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Battle! Deoxys (from "Pok​é​mon Emerald")

from Brass Effect by The Game Brass

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about

As this was my first time writing for brass, I decided to keep the instrumentation relatively compact, just adding in timpani and theremin to the collection of brass instruments. The timpani helped add some extra bite and rhythmic interest, and it felt apt to include the theremin, an instrument that I've always associated with mystery, to represent Deoxys, the mythical Pokémon from outer space.

Prominent opponents in Pokémon often have multiple themes that share motivic ideas - often an an encounter theme that is somewhat slow(er), and a battle theme that is faster and more aggressive. I do enjoy that concept, so I decided to start off by writing a slow introduction to Deoxys' battle, somewhat inspired by a villainous march, but taking a lot of influence from theme of the Plasma Frigate Deck in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. This motif incorporates Team Plasma's theme, which, funnily enough, shares an interesting trait with Deoxys' theme - both follow a statement of the theme with an immediate restatement in a key that's a semitone above, which helped fit it in!

Lots of boss fights also feature an escalated version of theme once the opponent is down to their final Pokémon - this prompted me to attempt something similar after one pass through the theme. This time, through the use of Team Plasma's theme, I started to incorporate changing meters, which helped add to the goal of making the last section feel like the final and decisive climax of the battle, which itself is the big finale to the Delta Episode. I also incorporated several nods to Zinnia and her role in the story, through the arpeggio figures in the horn that start and end the mixed meter sections, as well as the final melody in the theremin.

I'm really honored to have been able to arrange this for The Game Brass, and really happy with how it turned out! I'd like to thank everyone on The Game Brass for bringing me onto this project and making this happen!

credits

from Brass Effect, released September 9, 2022
Thomas Kresge: Producer, Mix Engineer
John Robert Matz: Trumpet
Robby Duguay: Trumpet, Mastering Engineer
Danny Flam: Horn
Daniel Romberger: Trombone, Theremin
Jordan Moore: Euphonium
Alex Hill: Tuba
Rahul Vanamali, Timpani, Arranger

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The Game Brass is a brass quintet (and friends) who make covers of video game music. Their mission to become the brass quintet of video games, bringing classical chops to the game world, and showing off game music in the classical world. Featuring:
John Robert Matz (Trumpet),
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JohnStacy (French Horn),
Daniel Romberger (Trombone),
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