Does composing video game soundtracks hard?
Does composing video game soundtracks hard?
For you it may be as hard as writing an actual sentence.
good morning saar
forced meme
It was funny at first but people here never let jokes die. It got old quick after a few days.
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Anyone have an archive?
Someone post the Kirby pinball greentext
Here you go, Anon.
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kino
OP admitting that it was all a bit was unneeded
the joy of lying and laughing on the internet is about never quite knowing what is true
This feels like it was made by an alien that doesn't understand human instruments.
I remember him also whining about his song being reposted because that ruined the integrity of the joke or some shit. What a bitch.
god, i hate faggots who reply with "YoU HaVe tO bE 18 To PoSt hErE" on every second fucking post for no reason besides to feel like a retarded smartass wannabe janny
This is some glowie's MKULTRA trigger.
what is this autism? do you really think it's about backseat janitorial work, and not just a way to call someone underage?
I feel like this is some Manchurian candidate shit and if I listen to it fully I'd end up shooting up an embassy or something
whatever it is, it's fucking retarded, unoriginal and plain annoying.
Now I want to do that
They're about as retarded as the people who call out "the zoomer boogeyman" every other post. Like bruh, the oldest zoomers are 28, they've been for over 10 years if they were underage posting (many people were back in those days)
t. underage not yet b&
I dunno. I love trying, though.
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Sounds like porn game OST
Got that vibe of undress puzzle game
Fine i'll post mine
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calling someone underage should be a bannable offense since you accuse me of something that would get me banned with no basis or proof, thats like a bitch calling me a rapist or telling the cops that i tried to molest her just because she didnt like the way i looked.
i unironically would get all of you niggers banned if i was the mod, we need some new fucking rules and changes in this shithole. enough of this garbage you brainless niggers keep regurgitating for decades which just furthers to lower the quality of this site. like you faggots have no personality, thats all you do, just keep posting the same fucking lines and few buzzwords you got memorized in your brainrotten near lobotimized skull with that stupid fucking drooling look on your face. you are sheep and the mentally ill need to be purged, why the fuck do i have to tolerate this shit just because you are a mistake?
i hate faggots who post underage because - just like all other teenagers - they are insipid and annoying, much like you. so i say again, you need to be 18 to post here
the long droning part is rather lazy but I've unironically listened to and enjoyed worst shit than this
son, i regret to inform you, NOBODY BUT YOU gives anywhere NEAR this much of a shit about it. the fact that you are so defensive about it and that it angers you so greatly is pretty solid evidence that you actually are underage and not in control of your emotions. or, deeply autistic. probably both.
of course, the more you post these unhinged complaints, the more you invite people to call you underage. if you want people to stop, my advice would be to stop making such god-awful posts in the first place
The enlightened perspective is to realise you don't know if the person claiming it was a bit was really the same person, and even if it was, whether he was being truthful or just trying to cover up his incompetence.
store theme
The fuck is dis nigga thinking?
man, backlinks and their consequences have been disastrous for this website
Just turn 18 anon, it's not that hard.
Guess I'll post one of mine
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Making music is easy.
Making multiple pieces of music that sound like they belong together aesthetically is the hard part.
If the "game" was a VN and the "friend" was Juni Ito, this track would be Fire.
Not bad, anon. I feel like it's lacking something that'd elevate it to being really great, a bit of energy in the bass rhythm maybe, but I'm not a musically educated guy. As a BGM for a less threatening area or maybe some shop menus it'd work pretty well. It reminds me of Top Gear 3000 too.
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i'm just voicing my honest opinion you fucking bot, i don't give a shit if you care or not, you are a hivemind you won't change anyways. you literally post the same fucking threads write the same fucking posts every god damn day, proud of yourself, probably with a stupid fucking smug looking soijak smirk on your face thinking you did a good thing. like how the fuck am i supposed to believe you people are even sentient? this is literally the routine of you no life losers. you are worse than cattle, literally bottom of the foodchain but still pretend to have an air of superiority for god knows what fucking reason.
bold to assume jannies exist here, much less unbiased ones
hiroshimoot only owns this website to collect the ad revenue
for god knows what fucking reason.
the reason is that i am above the age of 18, and you are not. that is why i can post here, and you should not be
Pls rate
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Wait that link has fucked up audio, maybe that guy recorded it from ZSNES or something.
