An Older Tune with "Low-ish" Intensity
When I first released "Above the Southern Rim," I thought it was one of the best tracks I had recorded up to that point. Turns out, it decidedly no...
2020-11-17 14:33:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Will Savino posts
Can't Go Home Now
In the Hero's Journey there's a moment when a fresh adventurer crosses a threshold from the known to the unknown. I always think of this moment as when Samwise ...
2020-11-17 14:23:33 +0000 UTC View PostMedieval Rock
Those of you who play my music via mp3s might not realize that by far my most popular track on Spotify is "Shelter at Last," a sort of slow and...
2020-11-11 15:04:48 +0000 UTC View PostSadness, At Last
Y'all have been asking for a while for some genuinely sad and emotional music, and I think I've finally got something with genuine melancholy. A well-executed sad moment in an RPG can be a really satisfying gut-punch! The death of a PC, d...
2020-11-11 14:59:03 +0000 UTC View PostAmbient Focus
I've been so enjoying doing all of these ambient versions of tracks lately. I've found that there really is a lot of great sonic material underneath all the melody and activity I usually having going in my tracks.
This ambient...
2020-11-05 20:43:26 +0000 UTC View PostMaintain Concentration
The notion of "focus" is of crucial importance to a number of different classes across RPGs. Wizards learn complicated spells and practice create the effects with through arcane knowledge. Monks harness ki to channel energy through their body. Hel...
2020-11-05 20:35:52 +0000 UTC View PostTrack Requests: November 2020
Truly the most important thing that will happen this week: the November track request poll! Remember, it is your duty to vote for track requests. It is in your inalienable right as patron of Music d20 to make your voice heard. Democracy i...
2020-11-01 21:07:42 +0000 UTC View PostBrooding Piano
One of the fun things about writing a tune like "Divinity Unshackled" is that with a late classical structural skeleton, you can really strip it for parts and rearrange it for any instruments you want. I decide to (perhaps) take the obvious route ...
2020-10-30 13:13:05 +0000 UTC View PostGod Being Released from an Interplanar Prison
Okay, this one was a bit of a challenge! It's hard to imagine a more epic moment than a God being freed from something that could imprison a God. Thanks for your patience as I refined the massive scale of this t...
2020-10-30 13:01:18 +0000 UTC View PostWednesday Grab Bag: Track Requests, Porvenir on Foundry, Things to Come!
October is coming to a close! You know what that means: first and foremost, get those dang track requests in! We'll be doing a new poll on the first of November, and the best case scenario is that you'll get basically a free commi...
2020-10-28 18:02:19 +0000 UTC View PostMeezul's Mysterious Mansion - Mega Collaboration!
Meezul’s Mysterious Mansion can be downloaded here. If you just want my track, it's attached below!
It’s that time of ...
2020-10-25 21:38:03 +0000 UTC View PostNew Spotify Playlist: RPG Cyberpunk
Look, I know that not all of you are solely here for Dungeons and Dragons content. Yes I know it's "the world's greatest roleplaying game," but there are plenty of other systems you can and should be using. Aaaand over the next... say.....
2020-10-20 14:02:40 +0000 UTC View PostJapanese Trap
When the folks behind PlayQuest approached me about potentially doing some music for their new season, they made sure that I knew I had a lot of freedom to explore Asian themes...
2020-10-19 16:04:30 +0000 UTC View PostEastern Ambience
Some of you have been clamoring for more Eastern-flavored music since I started Music d20 over a year ago. Today, thanks to a collaboration with the PlayQuest podcast, I bring ...
2020-10-19 15:55:09 +0000 UTC View PostBatbarian : Testament of the Primordials
DID YOU KNOW: In addition to making music for tabletop games, I also score video games! My biggest release to date is the dungeon-crawling metroidvania Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials which released today on 2020-10-15 13:19:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Haunting Accordion
I hope you enjoyed "Lost Whaler's Love" in the main post for today's collaboration. It was a tune I originally wrote months ago for a collabor...
