Those orchestral libraries are beautiful. Great composition! Really lovely space you create here, with some poignant moments, especially around the 1:30 and 1:40 marks. Love it! What class is this for? Five stars and a follow for sure!
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Deemo-R responds:
Thanks so much! It's for a Scoring class (at Columbia College Chicago's MFA program), actually - we get multiple assignments every week now, and this one was part of a "video game pitch" module where we had a team of 4 people that needed to score 5 level concepts. We each did 1 on our own, then did the 5th one (which was a climactic point in the concept) together. Aside from that, we still need to schedule time to finish our usual scoring work and weekly arrangement for orchestration. It's a bit more writing than I'm used to doing every week, but it feels good to have new music done! Thanks for asking, and for the review!
This is beautiful! I wish my hearing wasn't messed up right now so that I could really enjoy this to it's full extent. Really nice! :)
Deemo-R responds:
Aw man, I hope it's not something serious! Thanks so much, and I hope you have a speedy recovery in un-messing your hearing holes! :)
Fantastic! I love the mix of minute dissonance in the piano chords with the solo oboe and pitched percussion in the background. That kind of orchestration/ensemble reminds me of the original Ori game music. There's also a subtle climax in the middle with the oboe solo; I especially like the feeling of coldness that the string arrangement gives with such a wide gap between the violins and double basses.
Overall, I think this would work as excellent game music! Excited to see what your next assignments or personal stuff sounds like! :D
Deemo-R responds:
Hey man, good to see you still around! I definitely feel like I lifted a light tuft of Ori ideas with this one - I just finished Will of the Wisps last month and went to a virtual event Gareth Coker did with Guy Whitmore on the music and audio implementation for that game, so it was fresh in my mind. I'm glad you like how the track sounds! I do love how subtle string textures can really change the whole vibe of any orchestration - it reminds me that I still have a lot of things to learn on the production side (which I've always been neglecting to practice). The main thing I worry about with this track is how clear the landmarks are; I think it would need maybe a bit of testing depending on how many loops it goes through on average + the ambience of the area. It's really just a concept track so I didn't worry so much about that at the time! Thanks so much for your review and I hope you're still doing great out there!
Good stuff ^^. I really love the atmosphere.
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