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For a store theme, this really sucks balls. A weird psychedelic dungeon, though? It'd be perfect.
janny when somebody posts a videogame thread
Sounds like a lost Deus Ex level.
It's okay; not my thing but I could certainly see myself enjoying it in the right context. I think the random interjection into the vocals around 1:20 should be removed, since it doesn't add anything to the song.
Sounds like a theme for a store. Like, a konbini or something. Does it's job rather well if that was the intent.
Holy nvke tsmt
trust me, you could be 50 for all i care, fact is, your mental age never moved past 5. thats right. you will always be fucking underage you fucking manchild. imagine thinking you are mature just because you have a recessive hairline and can barely get your dick up anymore. jaded fucking autistic boomers with a mid life crisis flinging shit, thats all this really is.
Better than plenty of professionally-produced songs in that genre.
imagine thinking you are mature
i don't have to think i am mature, i am mature, you should try being mature some time. now please, stop posting until your 18th birthday. trust me, it's not as long a wait as you think.
That's not even the worst one
The Romance theme activated my fight or flight
get a room
You like PC-98 games, don't you anon? It's good. I especially like the bit leading to the record scratch into the loop.
I could see this working in a sci-fi game for a tense or disorienting segment or something but I think there should probably be more distortion on the vocals and they should be a bit quieter too so they don't overpower the rest as much. And like the other guy said, get rid of that bit of actual lyrics around 1:20.
There's plenty of room here
this, but for calling someone ESL
still pretend to have an air of superiority for god knows what fucking reason
I hope the irony is not lost on you, autist-kun.
then lose some weight
Holy shut this was harder to find than I thought
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Did he just go super Saiyan?
I already said there is plenty of room. Losing weight would make more room, not less. Are you this ESL ?
you got me
all me btw
sounds like something Hiroshi Watanabe would have made in the 00s
Pretty good title screen music, the only thing I'd change is pushing the bass up in the mix a bit, but that's personal perference.
first part: to many different sounds with zero synchronization, annoying to listen to and hard to understand whats trying to convey
second part: sound is already bad on its own, but letting it go for so long makes it sound like a microwave/washing machine
final statement: it sounds like shit
Looks like you were right. There is plenty of room in your schizo head
Pretty bad title screen music, the only thing I'd keep is the bass in the mix, and that's objective reality.
You have to be 18 to post here.
It was made on Anon Babble as a troll to farm replies
You have to be 30 and a virgin to post here
Everyone under 30 should be euthanized.
What? This isn't that bad. Just needs some touching up with better instruments and-
OH GOD HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL!
pretty neat, mix could be a bit better
the effect you have repeating is cool but the fx you have around it are questionable. specifically the "woah" and the one at 1:20 especially. overall good and bass is great. reminds me of old birdy nam nam youtube.com
this is fucking great, comfy.
what the fuck kind of game is this for? jfc i feel like i'm on a comedown now. the melody is nice but the lead could be less distorted so it's not exhausting to listen to for more than 1 minute
love it, especially the intro
eh it could fit in hylics or something
Reminds me of this
this fucker has to be doing it on purpose. the first part of romance actually sounded good
Oh, these too
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Previous post was for an intro
Was meant for a fighting game but I never got farther than this
Anybody use Furnace Tracker?
How do you do instruments? Do you just create them on your own or is there a place you download samples from?
When I try and create them on my own, I can only make really irritating beeps, what's the best way to create proper sounds?
Most of it is plagiarized, so no, it's quite easy actually unless you're aspiring for the 99th percentile
feels like someone is grabbing my head and trying to rip it off, i love it
I like it quite alot, but I can't really see those tracks being in a fighting game.
Maybe it would work, but without context my knee jerk reaction is that it wouldn't work.
i'd play the game for your music alone
Warning, this post contains music appropriate for only the most powerful of wizards.
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Oh boy
you don't know if the person claiming it was a bit was really the same person
i thought at least one of the archive sites had poster IDs but i could be mistaken
Is this the thread?
