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- link: artist/13087
  names:
    en: Brian Ali
- link: artist/11724
  names:
    en: Nabeel Ansari
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- Game
category: Game
classification: Original Soundtrack, Arrangement, Remix
composers:
- link: artist/13085
  names:
    en: 12 Followers/Meteo Xavier
- link: artist/13086
  names:
    en: Jackson Lawhead
covers: []
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- disc_length: '51:05'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: President Obama Is a Juggalo
    track_length: '5:50'
  - names:
      English: Zin Kibaru's Guitar
    track_length: '5:22'
  - names:
      English: Elemental Fog
    track_length: '5:11'
  - names:
      English: Impulse Prime... Ribs
    track_length: '4:37'
  - names:
      English: Sandsea Sanskrit
    track_length: '4:56'
  - names:
      English: d('-')m('-')m^('-')^w('-')w('-')P
    track_length: '4:19'
  - names:
      English: When You Find a Stranger in the Alps
    track_length: '5:35'
  - names:
      English: A Shrine for My Mind
    track_length: '3:49'
  - names:
      English: Combustion (Project A-ok)
    track_length: '4:23'
  - names:
      English: Reprise
    track_length: '3:32'
  - names:
      English: Strange Rock in the Heavens
    track_length: '3:31'
link: album/35862
lyricists: []
media_format: Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2012-10-16T18:55
  edited_date: 2022-09-14T23:27
  fetched_date: 2026-01-16T00:53
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name: Impulse Original Soundtrack (12 Followers/Meteo Xavier)
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  en: Impulse Original Soundtrack (12 Followers/Meteo Xavier)
  ja: Impulse Original Soundtrack (12 Followers/Meteo Xavier)
  ja-latn: Impulse Original Soundtrack (12 Followers/Meteo Xavier)
notes: '-----------------------------------------------------------------------

  OverClocked ReMix Presents:

  Impulse Original Soundtrack (12 Followers/Meteo Xavier)

  [OCRO-0005]

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  ••••• http://ocremix.org •••••

  Impulse by Deck16 compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7 and "(hopefully) 8."

  Meteo Xavier - Main composition, arrangement, mixing, artwork, remixing work on
  track 10

  Cyril the Wolf (Connor Pelkey) - Mastering engineer

  Jackson Lawhead - MIDI/guitar and additional composition on track 7

  Brian Ali - Track 10 remix

  Neblix (Nabeel Ansari) - Track 11 arrangement

  Contact: [email protected]

  • Homepage: http://deck16.net/impulse

  • WATCH the trailer: http://youtu.be/7i7RM-xtRw8

  Impulse is a spaceshooter/puzzle that developer Deck16 describes as a cross between
  Super Meat Boy and Lunar Lander and N+ and Asteroids. It is a simple, freeware game
  where you push a craft toward the end goal while dodging a variety of enemies, obstacles
  and level designs that resemble mini-golf courses.

  This is a game based on the old-school premise of computer gaming -- basic design
  with very flexible results. The goal remains the same, but the levels are incredibly
  different with various degrees of gravity and either limited or limitless fuel adding
  to the conflict -- nothing is quite the same from level to level and there are many
  of them to push through. You might be trying to navigating anything from a tunnel
  to a giant vector maze, or an optical illusion to the labyrinth from Pac-Man, or
  even a battleship to the game title itself.

  A simple premise with extreme variety is the name of the game with Impulse and it''s
  free to play with a level editor to make your own.

