Composer-Video Game (Collaboration)

[doublerr]

Hey everyone,

We're a startup(a very small team in fact) currently struggling to finish up this game development project.
It's a : iOS game (iphone, ipad, ipod),
Castle-defense-kinda-game, similar to Sword and Soldiers (google up!)

We're toying around an idea of featuring multiple artist/composer in this video game project (similar to Need For Speed), so whenever a music is play, a little information bar contains of the title, artist, album/url will be display, similar to a music video (see image below for example)
We certainly hope that with this idea, we can hopefully bring some exposure to a lot of talented composer here.
So we're posting this up to see if anyone is interested in helping out this project (for free)?

A very simple story : zombie wants cheese, human (player) says no, they fight.
(so probably 8 bit or way-too-serious music might not be suitable for this project)

If you're interested in seeing our quality of work, do check out our website commonextract-c0m

thanks everyone!

[Step]

Can you give some more ideas on what genre of music you're looking for? Or does anything go?

Whatever the case I'll post some of my music here; feel free to use any of them. Some are kinda serious but others are a little more light-hearted. See what you think.

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  Sanctuary by Step

  A full-blown orchestral song for the MAC competition. (4:01)

  Score

  4.61 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Classical

  Popularity

  20,172 Views

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  -A New World- by Step

  A pop song with a unique (read: odd) mix of various moods. Very proud of this one! (4:13)

  Score

  4.45 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Pop

  Popularity

  4,813 Views

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• 
  Pixelated World by Step

  My first ever original Video Game song. Quite proud of this one! (2:57)

  Score

  4.48 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Video Game

  Popularity

  3,773 Views

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• 
  Plains Theme by Step

  One of the best songs I ever made. Did it with a friend of mine, Echo. (3:03)

  Score

  4.39 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  New Wave

  Popularity

  1,722 Views

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  Journey to the Afterlife by Step

  A remix of Buoy's song "Shadow People", with new melodies and orchestration. (3:00)

  Score

  4.42 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Classical

  Popularity

  2,038 Views

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(the above track is a remix of Buoy's song Shadow People so you have to get the go-ahead from him too if you want to use it)

• 
  -Against the Clock- by Step

  A mix between Orchestral, DnB, Dance and Techno, made for djInTheDark. (1:51)

  Score

  4.44 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Techno

  Popularity

  1,063 Views

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Hope they're alright. Good luck finishing your project.

[SilverPoyozo]

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  Forest of Myth by SilverPoyozo

  Deep in Ahuizotl's jungle...

  Score

  4.08 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Classical

  Popularity

  629 Views

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  Crystal Maze by SilverPoyozo

  Been playing too much Minecraft...

  Score

  4.50 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Classical

  Popularity

  836 Views

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  Praise the Sun (part I) by SilverPoyozo

  A tiny choir/strings piece

  Score

  4.10 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Classical

  Popularity

  244 Views

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  Fire in the Library by SilverPoyozo

  Little orchestral piece

  Score

  3.76 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Classical

  Popularity

  295 Views

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[poinl]

im interested and would like to CREATE songs for this project rather than show some of my old ones. Hit me up with a pm if you can.

[ReverendHerby]

Here's some of my work; let me know if you're interested, because I'd love to be involved.

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  Theme2 by ReverendHerby

  ...

  Score

  0 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Miscellaneous

  Popularity

  11 Views

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  Our Calmest Shelter by ReverendHerby

  Our Closest Nights, Our Calmest Shelter

  Score

  2.35 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Techno

  Popularity

  35 Views

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  Theme1 by ReverendHerby

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  Score

  0 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Miscellaneous

  Popularity

  18 Views

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  Five Square Roots of Five by ReverendHerby

  A laid-back electronic track.

  Score

  1.21 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Ambient

  Popularity

  41 Views

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[samulis]

Not sure if you want more of a fast-paced battle piece or a slower more ambient sound.

Feel free to check out my stuff if you want, I'd be more than glad to let you use it, and best of luck with your first release! :D

http://samulis.newgrounds.com/audio/

[MetalRenard]

So... What genre of music are you looking for? I could give links to 30 or so songs but none would fit so rather than flood you with songs, if you could let me know then I'll post some stuff. :)

[doublerr]

Thanks for everyone's reply! I'll listen to all (or some) of the tracks here (and tracks in your profile). Will pm you guys shortly.
We're probably looking for mainly light hearted fast paced battle music, but we guess we need a mix of diff mood of music to fit the story , in terms of genre, I'm not an expert here, but do feel free to suggest any kind of music that you think might be fitting to this genre of game.

[LemonCrush]

I'm down. Like someone said, I'd like to do NEW music specifically for the game....but if you like what else I've done, maybe shoot me a message.

