It's Time to Set The Sails
It’s Time to Set The Sails: I ripped of an unknown composer’s “Forest Theme” from Terra Incognita, a Net Yaroze demo game.
Figure 1: “It’s Time to Set The Sails” Motif
There isn’t really info on the composer of the soundtrack in Terra Incognita the Net Yaroze demo: (TeamFatal, 1997). The first half is a descending tetrachord bassline. This can be found as a ground bass to be improvised upon in numerous chaconnes and passacaglias.
To preview the track (then go grab the album for “name your price” in Bandcamp!):
More than the descending tetrachord, I wanted to test specifically the 2-up-3-down moti del basso (sequence) in the chorus or B-part or latter part of the song; it is heard in the 0:32 mark. However, in the second step of the pattern, the vi scale-degree breaks the sequence (should be IV). I would call the sequence a bit of a chameleon: it could easily be replaced by a descending-fifths sequence, but it is “softer” in its movement, or perceived movement. In the 0:47 mark, that is the latter repetition of the B-section, I unfold it as a descending-fifths sequence. If I may contrast the word “soft” with the word “dynamical”, this time the bass acts in a more “dynamical” manner. Compare these to the 2-up-3-down sequence heard in Wherever The Wind Takes Me of in this same album, however, in that instance dorian modal harmony draws attention; I don’t find it a typical example of the bass movement. My theory is the sequence works in adventurous sea themes, prove me wrong. As 1-7-6-3 constitues the galant romanesca, I wonder what this 6-7-5-1 (in minor key) constitutes. I’ll accumulate evidence from the seas and throw it out in the open later on. It’s time to set the sails.
Here’s the recording session video of the piece: