Fight One Theme

Technical Specifications

Specification	Details
Software	FL Studio 24
BPM	135
Length	4:17 minutes
Purpose	Upbeat
Diegetic	No

All fight music is diegetic and plays through speakers in the arena.

Philosophy

The “Fight One Theme” was composed to embody the adrenaline and intensity of arena combat. Our goal was to create a soundscape that not only energizes the player but also immerses them in the spectacle of the fight. Drawing inspiration from real-world sports events, the music is intentionally diegetic and blares from arena speakers. Of course, our music keeps playing during the fight, unlike real life sport events, where the music stops when the fight starts.

We wanted the music to figure as a sort of radio, like in real life sport events. This means themes are not coupled to specific opponents, but randomized. We feel this enhances the immersion and makes the player feel like they are in a real arena, where the music is not tailored to them, but rather a generic fight theme.

Connection to Game Themes

• Fast-Paced Combat: The fast BPM and rhythm mirror the game’s emphasis on quick reflexes and constant movement.
• Arena Spectacle: By making the music diegetic, we reinforce the feeling of being in a public, competitive space, where every fight is a show and every player is a contender.

Musical Parts

Instruments and Sound Design

Instruments

• Chords: Warm 80s inspired synth chords
  • Kepler Expo: customized preset
  • Mixer Track: 1
• Chords2: Warm 80s inspired synth chords
  • Kepler Expo: customized preset
  • Mixer Track: 4
• Lead 1 && Lead 2: Plucky, high-pitched and slightly distorded sound
  • Kepler Expo: C64 Arp
  • Mixer Track: None
• Lead 3: Plucky, low-pitched and slightly distorded sound
  • Polymode Syntesizer: Delicate Ensamble
  • Mixer Track: None
• Lead 4: Distorted guitar-like lead
  • Kepler Expo: customized preset
  • Mixer Track: 4
• Support: Distorded, growling phaser
  • Flex: Blasternoise
  • Mixer Track: 3
• Bass: Distorted EDM bass, lifted from the Main Menu Theme
  • Flex: Pulse Blower
  • Mixer Track: 4
• Bass 2: Phaser EDM Bass
  • Vital: VLT Future Gun
  • Mixer Track: 5
• Bass 3: Distorted low saw bass, reminicent of a ship horn blowing
  • Flex: Black Ashes
  • Mixer Track: 4
• Dance Break: Chord pattern, same instrument and mixer track as Lead 4
  • Kepler Expo: customized preset
  • Mixer Track: 4
• Keys: Simple chord pattern
  • FL Keys: Grand Piano
  • Mixer Track: 6
• Key Arp: Simple bass for over Keys, using same as lead 1
  • Kepler Expo: C64 Arp
  • Mixer Track: None

Drum Patterns

• Drum Pattern 1: Basic drum pattern
  • 4 high hat variations
  • snare
• Drum Pattern 2: Basic drum pattern
  • 4 high hat variations
  • snare

Sounds

The following sounds were sampled in the fight one song:

• Shet: Distorted yell
  • Mixer Track: 2
• Shet 2: Reversed shet
  • Mixer Track: 2
• Money Counter: Money counter sound, distorted
  • Mixer Track: 2
• a: drumm roll
• Swag dnb Loop: Drum and bass loop
• Swag dnb Loop - Part 1: reversed Swag dnb Loop
• speeeeeed hatz: High hat drum roll

Arrangement

Mixing and Mastering

Mixing

• Track 1
  • ChameleonX V2: Splits the sound in 8 parts, and then replays and rebuilds them with configurable sliders. Transforms the sound, in this case slightly destroying it.
• Track 2
  • ChameleonX V2: Splits the sound in 8 parts, and then replays and rebuilds them with configurable sliders. Transforms the sound, in this case slightly destroying it.
  • Fruity Chorus: Thickens the sound by adding slightly detuned and delayed copies, creating a wider or shimmering effect.
  • Fruity Blood Overdrive: Distorts the sound
  • Fruity Stereo Enhancer: Enhances the stereo separation
  • Fruity Parametic EQ 2: Removing the mids, lowegin the highs and boosting the lows
• Track 3
  • Fruity Stereo Shaper: Changes the stereo image of the sound
  • Gross Beat: Distorting the time of the sound
  • Soundgoodizer: Enhances the sound saturation, makes it sound fuller and better
  • Fruity Blood Overdrive: Distorts the sound
  • Fruity Multiband Compressor: Compresses the sound
• Track 4
  • Fruity Blood Overdrive: Distorts the sound
  • Fruity Limiter: Compresses the sound
• Track 5
  • Gross Beat: rapidly changing volume, phaser effect
• Track 6
  • Soundgoodizer: Enhances the sound saturation, makes it sound fuller and better
  • Fruity Delay 3: Adds delay to the sound
  • Fruity Reeverb 2: Adds reverb to the sound
  • Fruity Limiter: Compresses the sound

Mastering

• Fruity Limiter: To limit the overall volume of the song
• Fruity Parametric EQ 2: To take out the high ends