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AIM - Landing of Hope

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Here is my first entry for AIM 2021.


I was browsing landscapes and this cool piece caught my eye.

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I wanted to make a piece of music that sounded spacious, alien, cosmic and inviting.



Many thanks for listening, and good luck to everyone that has entered!

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This is the kind of aesthetic that im absolutely in love with! I love the idea of exploring some alien landscape. Phasers are also so fun to add as like a type of sustained chord. so pretty. There's this song by Goldfrapp that gives me a similar vibe called "Time Out From The World".

I think you managed to capture everything you were going for in your music. I get spacey-ness (not sure about spacious though) and mysterious, alien landscapes that seem inviting. The atmosphere is captured perfectly and exuberates that balance of brightness with mysterious space vibes.

It was an interesting choice to make that lead distorted. I think it gives that sense of hidden wonder despite the somewhat happier melody, like you're exploring this barren landscape that you're not quite sure is actually barren and you're not sure what to expect, but you're hopeful that it will be a generally positive experience. I love that downward contour buried in the accompaniment starting at 0:16. It would have been nice to hear that a bit more, especially when all the other instruments enter, where it practically becomes non-existent.

Overall, I think the entry connects well with the art, with a fitting amount of whimsy with the dominant sevenths that go with the colours and the landscape. The track has a sleepy, relaxing vibe to it that one could rest to if not for the distorted lead. Nice work!

wobwobrob responds:

That's a great note about the downward contour - I can think of a ton of ways to highlight it or expand it throughout the track :)

This sounds really neat! I think it matches the artwork really well. There are many interesting elements in your track that I like a lot, from sound design to progression. Good luck!

Credits & Info

Listens
585
Faves:
6
Votes
20
Score
4.54 / 5.00

Uploaded
Jun 19, 2021
9:30 PM EDT
Genre
Video Game
File Info
Song
7.1 MB
3 min 8 sec
Software
  • Pro Tools

Licensing Terms

Please contact me if you would like to use this in a project. We can discuss the details.