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| name = Feather 'n' Flame: Phonic Home

| type = soundtrack

| artist = [[~~Neon and the Argie Bees~~]]

| artist = [[The Neoclassics]]

| cover = ~~AlbumArt_FnF7800~~.png

| cover = AlbumArt_F.F.NONOGRAM.png

| border = yes

| alt =

| caption = ~~Early~~ version of ~~the~~ cover art, ~~during the development of the Atari 7800 version of the related game.~~

| caption = Old version of album cover art, with non-rebranded artist name

| released = {{TableTBA}}

| recorded = 2024–

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'''''Feather 'n' Flame: Phonic Home''''' is the soundtrack album for ''[[F.F.: The Harpy & Dragon]]'', composed by [[~~Neon and the Argie Bees~~]]. Currently unreleased, the album features all the tracks from the Atari Jaguar game, rendered in an enhanced fidelity than what is ~~included in~~ the game itself, which is achieved by re-rendering the songs ~~using~~ the ~~original samples and instruments before they were downsampled for the 6 MB Atari Jaguar cartridge~~.

'''''Feather 'n' Flame: Phonic Home''''' is the soundtrack album for ''[[F.F.: The Harpy & Dragon]]'', composed by [[The Neoclassics]]. Currently unreleased, the album features all the tracks from the Atari Jaguar game, rendered in an enhanced fidelity than what is heard from the game itself, which is achieved by re-rendering the songs directly from the tracker software.

Select tracks are also presented in "reimagined" versions, where their MIDI/tracker data is played through other higher-quality digital instruments, on the compilation album ''[[Soundtrack to Flye 'n' Frie's Retro Remains — Reimagined]]''.

Select tracks are also presented in "reimagined" versions, where their MIDI/tracker data is rearranged and played through other higher-quality digital/virtual instruments, on the compilation album ''[[Soundtrack to Flye 'n' Frie's Retro Remains — Reimagined]]''.

Like the title of the game, the title of the album is semi-based on a reference to ''E.T.: The Extraterrestrial'', that being the phrase "phone home" being mixed with the audio term "phonics".

Like the title of the game, the title of the album is also semi-based on a reference to ''E.T.: The Extraterrestrial'', that being the phrase "phone home" (from the movie) being mixed with the audio term "phonics".

== Background ==

After listening to the soundtracks of at least 15 Atari Jaguar games, it was decided to have the soundtrack for ''[[F.F.: The Harpy & Dragon]]'' have a sound that matched the Commodore Amiga demoscene.

As such, the selection of instrument samples used throughout the soundtrack was chosen from Amiga SoundTracker sample disks from the 1980s and 1990s, and from the collection of ex-CU Amiga Magazine editor Tony Horgan, as available on aminet<ref>https://aminet.net/mods/inst</ref>.

== Composition ==

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The album was composed using the Windows version of PT2-clone, a ProTracker 2 clone written in C by Olav Sørensen (@8bitbubsy)<ref>https://16-bits.org/pt2.php</ref>, after following YouTube tutorials on ProTracker created by wasp / PACiF!C^Powerline<ref>https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVoRT-Mqwas9gvmCRtOusCQSKNQNf6lTc</ref>, due to this software being period-accurate to games released for the Atari Jaguar in the 1990s that also had their music composed on a Commodore Amiga using ProTracker.

It also relied on the separate tracker software OpenMPT, as it was quicker to load samples, loop them, and edit certain notes using that program. ~~A small set of 31 samples was used throughout the entire soundtrack, and each~~ song only has 4 channels due to software and hardware limitations of ~~both~~ the Jaguar and the tracker software.

It also relied on the separate tracker software OpenMPT, as it was quicker to load samples, loop them, and edit certain notes using that program. Each song only has 4 channels due to software and hardware limitations of the Jaguar, the MOD format, and the tracker software.

== Production ==

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=== Album artwork ===

The album cover art reuses the box art for the ''[[F.F.: The Harpy & Dragon]]'' game, with layout and text changes to match the album.

The album cover art reuses the box art for the original Atari 2600 version of the ''[[F.F.: The Harpy & Dragon]]'' game, with layout and text changes to match the album.

Of additional note, the glowing rainbow originally seen emanating from the coloured half of the pixel art of [[Flye]]'s face in the game's box art is missing, for legibility reasons.

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== See also ==

* ''[[F.F.: The Harpy & Dragon]]'', the Atari Jaguar puzzle video game that this soundtrack is for.

* ''[[Music from the Harpy's Hard Drive]]'', another soundtrack album emulating the sound of the Amiga demoscene, due to [[Harpy on the Home Computer|its related game]] being developed for the Commodore Amiga.