2020-10-10 20:08:15 +0000 UTC View PostMore PIRATE COMBAT
I really love pirate adventures. That's why I was so hyped to join with Limithron for the massive 2020-10-10 19:59:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Spooky Ship Halloween Adventure, Maps, Audio, & Items!
The Secret of the Porvenir: a Patreon Creator Collaboration for Halloween!
NOTE: If you want to just download the music, thos... 2020-10-10 19:53:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Gloomy Ambience
I've been really enjoying stripping apart my tracks lately to find an ebbing-and-flowing ambient soundscape underneath. This extremely sparse rendition of "Midvale Moonrise" has the same sort of nocturnal vibe as the original, but with even less a...
2020-10-02 12:33:45 +0000 UTC View PostCelestial Piano
I don't know about you, but I've never met a God irl. To my knowledge, that's a fairly rare occurrence here on good ol' planet Earth. In my D&D campaigns however, encountering a God, a deva, or some other celestial entity is noteworthy 2020-10-02 12:24:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Track Requests: October 2020
Somebody wake up Billy Joe Armstrong, because September has ended! October is here, and that means spooky rules are in play. I'm glad no one requested "creepy skeleton tune" because... I mean, I obviously have that planned for this month anyway.&n...
2020-10-01 12:29:47 +0000 UTC View PostTuesday Grab Bag: Track Requests, Album Release, Batbarian
Greetings patrons! Another big month here at Music d20. I released 8 tracks, which I think is tied for my most ever. Woo! Also, I totally blanked but September 19th was my one year anniversary! I probably...
2020-09-29 13:02:56 +0000 UTC View PostClimactic Struggle
Sometimes an epic confrontation calls for a bit of cheese. War drums, sure. Giant choirs, yeah okay. '80s hair metal guitars? Hell yes.
This variant of "In the Court of Anise and Lavender" should be reserved for special mom...
2020-09-26 14:19:56 +0000 UTC View PostIn Stately Halls
Adventurers don't belong in dignified courts. They ought to be adventuring, not cavorting with dastardly politickers. Geralt feels uncomfortable in Vizima Palace, Tormund sticks out like a sore thumb in Winterfell, and your murder hobo Kh...
2020-09-26 14:13:42 +0000 UTC View PostUnderground Ambience
At the heart of most of my dungeon tracks is a carefully crafted bed of synths, spacey strings, and filtered noise. Sometimes my method of writing a track like "Nakkas Khath" involves first way oversaturating the piece with crunchy ambien...
2020-09-22 15:56:04 +0000 UTC View PostMysterious Depths
I quite like running weird dungeons. Crypts, crumbling fortresses, and spider-filled caves are all well and good, but I like to spice things up with at least one or two bizarre details. In one of my campaigns "Nakkas Khath" was the name o...
2020-09-22 15:48:23 +0000 UTC View PostMusic d20: Vol. 3
Hey all, I'm very stoked to announce the release of my newest album!
If you're a patron of mine, you already have access to these tracks, but I know lots of folks lurk in the free posts on this Patreon. To you all, I say: enjoy! While ...
2020-09-18 13:34:10 +0000 UTC View PostShards of the Storm Variants
Hey folks!
I hope you enjoyed that giant new collaboration. It was really fun to release so much music all in one go. I also hope you check out friends of Music d20: 2020-09-16 15:17:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Shards of the Storm | A Colossal Collaboration
In celebration of the release of Rime of the Frostmaiden and the (hopefully) cooling weather as we move into the fall and winter seasons of the year, a c...
2020-09-16 15:04:25 +0000 UTC View PostCrystalline Cave Ambience
I really hope you enjoyed reading through the Silverspring Mine adventure I just published! It was a lot of fun to work on with the rest of the team. I really enjoy making weird and spooky dungeon music that's musical but still e...
2020-09-13 15:52:59 +0000 UTC View Post