[DuttonsaysHi]

At 9/23/12 11:12 PM, doublerr wrote: Thanks for everyone's reply! I'll listen to all (or some) of the tracks here (and tracks in your profile). Will pm you guys shortly.
We're probably looking for mainly light hearted fast paced battle music, but we guess we need a mix of diff mood of music to fit the story , in terms of genre, I'm not an expert here, but do feel free to suggest any kind of music that you think might be fitting to this genre of game.

Sounds Promising! Since it sounds like you're open to many different types of music, I'll just post a link to my audio along with some personal favourites :)

Happy/grand

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  The Golden March by DuttonsaysHi

  Proud Heroic Orchestral for the heroes of the golden march

  Score

  4.93 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Classical

  Popularity

  137 Views

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starts off moody but becomes bright and happy

• 
  The Grand Sea by DuttonsaysHi

  A phumpin' grand ode to the Buccaneers of The Grand Sea!

  Score

  4.61 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Techno

  Popularity

  690 Views

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fast paced battle music

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  The Falcon Armada by DuttonsaysHi

  Epic SEGA Chiptune and Orchestra Hybrid for the arrival of The Falcon Armada!

  Score

  4.66 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Video Game

  Popularity

  344 Views

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not so fast paced battle music

• 
  CyberSpace Showdown by DuttonsaysHi

  Action packed chiptune for a cyberspace showdown!

  Score

  4.12 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Video Game

  Popularity

  616 Views

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chirpy happy

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  Lights by DuttonsaysHi

  Bright, Happy, Jumpy LIGHTS!

  Score

  4.56 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Techno

  Popularity

  468 Views

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I have some darker stuff too

• 
  JunkBot by DuttonsaysHi

  Beware of the scrap yard guardian.. The JunkBot!

  Score

  4.04 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Dubstep

  Popularity

  848 Views

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• 
  Electric Shadow by DuttonsaysHi

  Dark ways of the Ninja

  Score

  4.39 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Techno

  Popularity

  249 Views

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I don't really like spamming my audio but there's just some to save you from venturing to my page. But that's the stuff you can expect if you decide to :] let me know if you're interested!

[Nitrocore]

Two pretty old tracks.

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  {Ocean Stars} by Nitrocore

  Loop

  Score

  3.56 / 5.00

  Type

  Loop

  Genre

  Video Game

  Popularity

  143 Views

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  Lonely Traveler by Nitrocore

  Short Loop

  Score

  3.22 / 5.00

  Type

  Loop

  Genre

  Miscellaneous

  Popularity

  145 Views

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[Emotiquon]

Yeah, definitely up for that... I love zombies and cheese...

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/504511

[BrokenDeck]

At 9/23/12 11:05 AM, doublerr wrote: We're a startup(a very small team in fact) currently struggling to finish up this game development project.
It's a : iOS game (iphone, ipad, ipod),

Question, is this a for-profit project?

[stratkat]

At 9/23/12 11:05 AM, doublerr wrote: Hey everyone,

We're a startup(a very small team in fact) currently struggling to finish up this game development project.
It's a : iOS game (iphone, ipad, ipod),
Castle-defense-kinda-game, similar to Sword and Soldiers (google up!)

We're toying around an idea of featuring multiple artist/composer in this video game project (similar to Need For Speed), so whenever a music is play, a little information bar contains of the title, artist, album/url will be display, similar to a music video (see image below for example)
We certainly hope that with this idea, we can hopefully bring some exposure to a lot of talented composer here.
So we're posting this up to see if anyone is interested in helping out this project (for free)?

A very simple story : zombie wants cheese, human (player) says no, they fight.
(so probably 8 bit or way-too-serious music might not be suitable for this project)

If you're interested in seeing our quality of work, do check out our website commonextract-c0m

thanks everyone!

Here's some pretty serious 8/16 bit music:

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  =8-bitBomber= by stratkat

  Intense 8bit music.

  Score

  4.60 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Video Game

  Popularity

  957 Views

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Also you can use anything from here:
http://daydreamanatomy.bandcamp.com/album/8-bit-heroes
It's mostly music in the same style, some closer to true chiptune 8 bit than others.

[doublerr]

Yes, this is a for-profit project.

At 9/25/12 04:13 PM, BrokenDeck wrote:

At 9/23/12 11:05 AM, doublerr wrote: We're a startup(a very small team in fact) currently struggling to finish up this game development project.
It's a : iOS game (iphone, ipad, ipod),

Question, is this a for-profit project?

[maybeitselectric]

Hey I'm also interested, I am brand new to NG (upload-wise) and have been interested in composing game music for quite some time. I have some 8-bit / chiptune music that's metal influenced (drums mostly) but am also writing a few more orchestrated, 'real' songs. I have mostly chiptune on my page but there is one other song I just uploaded today on there.
Would be stoked to be apart of the community.

