Hello fellow music makers, our topic this week is:
Ambience
Being able to create ambient background music is a very important skill for game musicians and film composers. The goal is to try to make your entry convey as much emotion as possible without being assertive (I.E. it will sound like ambient background music and not necessarily an actual tune with a big, loud, imposing melody, etc.).
I imagine entries will vary from lush orchestral arrangements to moody electronic soundscapes.
As always, have fun!!
Aha, an opportunity to renew interest in Darkmoor Manor!
http://americangirlscouts.org/agsuploads/ProgZmax/DM-Day1.ogg
An odd, hopefully creepy ambient tune. A little Eraserhead influenced in style. No real tune as such, but as background music it could hopefully be very effective :) Took a while to make for a rather unimposing sound, but I feel it was worth it. Mixing was surprisingly difficult I must say.
Slow Fog (http://chronicles.sitesled.com/noise.mp3)
the old clock
(http://koti.mbnet.fi/el_tonic/new/the%20old%20clock.mp3)
(actually a vocoded guitar).
If my internet conection comes on before the 26th ( :P) I will probably enter. I really need to practise something like that.
BTW, the last contest was really really really great! I'm really sorry that I had to miss it!
Nikolas
Taadaadaadaaah http://www.laserfrog.co.uk/amb.mp3
This is the first time I tried to do something like this. I made it completely with Fruity Loops 6:
http://rapidshare.de/files/18613937/Mermaid_Lament.mp3.htm
It's inspired by Tomb Raider and a bit by Thief. This is the kind of stuff I think you are looking for, I hope I'm right!
EDIT: Go here instead
http://rapidshare.de/files/18672192/Mermaid_Lament_.mp3.html
It's a remastered version, I fixed the balance between bass and treble frequencies and I think it's better now.
This genre is kind of new to me so I hope this will suffice, here's my entry
http://media.putfile.com/Psych0F0x---Green-Moon-Of-Polyhymnia
I just made something...
http://koti.mbnet.fi/tk-/files/musiccomp_ambient.mp3
Not too much longer to go! Any more entries? :)
I can't load your entry, Guybrush. :(
EDIT: Can't load as in can't download.
Bleh I saw "Guybrush" first and for a couple of seconds I thought I won :P
I uploaded it in Putfile now, sorry for the invonvenience:
http://media.putfile.com/Mermaid-Lament
I hope this works...
I know I'm late so if it does matter, don't count this as an entry. But I thought "Why not?"
www.nikolas-sideris.com/stuff/chi.mp3
There were too many good entries!! You guys are all getting better and now it's getting harder and harder to judge these contests. I really mean that--this contest turned out some great music!
However, I particularly liked Nikolas's entry--it was particularly moving, without being very assertive. So congratulations, Nikolas, and looking forward to the next contest!