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Nice cinematic soundfont! The sort-of monitor hiss makes me think this could've been recorded with an actual guitar controller but...I'm guessing it wasn't?

PlinkoPlonko responds:

No this is not recorded, it is pure midi in the DAW. It is Addictive keys and sakura playing the same score simultaneously. I wanted to make a piano with the feeling that the strings inside the box is vibrating towards metal. I was also trying to make sure that the instrument sound like is played in a room.

I like the result, now it's time to compose something with it as well haha.

#EDIT" The hissing is from the piano plugin

I love how you categorized this as classical, because honestly why isn't there a genre called "steampianist vocaloid ballad"?? I think there's enough rep for it

steampianist responds:

its gonna be in 10 years haha :P

That run at 01:06 caused me to have a very loud thought and/or prayer about freedom!

TeffyD responds:

FREEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM

Nice ambient harmonic progression! I enjoy'd the slight detune-sliding at the beginning, and your choice of sounds moulds together well. I would call this a 6/4 rather than 6/8, but either way a creative choice, since anything in a 3 is not-as-often used in electronic music. In more pickiness, I do think the mix has an emptiness to it...part of it is because of the panning/stereo split. That one whiny synth hit at 00:38 being slightly left'ed takes away from filling up the entire space at the drop, where I think you'd expect to have your head "shaken" to some degree. The bass drum and synth could also be filled out with either boosts or more wideness across the mix. I think there could also be bigger touches of reverb, at least with the higher instruments like the e-piano and bell. Anyways, for what its purpose is...it's a good track. (Chopped white noise...also a creative use)

Aaawww s̷̘͍̩͘c̷̣̼̬͌r̷̛͓̜̰͌e̶͎̬̾̅̍a̴͕̲͗͐m̷̖̈́i̸̛͂ͅn̴̢̛͉͎ġ̴̜̙̍̃ is a great feeling choice. The upward draft to the end was most delightful in terms of that, but honestly you teasing us with tenor sax at the beginning bits and then not having it appear like that again was like wait a minute where'd she go I thought this was gonna be concerto for saxoscreams...

LD-W responds:

I totally would of included more Sax if I had time to (another day or two would of worked out well). Maybe next time!

Do you know of Poulenc? He's my unhealthy obsession and also a 20th-century French composer. I can really hear the modern French influence with the obvious melodic weaving and the delightful harmonies that flow effortlessly but are occasionally awry (03:52 is a good one) Your adhesion to a strict stucture helps make the multi-tonality make sense too. I also totally get the pain that comes from plucking out articulation so that things sound more natural. It's a headache to go through, but it's polish that definitely helps this piece shine. I mean, the mixing you did doesn't present any problems to me. I'm refreshed by this improvisatory wandering and thank you for doing this honestly.

You should be fine with the harpsichord in the context of the contest. I would hope the last thing it'd be considered is a string instrument.

MIssionary-music responds:

Yes I know Poulenc, one of my musician friend actually told me that this sounds like some sort of Poulenc+Ravel+Prokofiev+Debussy all come together. And certain part also sounds like "Alborada del gracioso" from Mirror by Ravel (especially the orchestra version), which I didn't recognize it until he told me.

You might want to check my other piece as well: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1009182

This totally sounds like Poulenc and Prokofiev.

I'm uhh...curious what kind of film this is for. It's pretty dry in terms of the production, which I think is a huge part of making rap instrumentals. If you're gonna start with something so bare in the beginning, a more heavily produced middle is a better contrast to that. Basically, the way you intro'd and outro'd was nice, but I don't think the meat of the piece justified its center. For me, reverb is a necessity, and I think that would help at the introduction of the synth pad and the tingly dingle arpeggiating at 00:36. Perhaps also pumping up the volume or velocity of the other synths during that section and fading that twangy bass pluck in the background so the melodic material can be heard better, especially once your main theme hits at 01:00. I also think adding some other ancillary instruments to thicken the sound would be great. Faint double basses are good behind any bass sound, and maybe a more legato or harsher sound for the main theme's synth since it's now just a short beep. Overall, I like your rhythmic choices with the drums and the filtering that adds atmosphere, especially at the end with the crinkle gargling static. Just needs...to be doubled with more sounds and balanced thereafter through effects like reverb or echo. Of course, I suppose it's okay not to go too crazy if there's gonna be a rapper overtop...

MysteriousPresence responds:

It's a movie about a character fighting against the movie director (me) : it's pretty metaphysical and philosophical and the movie director can be seen as God of course. =)

Thank you for going into the details friend, it is much appreciated !
I will take everything you pointed out into account for my upcoming work, especially for this OST.

Thanks again ! ^^

I think the most troubling aspect of this is how the acoustic soundfonts sound so dry; the piano and strings. The reverb that's hinted on the electric piano would've also worked on those other two elements. The initial drumkit could also benefit from that spaciness. But I like that freshly cheesey slide synth doubling the strings at 01:14, and then the connective tissues at 01:29 were great, but I think to really make that drop matter around 01:41 is when you should've done that halfstep key change. Not sure I really understand the echo of the beginning at 02:44 fading into oblivion...but I can sorta understand why you consider this experimental, at least to your own character. Keep on playing around! I like the experimenting implementions here.

01:28 makes me want to take flight and/or painfully transform into a duck.

Azhthar responds:

Why not everything at once? I always want everything, because I´m greedy! It might be hard to follow directions during painful ducktransformation, though...

*SWAYS* :(

Just an awkward clown that showed up late to the clown pile. I love to provide goofy-spook music but I'm open to anyone that challenges my comfort zone. Send me details of your lifestory when you get the chance!

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