New Song: The Little Things The Little Things (mp3)
This is a brand new song and I would love to know what you think (email me!)
Yeh, I know it's repetitive, it's supposed to be...think trance-like indie rocktronica. Does this work for you?
Would you listen to it? Do you normally listen to this type of music?
Creating this music is so refreshing and fun compared to what I've been doing for years.
As we continue writing songs to fill out the Kill Screens debut album, I'd love to hear what you think of the works-in-progress!
Keep in mind these are unmastered, and early mixes, we will be tweaking these songs a lot in the months to come.
The Kill Screens
The Kill Screens is a new band, a collaboration between Matthew McCarthy and John Jacobsen. Though the band name is inspired by a video games, the music is straight-up Indie Rocktronica. Check it out! We have two songs just about done, and will keep updating these sites as more is written and recorded. The debut album is slated to be titled "Science Fiction Movie" after one of the new songs.
Hold Me Up - A Song for a Short Film Hold Me Up (mp3)
This is not a video game song...but it's slightly related. A guy who liked the Geometry Wars song contacted me about writing a song for an indie short film he's working on, and this is what I came up with.
Based on the scene he described, the song should be sad (a man and woman torn apart by death) but have an uplifting quality to it, like there's hope in strength. I hope I captured the mood!
And I'll put a link to the film here when it's released.
Lyrics:
All this time spent hanging on
How could you have known
What fate intended
Not once did I think twice
About how strong you were
Until it ended
Hold me up
Like the air in my lungs
Hold me up
Like the ground that I walk on
Hold me up
Like the air in my lungs
PS - is the video splitting thing I did distracting or do you like it?
The Red Rings of Death Have Come for You The Red Rings of Death Have Come for You (mp3) this is a low quality extract from the below video file, but a Studio recording will be AVAILABLE SOON I think....update: I got sidetracked by making electronica music, lol. Maybe I'll finish this later :)
Lyrics:
Stage 1: You're in denial
maybe if I leave it off overnight
It will cool down
And boot up fine in the morning
Stage 2: You start to realize
Even though you had an aftermarket fan
It still quit on you
Without any warning
The red rings of death have come for you
And all the games you love
I know it's not much comfort but
Welcome to the club
Stage 3: Maybe it's for the best
Maybe I'll get one back with the new chipset
That doesn't overheat
Wouldn't that be sweet
Stage 4: You read the internets
find out there's no escape,
Even new ones have a tendency to overheat
Even the Elite
The red rings of death have come for you
And all the games you love
I know it's not much comfort but
Welcome to the club
Stage 5: You're getting angry now
You're telling all your friends that you swear you're swearing off the 360 forever
Stage 6: You almost buy a PS3
Then you remember all the content that you downloaded to the hard drive
And paid your hard earned money for
The red rings of death have come for you
And all the games you love
I know it's not much comfort but
Welcome to the club
Stage 7: You get your console back
You put a game disc in, with your fingers crossed
And it boots up fine
Oh yeah, I love my 360 again
The red rings of death have come for you
And all the games you love
I know it's not much comfort but
Welcome to the club
The red rings of death will come for you
Raining down from above
Welcome new member to our
Exclusive little club
3 million strong...and growing
Response Video Syncs up Song to GW Footage
Gadgetman007 did a brilliant job in this fan response video, he syncs up the new studio version of the GeoWars song to in-game footage and some really cutting edge special effects!
JellyCar game (xbox 360 live arcade / PC) now features music by Matthew McCarthy The new version of JellyCar, by Walaber, is out now for the PC. The XBLA version should be out later this year. The game now features original music by Matthew McCarthy. It's quirky instrumental stuff, made to fit in the feel of this incredible game. Think Super Mario with acoustic drums and wierd noises.
Geometry Wars Will Be the Death of Me Geometry Wars (low quality mp3) this is just a low quality extract of the below video file, from the mic in my digital camera.
Lyrics:
Blue diamonds, I hate you
You're so slow and dumb
But you're always getting faster
Green boxes, I hate you too
You're so hard to shoot,
It's the one shape I can't master
Geometry Wars will be the death of me, oh
I desparately need a strategy
Someone post a video to youtube, for me to, get better
Waves mode, I hate you
You're relentless
And you had to throw in the green boxes
And Sequence, I hate you most
Smile achievement feels like punishment
For misdeeds in a past life
Geometry Wars will be the death of me, oh
I desparately need a strategy
Someone post a video to youtube, for me to, get better
Pacifism is a strange word
The more you say it, the more it sounds absurd
Pacifism, Pacifism, it's not peaceful at all
Sure you don't shoot, but you try to, kill em all....
It's genocide of blue diamonds yeah
Geometry Wars will be the death of me, oh
I desparately need a strategy
Someone post a video to youtube, for me to, get better
And I will thank you, personally, when my scores...increase....ten fold
.:· ...it's far too late for some, but it's much too early to be so numb...
