Artist: Cody Carpenter & Mark Day
Album: Shadow Spirits Vol. 1
Record Label: Scarlet Moon Records
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Formats: Digital Download

Tracklist
1. Scarlet Warrior (4:55)
2. Confrontation (3:26)
3. Way of the Sword (4:20)
4. Prelude ~ Spectres in the Mist (1:18)
5. Spectres in the Mist (3:01)
6. Lament (1:22)
7. Enemy Within (2:42)
8. Echoes (4:55)
9. End of the Line (4:55)
10. Small Town (3:14)
11. Prelude ~ Beyond Reason (1:07)
12. Beyond Reason (4:15)
13. Victory Road (3:35)
14. Finale (4:00)

Shadow Spirits is an explosive electronic/chiptune soundtrack experience by Cody Carpenter and Mark Day. Shadow Spirits Vol. 1 features all original music that is heavily inspired by classic 8- and 16-bit RPGs by the likes of Nobuo Uematsu and Hiroki Kikuta, weaving its own musical tale through pumping battle tracks, jovial town themes, and heart-rending emotional cues that follow a young samurai's journey. 

REVIEWS

"Nothing beats a good chiptune album...unless it's an RPG themed one! Cody Carpenter (Vampires, Ghosts of Mars) and Mark Day (Diner Dash, Aqua Kitty) join up to delivery an exquisite 14-track RPG concept album that aurally paints the journey of a brave samurai."  RPGfan.com

"The result is an album that tracks the full range of emotion and experience expected from a satisfying role-playing game, with contemplative passages rushing into propulsive action, and triumphal flourishes and melancholy elegies appearing like signposts along the journey...
Listen to "Beyond Reason," premiering exclusively here at Paste, and try not to see a squad of brave anime sprites marching over a verdant world map towards an ominous mountain in the distance. When those synths slice in at the two minute mark is obviously when the lightning hits and the sky turns red and black and the evil demon who was masquerading as the ancient religious leader the whole time appears above the mountain with a malevolent smile scarring his face. I can feel the Genesis controller in my hands right now. " pastemagazine.com

"I cannot possibly pick out favorites for this album, so these are just some of the key tracks that I think tell something special. Every track is important, and I absolutely love this chip-tune RPG soundtrack.... Fans of retro RPGs and electronic music will not in any manner be disappointed. As long as I have permission, you’ll probably hear it in my Smite, Paladins, and MTG streams whenever the opportunity arises." onrpg.com

"Each of the fourteen electronic retro tracks are good and my favorite is probably the first song, Scarlet Warrior. This song is nearly five minutes long and has some sequences that I think would make an epic ring tone. What can I say, I’m a sucker for good retro music. If you’ve enjoyed RPGs on the NES and SNES, you’ll feel right at home with this album. There are no bad songs and each one is different from the rest." christcenteredgamer.com