Feedback on game music

[LeisureSuitGary]

Hey folks,

So I'm a guitar player and singer songwriter who got asked recently by a friend to write some music for his adventure game. It's a melancholic game about a boy lost in a forest. The game looks beautiful and spoke to me of mysteries and sadness.  It also brought to mind beautiful piano music which was problematic because I'm a guitar player and didn't have a keyboard.

Anyways, after a bit of searching for MIDI keyboards for sale I found a great weighted keyboard and bought Synthology Ivory, which is a great virtual piano.



I then set about teaching myself piano and wrote this short theme with a view to expanding it if he likes it. I wanted to get some feedback on it before I send it to my friend though. I want to make sure that it's high enough standard given that I'm not really a piano player (thanks MIDI). Here's the track:

In the Silent Quay

Thanks for any feedback.

[Danvzare]

That is some really great sounding music.

I'm surprised that not only is that MIDI, but that you've only just recently learnt yourself to use a piano. Because that music is superb.

And it does sound very melancholic as well. I like it.

[Slasher]

Minor chords are melancholic

Being a guitar player defiantly helped with the notes

[Mandle]

Very beautiful piece and fits the mood you descibed very well...

One slight thing:

The note at 2:06 is quite heavy and jarring for me in an otherwise flowing piece...

Maybe that one note could be toned down slightly?

[Problem]

That's a beautiful piece! The composition is fine and it definitely captures the mood you were going for. The mix is a little muddy, and the bass notes feel a little "boomy" in places. It might help to tone down the lower mids (and maybe some of the bass) of the piano to clean things up and get a more balanced sound. A "solo" piano sound is a complex beast can be more difficult to mix then one would expect. I also got the impression that the piano is panned a little too much to the right.
But that's just the sound. The composition itself is good and it will work very well in an adventure game.

[KyriakosCH]

Very nice slow drift indeed!