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Well, it definitely had a more upbeat tone than most fighting games. Like if Mario had a fighting game that was the same tone as the rest of his titles
Oh my reddit! Put me in le screencap
GEMS was a great practical joke on developers.
Good Doom wad track, though.
You have to be 18 to post here
Fucking hell, this track never fails to disable me with laughter.
haha get trolled I made this music bad on purpose :) Here's my Youtube
half the music sounds just as bad
pretty good, I could see it in some sort of king's field style dungeon crawler
I've definitely heard worse. It gets the point across well, but it certainly has room for improvement.
It's not bad, but there isn't anything particularly interesting about it. It's a rather generic video game song. I'd honestly probably just mute the music and listen to a podcast.
It almost sounded okay in the first 5 seconds, when the high hat comes in it's all over.
coping pussy you know its good you little freak fuck.
I'm not sure I could concentrate on gaming with the screaming killer whales in my ear. It definitely isn't good driving music.
Sometimes the "make a song in 30 minutes" thread on Anon Babble needs a bump so I'll make something weird.
I was there in that thread OP was screwed from the get go
sounds like I'm going to get jumped by space niggers
which is to say I could see this working for an urban-scifi setting. It's a little too strong for ambient music so it could probably work as something standalone from a speaker or radio. Feels alot like a track I could hear playing from the Viscera Cleanup Detail radio
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Music production's strongest warrior.
Too much reliance on trendy timbres for a good long while
i like it but I don't like when that white noise kicks in
Peak Jazz Jackrabbit
he says, coping and seething
Now that's some real good choir, bells and organ work, peak gothic even
Keep it up, Anon
What do you look for in game music, anon?
the other guys reaction is what makes this
I look for an intereresting and distinct style that meaningfully adds to the atmosphere and tone of the game.
When I hear that song, the game I imgine for it is "thing but with generic anime girl" because I have heard that same exact type of music in those sort of games.
I was being nice before, but to be honest it is by far the most souless slop of a song posted in this thread.
me on the right
The fact op seems to think a week is enough time to make something means it's already shit
You have to be at least 18 to post here zoomzoom
You deserve no human rights if you were born after the Nintendo DS and access the internet through a phone.
I'm sorry, anon, but you need to be older than two times three squared to post here. We don't make the rules, we just enforce them. Pls leave
agreed with that other guy. Mix is a bit shit. too much low on your reverbs, and just a lack of volume generally. compositionally fine, but not that interesting. would probably mute it after a while
its fine if you just wanted to post your music, but this is a video game music thread
yeah this is sick. feels like Sim Farm or something. i wouldn't mute this.
quite impressive technically but i think the distortion and clipping get tiring very fast.
man the mix is absolutely dogshit when it drops. almost sounds like whitenoise. compositionally really cool, but fuck man... spend some time learning mixing/sound design.
not sure about the low end on the dev logo track. feels like your root notes are wrong.
cool tracks, think you've let your lows get a lil too muddy though
(i understand what you're going for)
too much bass, its a video game not a club song.
Second part of romance theme physically hurts my ear and I'm not even wearing a headphone
2025
not 18
It's so over for you
label on tin: romance theme
what's in the tin: glownigger torture tool
The romance is between the CIA torturer and torture.
So, uh, am I the only anon here who tinkers around with trackers? It feel like everyone else uses either FLstudio or another alternative that's basically just FLstudio but not really.
shitty old BeepBox song for shitty recent GameMaker project
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Hey guys can I get a rate on the menu theme for my romance themed deckbuilding card battler I'm worried the saxophone in the second half doesn't fit
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its quite loud for a menu theme. you could probably drop your compression a bit and it'd feel more dynamic and less in your face (don't want something super present for a menu theme imo)
sax is fine. not on the same level as the mongolian throat singing chords though
looking back, op was probably just a psych/acid/prog/garage rock fan after all
throw sad reverb british guys moaning and wailing over the store theme and you'd have an obscure "underrated" 70s 7-inch
this was supposed to be a battle scene track
I think the saxophone works (very wild and adventurous), but you should probably add something in the first half anyway to suggest there's anything to listen to in the last half.
