Mastering failed...
It still rumbles and crackles :/ though not as severely as before. It's pretty good btw, fits the title much better than the demo, truly gets apocalyptic at 0:52. I'm glad you kept the rude brass too :D This is definitely going on my rpg soundtrack playlist, the one which I listen to while playing an mmorpg... and it's full of your songs XD
P.s.:You know what I miss? Organs! Those would have gone well with the melody at 0:52.
Yeah... the crackling. Damn that crackling! I had in fact talked to DavidOrr and Arbiter about this piece, and they both said it needed mastering work, David even told me how to fix it. Though I did everything he told me, I must not have done it right, or to the right degree. I should have waited a couple days to forget about how the song sounded so that I could listen to it clearer.
Mistakes and more mistakes :(.
I plan on making an extended version of the song. I don't like that ending at all, not angry enough. I'll keep the rude brass, but that part is going to have to get a face lift.
As for organs... it's not a bad idea actually. I just hope I didn't screw my frequency spectrum enough to have to really blast it to hear it!
thank you for the review Skragga! I'm glad you liked it!
Set in and out...
The sun has just risen, from the tier of the castle can you see images of horror being played throughout this once amazing landscape, horror like that only seen in the stories of old. The dead are strewn across this razed land, brutal murders sought by those on either side. A once beautiful forest, now ash, is seen in the distance, the life of that wood being used to lay siege upon this now war strewn kingdom. Tears come to your eyes, but short is this morning for the call to arms comes up. Hands on the stone in front of you, you let a tear, just one tear fall from your eyes. Gone is the memory when you could stand in that very spot and look out across the landscape. Odulfare, once bright with life, is now dead in the winds off time. Turning, you look one last time at the landscape you still call home, your fists clench and in your hatred will you banish those foolish enough to step upon your doorstep. "To war, to battle," you whisper anguish and anger make your voice quiver..."To war..."
I dunno...that is what this song brings out for me...
-AJ-
Tense
Really nice piece. The score must have taken a while to write out. I also like the fact that this piece really brings out the feeling of being really tense in a serious situation, just like on Dark Cut 2, where you have to hurry to save the patient. Very nicely composed.
the score for this was produced in roughly 10-12 hours, depending on mastering, and the number of times I listened through it for perfection sake. Despite all this the theme in my opinion is far from over. There are many equalizing factors to throw in, expansion, work that could be done on it etc. Though at this stage, it is good enough to sit around and take up internet space :D!
The song itself was not meant to depict urgency, more hostility, but Dark Cut 2 was brilliant in the way that it brought that urgency into it.
Thank you for the review, i'm glad you liked it!
I have a good story too
Will stood up. He picked up his sword and met Phaladon's dark eye.
"Go." he said, "There is no place for you here."
"Never!" shouted Will as he leapt at Phaladon. Phaladon put enough lightning into him to kill a horse.
"You will never defeat me Will. Leave or die."
Will, slowly, got up. His sword was burning with light. But it was drawn from his hands and flung into a stone, and meanwhile, Will's arms and legs were bound to thin air with black matter.
"Urgghh..." gasped Will."NO!"
"Then so be it... I'm sorry Will, but it has to be this way." Hellish flames rose up around him, and he channelled it into Will. Will screamed. More and more pulses of energy circled round Phaladon. It was absorbed into his hands and he sent a massive energy blast at Will, but it bounded off into the sky.
"You cannot harm me like this Phaladon, not while the Zephyr crystal has been activated."
"but... that's impossible!!"
"oh but no Phaladon, it was you who did it. now you are going to regret it."
The chains shattered and Will ran at Phaladon.
"NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" screamed Phaladon as he was incinerated.
But more was to come...
activated by Phaladon? Maybe when he shot the lightning? There is a lot of unanswered questions here, though it does let me imagine quite a few things.
I can't write much without knowing more, but for what was there, it was an interesting scenario! Thanks for the review, i'm glad you liked it!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAH.
... I don't know about the laugh, but that suddenly made me have an extreme thirst for destruction.
So, I went out and beat up the guy I always wanted to. And shot my airsoft chaingun at things. I won't blame you in court... which I won't go into, because I'm just that smooth.
Now, onto the review.
The melody is fantastic, and the era singing also added some energy. The low, brass horns also helped with the feelings of a feirce battle. But most of all, I think the militarialistic drums made it noteworthy. the ending, though, felt... hollow, somehow. Perhaps it is the suddenness. I don't know. That cost you one star.
I say you know how to mix melodies and instruments in the perfect way. This is art.
I am a huge fan of your work. I have also reviewed your other peices, if you care.
I hope the person you wanted to beat up wasn't the mail man like me. I mean why must he ALWAYS bring me mail thats not useful to me. Like those papers telling me I have 5 months to live, please come to the hospital, for god's sake stop killing the dolphins, etc etc. Useless, ALL OF IT >:(!
Court is for pansies, we finish things like the Vikings, fight to the death! The victorious is the one in the right!
Quite right with the ending, truth be told I didn't quite know how to finish the song, so I made a build up ending. Probably should have made it more climactic, as fitting the song's name.
I appreciate each and every review you're written, thank you kindly for them, i'm glad you enjoy the work!