"Pelf III" from Dementium II on the Nintendo DS (2010)
Album: No Official Release
Composer: Gareth Vilday & Jools Watsham
Publisher: SouthPeak Games
Developer: Renegade Kid
It is hard to listen to "Pelf III" and not be immediately reminded of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 (aka The Moonlight Sonata) and there is nothing wrong with invoking that song as inspiration for the motif that carries throughout the song. Then at 0:29* there is a music box like tone to the song that seems to meander and wander around like it is a melody that is lost or trying to find its way. It is almost like there is the inkling of a coherent melody, but then the song wanders more until the song does not fade out or loop, but just stops. Then it repeats again without any of the cohesiveness that is frequently found in video game music.
I can speculate until my fingers are whittled down to the bone about why the song does what it does, but I would rather not put words (more than I already have) in the composer's proverbial mouth. I will add though that while working your way through the frozen and snowy village of Pelf, having what could be considered a serene song out of context of the game playing, does add a feeling of uneasiness, coupled with the occasional screaming severed head and blood streaked snow.
~JWfW/JDub/Jaconian
*P.S. Depending on the arrangement and the performer, the melody in Moonlight Sonata also starts around the 0:25 - 0:32 mark, being the same time that the melody starts in "Pelf III." Just thought that that was interesting as well.
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