David Miller: "Greetings - my name is David Miller and I was one of the contributors/organizers of/for/to this album. It was a lot of fun getting it together. As anyone who's played D&D knows, you can't really play a loose, free-wheeling game to the constraints of the flow of the tracks but it was a gas, nevertheless. As part of all this I went to Los Angeles and visited E. Gary Gygax to get his blessing and support. He lived (as you might expect) in this weird, large old house that did, in fact, look somewhat spooky. As I knocked on the door I heard the sound of a very large and intimidating dog barking from somewhere inside - that was somewhat unsettling... Eventually Mr Gygax let me in, listened to the album and he was well into it. He also demonstrated for me a variety of manoeuvers by which one could dispatch a varying quantity of orcs, depending on how they approached you, what armaments they were carrying and what mood they were in....it may come in useful one day.... I worked as a team with Phil Thornton (we were both in the band/group/entity/manifestation known as Expandis which is still a going concern). It was, as I say, a lot of fun doing this and would incorporate such unorthodox techniques as mildly tormenting one of his young infant children so as to achieve some authentically pitiful cries of despair on one of the tracks. That sons therapy is still on-going to this day. I too am amused by the "especially mediocre" description...I shall comfort myself by deciding that that was due to the other contributors efforts or lack thereof. I don't know who did the Bloodguard track but it wasn't us....I am a huge Thomas Covenant fan and wouldn't disrespect them like that...not after all they went through. There were also First Quest T-Shirts (of which I have a couple, still unwrapped) and other stuff, I'm sure. I was responsible for bringing Valentine Dyall on board, more because I've always been a huge Goons fan and he was on those recording from time to time sounding quite menacing even amidst the madness. I'm afraid I wrote his voice-over script, which is, indeed, especially mediocre and I cringe even to this day when I hear it. He deserved much better than that, especially as he passed on soon after...not the most fitting swan song. My belated apologies to him. He hadn't been getting any work for a long time and I hear he was very grateful for this so I'm glad of that, at least. I would have loved to have met him but was out of town when his recording sessions occurred. Thanks for posting the tracks - I really enjoyed having them pop up out of the woodwork and listening to them again after all this time, mediocre as they may be... :) Bye for now....."
I would love to get hold of one of those t-shirts Dave (Large) 😁. Been playing this album for years ever since I bought it in HMV in 1985. Actually I have two copies in vinyl. I was first attracted to the album cover. Big Jeff Easley fan, but the more I played the vinyl the more the music stuck with me. I made a digital rip of it way back and still have it on my mp3 player although not a great copy. My favourite tracks are "The Heroes Ride Out", "The River of Souls" and "The Aftermath". If only I could get hold of a quality sounding digital transfer. Thanks for the memories Dave and to Matt for making the effort to post it here.
This is a fantastic album! I would love to one day chat about this production, as well as what work you do now! The River of Souls is by far my favourite track
Very cool to see you showing up to share these insights, David. Wondering if you have any thoughts on how this genre of fantasy synth (now often called dungeon synth) has come back into vogue in recent years? New albums in this style are dropping almost every day now.
Thank you for this video. I've gotten something of a hyperfixation on DnD history recently and I love being able to listen to this gem. Wild to think that this album predates me by 17 years! Been a game loved by many for a long time...
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David Miller:
"Greetings - my name is David Miller and I was one of the contributors/organizers of/for/to this album. It was a lot of fun getting it together. As anyone who's played D&D knows, you can't really play a loose, free-wheeling game to the constraints of the flow of the tracks but it was a gas, nevertheless. As part of all this I went to Los Angeles and visited E. Gary Gygax to get his blessing and support. He lived (as you might expect) in this weird, large old house that did, in fact, look somewhat spooky. As I knocked on the door I heard the sound of a very large and intimidating dog barking from somewhere inside - that was somewhat unsettling... Eventually Mr Gygax let me in, listened to the album and he was well into it. He also demonstrated for me a variety of manoeuvers by which one could dispatch a varying quantity of orcs, depending on how they approached you, what armaments they were carrying and what mood they were in....it may come in useful one day....
I worked as a team with Phil Thornton (we were both in the band/group/entity/manifestation known as Expandis which is still a going concern). It was, as I say, a lot of fun doing this and would incorporate such unorthodox techniques as mildly tormenting one of his young infant children so as to achieve some authentically pitiful cries of despair on one of the tracks. That sons therapy is still on-going to this day. I too am amused by the "especially mediocre" description...I shall comfort myself by deciding that that was due to the other contributors efforts or lack thereof. I don't know who did the Bloodguard track but it wasn't us....I am a huge Thomas Covenant fan and wouldn't disrespect them like that...not after all they went through. There were also First Quest T-Shirts (of which I have a couple, still unwrapped) and other stuff, I'm sure. I was responsible for bringing Valentine Dyall on board, more because I've always been a huge Goons fan and he was on those recording from time to time sounding quite menacing even amidst the madness. I'm afraid I wrote his voice-over script, which is, indeed, especially mediocre and I cringe even to this day when I hear it. He deserved much better than that, especially as he passed on soon after...not the most fitting swan song. My belated apologies to him. He hadn't been getting any work for a long time and I hear he was very grateful for this so I'm glad of that, at least. I would have loved to have met him but was out of town when his recording sessions occurred.
Thanks for posting the tracks - I really enjoyed having them pop up out of the woodwork and listening to them again after all this time, mediocre as they may be... :)
Bye for now....."
I would love to get hold of one of those t-shirts Dave (Large) 😁. Been playing this album for years ever since I bought it in HMV in 1985.
Actually I have two copies in vinyl.
I was first attracted to the album cover. Big Jeff Easley fan, but the more I played the vinyl the more the music stuck with me. I made a digital rip of it way back and still have it on my mp3 player although not a great copy. My favourite tracks are "The Heroes Ride Out", "The River of Souls" and "The Aftermath". If only I could get hold of a quality sounding digital transfer. Thanks for the memories Dave and to Matt for making the effort to post it here.
This is a fantastic album! I would love to one day chat about this production, as well as what work you do now! The River of Souls is by far my favourite track
Very cool to see you showing up to share these insights, David. Wondering if you have any thoughts on how this genre of fantasy synth (now often called dungeon synth) has come back into vogue in recent years? New albums in this style are dropping almost every day now.
I love your work!
Thank you for this video. I've gotten something of a hyperfixation on DnD history recently and I love being able to listen to this gem. Wild to think that this album predates me by 17 years! Been a game loved by many for a long time...
I have this on Vinyl, got it when it first came out. great to see it here.
Thankyou so much for putting this on YT! Brings back some great memories.
Yeah, we used to use this as background music for our sessions. We never bothered playing the actual adventure.
The 'Living Dead track is also used in 'Return of the Living Dead'
I used to have the album back in the 80's.
God I can’t wait to use this on game night! 😂
Nice one! :)