New Category: Sounds of New Verance

Sounds of New Verance or, New Verance Sounds

I've added a new music category to the blog called Sounds of New Verance, starting with this post.

For years, I've held back the music side of my creativity without really letting it evolve. Sitting on my hard drives—and scattered across different corners of the internet—are more than 40 original instrumental compositions that very few people have ever heard. I always felt they were waiting for the right moment, the right atmosphere, or the right story to finally give them purpose.

While building the world of New Verance, I discovered something unexpected.

When I revisited my old music library, I realized that many of the themes from this universe needed were already there. Long before Evany Starr & Midnight Penn existed, I had unknowingly written pieces that carried the moods, emotions, and atmosphere of this world. Hidden inside those beats and compositions were stories just waiting to be discovered.

One of my goals with this series is to show how the New Verance Sound was born from the Sony and Microsoft music platforms of the late '90s and early 2000s—the tools that first sparked my passion for composing. Those early experiments have become part of the creative DNA of this universe.
As you explore the music, you'll discover that I've repurposed, mashed together, sampled, and reimagined many of those original compositions into modern covers and remixes. Those new interpretations will be waiting for listeners over on Suno. 

In fact, you can already hear one example. The Mask Atlas landing page theme is woven into the twins' first release, Rollback City. Around here, nothing goes to waste.

Alongside those instrumental pieces, I'll also be sharing original songs written specifically for the world of New Verance. These tracks allow the characters to speak in their own voices, sharing their histories, struggles, and personalities through music. Whether it's a city anthem, a Mask Atlas theme, a baseball team anthem, a character theme, or even a battle theme, each song becomes another piece of New Verance's culture—and ultimately part of the graphic novel's original soundtrack.

The complete collection of instrumental tracks, theme songs, and vocal music will be hosted off-site on Suno, organized into their own playlists. Here on the blog, I'll occasionally feature selected songs in video form, paired with artwork inspired by the graphic novel and other related projects.

The Sounds of New Verance, along with these promotional videos, are another way to expand the world beyond the printed page while introducing it across my social media channels. As the collection grows, the videos will eventually find a permanent home on a dedicated YouTube channel, where the music can continue to evolve alongside the graphic novel.  

– Yvel