Wow. An ecosystem. I hear it.
"However, an ecosystem is also diverse, so you're going to hear plenty of different musical styles playing here." - I don't here a lot of variance in musical style. I feel Trinity far better showcases that design specification. But with that much variation it might begin to sound like /multiple/ ecosystems. :D
Very nice work. I'm not going to ask you to change anything. Grin.
Hehe thanks!
Yeah I agree it's not as diverse as Trinity. Rather than different styles it's probably a better idea to say different moods haha. Although the orchestral 'epic' part is a pretty drastic change in style. I just tried to make this diverse while still having it make sense musically.
Thanks again, I'm glad you liked it :3.
Happiness in high quality (8 bits!). Amazingness without reverb. :)
Thanks for the review and 5 stars, I appreciate it! :)
This is a pleasant, well arranged orchestration, light and happy. But it is by far not my favorite of your music. A lot of your pieces carry strong emotions in beautiful, simple ways. Those, to me, are the best. Yearning, Sanctuary, As I Look Into the Black, A Mournful Soul, Sadness and Sorrow, and even ol' Submission #1 are some examples.
You make a valid point. Those pieces, much more so than this, were born of intense emotion. Sad music in general tends to have more profound depth. In that sense, those pieces are of a greater quality.
What thrills me about this piece is that it is a breakthrough in style for me. Writing deep, mournful music comes naturally, but I have not to this point written music that exhilarates. This piece is adventurous, exciting, and, hopefully, brimming with the joy of life. Writing it helped me prove to myself that I can flexible in style and be successful in video game and film scoring. It represents a unique step for me, and the piece is also the thickest of orchestration that I've done. Much different than the usual piano/strings combination.
After thinking about it, I'd say that piece is not a personal best but more so a milestone. I'll continue writing more pieces like the ones you mentioned though. :)
Speaking of which, I'm SO happy to know there is someone familiar with my pieces! I didn't think people familiarized themselves with more than a couple. Thank you!
Nice music. Props for showing off LMMS. It's a buggy program that has some limitations but great music can be made with it. Props for only using the included instruments. I always end up relying on some soundfont or another. You can hear two of my LMMS projects on my Newgrounds page.
Thanks for the review. Yeah, LMMS has its weak points, but it is a really cool program. I will check out your stuff as well.
Dude, this is good! It sounds like you ripped it right out of a movie. :P What software do you use?
FL studio
EWQL gold
Symphobia 1&2
stormdrum/true strike
Nice, but the piano chords hitting the same chords on the same beats the same way through the whole track starts feeling really repetitive and boring. Occasionally skipping one or more beats I think would help with that a lot. Or introducing other sorts of variation.
Nah, Eno's rule of Ambient is it must be as listenable as it is ignorable. Changing beats would be luring focus. Thanks for the review though.
Seems you are a natural at composition. This isn't perfect but it is great! It is a bit too "rigid", repeating sounds in very set structures. I think it would help a lot to make the melody lines bend and flow like they usually do with somebody playing a real instrument. You know, dynamics and all. :) But the automation for that can be a pain. Maybe you should redo this composition some time. Very cool atmosphere.
definitely having a small tiff in my life trying to figure out what to do next with my music >< I figured that taking Music Theory would help, but instead it just made my music even more "overly structured". Kinda pissed I took it, cuz now I gotta learn how to undo everything I learned. My professor and I got into a fight because he said that music theory will teach me how to do compositions better, but that's not the truth at all, music theory should be learning from my compositions. I'm reorganizing my audio workstation now and software, since i got a new computer, so that I can get back at it. ^^ Thanks for the review!
The layers feel somewhat disconnected and blah in the beginning. Around the 2:00 mark things draw together into a nice movement that reminds me of the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 music. But then things happen in disconnected segments. This has a whole lot of potential. Did you come up with the music or is this a remix?
sorry i compose with the guitar pro software, and yes the song is my, it is no remix, thanks for coment
At first I was wondering "is the /beginning/ ever going to /end/" but I felt it held a subconscious tension that enhanced the melody when it finally came along and helped define the feel of the music. Though overall it does feel a bit boring and long-drawn-out. Most of the percussions are short and a bit cheap feeling. But nothing bad. I enjoyed listening.
I'm sorry to hear that it felt a little drawn out for you, and I appreciate the input that you have given.
Percussions have always been a little difficult for me as far as which effect to give them and how strong to make those effects, in the end I always end up with a "simpler is better" sort of approach, but I need to start taking bigger steps with those.
I have been working in FL for a long time now, but I am not by any means a musical expert. If you watched me make a song it would be the equivalent of watching your grandpa open up IE on the computer and continue to hunt and peck the keyboard, so again, I am very grateful to you and your advice, plus the fact that you didn't hate it completely makes me believe I didn't do too bad of a job :)
The beats are much louder than the background. Specifically, the high frequencies in the beats are too loud. When the beats started I kinda jumped.
I like the "lead instrument" that comes in at some points and the piano background is pleasant. Musically, this is beautiful. If the beat volume was lowered significantly I would appreciate this piece significantly more. :)
yeah some people have told me that. sum1 also told me that the hi-hats were too loud, yeah man i feel you. thx for the advice bro, and thx for reviewing. :)
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