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	2	layout: post
	3	title: "A theme for cows, with two examples!"
	4	tags: english music cows
	5	color: orange
	6	header_image: a-theme-for-cows.png
	7	description: "After the game design update, here's a little extra, but
	8	this one's from the music department. A sample of the theme of cows
	9	being used in to very different situations"
	10	---
	11
	12	<p><iframe width="100%" height="450" scrolling="no" frameborder="no"
	13	src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/146359282&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true"></iframe></p>
	14
	15	I've been wanting to create a theme for cows to use anywhere in the game
	16	to give familiarity to the music, or contrast against another anti-theme
	17	to create musical cues for the player to indicate danger, tension or
	18	their opposites in the current situation.
	19
	20	While trying to come up with something fun to play, I landed on a chord
	21	progression that had a great calm sound; I wasn't specifically looking
	22	to do something for the game, but it just seemed like a good place to
	23	try and fit the music from the opening screen. At the top of the post
	24	are two samples of the melody used in the bovine fanfare and the cow
	25	town theme, they're both very much a work in progress, but illustrate
	26	very well the concept of using the same series in different situations,
	27	like in Super Mario World. Also, I guess that's cow's theme.
	28
	29	We'll have to come up with a good counter for this one; her theme is
	30	western themed so the other one should reflect more the
	31	turn-everyone-into-cows kind of genius of Dr Bov, the game's main
	32	antagonist. I'll update when anything new happens; I hope you like it;
	33	feedback much appreciated.