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   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"
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  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&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;visual=true"></iframe></p>
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.