Dale North

@dalenorthmusic.com

Composer for games: Astral Ascent, Dreamscaper, Wizard of Legend, Wargroove 2, Sparklite, RWBY: Arrowfell, River City Girls series, Clock Tower: Rewind 🔜: Threads of Time, OMORI Piano, Demi I also write music for Disney and Marvel! dalenorthmusic.com

Would you believe I have about 18 games coming out or announcing soon, some of them pretty big, and most I have not said anything about yet? Exciting times. Been writing my ass off!

🦋I had the honor of singing the OP of Mahou Arms, a magical girls indie game releasing July 27th! The track is composed by vgm legend @dalenorthmusic.com and I'm happy to finally share it because this song is sooo beautiful. « If only you could hear my voice calling out beyond the sky... »

Mahou Arms@mahouarms.bsky.social · 3w ago

Mahou Arms Opening Movie #mahouarms #indiedev Full length: youtu.be/CmVly-s8pT8 Details & Announcement Posts below 👇

New synth day! Roland V-Stage 76 as I’ve almost always used stage boards as my main as more of a performer-type composer. Insanely amazing key action, the first of its type!

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I still feel so incredibly lucky and I am still so, so grateful that I get to write video game music every day. This last 3 years or so have been wildly exciting and a ton of great stuff is wrapping up. I am SO fulfilled and excited.

Anyone that knows me knows that I love to use old synthesizers in my work. But maintenance is part of the territory, and so today my beloved Yamaha TG77 goes in for surgery. It’s from 1990 but I still use it nearly every week!

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After years of hunting for a good clean, working one, I finally found one of my most wanted old synths, the Yamaha TQ5. This masterpiece of late 80s design (from the famed Frog Design) is a 4op FM synth that sounds so nostalgic. I made this little demo you hear in the video with it! It's so cool! 🥹

I can already tell you right now: This game is 100% worth the purchase on the quality of the music alone. Super inspired writing, beautiful melodic sense, exceptional execution. I am instantly a fan of Morotani and Nakamachi.

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I walk at night and look at the stars and listen to music and reflect on what I’ve done, daydream about what I want to. I think about my friends and loved ones and how great dogs are. The stars and moon follow along with the music, every night a fantastic show with a stunning soundtrack. 🌃

I went stargazing tonight after work like I do most every night. Tonight, Venus ,Jupiter and Mars are lined up and it’s quite the show. After 30-40 minutes of watching, I headed home. And just as I was pinning hopes on the stars like I always do, a brilliant shooting star flew by, acknowledging. 💫

All the music production tricks you might be gravitating to are so easily duplicated. Often one click. Same thing with production “quality” and fidelity. Click, done. I think people might feel the music more with less of the easy result ear candy. Let the song be a song.

Timelapse of amazing villas in the Kobe mountains we have for relaxing after BitSummit, played at 2x because they are huge. Stick around for the surprise ending 😆 Also note the thermal rooms and the on-tap onsen!