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THE TIAMAT SACRAMENT OST
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Relyt
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I just finished this for Draknoais, and I'm releasing it for the public to see and critique.
If a few people could listen to the tracks (there's 17, but they're not long) and tell me what they thought that'd be great. I'm not asking for an individual review for each song, just give me some critiques here and there so I can get better.
If you think it's the bomb, you can post that too.
I just finished this for Draknoais, and I'm releasing it for the public to see and critique.
If a few people could listen to the tracks (there's 17, but they're not long) and tell me what they thought that'd be great. I'm not asking for an individual review for each song, just give me some critiques here and there so I can get better.
If you think it's the bomb, you can post that too.
You misspelled Ry'jin's Wrath.
Sounds pretty good, actually. Definitely sounds distinct from SnE or Inside.
Sounds pretty good, actually. Definitely sounds distinct from SnE or Inside.
Relyt
1242
Contrary to popular rumor, I didn't make the music for Inside. I only made the title song.
Well, distinct from SnE then.
Some of the tracks are a bit iffy on my MIDI synth, but that's just how MIDIs are. It seems rather solid for the most part.
Some of the tracks are a bit iffy on my MIDI synth, but that's just how MIDIs are. It seems rather solid for the most part.
maladroithim
1495
So I am listening to these. MIDIs sound hilarious and it's been a long time since I've rocked out to them, but I'll post post crits.
The music's not bad. I like your use of familiar melodies from track to track. It gives the whole project a sort of cohesion . . . but since a lot of the melodies are repetitive, I could see myself being driven nuts by the end of the game. It's actually pretty good and I could see myself 15 years ago playing Final Fantasy Mystic Quest in my underwear and rocking out to this music. Music like this is what changed my life!
All of your music sounds like pop music - even the ambient slow ones. All of your chord progressions / melodies / etc sound like pop music. Maybe that's one of the reasons I think about all of these tracks in terms of verse/bridge/chorus/etc instead of A/B/C sections. That's not a problem if that's your style, though. Sakuraba is a pretty successful game composer and he writes like that too. So does Danny Elfman and he's probably the second-best-paid composer alive?
Almost all of your tracks are like 30 seconds long. The longer ones tend to loop or have some repeating bridge or something. But, you're always writing in the short form. I know that a lot of classic games had repeating 50-second loops, but I think that game music can do better these days. It's challenging to write pieces with several movements and all that, but it's also very rewarding and you end up with a much better product. An indie game soundtrack for a short amateur game with only 8 or 9 4-minute-long tracks is better received than the same thing with 30 1-minute-long tracks.
The best example is Ry'Jin's wrath . . . you have a really long setup for a short piece of music. Then, you have a really long bridge in the middle. That leaves only a few measures of music the development of the track - which, actually, never develops. I felt like there was going to be a big development section in the music but it never happens.
But texturally, this stuff is really great even though they are cheesy MIDI files. Your fills and transitions and all that are rock-solid. The simple melodies put against intelligible chord progressions are very friendly. Your music is very safe and not challenging, but that means it's also listenable.
My favorite one is Clash of the Titans. I like all of the other battle music too. That's probably because your pop/rock style is well suited to fast tracks.
Anyway . . . good work bro!
The music's not bad. I like your use of familiar melodies from track to track. It gives the whole project a sort of cohesion . . . but since a lot of the melodies are repetitive, I could see myself being driven nuts by the end of the game. It's actually pretty good and I could see myself 15 years ago playing Final Fantasy Mystic Quest in my underwear and rocking out to this music. Music like this is what changed my life!
All of your music sounds like pop music - even the ambient slow ones. All of your chord progressions / melodies / etc sound like pop music. Maybe that's one of the reasons I think about all of these tracks in terms of verse/bridge/chorus/etc instead of A/B/C sections. That's not a problem if that's your style, though. Sakuraba is a pretty successful game composer and he writes like that too. So does Danny Elfman and he's probably the second-best-paid composer alive?
Almost all of your tracks are like 30 seconds long. The longer ones tend to loop or have some repeating bridge or something. But, you're always writing in the short form. I know that a lot of classic games had repeating 50-second loops, but I think that game music can do better these days. It's challenging to write pieces with several movements and all that, but it's also very rewarding and you end up with a much better product. An indie game soundtrack for a short amateur game with only 8 or 9 4-minute-long tracks is better received than the same thing with 30 1-minute-long tracks.
The best example is Ry'Jin's wrath . . . you have a really long setup for a short piece of music. Then, you have a really long bridge in the middle. That leaves only a few measures of music the development of the track - which, actually, never develops. I felt like there was going to be a big development section in the music but it never happens.
But texturally, this stuff is really great even though they are cheesy MIDI files. Your fills and transitions and all that are rock-solid. The simple melodies put against intelligible chord progressions are very friendly. Your music is very safe and not challenging, but that means it's also listenable.
My favorite one is Clash of the Titans. I like all of the other battle music too. That's probably because your pop/rock style is well suited to fast tracks.
Anyway . . . good work bro!
Relyt
1242
post=99679
Almost all of your tracks are like 30 seconds long.The longer ones tend to loop or have some repeating bridge or something. But, you're always writing in the short form. I know that a lot of classic games had repeating 50-second loops, but I think that game music can do better these days. It's challenging to write pieces with several movements and all that, but it's also very rewarding and you end up with a much better product. An indie game soundtrack for a short amateur game with only 8 or 9 4-minute-long tracks is better received than the same thing with 30 1-minute-long tracks.
