The music represented here is an example of some of the original compositions that I wrote in the late 90s in MIDI format. Similar to my Enhanced Game MIDIs, these works use general MIDI samples from my Yamaha Motif ES8 workstation keyboard. Although they were polished for presentation with expression and mixing tweaks, these songs overall maintain the Super Nintendo-inspired composition style that I produced years ago.

I made several MIDIs in the 1990s for a virtual world called Dreamscape: the first and last remaining zone in a vintage metacommunity called VZones (formerly WorldsAway). Dreamscape features a fantasy atmosphere inspired by Greek mythology. It is the land of the god of dreams, Morpheus, and its central area of interest is the City of Phantasus on the Island of Kymer. Unlike music for Second Kingdom, the compositions written for Dreamscape all share a common melody—a leitmotif—and are entirely unofficial.

This samba theme from September of 1997 represents Isle Caribe, a tropical club with island jungle safari décor. Back then, progress on the project ceased for no clear cut reason, but I do recall that I was unhappy with the way the steel drums were handled later. Picking up the project again nearly 28 years later, I added the B section and ending to match the others of the set. Some adjustments were made to the composition to improve its flow and balance using the same writing philosophy that I had in the 90s. Amongst these changes are the improved diversity in the percussion line, the transfer of the early bottle blow phrases to the choir, and some smaller tweaks made to the steel drums and bass. Please enjoy this classic!

Disclaimer:
Dreamscape was a trademark of Fujitsu Ltd.
Second Kingdom was a trademark of Stratagem Corporation.
VZones is a trademark of VZones Ltd.
Content in screenshots were copyright of Fujitsu Ltd.

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