The Runaway Four - Chaos Theatre FLAC download

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1	This Game Is Baroquen Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Josh PendleburyBass – Chris McKnightKeyboards, Vocals – Chris DoughtyPercussion – Allan HeppnerVocals – Sarah McGrath	4:28
2	Boreal Bedlam Bass – Chris McKnightDrums, Percussion – Allan HeppnerGuitar – Josh PendleburyKeyboards – Chris Doughty	8:52
3	Magma Mayhem Bass – Chris McKnightDrums, Percussion – Allan HeppnerGuitar – Josh PendleburyKeyboards – Chris Doughty	9:55
4	Battle Royale Bass – Chris McKnightDrums, Percussion – Allan HeppnerGuitar – Josh PendleburyKeyboards – Chris Doughty	17:18
5	Your Sanctuary Bass – Chris McKnightDrums, Percussion – Allan HeppnerGuitar – Josh PendleburyKeyboards – Chris Doughty	4:57

Credits

• Arranged By, Producer – The Runaway Four
• Artwork By – Eddie Farrell
• Edited By – Dan Whittal
• Edited By, Design – Allan Heppner
• Mixed By, Mastered By, Tracking By – Shafer Carson
• Tracking By – Gary "Kithop" Carter, Josh Pendlebury

Notes

The Runaway Four, Vancouver’s video game medley monsters, release their independent studio debut “Chaos Theatre” on January 20, 2017. This 45 minute sonic adventure contains 37 choice tunes from 31 video game titles, mixing popular favourites and hidden gems into 5 themed tracks. Medleys from past performances were selected to build a dynamic narrative through the course of the album, intended to give the listener an adventure for the ears.

The opening track, “This Game is Baroquen”, uses themes that highlight pre-classical musical devices of polyphony and counterpoint, and starts the journey on a light foot. Ice levels don't often come second, but “Boreal Bedlam”, the second track, keeps the fun going with melody-rich ice themes from the snowy woods of Earthbound to the cool, cool mountain of Super Mario 64. Track 3, “Magma Mayhem”, leans back on the rhythm section and heats things up with themes of fire, lava and the infernal, preparing listeners for the 17-minute epic to follow that is “Battle Royale”. The fourth track begins solemn and foreboding, but soon dives into heavy battle themes from Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, Pokémon and Donkey Kong franchises and ending with a triumphant fanfare. The closing title, “Your Sanctuary”, is an arrangement of themes from Earthbound exclusively. “Your Sanctuary” is the warm hug at the end of the journey, with a soft chord from the keys enveloping an endearing melody alongside contemplative bass harmonies and drum beats.