Game music
Hey.
Actually a game related post. Shock.
So I think I've come up with an appropriate themesong for my game. No wait, lower that jittery shotgun I'm not singing. Hell I'm not writing lyrics. *shudder*.
But melody I can do without Baby Jesus crying. So I've got a rather pleasing Emin,G,D,Asus,Amin progression that I'm working out with various melodies running through it and a bit more complexity that isn't quite as well thought out yet. Shall hopefully lend a somewhat professional slant to the score rather than abhorrent midi bashings, and for minimal effort on my part - that's a good trade.
Kind of like the effect seen in The Apprentice 2 - Knight's move. The production values for that were so bloody high for an indie. Brilliant score - especially in the rainy stable / race course.
Also my paradigms are Quest for Glory V (musically anyway) as well as the sublime Gabriel Knight series but especially the music from 3.
And eventually, once I get a little more familliar than I am with my synth rack, I wanna get some EBM type stuff for the second act of the game (mirrored in the fourth but not as full on). A good example of music I would love to steal and enact nefarious breaches of copyright on is The Last Firstborn by CellDweller. Really good song that fits the mood of what I have in mind (which is completley seperate from all music discussed to this point).
http://www.celldweller.com/ <-- the splash page has a little embedded loop of a sample from The Last Firstborn which is really cool. I'd like to make something for act 2 that is in line with Red Tape by Agent Provocateur also... especially the industrial beat with the grungy bassline. Maybe crossed with something like Institute's Bullet-Proof Skin (mainly just for Gavin Rossdale's unbelievable vocal skills, but seings as I don't actually know him, nor anyone who can sing like him...). I have nooooo idea what sort of musical mood I should aim for with the first act. If I had to figure out what genres to shoehorn the acts into I'd say:
Act 1 - Film Noir / Gritty Brittish crime
Act 2 - Sci-Fi
Act 3 - Steampunk
Act 4 - Cyberpunk / Steampunk
Hence beaty angry darkwave moving to acoustic chilled out (which fits act 3's setting as well) before blending the two in 4. But 1? It bears thought. Especially as 1 will be the shortest, "hook" act to engage players with it's own somewhat insular story to kickstart the universe. Hmms. I was toying with the idea of emailing Nickel, not to be confused with Nickelback or that other Nickel something band. They're a seriously indie band that haven't really done anything since '97 when they got one of their songs on a season 1 or 2 episode of Buffy. Their music is perfect and they're just small enough that they might let me use their music if I give them full credits. Maybe. Maybe. Ok it's unrealistic but hey... what else is a contact-us link for, right?
Sigh.
Actually a game related post. Shock.
So I think I've come up with an appropriate themesong for my game. No wait, lower that jittery shotgun I'm not singing. Hell I'm not writing lyrics. *shudder*.
But melody I can do without Baby Jesus crying. So I've got a rather pleasing Emin,G,D,Asus,Amin progression that I'm working out with various melodies running through it and a bit more complexity that isn't quite as well thought out yet. Shall hopefully lend a somewhat professional slant to the score rather than abhorrent midi bashings, and for minimal effort on my part - that's a good trade.
Kind of like the effect seen in The Apprentice 2 - Knight's move. The production values for that were so bloody high for an indie. Brilliant score - especially in the rainy stable / race course.
Also my paradigms are Quest for Glory V (musically anyway) as well as the sublime Gabriel Knight series but especially the music from 3.
And eventually, once I get a little more familliar than I am with my synth rack, I wanna get some EBM type stuff for the second act of the game (mirrored in the fourth but not as full on). A good example of music I would love to steal and enact nefarious breaches of copyright on is The Last Firstborn by CellDweller. Really good song that fits the mood of what I have in mind (which is completley seperate from all music discussed to this point).
http://www.celldweller.com/ <-- the splash page has a little embedded loop of a sample from The Last Firstborn which is really cool. I'd like to make something for act 2 that is in line with Red Tape by Agent Provocateur also... especially the industrial beat with the grungy bassline. Maybe crossed with something like Institute's Bullet-Proof Skin (mainly just for Gavin Rossdale's unbelievable vocal skills, but seings as I don't actually know him, nor anyone who can sing like him...). I have nooooo idea what sort of musical mood I should aim for with the first act. If I had to figure out what genres to shoehorn the acts into I'd say:
Act 1 - Film Noir / Gritty Brittish crime
Act 2 - Sci-Fi
Act 3 - Steampunk
Act 4 - Cyberpunk / Steampunk
Hence beaty angry darkwave moving to acoustic chilled out (which fits act 3's setting as well) before blending the two in 4. But 1? It bears thought. Especially as 1 will be the shortest, "hook" act to engage players with it's own somewhat insular story to kickstart the universe. Hmms. I was toying with the idea of emailing Nickel, not to be confused with Nickelback or that other Nickel something band. They're a seriously indie band that haven't really done anything since '97 when they got one of their songs on a season 1 or 2 episode of Buffy. Their music is perfect and they're just small enough that they might let me use their music if I give them full credits. Maybe. Maybe. Ok it's unrealistic but hey... what else is a contact-us link for, right?
Sigh.
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