Old Haunted Mansion Midis
I found these sitting around my “My Documents” folder, so I thought I’d go ahead and repost them for all to listen and enjoy. These are concept midis I wrote for several different Haunted Mansion: the Musical songs, some of which are basically still the same and others have been jettisoned.
- the-ghostly-bride - The second song in Act One is almost entirely the same in my mind as this initial concept midi. The song is sung by Madame Leota to Jamison Philes, explaining the situation the Mansion is in and pleading with him for help. The only differences now are a new ending section and a cleaner bridge.
- i-want-to-be-close-to-you - The final love song of Act Two, sung by Sam to Caroline. No lyrics yet, but I like it enough to leave it largely the same I think.
- unnatural - I like this draft of “Simply Unnatural” still, but chord-structure-wise it’s too close to the opening number, so I didn’t want it to become repetitive.
- simply-unnatural - I also like this draft, but it doesn’t strike the quite right notes for what I think Caroline should be feeling at that point in the story. Also, the melody is really hard to write lyrics for.
- its-my-life - I’ve tried a number of variations of this theme for Caroline’s rebellious song at the beginning of Act Two, but I keep coming back to the original concept here. I play “the Ghostly Bride” on top of the second verse, but I think I was more poking fun at myself for all my songs sounding the same then suggesting that I actually intend to pair them in the musical, although it might be cool.
- the-way-that-it-used-to-be - an earlier midi-only version. One of the first songs I wrote, and it hasn’t changed much since this version.