[Synthwave OST/Album] Saturn Icarus Release

[Meteo Xavier]

I had posted a previous version of Saturn Icarus here a long time ago. This version is the full release with additional tracks, additional work on some tracks, and full mastering provided by TOKEE.

Saturn Icarus Liner Notes and Credits

TRACK 1 - I Become The Machine (Technoverture)
TRACK 2 - Rarewhere - (OS Boot Menu - Rev. 17.8.104B)
TRACK 3 - Aladdin Continent - (Vector City Skyline)
TRACK 4 - Deincarnation - (Cybercop Bust Gone Wrong)
TRACK 5 - Comfortably Dumb - (Virtua Gangs Rule The Future Streets)
TRACK 6 - Run, Logan, Run! (Android Abomination)
TRACK 7 - Almost In The Shell (After Hours At The Neuro Lounge)
TRACK 8 - Death and Syntaxes (Infiltrating The City Underground)
TRACK 9 - Atlas Lunged - (Forced To Fight In The Mutant Wrestling Ring)
TRACK 10 - Neon Tolstoy - (Megacorp Declares War, And I Bring Them War)
TRACK 11 - Zoso's Bizarre Advertising Venture (The Back Alley Parts Shop)
TRACK 12 - Shower The People You Love With Blood (Final Assault On The Grid Headquarters)
TRACK 13 - Psycho Mass - (The Ultimate Showdown With The Omega Brain)
TRACK 14 - Appetite For Reconstruction (The Sun Rises Over The Metropolis)
TRACK 15 - The Machine Becomes Me (Acceptance, The Destiny In Disguise, Credits)

Notes:
Wow, this production was a hell of a ride. It was originally done for an old-school FPS throwback called SATURN ICARUS (https://gamejolt.com/games/saturn-icarus-work-in-progress/149262) and 12 tracks were produced for it. I got paid for the commission (!) but to date, the game is under indefinite hiatus and I don't know what, if anything, may happen to it from there.

So with the original creator's permission, I have taken the album, along with some other tracks I had done for other things that never got used, and I made a full Synthwave/Hybrid album out of it. Each track is extremely different from one another and features anything and everything I wanted in it - synths, drum and bass, synths, orchestra, synths, operatic choir, synths, trance, synths, Japanese taiko, synths, metal guitar and, oh yeah, synths. A lot of different sounds and genres used here, but synthwave and 80s sounds form the foundation.

I consider this my "Passion" album - inspired directly after Peter Gabriel's "Passion" album which was a soundtrack for Martin Scorscese's "The Last Temptation of Christ" that he went back and did more work on before releasing it as an album. I did the same here.

It is available for $5.00 total on Bandcamp and other markets that follow a listing on CDBaby. Thank you and enjoy!

 

Music by 12 Followers/Meteo Xavier.
Premade loops and construction kits were used in this production for inspiration and convenience.

Mixing by 12 Followers/Meteo Xavier.

Mastering by TOKEE.

Cover Artwork:
Original Illustration by Devine Lu Linvega as it appears on runyourjewels.com.
Edited by Meteo Xavier.
Used with permission by Devine Lu Linvega.

Copyright 12 Followers/Meteo Xavier and 12MX Media, October 2019. Licensed to Mischa for whatever he wants to use it for.

[HoboKa]

The production value here is top notch.  This is like Cosmic Star Heroine level awesome.  Nice work Meteo!  $5 is a friggin' steal x_x (good idea to let fans pay more though)

Also, amazing vocal sample for track 3 "Aladdin Continent". 

E-guitar samples in track 4 are da bomb .  I need me some quality like that...

Shame that this project hasn't come into full fruition, but at least you have an awesome album to show for.  Thanks for sharing Meteo

(edit)

I've listened multiple times in the car whilst doin' chores etc.  And I still wanna hear more.  This album is a blast!

Edited October 26, 2019 by HoboKa

[Rozovian]

I gotta buy it and give it a proper listen later, but after a quick skim through the tracks I can already say there's some good percussion stuff in some of them. Good choices for loops/writing/whatever. And a cool overall sound. Here's hoping the game itself manifests, and I'll echo the "awesome album to show for" sentiment. Nice work, dude.