Heartfelt farewell (and music, too)

In the long run, nothing I say will matter.

City of Heroes was my first ever MMO, and it may have ruined me for other games. CoH continues to be the high standard to which I measure every other game I try. Sometimes I took a leave of absence from Paragon City, but I always came back. Going on six years, I always came back.

I would return for the community, which remains the cleverest, friendliest, most-helpful-est group of people I've encountered online. I returned for the Mission Architect, which held some truly astounding feats of storytelling. I returned for the limitless ways to tell stories of my own, through costumes, interactions, and lore. It was a comfort in times of hardship, as well as a way to pass many idle hours.

I always came back to the game that made so much possible.

And when I first heard that City of Heroes would close, it's only a slight exaggeration to say that something in me died. Not nearly as bad as losing a family member or a pet, but maybe like seeing an old friend move away for good. Something that I could count on would disappear forever.

I haven't been back to CoH since the announcement. It would be too hard to grow attached to the game again with so little time left.

But I've been busy in another way. I've been composing. I've written music for CoH before -- mostly themes for my MArcs -- and a new piece seemed like the perfect way to thank such an excellent community and a stellar Dev team. And so, after so many bouts of writer's block, I've finally finished:

• Now Leaving: Paragon City (4:51)

This piece is one of my most advanced yet, which might not be saying much. It makes heavy use of the Atlas Plaza theme that sometimes shows up in trailers. I've never known the original composer of that theme, but to me it will always be iconic of Paragon City. I hope my own use of it will show my appreciation for City of Heroes.

And so there it is. A lot of words that don't really change anything. In the long run, nothing I say will matter.

At least, not as much as City of Heroes matters to me.

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Rise of the Copper Legion (#60280; with soundtrack)
The Fractured Dreamer (#498588; with musical theme)

"Now Leaving: Paragon City": original composition for the end of CoH

What do you use to make your music?

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My new Youtube Channel with CoH info
You might know me as FlintEastwood now on Freedom

Finale Allegro 2007, which is a cheaper edition of Finale. I think Allegro is discontinued, though; it's not listed on the site anymore.

I also use Audacity to add extra percussion and for post-production.

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Rise of the Copper Legion (#60280; with soundtrack)
The Fractured Dreamer (#498588; with musical theme)

"Now Leaving: Paragon City": original composition for the end of CoH

This is beautiful. I love how you were able to seamlessly incorporate the Atlas Park theme into it. It really captures the majesty and hope.

Any way to download it without creating an account on that site?

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-Hosun "Black Pebble" Lee
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Hi,

composer is a chap called David Giro.

Theme music used (but not composed for)for the Moto GP bike racing series opening titles.

Also as discussed in our very own forum thread here:

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=227578

This game's community lives in every corner of the known world

We are simply awesome!

Cheers

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So many cats - So few recipes!

Age is of no importance,
unless you are a cheese!

Thank you Hedoren. Beautiful and moving

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Rise of the Copper Legion (#60280; with soundtrack)
The Fractured Dreamer (#498588; with musical theme)

"Now Leaving: Paragon City": original composition for the end of CoH

I loved this. Inspirational and hopeful. On another note, though, it also gave me a similar feel of the epic "final boss battle" songs of older FF titles during the middle part.

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@Ashen Fury
Ashen Fury - KM/EA Scrapper
Erika Tempest - Ice/EM Tanker
Scion of Restoration - Emp/Sonic Defender

Absolutely magnificent.

Perhaps some day this could be the intro music for a city 2.

edit: I am now on my fourth playthrough. bravo.

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Writer of In-Game fiction: Just Completed: My Summer Vacation. My older things are now being archived at Fanfiction.net http://www.fanfiction.net/~jwbullfrog until I come up with a better solution.

Great job... I REALLY liked it. I closed my eyes while listening and was imagining some of the zones ...and in my head it felt cinematic

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This is a great tribute to the game, theHedoren, very nicely done. Thank you for making it.

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Dr. Todt's theme.
i make stuff...

*applause*

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Guides: Dark Armor and IOs | SS/DA | Crabbing | Fortunata

That was amazing, very well done


damn...I'm really going to miss COX, feels like I'm getting dumped

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-Hesh

38 FF/Sonic Def
35 Ill/Storm
35 DM/Regen
1 pan of fresh brownies/gallon of milk

good stuff.

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-Female Player-

Well, phoo.

I thought I had moved on. After all, it's been three months. Isn't that enough time to emotionally detach yourself from something that's been six years of your life?

Apparently not.

The problem is that I love this song. I love it, and so it's found it's way into my standard playlist. And every time the big finale sweeps in, I'm stuck remembering why I wrote it in the first place.

Sure, I've distracted myself. I rejoined SWToR for a while, and there've been two Sims 3 expansions in the last three months.

But I'm sure now that, however hard I try, there will always be a part of me on patrol in the skies of Paragon City.

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Rise of the Copper Legion (#60280; with soundtrack)
The Fractured Dreamer (#498588; with musical theme)

"Now Leaving: Paragon City": original composition for the end of CoH

Dang, I could so easily see game credits rolling while listening to this.

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Thank you for making this. Really had a ton of impact at the end, that kind of emotion you feel when you "beat the game" on an RPG.

Just... wow.

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Rise of the Copper Legion (#60280; with soundtrack)
The Fractured Dreamer (#498588; with musical theme)

"Now Leaving: Paragon City": original composition for the end of CoH