It was a time of sorcery and dragons. A time of brave knights, beautiful damsels in distress, and of valorous deeds sung in the halls of mighty kings. Even in such company, one man stood apart, his name synonymous with legends both heroic and timeless...
King Arthur Pendragon
Wielder of Excalibur, friend of the renowned wizard Merlin, and keeper of the Holy Grail. Together, with his courageous Knights of the Round Table, King Arthur ruled over the lands of Camelot and ventured even to the shores of Avalon to win fame and lay waste to the forces of evil. Arthur's enemies cowered in fear, scarcely daring to whisper his name, while those who knew him as sword brother and liege lord could be heard chanting it loudly upon the battlefield.
This is just one musical interpretation of his great legacy. Please, lend me your ear for but a moment, and I will weave you a tale...
Man, I'm going down the list of all your songs, and this stuff just keeps getting better and better!
Ah, might I ask what soundfonts you're using for the woodwind and string instruments at around 0:16? I can't seem to get proper sounding instruments from the vsts I use :(
Keep up the good work! I hope your other songs are as good as this!
Hooray! So glad that you like the music. There's certainly plenty of it to peruse... :3
The stringed instrument is called aaviolin, and for a soundfont it's kind of amazing (imho). The woodwinds are a mixture of Ocarina and Ocarina Glissando, with a smattering of Ocarina Staccato in the chorus. It's also a soundfont--well, technically three soundfonts that come together as a set. Heck, most of what I use is soundfonts, believe it or not. The only VST I actually used in this was DSK World StringZ. Go figure. xD
wow, beautiful work! good luck on the NGADM'14 n__n ! your gonna do great with this kind of talent.
- Pandasticality
Many, many thanks. I was in the NGADM last year and lost out in Round 3, so here's hoping that I get to hang around a bit longer! We shall see...
Oh man so pretty :')
Gl with the NGADM, our group is so good!
Thanks so much! It was a lot of fun to make, and I'm really happy that it somehow got me through the NGADM 2014 Auditions. ^__^
Right? This is gonna be fun. Best of luck to you, as well!
Nice, but sounds nothing like medieval/renaissance music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XvVtszPyTs
Sounds like the Civ III Japanese music though!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgT4TE9ILT4#t=86
Good piece, aside from having Super Slidy Violin syndrome. Might want to take that part to a doctor to get fixed.
I don't believe that I ever actually purported this to be either medieval or renaissance style anywhere, so the argument feels spurious. I don't really want to sound like this or that or be pigeonholed because hey--it's all been done in one way or another. I want to sound like myself and share the crazy, offbeat, and sometimes confusing music that's rattling around inside my head. Does that make sense? I hope so. Musical interpretation can be anything the artist wants it to be. I like to call that freedom of expression, and I subscribe to it heavily. :)
Not that hearing that it sounds like something out of Civilization III bothers me, mind. Fantastic music, that! Pendragon Legacy is something of an amalgam I suppose, and using unexpected musical styles to portray things in a way that they wouldn't normally be portrayed is actually quite fun. The soundtrack from Samurai Champloo comes to mind. It definitely doesn't fit in with Edo-era Japan in a traditional sense, but that's one of the things that makes it so unique.
All that aside, I can certainly admit that the violin suffers from more than a bit too much slide. SSVS is a very serious issue, and it is one that I hope to have gotten out of my system now. Nevertheless, I am very glad to hear that you enjoy the music regardless of its shortcomings, and I appreciate your review. The YT links were also a nice touch. Perhaps I should focus on doing something with a decidedly Japanese flavour at some point in the not-so-distant future...
I have a folder on my pc and mp3 player for the special tracks I find on Newgrounds, so that I may listen to them wherever I roam. This has to be among them.
Many thanks, MetalRenard. I have a folder just like that on my PC, as well. To be a part of yours is an honor, and I truly appreciate the feedback.
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