I don't know how long you expect people to stay on the main menu but I don't think anyone is gonna hear the saxophone if they boot up the game and select whatever they want to select in under a minute. They'll probably think its just more droning.
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i kekd
I was joking anon. The idea that the menu theme for a romance themed card battler would be deafening throat singing and sad saxophone noodling was supposed to make you laugh.
This always happens. I'm sorry.
dog i assume no one knows how to properly lay out a game's soundtrack in a thematically cohesive way
my bad lol
I'm proud to say I was in that thread and one of the first anons who heard it.
These sound legit, like the atmosphere of the earlier SMT games but higher-fi
They just didn't get it
1:26
What happened to the kino
Nice Anon. Got a youtube or a bandcamp or something?
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too bad I'll never get to compose for anything because I have such insane imposter syndrome that I think the moment someone actually asks me to make something I'd get nothing done and would realise that I actually have zero ability.
I'm convinced the "romance" theme is meant to be a rape theme, both thematically and for your ears
I like this onejavascript:;
cool track, not a fan of the snap/snare though. hard to make tracks with a lot of reversed sounds sound good, but you did well.
actually reminds me a lot of a track I have saved in my spotify somewhere
this was a year and a half ago
Make it stop.
yea the drum selection is shit desu
i actually really like the kick, but feel the snare just really distracts from the rest of track
Sounds like indie shit rpgmaker kino to me. I wish it was longer though. Seems a little short
Does composing video game soundtracks hard?
Thanks bro.
They get made in 30 minutes to bump a thread, so they're a little rough, but I do think they're kind of neat, otherwise I wouldn't have posted them. I did another wizard-y one that was supposed to sound like a weird magitech machine but it halfway through it sounded too sci fi and I didn't know what to do about that with 10 minutes remaining.
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My usual music is for orchestra and stuff.
Or sad "we have vangelis at home", depending on my mood.
I think programmatic music (including vidya music) doesn't need to be astonishingly technical, it just needs to evoke something and think it's a fun hobby and anons should have fun and definitely not go to /prod/
This is still salvageable, but that long sustained droning section just sounds completely unfinished.
This is clearly inspired by Sonic Advance
it got popular for the week it came out
"G-GUYS I WAS MERELY PRETENDING!!!!!! GUYS!!! PLEASE LISTEN TO ME!!! ITS FAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
has a melty on Anon Babble and Anon Babble I believe over "how STUPID people are for falling for such an OBVIOUS shitpost, ugh!"
constantly cries and talks shit the moment people demanded something good from him
that was a fun week.
i will not take for any /prod/ slander
we are assholes for a reason, its because we love you and only want the best for you
might also have been Anon Babble and not Anon Babble. He had a melty on multiple boards is what im saying.
I view trackers the same way as I view chiptune: there's no advantage to using beyond "I just like them better", which I can respect but I think most people never get as far as trying them. I get wanting to use authentic tools when being retro, but I don't feel like anyone starting out has any reason to use a tracker beyond curiosity.
I get wanting to use authentic tools when being retro
Not even. Chiptune elitists will whine and bitch and call your shit "fakebit" if you use anything other than original hardware anyway, so there's 0 reason to bother learning a tracker unless you wanna be able to playback your stuff on a console for some reason
t. Famitracker autist
KINO
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It's not the worst track I've ever heard but "store theme" is the most ridiculously braindead shit. Name the track "Bad Trip" and have it play during a scene where an alien rapes you to death and it maybe works. The almost 2.5 minutes of ambience in a 3.5 minute track was ambitious. Shorten that segment to about 20 seconds and have the part where the guitar riff keeps descending come to a natural conclusion about 7 bars earlier with a transition into another idea.
Name the track "Bad Trip" and have it play during a scene where an alien rapes you to death and it maybe works.
One time on Anon Babble someone put up a track that was like weird guitar and percussion and a hawk screeching and it felt like a trip scene from a shitty movie.
Oh hey its still up on vocaroo
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I more meant like if you want to do the tracker music sound I get wanting to actually do it on a tracker instead of trying to replicate the sound in a daw, but I don't think there's any practical advantage to that.
lmfao, unlike OPs meme with this I actually can't tell if it's bait or someone trying their best
ULTRA BASED
Alright guys, how well did I do?
