The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #398: Musical Interlude - Creating "Aurora's Theme"

Originally aired on March 27, 2023.

This week, I'm starting to make a few last tracks for the next Thirteenth Hour soundtrack LP - just when I think it's done, I realize there are things I wanted to stick in there but forgot to.  They're all quite short but since realizing that I can incorporate music in the the mini DnD Thirteenth Hour campaigns over on Patreon, these tracks will also serve another function as well - becoming the real time soundtrack to the gameplay.  This track is for one of the main characters from the book, Aurora, and it combines two pieces of music that involve her that I have actually already written.  If possible, I have been trying to time musical themes together into a more cohesive whole rather than making distinct tracks that do not seem to relate to each other musically.  I hope that will tie the different albums together but also make it a more cohesive listening experience.  This track ties in a piece of music I made back in 2017 (episodes 120 and 122) with another piece I actually wrote many years ago that I have since reworked a bit and intended for a future album also in the key of G.  This week, they are joined together instrumentally as Aurora's theme!

Will post the updated tracks once I finish recording them.

Edit: it's now out at https://joshuablum.bandcamp.com/track/auroras-theme

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