This is not true at all. The only 30 second track is the victory track. All of the other ones (aside from perilous road which is 58sec and Senga Woods which is 48sec) are >1 minute. Also, I've seen some midi's that look long, but repeat themselves over twice creating the illusion of length. I did not do this, as it seems like cheating. Anyways, thanks a ton for the critique. I'll definitely keep it in my head the next time I do game music.
As for the silly midi's, Anvil Studio's about all a poor highschool student can afford right now. If anybody would like to purchase a pretty keyboard and expensive music software for me...be my guest. As for now I'll stick with my trackpad for clicking notes into.
purchase? GYAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
(there are much better free sequencers than Anvil out there btw and you should also look into trackers)
(there are much better free sequencers than Anvil out there btw and you should also look into trackers)
Relyt
1242
Name names please.
EDIT IN RETALIATION TO BRANDONABLEY'S COMMENT ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE SONGS:
Senga Woods - :48
Ry'jin's Army - 1:04
Scaling Mythra Mountain - 1:04
Uncharted Territory - 1:14
Ry'jin's Empire - 1:36
Kelburn's Command - 1:38
Deep Caves - 1:36
Draslin Town - 1:23
Caught In Events - 1:06
The Resistance - 1:04
Enemy Engaged! - 1:04
A Shattered Bond - 1:12
Clash of the Titans! - 1:38
Triumphant - :24
Ry'jin's Rath - 1:37
Sacred Grounds - 1:27
Perilous Road - :58
EDIT IN RETALIATION TO BRANDONABLEY'S COMMENT ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE SONGS:
Senga Woods - :48
Ry'jin's Army - 1:04
Scaling Mythra Mountain - 1:04
Uncharted Territory - 1:14
Ry'jin's Empire - 1:36
Kelburn's Command - 1:38
Deep Caves - 1:36
Draslin Town - 1:23
Caught In Events - 1:06
The Resistance - 1:04
Enemy Engaged! - 1:04
A Shattered Bond - 1:12
Clash of the Titans! - 1:38
Triumphant - :24
Ry'jin's Rath - 1:37
Sacred Grounds - 1:27
Perilous Road - :58
maladroithim
1495
post=99683
As for the silly midi's, Anvil Studio's about all a poor highschool student can afford right now. If anybody would like to purchase a pretty keyboard and expensive music software for me...be my guest. As for now I'll stick with my trackpad for clicking notes into.
Oh I wasn't calling your music silly. And since you're probably using these for RPGMaker, they'll be going through a decent softsynth (XP and VX). Sorry if it sounded mean or something . . . I didn't mean for that.
that depends. if you know anything about actual notation and scoring i cannot say MuseScore enough to you. if you just want to sequence using a piano roll or something i've heard really good things about Rosegarden.
if neither of those float your boat knock yourself out buddy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MIDI_editors_and_sequencers
if neither of those float your boat knock yourself out buddy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MIDI_editors_and_sequencers
Relyt
1242
post=99687Sorry, that sounded whiny. I wasn't offended, I was just complaining about my circumstances at the moment. No offense taken brother.post=99683Oh I wasn't calling your music silly. And since you're probably using these for RPGMaker, they'll be going through a decent softsynth (XP and VX). Sorry if it sounded mean or something . . . I didn't mean for that.
As for the silly midi's, Anvil Studio's about all a poor highschool student can afford right now. If anybody would like to purchase a pretty keyboard and expensive music software for me...be my guest. As for now I'll stick with my trackpad for clicking notes into.
Also, what does brandonabley use for music?
S. F. LaValle
1069
I was pretty surprised to hear what I did, Relyt, considering what you came out with for SnE. These tunes ooze classic jrpg style. I'll leave brandon to go over the particulars =) Nice work
maladroithim
1495
I use Cakewalk SONAR 8. I prefer its format for handling the piano roll etc . . . I almost never edit using a score because I feel like it is suffocating. SO many extra clicks to do everything. I input every note using either an 81-key MIDI keyboard or KORG PadKontrol.
My primary libraries are: Garritan Personal Orchestra (phasing this one out), Goliath, EW Symphonic Orchestra, Storm Drum, and Symphonic Choirs (sometimes - this one was a huge waste of fucking money). I also make extensive use of freeware VSTs for analog synths, drum samples, etc. I use the built-in plugins in Cakewalk for lots of things too (drum machines etc).
My primary libraries are: Garritan Personal Orchestra (phasing this one out), Goliath, EW Symphonic Orchestra, Storm Drum, and Symphonic Choirs (sometimes - this one was a huge waste of fucking money). I also make extensive use of freeware VSTs for analog synths, drum samples, etc. I use the built-in plugins in Cakewalk for lots of things too (drum machines etc).
Listened to the whole thing.
It definitely sounds popish, as brandon said. I was actually pretty amazed that the download was like, 30KB since I am so used to MP3s...
I am pretty finicky about melodies and none of them really stood out to me. That's just my own personal preference with music, though.
It definitely sounds popish, as brandon said. I was actually pretty amazed that the download was like, 30KB since I am so used to MP3s...
I am pretty finicky about melodies and none of them really stood out to me. That's just my own personal preference with music, though.
