Flight Into the Unknown

February 28, 2021

As you traverse the skies on your very own dragon, you’ll hear Flight Into the Unknown. To great effect, Hiroki Kikuta covered the lower end with percussion and repeating bass notes, as he also did on tracks like Danger.  True to the scene, the character of this is bouncy and soars with an organ playing a bright up tempo melody, eventually landing on a four bar sus chord.  A track like this would be more out of place in contemporary games than others, but the remake left the retro feel intact, with a nice upgrade to the original sound.

Flute – Yamaha TG55
Metal Reed – Yamaha TG55/77/99
Piano – Akai S-Series CD-ROM 2
Marimba – Roland SC-55/U-220
Strings – Yamaha PSLCD-104
Brass Section – 1980 Brass on Yamaha TG77
Slap Bass – Brite Thumb 1a on Roland U-220/LCDP-02
HiHat – Yamaha TG55/77/99
Snare – Ouch Snare from Roland R-8
Kick – Mondo Kick from Roland R-8