#thunder cross

Thunder Cross - Japan version - pcb - 1988 - Konami

Fun horizontal shooter from Konami. Featuring adjustable options and a bunch of cool weapon systems. Great iconic music from that era. Very nice graphics.

Dear Titanic Tale,

You've heard the story of Xal and the epic of Thunder Cross, but as a species with a very long lifespan, we have more, many more than that. Come close and have a seat, and let me tell you a tale.

Legend has it that the first bots to leave Cybertron did so via space bridges, with blind luck and sheer guts leading them every step of the way. Bravest of them all was Catena the Bridgelayer, with arms the size of Titans and a megaklik-long stride. She built the first space bridge to Luna 1—one-way, they say. And when she got there, she built the other portal of the bridge leading back to Cybertron. And when the bridge didn't work, she broke into transwarp itself using her mighty Forge, and hammered the hyperspace into place until it did! Some old bots—mostly superstitious types—hammer their fists three times before crossing the space bridge, just for luck.

What's that? Just one more? Okay, okay. But be warned: this next one is not for the faint of spark.

DAY 1400) Thunder Cross II - Kartus Part 2

Composer: Mikio Saito

This is a “sequel” to this track by the same composer: https://vgm-in-irregular-time-of-the-day.tumblr.com/post/140873724068/day-248-raiga-strato-fighter-kartus-composer

That one’s especially bluntly a reference to “Tarkus” by Emerson Lake & Palmer...that track is probably one of THE most influential pieces to VGM (which I absolutely welcome~!) but yeah. You can’t get any more direct obvious a reference to that than having a name like this ahaha.

This track’s homage to it is a bit less direct than part 1′s, but you can still tell it takes influence from ELP lol, the lasery sounds at :10 feel like a reference to Toccata from Brain Salad Surgery lol

(0:00 - 0:15) 6 bars of 13/8

(0:15 - 0:29) [13/8, 7/8]x3, 13/8, 9/8

(0:29 - 0:43) [13/8, 7/8]x4

(0:43 - 0:47) 7/8, 9/8, 9/8, 3/8

(0:47 - 0:58) 8 bars of 4/4

(0:58 - 1:08) 4 bars of 13/8

(1:08 - 1:51) [6/4, 6/4, 6/4, 6/4, 7/4]x4

(1:51 - 2:05) 6 bars of 6/4, 1 bar of 4/4

[loop]

Like most stuff at this level of complexity there’s a ton of other ways you could interpret the timesig changes.

This starts as multiple layers of different groupings of 13 layered on top of each other: 5+5+3 (or maybe better felt as 5+4+4) in that constant 8ths pattern, layed on top of the 3+3+3+3+1 drums that come in shortly after. 

The part at :15 could also be written as 7/8 + 6/8 + 7/8...or honestly, with the way the bass has a kinda constant quarter note pulse, I imagine it was maybe even intended to be felt as /long/ 10/4 bars. Other ways to write it too but those are what make more sense to me.

The 6/4 at 1:08 is very 7+5 in feel which makes it fit pretty well with the similar 7+6+7 patterns in those earlier parts

Super prog and of course I love it~!

Finished a fresh batch of bracelets today. Brass and copper, as usual. With thunder cross (first pic) and flower of life (second).

Thunder Cross - 1cc