Fangame MusiC

[Zacharias 191]

I've recently been "hired" to make a soundtrack for a Metroid-esque fangame, and I'd like to use this thread to get feedback on some of the songs for it.

Now please before you start saying how horrible they are, keep in mind that I'd had no musical ackground before I started rwading up on theory myself, and also that I'm using old videogame console hardware to make music, so the synthesizer is fairly outdated (but that's the whole beauty of it.)

 

Enjoy!

Castle.mp3

Old area.mp3

[Def Cello 3]

Castle.mp3 - Bravo!  Love all the variety in themes!  The only feedback I have is that the snare feels a bit clumsy in the themes at 0:27 and 1:34.  I can't say it's wrong; that's just my impression.

 

Old area.mp3 - Not as catchy as "Castle", but still quality work!  0:34-0:51 Loses the groove a bit.  I think you could find add another voice to stick in there.  The re-iteration at 1:51-2:08 is okay though, perhaps because it's later in the song and has a more established groove.

 

Hope that helps!

[Zacharias 191]

Castle.mp3 - Bravo!  Love all the variety in themes!  The only feedback I have is that the snare feels a bit clumsy in the themes at 0:27 and 1:34.  I can't say it's wrong; that's just my impression.

 

Old area.mp3 - Not as catchy as "Castle", but still quality work!  0:34-0:51 Loses the groove a bit.  I think you could find add another voice to stick in there.  The re-iteration at 1:51-2:08 is okay though, perhaps because it's later in the song and has a more established groove.

 

Hope that helps!

Sure it does, thank you! For the caslte one I felt like the place this song is going to play in called for triplets in the percussion, so that's why I went with that, to give it a feeling of evil watching you the whole way through a giant fortress.

 

As for the second one...yeah maybe but when that part first kicks in there are no free voices left (the setup gives me 6 monophonic voices + percusson to work with) and I guess those marimba-ish instruments could be a little louder.

 

But thank you, much appreaciated!