Dr. B.A. Ferguson

🤩😍🤩😍🤩😍 The main theme I indited for "Akema's Home" is being covered!!! BIG LOVE @drbaferguson.bsky.social for this! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

#vgm #gamemusic

New arrangement! Need to speed up and work out kinks. Please, enjoy the first section of Main Theme from Akema’s Home by Chase Bethea

#practicetime #buenowoodworking #bruneluniversityoflondon #akemashome #chasebethea @chasebethea.bsky.social

The Sonic Gaze The book examines animated serials featuring women antagonists and their soundscapes as a means of deconstructing the oppressive sonic structures

Wanted to boost this again, TJ Laws-Nicola wrote a book on power dynamics in the music for American animation. Please, check it out and ask your local/institutional library to secure a copy. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

YouTube video by Dr. B.A. Ferguson Practice Time: Theme of Love from Final Fantasy IV by Nobuo Uematsu (23/2/2026 at Brunel University)

Rough cut of this, need to work on middle section especially. Otherwise, please enjoy the Theme of Love from Final Fantasy IV by Nobuo Uematsu

#practicetime #buenowoodworking #bruneluniversityoflondon #nobuouematsu #finalfantasy @square-enix-games.com

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In The Stillness (from Suikoden II), by Dr. B.A. Ferguson, Ian Martyn and TJ Laws-Nicola 1 track album

Check out my new arrangement "In The Stillness" from Suikoden II that I did in collaboration with Ian Martyn and TJ Laws-Nicola, it is on BandCamp and now live on all streaming platforms: drbaferguson.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...

@ianmartyn.bsky.social @konamina.bsky.social @gamegrooves.com

Spouse is between jobs so I am running a sale on book proposal developmental editing: I’ll do a review of your book proposal (no sample chapters) with editorial letter and 30 min Zoom for $250 if you book before 2/28.

In The Stillness (from Suikoden II), by Dr. B.A. Ferguson, Ian Martyn and TJ Laws-Nicola 1 track album

Check out my new arrangement "In The Stillness" from Suikoden II that I did in collaboration with Ian Martyn and TJ Laws-Nicola. It is on BandCamp and will be released to streaming next week: drbaferguson.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...

@ianmartyn.bsky.social @konamina.bsky.social

Need to do spot work on this and work on speeding it up. Please, enjoy Brink of Time from Chrono Trigger by Yasunori Mitsuda

#practicetime #buenowoodworking #bruneluniversityoflondon #chronotrigger #brinkoftime @square-enix-games.com

YouTube video by Dr. B.A. Ferguson Practice Time: Wood Carving Partita from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night by Michiru Yamane

This piece ate my lunch AND took my lunch money today. Please, enjoy a messy version of Wood Carving Partita from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night by Michiru Yamane

#practicetime #buenowoodworking #bruneluniversityoflondon #konami #castlevania @konamina.bsky.social

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YouTube video by Dr. B.A. Ferguson Practice Time: Her Last Breath from Phantasy Star IV by Izuho Takeuchi and Masaki Nakagaki

Happy New Year to everyone! Please, enjoy a rough recording of Her Last Breath from Phantasy Star IV by Izuho Takeuchi and Masaki Nakagaki

#practicetime #buenowoodworking #sega #phantasystariv #bruneluniversityoflondon

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Back at it after recovering from what will hopefully be the last surgery for a while. As part of the continued celebration of the 30th anniversary of Suikoden, here is La Mia Tristezza (Sadness Theme) by Miki Higashino

#suikoden #buenowoodworking #mikihigashino #konami #practicetime

Guitar for Everyone's Souls, by Dr. B.A. Ferguson 9 track album

Sharing the hardest solo guitar arrangement I’ve done of Passacaglia (or Neclord’s Castle) by Miki Higashino. Happy 30th anniversary to Suikoden!

#suikoden #buenowoodworking #mikihigashino #konami #passacaglia @konamina.bsky.social

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A day late, but happy 30th anniversary to Suikoden! Here is my favourite arrangement of A Gathering of Warriors by Miki Higashino and featuring the wonderful instrument work by Ian Martyn. @ianmartyn.bsky.social @konamina.bsky.social open.spotify.com/track/79zsP5...

