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Welcome! Recent Updates/Coming Soon Hello and welcome to the Blue Casket, which is, as far as I know, the only Grim Fandango Guitar and Bass tab resource that exists on the internet and has done since August 2005! 
This site is devoted to the musical aspect of the game and aims to eventually produce bass and guitar tabs for all the songs
featured on the game's soundtrack, if not the whole game.
Grim Fandango's soundtrack, which can be downloaded from various GF sites, contains 32 tracks from the game,
covering such musical styles as Swing, Jazz, Bebop and Mexican Folk music. Ever since I first got Grim Fandango, I have adored the
music, and hoped that one day I would at least be able to play some of it. I spent forever searching the internet in the hope of
finding guitar or bass tabs, but in the end decided that I should tab out the songs myself, it is something to do after all.This led me to create The Blue Casket, which (as I have already said) main purpose is the tab out the game's soundtrack for bass and guitar. Originally starting off with Freewebs, the site has since then been re-designed and kindly been given a sub-domain under the new and improved Department of Death website. The whole concept of tabbing out the game's soundtrack is now roughly 1 year old, having been planted in my brain around August 2005. Enjoy! I try to ensure that all songs I tab out are more or less correct before I add them to the site. With each tab, I will include the track name and number, and where it can be heard in the game, for those who don't have access to the soundtrack. Bass Tabs / Guitar Tabs / Links Any comments? Email me at daniel_goodman@hotmail.com The Soundtrack Can be downloaded from The Grim Fandango Network, Ninth World, and of course The Department of Death. The official soundtrack (OST) features 32 tracks from the game, as stated in the Intro paragraph. Some may have heard of the PC soundtrack, which is basically every other track in the game which isnt in the OST. Many of these tracks are incidental i.e. they play during a certain event and only last a few seconds at the most, and example of this would be Lumbago Lemonade which is approx 4 seconds long. Recent Updates 8th Feburary 2008 - Finished tabbing out the main parts of Swanky Maximino, all that's needed now is the solo. I'm working on it. UPDATE(16th): I've been very busy this last week, but I've managed to complete part of the solo =) 21st August 2008 - Finished the solo for Swanky Maximino a few days ago, but I haven't been able to update until now. Enjoy =) 15th October 2008 - The 30th of October marks Grim Fandango's 10th anniversary! I will be working on a number of tabs over the next week or two depending on how much time I have, starting with Companeros for guitar =) 28th October 2008 - I've been quite busy so I've only had time to do a few tabs. I know I said I'd do Companeros, but I've been working on Bone Wagon instead, since it's one I've been wanting to do for a long time. I've got the actual guitar part worked out for it. All that's missing is the guitar tab for the saxophone solo and the crazy clarinet solo, which I've yet to do. I've added it to the site, but will edit it once I've worked out the rest. I've also added "This Elevator Is Slow" for bass guitar. 31st March 2009 - Haven't updated for a long while. I said I'd do Companeros for guitar and I shall over the next week or two, providing I have the time. I've added a little melody draft for it that I'm using as a guide. It's by no means 100% correct as I was literally playing from memory on an out of tune guitar. The rest will come soon. I've also added Hector Steps Out for bass. Only 57 seconds long, but near impossible to hear that walking bass line. I've wanted to do it for a long while, as walking bass lines are my favourite kind of bass line =) 1st April 2009 - Second melody draft added for Companeros. Not 100% complete but accurate for the most part, especially since I tuned my guitar and listened to the song this time =) Coming Soon |
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