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Cello
Fixed Media Audio
Violin
- Program Notes
- “Broken Rules of Robotics” is an homage to Capcom’s “Megaman” video game series. These video games had a large impact on me growing up and I have always been drawn to their musical style. I wanted to bring my love for these games to a concert setting by mixing concert instruments and the audio channels found in the video game consoles of the time period. “Broken Rules of Robotics” is written for two violins, cello, and five Gameboy channels using the three usual audios: Duty, Wave, and Noise. Each channel must be written as a single line in the score, and cannot contain any chords or polyphony. The Megaman video games each use the same gaming formula. The main character must defeat eight “Robot Masters”, who characterize an element or theme. After defeating each Robot Master on their respective stage, your character gains the defeated opponent’s special ability, which will aid you in taking down the next Robot Master. There is usually an order in which you must defeat the Robot Masters, with each Master having a weakness to another Master’s ability. It is up to the player to use logic or guesswork to find the sequence of Robot Masters to defeat.
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