I started composing MIDIs in 1999, and it has remained my second biggest hobby after programming. My main influence is video game music (Koji Kondo, Nobuo Uematsu, and others), and indeed many tracks are intended as music for some (imagined) game. I also draw inspiration from jazz and jazz fusion (e.g. Chick Corea), Bach, heavy/power/progressive metal and rock music in general. I compose everything by score editing, i.e. I don't record anything with a keyboard. I mainly use Cakewalk 3.01, which is ancient but works beautifully for plain MIDI editing (unlike many newer programs). I recently also started using Sekaiju which is very nice.
As of November 2013, I have created some 1700 MIDI files with a total playing time of 29 hours (that includes maybe 10% alternate versions and duplicates, though). Perhaps a hundred of these are more-or-less complete tracks, a few hundred are good starts (melodies or intros I'm happy with, in need of being extended to proper compositions), and a majority are just scribbles. This page lists a selection of presentable tracks that are completed or reasonably close to being completed. Even if I "complete" a piece (and I tend to have trouble getting there!), I usually find something to change later. Thus everything is really a work in progress.
For listening convenience, I'm providing audio renditions recorded on a standard laptop soundcard (look further down on this page for the source MIDI files and comments about each track). There are some glitches. Many of these MIDIs will sound (much) better with a fancy SoundFont or a good hardware synth, but that tends to be hit or miss, at least without a lot of tweaking.
| MIDI file | Piano roll | Length | Updated | Style | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dark_realm.mid | 2:46(L) | 2014-10-26 | Orchestral | Zelda-style. Composed in 2010 and 2012. | |
| cavern.mid | 1:07 | 2014-10-26 | Orchestral | A dark place. | |
| altitude.mid | 2:40 | 2014-10-26 | Orchestral | A windy place. | |
| cliff.mid | 1:47 | 2014-10-26 | Orchestral | An even more windy place. | |
| tarpit.mid | 1:07 | 2014-10-26 | Orchestral | An unusual place. | |
| cabal.mid | 1:51 | 2014-10-26 | Orchestral | ||
| ending_triumph.mid | 1:29 | 2014-10-26 | Orchestral | A very old piece, from around 2000. | |
| mansion_of_the_twilight_pickle.mid | 4:35(L) | 2014-09-27 | Other | Music for an unfinished Doom level. | |
| legend.mid | 2:21(L) | 2013-12-03 | Other | Cute. Early 2000s. | |
| map.mid | 1:07(L) | 2013-12-03 | Orchestral | Intermission music for a game. Pretty. Mid-2000s. | |
| ethereal.mid | 1:14(L) | 2013-12-03 | Orchestral | Early 2000s. | |
| fanfare1.mid | 0:11 | 2010-03-28 | Orchestral | Just a short jingle. | |
| fanfare2.mid | 0:07 | 2010-04-04 | Other | Another short jingle. | |
| fanfare3.mid | 0:16 | 2014-10-26 | Other | ||
| mupp.mid | 0:39 | 2014-10-26 | Other | A looney tune. | |
| old_man's_tale.mid | 2:05(L) | 2013-12-03 | Rock | Uphill both ways through the snow. Music for an unfinished Doom map, early 2000s. | |
| hopla.mid | 3:09(L) | 2013-11-25 | Jazz | It has a catchy refrain. Composed around 2009. | |
| lurking_for_prey.mid | 2:03(L) | 2013-11-25 | Jazz/Other | Boss music. Composed around 2005. | |
| melon.mid | 6:32 | 2013-11-25 | Jazz | Gently rolling along. Composed around 2003. | |
| sunset_caravan.mid | 4:20 | 2013-11-25 | Jazz/Orchestral | Prelude to Orange Jungle. Composed around 2002. | |
| black_hole_rift.mid | 6:34 | 2013-11-25 | Electronic | An experiment with a wall-of-sound buildup. Composed in 2001. | |
| escape_from_evil.mid | 6:36(L) | 2013-11-25 | Electronic | Soundtrack for a Doom map. Composed in 2000. | |
| magitek.mid | 4:00(L) | 2013-11-15 | Rock/Jazz | Vaguely influenced by the Magitek Factory music (and some other themes) in FFVI. Composed around 2012. | |
| pine_dance.mid | 6:11 | 2012-04-12 | Strings | One of my most ambitious works, arranged for a string quartet. Has a story structure with multiple themes, transitions between light and dark moods, plenty of counterpoint, and some interesting harmonies. Composed between July 2010 and April 2012. | |