Be brutally honest. It's my first OST commission for an actual video game.
Also sweet battletoads level (ok I admit I can't really remember that well what the battletoads soundtrack sounds like it's probably much worse than this)
i think it's great, i could probably criticize the composition a bit but i'm tired
stoner plays Mother 2 and tries to recreate the avant garde soundtrack with zero musical talent
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not a huge fan of the flute between 0:27 and 0:50
just sounds a bit out of place in the mix and also probably a bit too loud
really cool track though, particularly liked the accordion arps
Mother 2
this sounds like a chick corea album if you macrodosed him on mescaline
i love how
1. the dude on the left is just like "yeah alright mate you do you
and
2. the autismo does the anime glasses push-up with his middle finger after he's done powering himself up for the match
The octopath traveller we have at home.
But seriously it isn't bad at all. I like the way it pares down at 1:15 or so and I like the actual rhythm of the percussion that comes in there but I think the sounds of themselves (of the percussion there) aren't great, the drum is really thin and weak and the clapping (I think) sounds weird.
The building back up from 1:35 to 2:00 is solid but I think the accordion should keep building all the way to the flute melody section at 2:20. He's building and then just kinda takes 5 but that's pretty minor. I feel like a real accordion player would be taking that opportunity to fucking shred.
I find the jaw harp questionable.
buddies making a game called Hylics
he needs a shop theme
just ask grok to do it
This is kinda gas but you need a different drum kit/font. something more punchy, that or just compress the hell out of the drums
Judging from this post, you have to be underage.
romance theme
that's like some doom shit
Eh... it's not great but it's not terrible.
The composure from the guy in the back is respectable, I would have lost my shit if I saw this in person.
fug I'm feeling really inspired by all the Anons posting their music in the thread.
How do I make music myself? What's a good place to start?
find vids on how to make genrename in flstudio
or you could download a bunch of samples and plugins and play with them like a sandbox
le ebin put me in the screencap memerino
Peak reddit behavior
I use FL studio because it was a lifetime purchase with free updates instead of a subscription or whatever. It's also pretty cheap as far as DAWs go, not as cheap as reaper, which is not free but not free in the way that winrar is not free. I may switch to cubase at some point, but that's another story. FL studio is low commitment purchase if you are a first worlder but I have my gripes with it.
DAWs can both play and manipulate audio, like recorded instruments being played in to them and sounds recorded specifically for the purpose of being manipulated by music software, as well as use MIDI, which is essentially how music software understands music. MIDI has no sound, it tells a software instrument (like a digital synthesizer or a multi sampled instrument) what notes to play, for how long, how hard etc. This means you can write midi and then change what instrument the data is being sent to. Most DAWs should come with built in software synths and you can get loads of great ones online that run as plugins in your DAW.
Anyway get a free trial of something and have fun. Fun things are fun. A cheap midi keyboard (like a little piano not qwerty) can go a long way to helping you understand how to make music even if you can't use the damn thing to actually play anything in live, consider picking one up especially one with a mod wheel and some knobs if you are making electronic music and want to expand your horizons.
absolute reddit
"YoU HaVe tO bE 18 To PoSt hErE"
Only underage faggots use altcaps to do a retard voice, people are saying this to you for a reason. Now fuck off.
romance theme
more like a rape theme
Never heard of this before, about to blast it on my bluetooth speakers for the neighbors' enjoyment
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You have to be 18 to post here.
Based and helpful, honestly. FL Studio's been my go-to too, feels really intuitive once you get your head around the piano roll and mixer routing. Also seconding the MIDI keyboard advice – even a cheap one like the Alesis V25 or Akai MPK Mini opens up so much more expression, and having knobs to map to synth parameters is a game-changer. If you're making weird or experimental stuff, look into free VSTs like Vital or Surge XT, you can get pretty deep before spending a dime.
Piss game music
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i expected worse
Rape is at least enjoyable for at least one participant
At least half of women cared to admit they've orgasmed during rape. So statistically speaking it's more likely that both participants enjoyed it.
