got reminded how omori uses a toy piano in some of its soundtrack, but i really like how its played here, its kinda sad at times but it still feels hopeful :)
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So, I've heard on some videos some cool music, thought to make something similar... but out of the blue I was adding piano, orchestra, let's put some horns, some more horns and suddenly I'm sounding like Rachmaninoff for some reason...
Still a work in progress. I have no idea what I'm doing...
sorohanro responds:
Thanks for review. I never played Omori, but now that you mentioned it, I searched for the soundtrack, and discovered a cool gem, so thanks for that too.
Hey! I'm an orchestral composer and video game soundtrack designer. Wanted to leave some thoughts. I'm not sure how to rate this song as its intended purpose is lost on me. From what I can gather in your description this is just an "idk whats going on but I'm having fun" piece. It makes me feel like you were just discovering what sounds cool as you went along (the composer equivalent of "discovery writing). I often compose this way as well, but utilizing this method generally means you need to have a rough idea of what the track is going to be ahead of time. Even a framework as simple as "action packed", "emotionally evocative", "background ambient", or "symphonic movement" can be a total game changer for how we think about the song as we're writing it and ultimately shape the end result into a cohesive musical experience. Which I think this song lacks.
I rescind this feedback if this is meant to score to picture. That would change things since the purpose of the track is to enhance the sometimes very dynamic scene/mood changes and not to be a standalone musical experience.
By the way. These samples are super clean. Very high quality. The mix is great. You definitely know what you're doing as a composer.
sorohanro responds:
Thanks for the review, very detailed and insightful.
Sometimes I go with a framework, but there are times when my inspiration decides to go a very different way, and next day I look back at what I've done and I'm like "??? how??? why??? when???".
There is a list of samples and instruments used in one of my responses.
I also discovered a new effect (it was with discount), which is not a reverb, but one of it's presets works great as a send reverb for orchestra. (Finisher FLUXX by ujam, on "Man Cave" preset).
I feared that Kontakt default orchestral instruments won't blend with EWQL or Sunset Strings, but that plugin did a great job.
Pretty chill, yet sad. I like it
sorohanro responds:
I'm glad you like it, thanks for the review.
I've been there since "Dream of Flight" - still my favourite one of yours.
sorohanro responds:
That was quite a while ago... I was young and restless... well, not very young... and to be fair, not that restless either... Thanks for the review.
For a while I was focusing on other kind of music, but I might come back to that, maybe even trying to make it live...
This the sorta thing i'd like to hear as the introduction of some depressed ass album (that's a compliment for me, at least.)
i'd really appreciate if you told me which vsts or samples you used, just so i can make a very sad song.
Good one, m8.
sorohanro responds:
Most of stuff is from Kontakt. Here's in order:
Producer - Library -Instrument
Soniccouture - Toy Pianos - DDR Toy Piano
Pianobook/Spitfire Audio - Hearth & Hollow - Plucked Folk Ensemble
Realitone - Sunset Strings - Harmonics
Cinesamples - CineStrings CORE - Ensemble
Cinesamples - CineStrings CORE - Cellos
Cinesamples - CineBrass CORE - Two Horns True Legato
Cinesamples - CineBrass CORE - Four Horns True Legato
Cinesamples - CineBrass CORE - Horn Rips
Cinematic Strings - Monster Staccato (was free, now is not available anymore, sorry)
Blake Robinson - pocketBlakus Cello (free, but there is another version by Embertone, maybe better)
Native Instruments - Kontakt Factory Library - Clarinet
Native Instruments -The Grandeur (for the piano)
Oboe and bass pizzicato are from Hollywood Diamond Orchestra, in Play Engine.
I hope it helps.
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