  Tracklist:

  01 President Obama Is a Juggalo [5:50]

  02 Zin Kibaru''s Guitar [5:22]

  03 Elemental Fog [5:11]

  04 Impulse Prime... Ribs [4:37]

  05 Sandsea Sanskrit [4:56]

  06 d(''-'')m(''-'')m^(''-'')^w(''-'')w(''-'')P [4:19]

  07 When You Find a Stranger in the Alps [5:35]

       • Featuring Jackson Lawhead

  08 A Shrine for My Mind [3:49]

  09 Combustion (Project A-ok) [4:24]

  10 Reprise [3:32]

       • Remix by Brian Ali of track 1, "President Obama Is a Juggalo"

  11 Strange Rock in the Heavens [3:31]

       • Arrangement by Neblix of tracks 7 & 3, "When You Find a Stranger in the Alps"
  & "Elemental Fog"

  Composer''s comments:

  The Impulse soundtrack started in February 2012 when I responded to a post on Gamedev.net.
  The game itself was a free-range development deal where composers could contribute
  tracks as they wanted and I volunteered to contribute 9 tracks. I haven''t gotten
  to work on a spacey-puzzle game like this before and I''m still extremely excited
  I got to. This meant I could experiment with very different textures, structures,
  and all kinds of fun stuff I could practice where I couldn''t before. This is the
  first production I''ve ever done where I had full artistic freedom, could use all
  my highest-quality sets, and make no compromises for sound quality. No excuses this
  time around, it was time to really step up to the plate and show what I could do.

  1. "President Obama Is a Juggalo"

  I''ve wanted to do a choir/filter intro for a track for some time and I got a good
  use out of for this track. This song was quite difficult and took me a week to arrange
  and set up properly - that weird z3ta+ lead took 3 DAYS to look for before I settled
  on it for a lead. There were issues here with volume and other automation being
  difficult, but I was not content to let it be this time. VERY difficult track, but
  worth it in my opinion.

  2. "Zin Kibaru''s Guitar"

  At least 1/3 of this production was inspired by Silent Hill''s trip hop styles and
  I wanted it represented here. That guitar thing is an Absynth preset and I found
  it wouldn''t really change chords, so I had to get creative. I wanted to use a violin
  for the lead against the dirty instrumentation and Kompakt''s electric piano for
  the chords. The fade out to a more Chrono Cross sounding ethereal vibe was not intentional,
  but that''s where it went and I''m glad I got to use the strings to add some emotional
  depth there. This track also took a week to do.

  3. "Elemental Fog"

  A complete surprise, I wanted at least one track that sounded like something from
  Silent Hill 3, but that track wasn''t working out. Then I found myself experimenting
  more with an open-hi-hat trick from one of zircon''s videos, then 5 hours later
  I had this track. I think it worked out much better for what I was trying to do
  with it. My only regret here is I wasn''t able to variate the beat, because by the
  time I was working on this one, I was running out of time to complete and as repetitive
  as it is, it also worked OK.

  4. "Impulse Prime... Ribs"

  This was the first track I started and was heavily and deliberately inspired by
  zircon''s early work (the title gives it away). This was one of those rare tracks
  that I was able to complete in an afternoon. This is also the first track I wanted
  to experiment with FL Studio''s Love Philter and some automation I hadn''t tried
  before. This is one of my favorite tracks on the OST.

  5. "Sandsea Sanskrit"

  I started this track right after "Impulse Prime... Ribs" and it started out when
  I tried experimenting with an Absynth 5 preset I found with a Kontakt 4 drumloop.
  Then I added Stormdrum 2 and as many weird effects and finally a sitar from Ra.
  This is the most experimental track I''ve ever done and fulfills my dream of doing
  a psychedelic desert-sounding track. Also only took an afternoon to do.

  6. "d(''-'')m(''-'')m^(''-'')^w(''-'')w(''-'')P"

  Full disclosure - this track started out as a remix for the SD3 project, but I wasn''t
  able to get it off the ground. Then I needed one more interesting track for this
  OST when I was about out of time and this is what I had left. I had trouble modifying
  the lead French Horn melody to be different than the games'' melody because nothing
  else seemed to fit it, but eventually I was able to get it differentiated. The African
  rhythms are not loops and for that I am proud, but I wish I had more time to work
  on this track. Oh well, it''s still not bad for what it is.

