loominous saying hello (content for c&c inside)

[loominous]

Since the progress of my unannounced n pretty much nonexistent upcoming game is awfully slow, I figured I could use some project to work on simultanously.
 I write music n have been composing for about 10 years in various styles. From bossanova to breakbeat, my work has always been cinematic and often been intended for more or less unfinished movieprojects.

So if you re working on a serious game (i e some ambition involved) and you happen to like my musicstyle, I might be able to contribute with a soundtrack.

Here re some short examples of my work:

(praise, er, critizism is very welcomed)

Orchestral themes

Blue River Walk - 226 Kb - 0:39

Pretty old piece with a somewhat thin arrangement but I like harmonics although the melody line is somewhat uninteresting. Ment to sound a bit film noirish with a speakervoice ontop n background effects as heard in radio shows from the '50s.

Arr II - IV - 1136 Kb - 1:12

The present theme for my upcoming game. The arrangement could use some polishing aswell as the pianoperformance.

S - 608 Kb - 0:38

 An old theme of mine which I like but with an as old n clumsy arrangement which should be overlooked. (The first three chords are similar to the fellowship of the ring theme, but written 5 years prior to the movie.)

Sad ol Bernard - 356 Kb - 0:22

Inspired by the works of Bernard Herrmann, Hitchcock's faithfull composer. I m not too happy with this one but I wanted to show something in this style.

UWS - Small Arrangement - 700 Kb - 0:44

Fairly new arrangement of a pretty old theme which perhaps turned out a bit thin.

UWS - Large Dramatic - 997Kb - 0:42

Larger n older arrangement which I m not too fond of but I wanted to show a somewhat more dramatic piece.

Semi Orchestral

Kr - 860Kb - 0:54

New piece that I really like for some reason. I can have it on repeat for hours without being bothered (a looped version of it that is). Started out as a piano n string arrangement but then I added a bass n drums which made it less cinematic but more interesting imo.

Mellow Breeze - 861Kb - 0:36

I m not sure about the pianoline but I like the trombone one. Ment to sound a bit leasure-suit larry-lobbyish but with a perhaps too thick arrangement.

Non Orchestral

Not very serious little pieces

Tr - 941Kb - 1:00

Monkey Island kind of theme that I like. Ment to be looped at the end. The soundquality has been altered to sound like a oldtimerecord.

BF - 941Kb - 1:00

I m not too happy with this one but it was the only piece in the style that I could find recorded on my harddrive (that is, not in unrecorded midiformat).

Fg - 649Kb - 0:41

A very sloppy little piece that I really like for some reason.

FDS - 450Kb - 0:45

The reverb is horrible as well as the drum, but I like the harmonics n wanted to show the style. Kind of a cross between monkey island n DOTT.

Hu - 1170Kb - 0:49

A quazi-country-bluegrass sort of piece which I brought along only because it s a bit different from the rest.

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(Btw, please read the comments to forego some obvious comments.)

Edit: Added comments to all of them

[Archangel (aka SoupDragon)]

I just downloaded blue river walk, and... wow. What do you use for these? Soundfonts? VST sampler?

[scotch]

Wow, really nice stuff.  If I ever start my grand project type thing I'll definately be asking you for music

[Rincewind]

Agreeing! It sounds great!
You set the mood very well, and I can imagine someone sneaking around inside an old mansion when I hear "Blue River Walk"...  Reminds me of the music from Broken Sword 1, actually.

And I could actually need someone to do a soundtrack for my game - It's an ambitious project, but with a humourous style.
PM me if you are interested.
(N3TGraph is probably going to do some music, though)

[LGM]

This is top-notch pro-quality stuff here.. I've sent you an email, I'm very interested in working with you!

[Neole]

Hi,
Some very nice music there! I am very interested in music for a game of mine I have finished (60 rooms, cutscenes, 4 chapters). But your current mp3s are a little moody for my game.  Do you have some more example of your lighter style of music, like the ones under Non Orchestral? I think 4 of those use similar chord progressions, Im looking forward to listening to more variety of your lighter works.

[evilspacefart]

Awesome! Do you have midi versions of these works?

[Igor]

Fantastic work! I sent you pm.

[golan trevize x]

Loominous,

These are very impressive. The orchestral arrangements are lovely, having subtlety and a classical "colour" to them, from strings to brass. It sounds to me like you're very familiar with instrument layering techniques used in movie scores from the last decade or two. The one called S reminds me also of the American Beauty soundtrack.

The quality is certainly up there with the moody music I've heard in the latest commerical adventure game titles.

Of the others, my favourite is the Kr one. Fantastic! If you filled this out into a full piece, I'd probably buy the single!  

Nathan

[Andail]

Hehe, you will recieve many PM:s and emails, I'd reckon...people here are starving for a good game-soundtrack.

Hm...and so am I...
I'll let you know

[loominous]

Thanks for all the kind comments everyone.

Archangel :

What do you use for these? Soundfonts? VST sampler?

I use a softwaresampler called Gigastudio 160 with Cakewalk 9 as sequencer and various soundlibraries (yes Cakewalk is really old but it works best with Gigastudio IMO).

Rincewind:

Do you have midi versions of these works?

They re done in a midisequencer so I got the midifiles, but the problem is that the sounds are not GM (generalmidi) sounds so the instruments reffers to sounds from external soundlibraries.
Mm, what this means is that i d have to remap n redo a great deal of work to get them to play using a GM soundcard.

So in short: Not really.

[Rincewind]

Sorry, but you're quoting the wrong guy there...
I think it was evilfartspace, actually...

[Synthetique]

i see ,er , hear that u like Air

[evilspacefart]

Sorry, but you're quoting the wrong guy there...
I think it was evilfartspace, actually...

spacefart not fartspace  

[Rincewind]

...But didn't you... Nah...  Hehe, sorry...

[Ginny]

 :o :o :o
there should be a big eared icon lol!
That is beatiful!
I already have a musician on the team but if you'd like to join as another one(the pace right now is quite slow and relaxed, cause I'm working on doing the puzzles, dialogs etc, so music isn't needed yet much, though I already have a main theme by remixor . I'll PM you with a description of the story .
Did I mention Awesome work!!!