arrangers:
- link: artist/61618
  names:
    en: Phonetic Hero
barcode: '888174405384'
catalog: UBI073
categories:
- Game-adjacent
category: Game-adjacent
classification: Arrangement, Original Work
composers:
- link: artist/5313
  names:
    en: WillRock
covers:
- full: https://media.vgm.io/albums/59/43395/43395-1388157417.png
  medium: https://media.vgm.io/albums/59/43395/43395-1388157417.png
  name: Front
  thumb: https://media.vgm.io/albums/59/43395/43395-1388157417.png
discs:
- disc_length: '42:10'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English (Bandcamp): Igneous
      English (Others): Igneous
    track_length: '4:20'
  - names:
      English (Bandcamp): Atop the World (feat. Jeff Luke)
      English (Others): Atop the World (feat. Jeff Luke)
    track_length: '4:54'
  - names:
      English (Bandcamp): Crystalline Seashores
      English (Others): Crystalline Seashores
    track_length: '3:49'
  - names:
      English (Bandcamp): Game Over. Continue?
      English (Others): Game Over. Continue?
    track_length: '4:14'
  - names:
      English (Bandcamp): Oceanfront
      English (Others): Oceanfront
    track_length: '3:22'
  - names:
      English (Bandcamp): Welcome to the Real World
      English (Others): Welcome to the Real World
    track_length: '5:16'
  - names:
      English (Bandcamp): Shoot 'em Down!
      English (Others): Shoot 'em Down!
    track_length: '3:41'
  - names:
      English (Bandcamp): A Wonderful Thing
      English (Others): A Wonderful Thing
    track_length: '2:53'
  - names:
      English (Bandcamp): Sympathetic Ear
      English (Others): Sympathetic Ear
    track_length: '3:48'
  - names:
      English (Bandcamp): Firebrand
      English (Others): Firebrand
    track_length: '5:53'
  - names:
      English (Bandcamp): New High Score (Shoot 'em Down SNES Remix)
    track_length: '4:08'
link: album/43395
lyricists:
- link: artist/5313
  names:
    en: WillRock
media_format: Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2013-12-27T07:15
  edited_date: 2017-06-01T14:31
  fetched_date: 2026-06-05T05:40
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 2503
name: welcome to the real world
names:
  en: welcome to the real world
  ja: welcome to the real world
  ja-latn: welcome to the real world
notes: 'Welcome to the Real World is a big fat 80''s inspired nostalgia trip. Think
  of a combination of Vince DiCola, Journey, all those awesome video games you grew
  up with as a kid, and FM, because FM is the bomb.

  Reason and Ableton were used in the creation of this album.

  Artwork: Katie Kinkel

  Track 2 Vocals: Jeff Luke

  Track 11: Pete "Phonetic Hero" Lepley

  Everything Else: William "WillRock" Harby

  NOTE: "New High Score" is only present on the Bandcamp release.

  - Track notes -

  1. Igneous

    This track had the distinction of being written during a writers block. As a result,
  it took me a good few months to finish it. I thought its gradually building up nature
  made it a good track to start the album on.

  2. Atop the World (feat. Jeff Luke)

    This track dates back about 6-7 years to my time in college. Fast forward to about
  6 months ago and I look into finding a suitable vocalist for the track. Jeff Luke
  really did a fantastic job!

  3. Crystalline Seashores

    This is another oldie, going back about 2 years to the time I did 9-bit blitzkrieg
  (you can download it for FREE on there, altho the production isn''t quite as good
  :P) At the time I viewed it as my best original track. Michael Jackson meets Mega
  man. wooo.

  4. Game Over. Continue?

    I came up with this one after watching a video of Eric Johnson just mucking around
  with these fantastic clean guitar chords. I wanted to try and capture that unique
  progression to his music and make it CHIPPY. Ended up with one of my favorite melodies.

  5. Oceanfront

    You might have noticed from the sound design and style that this is a bit of a
  homage to Owl City. Particularly his "Ocean Eyes" era. This track takes less risks
  than some of my other tracks, but sometimes, predictable is great too.

  6. Welcome to the Real World

    Ah the title track. Also the most ANNOYING track. Getting the production was a
  nightmare. The Vince DiCola influence shines through here, and I was experimenting
  with all sorts of weird chords scales and key changes. Also, Tim Follin deserves
  a nod with helping inspire this track as well :D

  7. Shoot ''em Down!

    This was originally written with a genesis/megadrive soundfont using solely those
  sounds. Then I decided i''d give it a shot at updating it for the album. Usually
  updates don''t go down so smooth, but this one just fit into the style of the album
  like a glove.

  8. A Wonderful Thing

    I was inspired to write this track after listening to the chord and lead writing
  for Steely Dan''s "Hey Nineteen" The solo was an attempt to recreate those awesome
  harmonised solos of Brian May. Needless to say, I failed, the man is far FAR too
  good :P

  9. Sympathetic Ear

    This was a track that I wrote for a commercial project, which for whatever reasons
  they decided not to use. However, I couldn''t let it slide into obscurity. It was
  originally meant to be a Boss Character Theme, which is why this is so menacing.

  10. Firebrand

    That writers block I mention in other tracks... well, when I came out of it, I
  went musically INSANE. Just started throwing out a crapload of millions and millions
  of ideas that I never assumed i''d ever come up with. Quite a few tracks "A Wonderful
  Thing", "Oceanfront" came out of it, but this is the one where I expelled all that
  "energy that had been building up over the last 6 months. As a result, this is amusingly
  self indulgent, with about a million ideas crammed into it. I figured save the best
  for last, but those who prefer their music simple probably won''t like this one
  so much :P'
organizations:
- &id001
  link: org/714
  names:
    en: Ubiktune
    ja: Ubiktune
    ja-latn: Ubiktune
  role: label
performers:
- names:
    en: Jeff Luke
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picture_small: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/59/43395/43395-1388157417.png
picture_thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/59/43395/43395-1388157417.png
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id001
related: []
release_date: '2013-12-19'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: GBP
  price: 3.0
reprints: []
stores:
- link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00HFSD5SE
  name: Amazon MP3 (UK)
- link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HFRXKWQ/
  name: Amazon MP3 (US)
- link: http://willrock1.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-the-real-world
  name: Bandcamp
- link: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/willrock
  name: CD Baby
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/43395?perpage=99999
votes: 0
websites:
  Official:
  - link: http://ubiktune.com/releases/ubi073-willrock-welcome-to-the-real-world
    name: 'Ubiktune: [UBI073] WillRock — Welcome to the Real World'
