melodies. I broke these only : once: the pitch bend in ‘Aliens Again’ simply didn’t fit my arrangement. : Apart from that, I radically rearranged the songs. : Overall, I think retro synths match Marathon ’s ‘used future’ aesthetic : nicely, so you’ll hear plenty of Mellotron samples, voices that sound like : the Moog and CS-80 (but aren’t directly derived from them), and classic : Roland drum machine samples (e.g., CR-78, TR-606, TR-707, TR-808, TR-909). : My production employs tons of details and reverb (if my production didn’t : give it away, I was born in the ’80s) but little to no dynamic range : compression (only one track even scores as low as DR11). : Marathon ’s OST has been surprisingly popular for remixes given how : relatively small its community is. I think one reason for this is that its : music is extremely memorable and effective, especially given its : simplicity. That’s another reason: it offers ample space for arrangers to : add their own stamps. I hadn’t done that to my satisfaction before, : certainly not to an extent that I felt matched my abilities as an : arranger, and it’s been immensely satisfying. : Since I structured this album like a ’70s/’80s double album, that’s how I’m : listing its tracks. : Side A (22:31) : A1. Aliens Again (4:20) : A2. Chomber (3:55) : A3. Fat Man (ft. Trey J. Anderson) (4:36) : A4. Flippant (3:16) : A5. Flowers in Heaven (6:26) : Side B (18:39) : B1. Freedom (5:16) : B2. Guardians (3:20) : B3. Landing (5:00) : B4. Leela (5:05) : Side C (18:15) : C1. New Pacific (3:40) : C2. New Pacific (reprise) (4:50) : C3. Rapture (4:30) : C4. Rushing (5:17) : Side D (18:46) : D1. Splash (Marathon) (5:22) : D2. Swirls (5:05) : D3. What About Bob? (8:19) : Marathon ’s OST composed by Alexander Seropian. Additional composition by : Aaron Freed and: A3: Trey J. Anderson, Johann Sebastian Bach, Geddy Lee, : Neil Peart : A5: Phil Collins : B1: Vince Guaraldi : B3: wowbobwow : B4: Thomas Barth (Tobacco) : Credits: Alexander Seropian: original composition : Aaron Freed: arrangement, composition, mixing, mastering : Trey J. Anderson ( https://youtube.com/@TreyMagicGuitarPlayaAnderson , on : A3): arrangement, composition, mixing : Lastly, thanks to Midjourney, khfiva, Sue Colvert, Don Fabisiak, Apple, : Bradmatic, Roland, Yamaha, Johann Sebastian Bach, Vince Guaraldi, Phil : Collins, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart, wowbobwow, Thomas Barth, Trey J. Anderson, : Alexander Seropian, and Bungie for reasons described above and/or in the : liner notes.
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