Afro Level 1

Here's the Afro Samurai Level 1 game if you'd like to hear the music while seeing the visuals.

Portland - Great concert, weird program

I went to Portland to work with Terence Blanchard at the city's Jazz Festival. Here is the brochure. They asked if I would pose with my guitar up my ass, but I said no.

Afro's "Samples"

All of the orchestra & guitar parts were created specifically for the Afro soundtrack, but made to sound like old samples by using a free plugin from iZotope called Vinyl. It's awesome.

Afro Commercial

The beats playing are mine.

Splatterhouse Trailer

I am nearing completion with composing & recording for Splatterhouse (Namco Bandai / Surge). In this trailer for ComicCon, there is an edited track of some of the heavy metal I've done for the game.

More Reviews for Afro Samurai

CheatCC.com
"What has attained perfection is the game’s soundtrack and voice over work. I have never heard a game with this much quality. The music in Afro Samurai is a combination of Eastern-themed samples and hip hop beats by composer Howard Drossin, with a few tracks getting solid raps from Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA. The songs are so good, in fact, I will be purchasing a copy of the soundtrack – it’s better music than the vast majority of hip pop out there."

Video Game Examiner:
"The score alone is worth it's own soundtrack. RZA and Drossin should be scoring more games."

Extreme Gamer:
"Drossin did an excellent job providing a fresh sound to the project in the way of backing tracks and hip-hop beats."

GeekSugar:
"...Kick-ass music (which is notably scored by Rza from Wu Tang Clan and Howard Drossin) that periodically had me stopping play just to listen to the beats.

Regarding the Afro tracks lyrics

A quick explanation regarding the lyrics I've added to many of the tracks in the player above --

When I initially envisioned the music for Afro Samurai, it included rap lyrics for the fight tracks. I added these raps as placers. Unfortunately for a variety of reasons (all involving money) adding vocals to the majority of tracks wasn't able to happen. But this was how I initially presented the tracks to Namco and RZA for approval. I thought fans of the game might like to hear how I intended to finish the music out.