  7. "When You Find a Stranger in the Alps"

  This is my favorite track and starts the last 1/3 of the OST into retro-sounding,
  melodic and energetic tracks. I''ve been wanting to combine older drum machine samples
  with a Fairlight Voice for some time and I finally got to do the synth work I always
  wanted on here. I also wanted to get my brother, Jackson, to play his guitar on
  this track and get his first game credit - unfortunately, we were not able to record
  his guitar tone straight up for some frustrating reason and, through both of our
  efforts, we were able to get him represented as a lead pan flute (M1, straight outta
  Cusco) and a bent saw lead. The nearly 40 second solo piece before the breakdown
  is all Jackson.

  8. "A Shrine for My Mind"

  This was the hardest track and took 2 weeks to do. I had no idea what I was doing
  here and the single loop version alone was already almost 4 minutes. This track
  was going nowhere until I added the Speak & Spell samples, then all of a sudden
  it got me jazzed up on it and I was able to finish it within a couple days after
  that. I have no shame that I used basic FL Studio drum samples here. This is the
  only song that does not loop because an 8:30 minute song with only 4 minutes of
  content is just asinine.

  9. "Combustion (Project A-ok)"

  The last track for the album and was obviously inspired by Project A-ko''s "Explosion"
  track. I wasn''t sure what would fit as an unofficial ending theme until I decided
  to give it a go with something like "Explosion." I FINALLY kinda learned how to
  do portamento slides here, so I used them very liberally. Took me about 4 days to
  do this track, which was a nice change of pace of progress either moving slowly
  or very fast.

  Instrumentation used:

  Zebra 2, z3ta+, FM8, Absynth 5, Kompakt, Kontakt 4, Smoker''s Delight, Battery 3,
  Massive, EWQLSO, EWQLSO Choir, Ra, Stormdrum 2, Synth 1, Voices of Passion, Soundfonts,
  FL Studio 9

  Special Thanks to:

  zircon, Rozovian, Nutritious, Liontamer, Ghetto Lee Lewis, my wife Ge''ne, Brainstorm
  Cafe, Brian Ali, Neblix, djpretzel, Josh Coburn, WillRock, and everyone else who
  supported me as I developed this album.

  12 Followers/Meteo Xavier

  [email protected]

  http://meteoxavier.com

  12 Followers/Meteo Xavier

  • Homepage: http://meteoxavier.com

  • OC ReMix: http://ocremix.org/artist/4799/meteo-xavier

  • Facebook: http://facebook.com/meteoxavier

  • YouTube: http://youtube.com/meteoxavier

  Deck16

  • Homepage: http://deck16.net

  • Twitter: http://twitter.com/d16_nichevo

  • YouTube: http://youtube.com/d16nichevo

  Impulse

  • Homepage: http://deck16.net/impulse

  • Complete Soundtrack: http://deck16.net/impulse#Music

  • Music by Nebyoolae (Michael Chadwick), Shawn Crawford, Hagen & Coldfingers (Jon
  Gershagen & Anders JG), Kyer Kahn, Rob Northcott, Shrack (Daniel Swearengin), 12
  Followers/Meteo Xavier, Jackson Lawhead, and Nabeel "Neblix" Ansari

  • WATCH the trailer: http://youtu.be/7i7RM-xtRw8'
organizations:
- &id001
  link: org/47
  names:
    en: OverClocked ReMix
    ja: OverClocked ReMix
    ja-latn: OverClocked ReMix
  role: publisher
performers:
- link: artist/13086
  names:
    en: Jackson Lawhead
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platforms:
- PC
products:
- names:
    en: Impulse
publish_format: Doujin/Indie
publisher: *id001
related:
- catalog: N/A
  date: '2012-03-01'
  link: album/36434
  names:
    en: Impulse Original Soundtrack
    ja: Impulse Original Soundtrack
    ja-latn: Impulse Original Soundtrack
  type: game
release_date: '2012-10-18'
release_events: []
release_price:
  price: Free
reprints: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/35862?perpage=99999
votes: 0
websites:
  Official:
  - link: http://ocremix.org/album/40/impulse-original-soundtrack-12-followersmeteo-xavier
    name: ocremix
