The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #404: Musical Interlude – Finishing “Riding a Rainbow” Part 2

Finishing a synthpop instrumental track for a flying sequence in The Thirteenth Hour inspired by When in Rome's "The Promise" and a number of 80s/90s films.

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #404: Musical Interlude – Finishing “Riding a Rainbow” Part 2

https://archive.org/download/podcast-404/Podcast%20404.mp3

This week, I’m working on the coverart for the track that I was working on in episode 402.  The track itself is now done, and you can actually listen to it at the end of this episode or on Bandcamp.    However, the picture to go with the track was not.  I wanted it to be pixelart and decided to give a nod to some of the 80s and 90s films that influenced the story and themes in The Thirteenth Hour – films like Flight of the Navigator, The Last Starfighter, Back to the Future, The Rocketeer, and The Neverending Story.  I used the silver ship, Max, from Flight of the Navigator, the Delorean from Back to the Future, the Gunstar from The Last Starfighter, Atreyu riding Falkor from The Neverending Story, and Cliff Secord from The Rocketeer – all fliers – flanking the pixelart Logan that I made decades ago.  In true form, Logan is flying through the air leaving a rainbow exhaust trail (where the track gets its name).

Speaking of Flight of the Navigator, the slow intro that I used for this track was meant to be a direct ode also to the most excellent soundtrack of that film done by Alan Silvestri (who also did the Back to the Future soundtrack).    You can actually find the whole soundtrack on Youtube:

Listen to the track in full here! https://joshuablum.bandcamp.com/track/riding-a-rainbow

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Check out the growing line of Thirteenth Hour toys and other products on the Thirteenth Hour Studio Etsy store (https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThirteenthHourStudio).  There are a number of custom figures from retro films being sold for charity that available there as well. 

Check out this collaboration with past show guest Jeff Finley on handpan: 

Follow along on Spotify!  There is also a growing extended Thirteenth Hour playlist on Spotify with a growing number of retro 80s songs.

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As always, thanks for listening!

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