Columns (Genesis) - 'Clotho' EWI Multitrack

I feel like this is one of the tracks that really helped to codify what we have in mind when we think of 'puzzle game music'. Driving but never overbearing, it's a track I've got a lot of affection for. This was one of those pieces that I thought would be relatively simple, but ended up being a bit more complex. While the Genesis only has support for simultaneous playback of 6 main sound channels, some of the patches used in this track sound like three notes at once due to the interesting way they fan out over the harmonic series. That's why I split one of the tracks I transcribed here into a fundamental line and an overtone a 12th above. I love the slightly vague dissonances this extra 5th sometimes makes! If you ever get the chance, check out the version of Columns that was released in the Sega Classics Collection for PS2 - it features one of the best adversarial multiplayer modes of anything I've ever played. All parts of this use patch no. 21 of the inbuilt sounds of the Akai EWI 4000s. Special thanks to my Patreon donors who helped to support the creation of this video: Philip Smith Troy Thompson Allen Brasch schaden-freunde Support me on Patreon:   / soundole   Download my albums (high quality) on Bandcamp: https://soundolevgmcovers.bandcamp.com/ Or download mp3s of all my tracks for free here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/x5zwvxi6ox... Follow me on twitter:   / soundole   Like me on Facebook:   / soundole   Check out my other channel for jazz and classical music:    / @soundole2701   Check out the network I'm partnered with - The Console Xplosion! Website: http://www.theconsolexplosion.com Twitter: @consolexplosion FB:   / theconsolexplosion   YT:    / theconsolexplosion   Twitch:   / theconsolexplosion   Store: http://www.gamefanshop.com/partner-Th... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsors for The Console Xplosion: The Source : http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-764135... Gamers Gate : http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-7641358-... Green Man Gaming : http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-7641358-... $6 Shirts: http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-7641358-... Roxio : http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-7641358-1... Busted Tees : http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-7641358-...