Introduction Published in Journal of Musicological Research (Vol. 44, No. 2-3, 2025)

Also out today, my Introduction to a colloquy review of On Music Theory. @philewell.bsky.social responds to contributions from Jonathan Bellman, Allison Lewis & @drbaferguson.bsky.social, @whatsoperadoc.bsky.social, Jasmine Henry, Toru Momii, and Sara Speller. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Laid this down over break, need to get back to this game soon. Please enjoys To A Distant Place from Breath of Fire III by Yoshino Aoki and Akari Kaida #drbaferguson #buenowoodworking #bruneluniversityoflondon #capcom #breathoffire

Bardcore Original Soundtrack Volume 1, by Chiptune Necromancers 30 track album

It is BandCamp Friday! Please, buy our OST and the proceeds will go towards the project as we continue to develop the game. I appreciate George Reid and Matthew Ferrandino for their work on the project, and their arrangements are beautiful!

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Play Your Own Accompaniment: Suspense by Dr. B.A. Ferguson Learn how silent film music worked during the era

Dr. Kendra Preston Leonard’s presentation on the concept. The game was funded by the Brunel University of London grant which allowed me to hire several students to work on the project. Here is a link: ferguson-music.itch.io/play-your-ow...
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Play Your Own Accompaniment: Suspense by Dr. B.A. Ferguson Learn how silent film music worked during the era

Today, my second game on silent film accompaniment in collaboration with the Silent Film Sound and Music Archive released on itch.io for Windows machines (other versions coming soon). This game focuses on Suspense (1913), and is an adaption of…1/2

Honestly the single most damaging decision for UKHE - worse even than removing the HEFCE grant for humanities degrees. The underlying driver for casualisation, prioritising capital project spending above wages etc etc. Terrible terrible idea.

Had a second operation today, and it went well. Now I’m in an anaesthetic stuper, but am recovering well. Have a lovely Friday everyone!!

The Sonic Gaze The book examines animated serials featuring women antagonists and their soundscapes as a means of deconstructing the oppressive sonic structures

My research partner TJ Laws-Nicola put out a new monograph on analysing music for animation, please check it out! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Dr. B.A. Ferguson's artist spotlight What inspired you to choose your track? Delita’s Theme is such an iconic theme, and I enjoyed working on it. Also, Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir uses the same progression, so I threw in a little quote since it works out. What is your favorite memory of playing FF Tactics? I loved Final Fantasy Tactics! I played for 2-3 years throughout high school, and, while my grades suffered, it had such a profound influence on both my music and game design philosophy.

Taking us on a journey through one of the central characters of Final Fantasy Tactics, @drbaferguson.bsky.social's moving arrangement of Delita's Theme explores the depths of Delita Heiral's complex plot line.

On #Bandcamp and streaming: lnk.to/brave-sonata

#finalfantasytactics #delita #piano

YouTube video by Dr. B.A. Ferguson Practice Time: A Day in November by Leo Brouwer (12/11/2025 at Brunel University of London)

Need to work on second section especially, but please enjoy the appropriate Day in November by Leo Brouwer

#buenowoodworking #practicetime #bruneluniversityoflondon #leobrouwer #undiadenoviembre

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YouTube video by Laurie Stras A feminist killjoy at the AMS

There were some ... issues ... with access and audio for my #AMS2025 CWG keynote yesterday, but it was almost as wonderful a session as the roundtable that followed it, so here it is if you couldn’t get into the zoom 1/ youtu.be/eRtnv1U8ErU

And the last video of Castle Rat!

More Castle Rat videos!

The amazing Castle Rat at the Electric Ballroom Camden in London! What an amazing band and experience!!

YouTube video by Dr. B.A. Ferguson Practice Time: Valsa-Choro by Heitor Villa-Lobos (5/11/25 at Brunel University of London)

A few missing notes and I need to work on the ending, but otherwise, enjoy Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Valsa-Choro

#practicetime #buenowoodworking #heitorvillalobos #valsachoro #suitepopulairebrésilienne

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✨New Single release!✨I waited almost two years for this. @FergusonGuitar has a done a cover of one of my #vgm tracks from the #realityvn #soundtrack on acoustic guitar.

Thank you Dr. B.A. Ferguson for taking interest in my work and committing to the dedication! BIG LOVE!

Mainframe (from </reality>)

I have a new single out today! It is my arrangement and performance for solo guitar of Mainframe from the game </reality> by Chase Bethea. Available on all streaming services. @chasebethea.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/3B4nKn...