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== External links ==

[[Category:Music]]

[[Category:~~Neon and the Argie Bees~~]]

[[Category:The Neoclassics]]

[[Category:Projects]]

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 | name       = Feather 'n' Flame: Phonic Home
 | type       = soundtrack
-| artist     = [[Neon and the Argie Bees]]
+| artist     = [[The Neoclassics]]
-| cover      = AlbumArt_FnF7800.png
+| cover      = AlbumArt_F.F.NONOGRAM.png
 | border     = yes
 | alt        =
-| caption    = Early version of the cover art, during the development of the Atari 7800 version of the related game.
+| caption    = Old version of album cover art, with non-rebranded artist name
 | released   = {{TableTBA}}
 | recorded   = 2024–
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 }}
-'''''Feather 'n' Flame: Phonic Home''''' is the soundtrack album for ''[[F.F.: The Harpy & Dragon]]'', composed by [[Neon and the Argie Bees]]. Currently unreleased, the album features all the tracks from the Atari Jaguar game, rendered in an enhanced fidelity than what is included in the game itself, which is achieved by re-rendering the songs using the original samples and instruments before they were downsampled for the 6 MB Atari Jaguar cartridge.
+'''''Feather 'n' Flame: Phonic Home''''' is the soundtrack album for ''[[F.F.: The Harpy & Dragon]]'', composed by [[The Neoclassics]]. Currently unreleased, the album features all the tracks from the Atari Jaguar game, rendered in an enhanced fidelity than what is heard from the game itself, which is achieved by re-rendering the songs directly from the tracker software.
-Select tracks are also presented in "reimagined" versions, where their MIDI/tracker data is played through other higher-quality digital instruments, on the compilation album ''[[Soundtrack to Flye 'n' Frie's Retro Remains — Reimagined]]''.
+Select tracks are also presented in "reimagined" versions, where their MIDI/tracker data is rearranged and played through other higher-quality digital/virtual instruments, on the compilation album ''[[Soundtrack to Flye 'n' Frie's Retro Remains — Reimagined]]''.
-Like the title of the game, the title of the album is semi-based on a reference to ''E.T.: The Extraterrestrial'', that being the phrase "phone home" being mixed with the audio term "phonics".
+Like the title of the game, the title of the album is also semi-based on a reference to ''E.T.: The Extraterrestrial'', that being the phrase "phone home" (from the movie) being mixed with the audio term "phonics".
 == Background ==
 After listening to the soundtracks of at least 15 Atari Jaguar games, it was decided to have the soundtrack for ''[[F.F.: The Harpy & Dragon]]'' have a sound that matched the Commodore Amiga demoscene.
+As such, the selection of instrument samples used throughout the soundtrack was chosen from Amiga SoundTracker sample disks from the 1980s and 1990s, and from the collection of ex-CU Amiga Magazine editor Tony Horgan, as available on aminet<ref>https://aminet.net/mods/inst</ref>.
 == Composition ==
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 The album was composed using the Windows version of PT2-clone, a ProTracker 2 clone written in C by Olav Sørensen (@8bitbubsy)<ref>https://16-bits.org/pt2.php</ref>, after following YouTube tutorials on ProTracker created by wasp / PACiF!C^Powerline<ref>https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVoRT-Mqwas9gvmCRtOusCQSKNQNf6lTc</ref>, due to this software being period-accurate to games released for the Atari Jaguar in the 1990s that also had their music composed on a Commodore Amiga using ProTracker.
-It also relied on the separate tracker software OpenMPT, as it was quicker to load samples, loop them, and edit certain notes using that program. A small set of 31 samples was used throughout the entire soundtrack, and each song only has 4 channels due to software and hardware limitations of both the Jaguar and the tracker software.
+It also relied on the separate tracker software OpenMPT, as it was quicker to load samples, loop them, and edit certain notes using that program. Each song only has 4 channels due to software and hardware limitations of the Jaguar, the MOD format, and the tracker software.
 == Production ==
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 === Album artwork ===
-The album cover art reuses the box art for the ''[[F.F.: The Harpy & Dragon]]'' game, with layout and text changes to match the album.
+The album cover art reuses the box art for the original Atari 2600 version of the ''[[F.F.: The Harpy & Dragon]]'' game, with layout and text changes to match the album.
 Of additional note, the glowing rainbow originally seen emanating from the coloured half of the pixel art of [[Flye]]'s face in the game's box art is missing, for legibility reasons.
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 == See also ==
+* ''[[F.F.: The Harpy & Dragon]]'', the Atari Jaguar puzzle video game that this soundtrack is for.
 * ''[[Music from the Harpy's Hard Drive]]'', another soundtrack album emulating the sound of the Amiga demoscene, due to [[Harpy on the Home Computer|its related game]] being developed for the Commodore Amiga.
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 == External links ==
-{{Neon and the Argie Bees}}
+{{The Neoclassics}}
-{{Neon and the Argie Bees songs}}
+{{The Neoclassics songs}}
 [[Category:Music]]
-[[Category:Neon and the Argie Bees]]
+[[Category:The Neoclassics]]
 [[Category:Projects]]