Ganbatte from Cultures by Pogo

Ganbatte is all about electric and acoustic instruments. I pieced everything together note by note, and I was hugely inspired by a tiny musical passage that I sampled from The Muppet Movie (1979). I almost published this track without any drums. I think Ganbatte conveys a feeling of hardship, persistence and reward. That's why I called it Ganbatte, which is a Japanese word that roughly translates to "Come on!" or "Do your best!" Weirdly, it also makes me think of old school first-person shooters like Quake and Doom. The track plants me in an ancient ruin beneath a huge overcast sky and slaps a sword in my hand.

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