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Ricochet

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Heyo everyone!

I've been slowly working towards trying to get a job doing trailer music since around the end of 2016. I think with this track I've really begun to break ground into what can really be considered a professional sound. I'm not 100% there, but I'm pretty darn close at this point. If you have the time, leave a comment and tell me what you think! I'd like to use this track for my portfolio in order to get hired by a professional trailer production company.

I put the track over on Bandcamp, for anyone interested in downloading it: https://collinbrefka.bandcamp.com/track/ricochet

~Collin Brefka aka CloakedSoup

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Dang dude this is actually really good! While listening to this is i definitely can imagine Jason Statham with a fancy suit walking (in a cool way) away from a building, and as he gets far the building explodes while he puts on sunglasses. Really badass stuff man, great job, though, i cannot go without leaving some feedback first ;) so here i go:
The "bram" sounds pretty fat and powerful but is too dry to my taste, it could have a tad bit more reverb, *some* of the hits don't have as much impact as they could, you can maybe make the sidechain stronger so the transients stand out more, there is also a chance that it's a PDC issue or there's a layer in the hits that is a little bit delayed.
At around 0:50 the guitar sounds kinda detuned and (at least for me) it was unfomfortable to listen to. In this section the mix sounds like its getting overpowered by the "bram" and also the drums sound really drowned in the mix except for the ride that actually standed out a bit too much.
At 1:13 and at 1:17 you build a lot of tension but theres no actual hit other than the drums at sound louder than earlier (but still a bit too quiet to my taste, like too in the bg, i just feel they could've been more present, though, i understand why you put them in the back, you have the bram and the guitar in the front so the drums would've clashed with those), so yeah its a bit awkward how you build tension and the only thing that hits is the kick drum, like, i think those parts could have more impact as well.
It still was a good track overall, keep that up and i hope you can take this in consideration the next time so you can get even better! I've always said you should always keep learning and trying to improve, regardless if you think you are already REALLY good, you just have to keep trying to get further and never stop learning.

CloakedSoup responds:

Thanks for the critique! I'm always working to try and find ways to improve my music so helpful criticism like this is always useful! :D

This is honestly so could it could be considered on par with Twelve Titans Music and such artists! (If you don't know them you should check them out they're awesome too)

CloakedSoup responds:

Thanks! I plan on writing a couple more pieces like this and pitching them as part of a portfolio to get hired by a trailer music company like them.

Amazing!

CloakedSoup responds:

Thank you!

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Score
4.52 / 5.00

Uploaded
Jul 30, 2018
3:20 PM EDT
Genre
Cinematic
File Info
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3.5 MB
1 min 32 sec

Licensing Terms

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