[Saharadon]

Hey, I'm very interested in making music for this game. I haven't done too much with battle music, but I'd love to make some. If nothing else, I'd be glad to make music for menus and such. I'm also new to newgrounds, so I don't have much uploaded yet, but here's what I have so far if you want to take a listen: http://saharadon.newgrounds.com/audio/ . Just let me know, I'd love to make new music for this project.

[Ghost-XZ]

We do electronic music. Currently, we have DnB and House songs posted, and I can create what you need for the app. We are willing to do it for free. Check out our page to view our songs (banner). Big thing: Take a look at Fireball.

[doublerr]

Here's an update to everyone:

Thanks for the great response, everyone is really being helpful and kind. We really appreciate that.
If you did not receive my PM, please let me know. :-)

As mentioned in post(or pm) earlier, (in case you missed it),
this will be a commercial game (we will sell the game), however, we try to be fair to composers that we will exclusively feature the artist whenever the music is played. (see first post image attachment for example)
besides, we mighthave a 'music' page under 'extra' option in the main menu.
(IF we have the time, we will include a pic & bio for all of you)

Once the game is launch, it will display the following in sequence
Company logo ----->> (example) "Headphone is recommended" 20 Tracks : 12 Composers : 7 Countries (and all of your name below like movie poster) ----->> Game Title ----->> Menu

Due to every composer has a certain style, we will try our best to match it with levels as player progress, so probably more light hearted in the beginning and more epic towards the end.
If we have a lot of tracks, we may randomly play 1~3 songs for each level. The reason is that its kinda more fair (so there will not be 1 music keep repeating on that level) ; another reason is that some of the tracks is below 2min. Example: Level 1 will only play music1, music2, music3. Level 2 will play music4, music5, music6...

The idealduration for each piece is 3~5min (thats how long a level will took), however loop is fine as well, we will probably fade out or end the loop before if gets repetitive.

So when every track/music is finalized, we will contact everyone in order to have their details (track name, composer name and url/album), and we probably need a high bitrate version from you guys as well.
(URL is actually not recommended during game battle as it might break the gameflow, besides some ppl click on it becoz he wanna cast magic or simply get rid of that box, which is why we thought of having the 'extra'-'music' page for all of your info to be there, and clickable)

Long update! we welcome any suggestion, opinion or question.

Thanks everyone.

[MetalRenard]

Cool, sounds like a good system and could get lots of people some well deserved publicity. :)

At 9/27/12 11:54 PM, doublerr wrote: and more epic towards the end.

Hey... If you're looking for "epic" at the end and not just "fun"... That's more my territory...! If so, let me know and I'll show you my more "epic" music! :)

[Ghost-XZ]

We can do epic AND fun. Sort of our specialty. Fireball is an example of that.

[Possibly]

I would be interested in providing music for this as well. I could do a new piece or have existing songs. Thanks.

audio

[StudioGB]

Do you still need more composers? Our group is just getting off the ground. Take a listen to some of our material and let me know if you'd like for us to do a track.

http://soundcloud.com/giftshopmedia

At 9/27/12 11:54 PM, doublerr wrote: Here's an update to everyone:

[doublerr]

Yup, we're still looking for more composers. Will PM you shortly.

Thanks

At 9/30/12 02:11 PM, StudioGB wrote: Do you still need more composers? Our group is just getting off the ground. Take a listen to some of our material and let me know if you'd like for us to do a track.

http://soundcloud.com/giftshopmedia

At 9/27/12 11:54 PM, doublerr wrote: Here's an update to everyone:

[doublerr]

Finally, The project is complete!

This posting serve as a closure of this thread, a very heartfelt thanks to all the composers here that help out.

The project got a total of 19 Tracks by 11 Composers! Without NG as the platform, this would be an impossible task to complete.

Again, i'm really really really grateful to the Composers that are involve in this project, hopefully this project can somehow direct or indirectly catapult both the game and the composers to the next level.

Here's the trailer of this project "Wrath of Cheese" (WOC).
and the Apple AppStore link

Thanks again!

[melodious]

Just another composer chiming in here. Feel free to check out some of my work here:

http://www.reverbnation.com/melodiouscoesmusic

And let me know if you are interested.

Thanks!
Melodious

[SourJovis]

Maybe you like some of these songs:

• 
  Battle of the Bits by SourJovis

  Song in retro video game style, but with modern sounds.

  Score

  4.68 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Pop

  Popularity

  1,496 Views

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• 
  Ouverture by SourJovis

  Orchestral ouverture

  Score

  4.66 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Classical

  Popularity

  587 Views

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• 
  Het Motief van de Waterbr by SourJovis

  Tranquil piano song with changing moods

  Score

  4.62 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Classical

  Popularity

  422 Views

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• 
  Darkness by SourJovis

  Ominous theme

  Score

  4.65 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Miscellaneous

  Popularity

  484 Views

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• 
  Innocence by SourJovis

  piano driven song about innocence

  Score

  4.59 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Classical

  Popularity

  296 Views

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[SourJovis]

Ow, it's over. Never mind...