| desert_wizard.mid | 1:56 | 2013-11-15 | Other | Fantasy character theme. Composed in the early 2000s. | |
| boss_blaster.mid | 5:19 | 2012-10-01 | Rock | A hectic, weird boss battle. It goes to a second stage at 2:25. Composed in 2010. | |
| spiral.mid | 2:13(L) | 2014-10-26 | Experimental | It goes round and round. The second half is essentially an inversion of the first half. | |
| rain_clouds.mid | 4:16 | 2014-10-26 | Orchestral | Weather imagery: rain droplets entering at 0:40, sunlight breaking through clouds at 1:15, a hard rain at 2:30, and warring thunder giants at the end. Made around 2004, possibly earlier. | |
| the_bog.mid | 2:40 | 2012-05-12 | Orchestral | Ambience for an unpleasant place. One of my first attempts at something resembling an orchestral arrangement, made in May 2001. | |
| jovial_dungeon_terror.mid | 3:11 | 2013-11-16 | Other | Silly castle music. Early 2000s. | |
| galleon.mid | 1:10(L) | 2013-11-16 | Pirate | Happy pirate theme, around 2004. | |
| attack.mid | 2:47 | 2012-05-20 | Orchestral | Star Wars-style battle. Composed in 2001. | |
| jupiter.mid | 2:11(L) | 2013-11-16 | Orchestral | King of the Gods (or pompous as such). Composed in 2005, with later modifications. | |
| lullaby.mid | 0:57 | 2013-11-14 | Cute | A simple melody and one of my first compositions, written down in February 1999. | |
| glimmer.mid | 0:55 | 2013-11-14 | Orchestral | A pretty crescendo. Composed around 2004. | |
| merchant.mid | 1:40(L) | 2013-11-15 | Other | Theme for one of those characters in RPGs who set up shops set up in the strangest of places... | |
| the_magnificent_lamberto.mid | 5:18(L) | 2013-11-15 | Other | Theme for a brilliant illusionist. Composed around 2010. | |
| orange_jungle.mid | 3:12(L) | 2013-11-17 | Other | Simple but atmospheric. Composed around 2003. | |
| cubular.mid | 2:52 | 2013-11-15 | Other | Conventional chords are overrated. Composed 2012-2013. | |
| regal.mid | 4:43 | 2012-03-17 | Piano | A theatrical, somewhat silly piece. Probably not physically playable on a single piano. Composed around 2003 (possibly earlier). | |
| kwerpex.mid | 3:41 | 2014-10-26 | Rock | I have no idea what a kwerpex is, but it supposedly sounds like this. Nice guitar melody. Composed in 2000. | |
| bbg's_jazz.mid | 2:53 | 2012-03-15 | Jazz | Straight-up swing. This piece is quite old (very early 2000s), and that considered, the arrangement is not too bad. | |
| locomotive.mid | 4:42(L) | 2013-11-14 | Rock | A very jolly song. Made in 2010. | |
| omega.mid | 3:09(L) | 2013-11-16 | Rock/Electronic | Music for an unfished Doom map. | |
| ready_to_frag.mid | 2:28(L) | 2013-11-14 | Metal | Music for a Doom map. Written in 2001, with later revisions to the solos. | |
| coecits_title.mid | 0:59 | 2008-09-03 | Other | Soundtrack (title screen) for the Doom map Castle of Eternal Carrot in the Sky (COECITS). Composed in 2001. | |
| coecits_level.mid | 2:40(L) | 2011-10-30 | Other | Soundtrack (main theme) for COECITS. Composed in 2001. | |
| coecits_ending.mid | 0:33 | 2007-10-27 | Other | Soundtrack (ending) for COECITS. Composed in 2001. | |
| cargo.mid | 2:03(L) | 2008-07-06 | Rock/Electronic | Soundtrack for the Doom map Vrack 3. Composed in 2003. | |
| ledge.mid | 2:49(L) | 2013-11-14 | Rock/Electronic | Music for an unfinished Doom map. | |
| tarantula.mid | 2:47(L) | 2013-11-14 | Metal | Music for an unfinished Doom map. | |
| fzero.mid | 1:20(L) | 2013-11-14 | Rock/Electronic | Imagined as track music for an F-Zero style game. Late 2000s. | |
| corkscrew.mid | 2:26(L) | 2013-11-16 | Metal | Imagined as track music for an F-Zero style game. Composed in 2003. | |
| cirka.mid | 0:40(L) | 2005-09-16 | Circus | Joke music. Circa 2000. | |
| hurg.mid | 3:32(L) | 2011-06-18 | Rock | Not quite serious, but groovy nonetheless. Early 2000s. |
Note: (L) indicates that the current version of the track is meant to loop.
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