Sounds like the first minutes of a obscure 70s prog rock concept double album
What a meme gender, holy fuck, how are they even real
Wait till you find out with erotic novel genre is the most popular among women.
having knobs to map to synth parameters is a game-changer
You can use them to make the forbidden spaghetti.
forgot my pic
Don't the Hylics games sound literally like this
Channeling his chuunibyou powers
Agree but sadly it works for today consumers who only want to listen to FOTM one-time bangers.
honestly that one is barely even spaghetti
Is this not the right thread for this?
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How bad can this be
It's probably not that bad, just some generic sounding thing overblown for the memes
0:05
Okay, not really catchy, but I don't see what-
...
0:38
Did my internet cut out?
...
What in the everloving goddamn?
this is good though
I know basically 0 about music theory and can hardly read sheet music. I thought of a song from a game I liked and tried to make something that captures the same vibe. I made this short melody while fucking around on a piano and tried to arrange it into something. Be honest, is this complete ass? Generic? Or is it somewhat decent and could turn into something good with alot more work? I know it's really short. You're based if you can tell what song I'm ripping off as well.
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Thread should be somewhere here: videogames.anonbabble.com
no way it's almost been two years, fucking hell
very nice
post your soundcloud or something
Actually the first 4 seconds remind me of 2d zelda not sure why.
there's interesting things going on in this track. with some refinement it could be kino. people will shit on it, but they couldn't come up with something half as creative. not sure what the game's vibe was supposed to be, but this track is a little too sinister to be a shop theme in most cases. still, i wouldn't reject this outright, it could be workshopped into something great.
damn that shit go hard nigga
Thinking about trying to make a sort of weird atmospheric explore em up like Kairo if it were also stalker.
What do you think about solo instrument pieces for vidya? I'd get a proper mic to get rid of the white noise, obviously. Also probably write the music instead of just improv. I think this one has a cool sound especially in the second half but I wonder if the fact that its one person playing an instrument is somehow like weirder than having synths playing.
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WIP boss theme
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some time ago someone recommended me 1bitdragon, but it's probably worse than FLstudio, i'm thinking about switching to it.
I made this for a forest area, I should expand it but I don't know how to follow it
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Kairo if it were also stalker.
have no idea what this is but imagining this playing in an atmospheric creepy area is great, good job.
it's so bad it loops being kino
Kairo is free and its on steam these days, you should try it. Weird environments, neat atmosphere, light puzzles.
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Sounds good, but I would definitely suggest rewriting the melody/solo section at :46-:56. Just sounds like you're fiddling around rather than being a solid idea.
he didnt keep up the act
gay
We posting good vidya music?
Would hard on a horror game with gore
Needs a proper place where it kicks up and has a stronger sound.
Doesn't sound BAD, but it plays more like cutscene music. If you want it to be more battle-like, make a stronger emphasis on drums, then you'd need the music to kick up a little bit as well.
Shut the fuck up and make music. This is good overworld music, too. The guitar really nails the sound. Make it into a full piece and then you can call yourself a "musician".
Intro could be shorter. Not sure what style you're going for, but if it's for a game then fine I guess, but for actual music, it needs some strong chords when it reaches the chorus. Gotta make it obvious. Music 101.
Not bad. But the flute does sound a bit out of place in tone. Mellow it out a bit or replace it with something else.
Well you have the right idea... but it's definitely off, pretty amateur. I'd suggest going back to the theme you're trying to rip off and understand why it works the way it does. Just a little heads up: every musician who's actually good KNOWS music theory, regardless of if they studied it properly or not. There's music "theory" and "music" theory. The latter is what most non-theorists rely on. So listen to more music.
Personally, I would space out the stringed instrument more to play up the creepy atmosphere. If it's melodic, it can sound more like a pass at being a cheesy, creepy lullaby. Sounds more like a samurai theme instead.
Sounds pretty good when it kicks in. I'd suggest making the build up more progressive instead of letting it be the same kind before it goes in.
This is too simplistic. I'd suggest redoing it from scratch. Take the very first few notes and then make a melody instead of having it follow the bass.