NIGHTMARE [Ranger Theme]

My interpretation of what would be Ranger's (Quake Champions) theme song! I was kind of envisioning how fighting game characters have their tracks that play while I made this. With Ranger originating from Quake 1, I knew it's soundtrack needed a heavy presence in this one. I threw in references to the tracks Quake Theme, Aftermath, Hall of Souls, and Life. Going with the sort of Gothic theme that Q1 had, throwing in a little pipe organ wouldn't hurt either as the Volkerh mapset utilizes it as well. A good chunk of the Q1 OST is in the key of D, and deviating from that ended up sounding wrong, so in order to get my guitars as low as I wanted them to... I didn't use them. The heavy parts are actually a bass guitar using electric guitar processing. In my mind, this track is my impression of Sonic Mayhem and Mick Gordon interpreting Trent Reznor's classic Quake OST. Ranger has a tragic story, as he was ripped from his family and tossed into the nightmarish world of Quake from which he can't seem to awaken. I wanted to reflect this in the somber tone of the chorus in this track (and inadvertently ended up giving a subtle nod to the Max Payne theme). Part of me wanted this song to end on a looping fade out to sort of reflect him being trapped in hell. Get my album here! https://markiemusic.bandcamp.com/album Subscribe for more tunes! Follow me!: Discord:   / discord   Twitter:   / markiemusicpro   Facebook:   / markiemusicstudios   Twitch:   / markiemusic   Soundcloud:   / markiemusicpro   Homepage: https://www.markiemusic.com/