I’m continuing on last week’s edition of Open Mic Adventures by featuring tracks from my upcoming fantasy album, Four Mages. This week I have “Red Mage,” which is the second track I composed for the album, but which I have programmed to be first due to its jaunty feel.
“Red Mage” is a mischievous and playful duet for oboe and bassoon. It is the companion piece to “Blue Mage.” The piece has a playful, mischievous feel, and I love how it sounds very much like it’s from a fantasy JRPG soundtrack.
As with last week, here is the original manuscript for “Red Mage,” which I wrote at the same time as “Blue Mage”:

Happy Listening!
—TPP
Other Editions of Open Mic Adventures:
- “Open Mic Adventures I: Oingo Boingo’s ‘Just Another Day’“
- “Open Mic Adventures II: Billy Joel’s ‘Piano Man’“
- “Open Mic Adventures III: Joanie Sommers’s ‘Johnny Get Angry’“
- “Open Mic Adventures IV: KISS’s ‘I Still Love You’“
- “Open Mic Adventures V: ‘There’s a Light (Over at the Frankenstein Place)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VI: Journey’s ‘Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VII: ‘Suite: Judy Blue Eyes’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VIII: Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘The Sound of Silence’“
- “Open Mic Adventures IX: Journey’s ‘Faithfully’“
- “Open Mic Adventures X: ‘Time Warp’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XI: Spooktacular Supergroup Covers ‘Monster Mash’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XII: ‘Ghostly’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XIII: The Penguins’ ‘Earth Angel’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XIV: ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XV: ‘O Holy Night’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVI: ‘Please Come Home for Christmas’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVII: ‘L’il Divertimento in C major’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVIII: ‘Satiean Motion’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XIX: ‘Two-Day Minuet for Left Hand’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XX: ‘Sleepy Student’s Serenade’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXI: Styx’s ‘Come Sail Away’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXII: ‘Blessed Assurance’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXIII: ‘Gabbi’s Gavotte’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXIV: ‘Softly and Tenderly’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXV: ‘Venite, exultemus Domino’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXVI: ‘Sonatina’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXVII: ‘Heavenly Sunlight’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXVIII: ‘Song of the Bigfoot’”
- “Open Mic Adventures XXIX: ‘Lavender’s Blue’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXX: ‘Chorale for a Sleepy Wednesday’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXI: ‘Carousel’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXII: Hymn Medley“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXIII: ‘Spore Song (Mushroom Dance)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXIV: ‘Chase’s Dilemma’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXV: ‘The Rings of Saturn’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXVI: ‘The Rings of Saturn’ LIVE!“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXVII: ‘Private Lessons (Goth Chick)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXVIII: ‘Quasi-Date’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXIX: ‘(I’m in the) Business of Love)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XL: ‘Parada’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLI: ‘Serenade for a Sleepy Student No. 2’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLII: ‘1001 Arabian Nights’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLIII: ‘Greek Fair’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLIV: ‘Skeleton Dance No. 1’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLV: ‘Skeleton Dance No. 1’ – BASS“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLVI: ‘Canon Event’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLVIII: ‘Skeleton Dance No. 2’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLIX: Sloppy ‘Hipster Girl Next Door’ Medley“
- “Open Mic Adventures L: ‘Lament of the Lizardman’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LI: ‘Bigfoot Boogie’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LII: ‘Minuet for a New Moon’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LIII: ‘Andante in D major’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LIV: ‘I Need Thee Every Hour’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LV: ‘”Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LVI: ‘Orange Roll’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LVII: ‘Firefly Dance’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LVIII: ‘Kartofelsalat’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LIX: ‘Listless Chorale’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LX: ‘Silent Night’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXI: ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXII: ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXIII: ‘FRANTIC!!’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXIV: ‘Snowfall’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXV: ‘Uninspired Étude in E major’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXVI: ‘Scribblings I: Post-Christmas Concert Scribbling’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXVII: ‘Ode Napoléon’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXVIII: ‘Cook’s Brief Bourrée in E minor’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXIX: ‘Triumphant Processional’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXX: ‘Moody Noodling’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXI: ‘Epistemology’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXII: ‘Three Chorales in Diminishing Length’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXIII: ‘Blue Mage’“

That sounds like something I might have heard in the old arcade classic, Golden Axe.
I’ll reiterate what I said ages ago. You’d have had a great time composing game music.
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Thanks, dude. Definitely the sound I was hoping to achieve and/or evoke.
I appreciate that. If I knew how to break into that field, I would.
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