Jonathan Shaw

     Another video game theme which I wrote during my trip to Florida in the summer of 2015. Its function would be to accompany a tavern full of drunken, cheerful folk, and as such the music is a little unpredictable and tipsy. It’s a rather fun little piece, with a chromatic descending motif directly influenced by the score of "Wreck-it Ralph", which had become one of my favourite Disney films at the time.

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     Owing to the tipsy nature of the piece, it has a rather odd AAB structure, with the first 45 seconds repeating, suggesting that these 45 seconds make up the entire piece – but wait! – just as some drunkard unexpectedly stumbles around, a new section randomly emerges at 1:30, sounding eerily reminiscent of Steve Jablonsky's music from "The Sims 3".

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    The bassoon was an obvious choice for comedic effect, accompanied by pizzicato strings and bongo drums (which take off during the ‘B’ section!). In short, a playful little theme.

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     In 2019, I re-purposed this composition into a video track for my music library, "RPG Orchestral Essentials", giving it a proper title - "Spinning Tavern".