Cut scene music

Oz · Sun 29/08/2004 04:29:00

Well, this one is meant to play during parts of the intro for my game "The Prophecy". The intro will depict the outbreak of a global armed conflict and I'm thinking about using still images to portray this. Just a short clip here:

http://hem.bredband.net/jericho/microbe.mp3

I'm not sure if it's too mellow to use as background music for an intro depicting a violent conflict, but I'm hoping to produce a feeling of sadness and dejection.

[Cameron] · Sun 29/08/2004 04:33:56

This piece kicks ass. It definatly emotes that feeling you were aiming for, it's not to mellow. And for some reason the word "reflection" kept popping into my head. Very good. In fact brilliant, if this is a clip i would love to here the rest.

Albert Cuandero · Sun 29/08/2004 07:36:07

Great track, Oz!

Reminds me a bit of the FF X opening scene.

Very, very good. I hope you will show us the whole intro some time soon!

Gregjazz · Sun 29/08/2004 09:03:55

I dig the harmonics, bro.

It's a great tune, but here are some ideas I had: (feel free to accept/decline them)

1. Start the song with only the main guitar part and no harmonics. The second repeat add the harmonics, and from there go just like you have it.

2. Add a very quiet oboe with good vibrato doubling the top note in the string chords.

3. Remove a few of the low notes in the string chords and replace them with a very low, subtle warm pad sound. Either that or a quiet cello. I have a good cello soundfont you could have if you're into that soundfont thing.

4. Turn the volume of the strings down just a tiny bit.

5. A fretless bass would add so much. But you'd need the proper fretless bass sound. There is no synthesized sound I have ever heard that captures that beautiful fretless bass sound. PM me if you'd like me to record you a bass track for it.

Anyways, these are all merely suggestions. You have some good stuff going on, and I wanted to let you know some areas you could possibly improve it in.

Sorry if I'm sounding a bit condescending -- great tune -- just trying to help.

Damien · Sun 29/08/2004 09:07:02

Good work man.

Did you play the guitar part yourself? Cause it sounds soo real.
The only suggestion I have is to add some variation to the guitar part.

Gregjazz · Sun 29/08/2004 09:14:34

Sounds synthesized to me.

Andail · Sun 29/08/2004 09:58:18

This is professional!
A tad bland perhaps - some sort of variation would have improved it substantially, but on the other hand, as background music for a game, it's probably just subtle enough

Oz · Sun 29/08/2004 13:50:56

Hehe, yeah the guitar part is sequenced (nothing beats the real thing!). And yeah, a real soothing fretless bass would sound great in there, but I agree that it's almost impossible to get right without actually recording it live. There are so many subtle sounds to fretless bass playing that is hard to mimic in sequencing (slides, scrapes, hollow tones). However, this is just a quick draft, no tweaking done yet.

Geoffkhan,

No no no, I REALLY appreciate your elaborate criticism, always helpful.

Thanks for the crit everyone!

Gregjazz · Sun 29/08/2004 21:38:40

The guitar sounds familiar. What sound are you using for it? (you don't have to tell me if you don't want to give away anything)

EDIT: Ooh, got another suggestion. Place the main guitar a bit to the left and the harmonics a bit to the right. It'll give it more of a dynamic stereo sound.

Gregjazz · Sun 29/08/2004 22:47:18

http://www.sonic.net/~schlae/herculeaneffort/microberemix.mp3

Just some ideas...

P.S. Sorry for the double-post.

Oz · Mon 30/08/2004 01:15:45

Nice touches Geoffkhan.

The guitar sound is from a sample pack called Hans Zimmerman Guitar Vol 2 (if I recall correctly).

Gregjazz · Mon 30/08/2004 04:04:43

Hmmm... can't find it on Google. Is it something you pay for?

n3tgraph · Tue 31/08/2004 08:52:18

Piracy!!!

Oz · Tue 31/08/2004 15:04:28

Yeah, it's a commercial package.

Gregjazz · Wed 01/09/2004 21:37:14

What format is it and where did you get it?

Minimi · Wed 01/09/2004 21:49:26

Hans Zimmer is teh rockzorz!!! I have like almost everything from Hans Zimmer!! Can music actually be better???

loominous · Wed 01/09/2004 22:46:15

It s made in akai format only to my knowledge but can be converted to any using cdxtract or similar.

Most descent samplecd retailers have it, and it s quite common in alternative sources as well.

Pretty nice library, although quite old (small instrumentsizes) and the decision to provide only bends in forte velocity drags it down further.

Edit: Nice tune btw

n3tgraph · Thu 02/09/2004 08:15:08

Hans Zimmer is really fantastic indeed, I loved the work he did on Gladiator!

better is matter of taste

Oz · Thu 02/09/2004 20:33:19

Quote from: loominous on Wed 01/09/2004 22:46:15
It s made in akai format only to my knowledge but can be converted to any using cdxtract or similar.

Most descent samplecd retailers have it, and it s quite common in alternative sources as well.

Pretty nice library, although quite old (small instrumentsizes) and the decision to provide only bends in forte velocity drags it down further.

Edit: Nice tune btw

Yeah, it's actually quite limited, but I always find it useful. There is another package called Yellowtone Guitars (or something similar) which is really good.

loominous · Sat 04/09/2004 16:38:51

Some pretty sloppy modifications taking it in a slightly different direction:

Edit: Added the new modified version

First modification (about 700 kb)

Second modification (still about 700 kb)

The score (a nonplayable midifile)

Edit: Scorelink fixed