Risky Raftin'! OST

by Stettes

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Insane Ian The perfect game soundtrack to a game that doesn't exist yet. I look forward to the day when someone creates this game and I can hear these tunes bloop out of my Sega Game Gear as I raft down those risky rapids. Absolutely perfect. Favorite track: Royal Rapids.

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1.	Risky Raftin'! 01:11	info	buy track
2.	Select-a-Stage Blues 01:06	info	buy track
3.	Wacky Waves 02:23	info	buy track
4.	Prehistoric Pond 02:25	info	buy track
5.	Corral Canal 02:09	info	buy track
6.	Royal Rapids 01:58	info	buy track
7.	Big Top Bay 02:17	info	buy track
8.	Sweet Swamp 02:50	info	buy track
9.	Micro Moat 02:29	info	buy track
10.	Factory Falls 02:25	info	buy track
11.	Creepy Creek 02:20	info	buy track
12.	Lunar Lake 02:43	info	buy track
13.	Bonus Beach 00:56	info	buy track
14.	Boss Battle 01:36	info	buy track
15.	Game Overboard! 00:07	info	buy track
16.	The 11th Swimension 01:25	info	buy track
17.	Dripmaster Von Dryspell 01:31	info	buy track
18.	Tide of Our Lives 01:31	lyrics	buy track
swim and I'll swim with you rafts can be ok too the current is fast better make it last having the tide of our lives (interlude) float alongside of me down where the blue turns black the river is slow but away we go out with the tide of our lives out with the tide of our lives

about

Risky Raftin'! is a concept album—a soundtrack to a fake Game Gear-era video game. Here's an excerpt from the box that also never existed:

"Get ready for a Class 6 adventure!

The Wizard of Wipeouts himself, Dripmaster Von Dryspell, has stolen the mighty Rowblade, an ancient, mystical oar with the power to control the flux and flow of every current in the aquaverse!

Help Radical Ray and his pal, Orri the Orange Oar Otter, paddle battle their way through 10 action-soaked levels filled with divin' dinos, jerky jet-skiers, splashy spiders, and much more! Then follow Dripmaster into the mysterious 11th Swimension to stop that drenched dastard once and for all!"

I've written many songs over the years, but this is my first solo album, and I'm as surprised as anyone that it turned out to be retro video game music.

I hope you enjoy it. :-)

credits

released September 19, 2017

1. Risky Raftin'! - Title screen and backstory.
2. Select-a-Stage Blues - Select stage screen
3-12. The respective intro, theme, and completion music for the game's ten stages.
13. Each level has a WarpPool that takes you to Bonus Beach when you can collect seashells to get an extra life.
14. This is the boss battle intro, theme, and completion music for the bosses of the ten main stages.
15. This is the death music followed by the Game Overboard! screen music.
16. The serene, previously undiscovered 11th Swimension intro, theme, and completion music.
17. Battle intro, theme, and completion music for Dripmaster Von Dryspell.
18. Credits music. (This one has lyrics! [But no vocals...what?] Click "lyrics" next to the song to read along!)

All music was written, tracked, mixed, and mastered by Michael C. Stettes.

Special Thanks to:

First and foremost, thanks to John Nesky, creator of BeepBox, on which this entire album was composed and tracked. I stumbled across BeepBox at exactly the right moment and it threw my brain into overdrive. If you see this, John, thank you for putting this amazing tool into the universe out of the kindness of your heart. You are a special kind of special.

Thank you to Josh Siegel, who tolerated many an anxious Gchat message and even more rough version of these tracks. His criticism was always welcome, useful, and his suggestion of a well-placed kick really tied "Factory Falls" together.

Thank you to Chris Baines, an amazing VGM artist from whom you should buy everything, for helping me down this path with key insight and patience.

Thank you to John DeCampos, aka GHOST BAT, whose sick mind and killer talent was able to turn my brain's thoughts and words into one ass-kickin' cover.

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Stettes Rockville, Maryland

Michael C. Stettes is an artist surviving in the No Man's Land between Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD.

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