Music List Thread (Post New Themes Here)

[quote="Oliveriver"]

Really like this song Oliver :D 

Psych0Ch3f wrote:

Hey Tote,so ill just comment on things chronologically, instead of quoting.
As far as tone goes, I sorta get what youre saying with the two "themes" Maybe you should place them closer to eachother so they can be more juxtaposed. Make them a bit more apparent in their difference. And my hunch about the tone is that your mis-timing your notes and perhaps a few chords and plugins should be fixed. Btw since its an alien theme...maybe try experimenting with some more electronic sounds. I would recommend getting the plugin "Massive" and trying out like one of the 200 presets built into that one plugin. It only takes a few minutes out of your day.
When I mean awkward I think it was just timing, I think weve talked about this before. Its not really your fault, its something we have to get used to in FL studio. Re-listen to the piece and tell me if you think some times the strings are a bit off.
Ill post a quick tutorial on adjusting various options for a certain plugin a bit later, so look forward to it! (Was my last little tutorial helpful?)
When I say bass i mean like low pitched notes coming from a low pitched instrument (With low pitched timbre) So experiment with things like the FL studio bass sounds, theres actually A TON of those already in fl studio.
About form, its just like how you plan out your piece. You think to yourself ok so maybe well have Alien theme (ill call it A) and Human theme (ill call it B) and then Human Alien mix theme(ill call it C) all of these are different melodies and styles. Then you put them in an order ABCBA or something and that defines your form. There can be of course variations but giving it a form really makes the piece much more stable. Its very similar to an architect planning out his bridge in sections instead of one random ever continuing piece.

Ah ok... Yeah, I'll look into fixing that.

And I'll re-read your tutorial.

Thank you. You've been very helpful.



I have two new themes, by the way.

The first one is an ambient environment theme for Organism stage onwards, played on land most likely. It isn't really meant to represent any particular type of environment, it's just a generic theme:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uY1b9m2ARo


The second one is also an ambient environment theme, and it plays around beaches and/or coastlines:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYua_bgPBB0


Let me know what you guys and gals think.

After a long break, I created this new theme that relates to the environment of the underwater world. :D 

Makes me think of deepsea, or aquatic environment at night time.

Also, in both I can envision predators are nearby.

I found this gem on youtube and the creator gave us permission to use it (as long as we don't earn any money with Thrive, but that's not a problem) It fits for a deep, dark ocean, similar to Doggits new theme.



The private message in wich he gives us the permission to use it:

Spoiler:

Let me know what you think :)

Here is a work of Totemaster (with small adjustments mine). I hope you like it :D :D :D 

I made another theme that relates the environment in the microbe phase. :D 

Before I reply, I'll just post a new Microbe Loading Screen Theme. It was originally Allegri's Miserere, but after being rewritten with synthesizers, reversed, slowed down, transposed, phasered and a having a whole manner of other sound modifiers added, all it retains of its origin is its haunting eeriness.



@Doggit
The atmosphere of the Underwater Environment Theme is perfect, although there are two things I'd change: firstly, make the cellos come in gradually rather than straight away; and secondly, maybe add another instrument over the top at some point to give it some variation. I can't actually find any fault at all with the new Microbe Editor Theme you and Totemaster composed - it's absolutely brilliant. However, the new Microbe Theme also suffers from a lack of variation. Even a higher-pitched synthesizer playing a very slow drone and its subsequent removal would constitute sufficient variation.

@MirrorMonkey2
I'd prefer to try and keep the music in Thrive to that composed by the team's own composers, although I have to agree that the theme you found would work pretty well.

Oliveriver wrote:

Before I reply, I'll just post a new Microbe Loading Screen Theme. It was originally Allegri's Miserere, but after being rewritten with synthesizers, reversed, slowed down, transposed, phasered and a having a whole manner of other sound modifiers added, all it retains of its origin is its haunting eeriness.

It sounds great!

It's ideal for a loading screen.

Quote :

I can't actually find any fault at all with the new Microbe Editor Theme you and Totemaster composed - it's absolutely brilliant.

Thank you.

What do you think of the previous two themes I made?


And by the way, here's an updated version of the extinction/game over theme:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2wmd4JcdVE

Sorry for the long response. I like both the themes you posted earlier (and the newest version of the extinction theme), but if I'm absolutely honest (and don't take this the wrong way), they're nothing memorable. The main problem with many of your themes is that they lack a definite chord sequence, hook or motif that stays in your head and can be built upon. Many of my themes are built over a central motif that's repeated several times with more instruments added at later points. While I admit that it's not always worked, this system does help to drive something into the listener's mind - even if a completely new instrument which changes the feel of the piece entirely is added, there's still that sequence hiding below it that retains the familiarity. I'm not saying your themes aren't good, it's just that they feel a little generic. Adding a definite melody which can be returned to at any point to re-cement a listener in a piece may help to make them a little more memorable.

Oliveriver wrote:

Sorry for the long response. I like both the themes you posted earlier (and the newest version of the extinction theme), but if I'm absolutely honest (and don't take this the wrong way), they're nothing memorable. The main problem with many of your themes is that they lack a definite chord sequence, hook or motif that stays in your head and can be built upon. Many of my themes are built over a central motif that's repeated several times with more instruments added at later points. While I admit that it's not always worked, this system does help to drive something into the listener's mind - even if a completely new instrument which changes the feel of the piece entirely is added, there's still that sequence hiding below it that retains the familiarity. I'm not saying your themes aren't good, it's just that they feel a little generic. Adding a definite melody which can be returned to at any point to re-cement a listener in a piece may help to make them a little more memorable.

In my opinion i really like the song of the editor of microbe. The other songs, perhaps, have yet to be corrected a bit, but in general are good.

But, I repeat, the song editor is perfect. :D

Definitely. :) 

Here's a new microbe gameplay theme I've composed:

Wow. Sounds beautiful! I'm not a music genius so I don't really have much advice.

Oliveriver wrote:

Definitely. :) 

Here's a new microbe gameplay theme I've composed:

I like it. It's varied, while following the same theme. It definitely sounds like something that could be playing in the background of the stage.

This is my first composition for Thrive
Is a Satellite Launch Loading Theme (For Civ. Stage)



(About 1 hour of active work to do this)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU7IpJUGsTc

Hope you all enjoy, let me know what you think! I could see this fitting for various things, however I'd like to hear what everyone pictures when they hear this track. Most of my music is very fitting for if you're laying in bed, staring up at the ceiling and almost meditating. Isolation and peace are the best circumstances for the tracks I will post. Sorry I haven't logged on in a minute, it's been a busy past couple weeks. I've been working on tracks in the mean time. Hope everyone is doing great.

@Andrenetor96
It's good for a first composition, certainly, but I think it may be too simplistic. Also, there won't be a loading screen specific to a satellite launch, but it could be a good space stage loading screen.

@cphilpot153
I really like it! It's exactly the sort of thing that's needed for a microbe loading screen theme, as it's probably slightly too busy to be a gameplay theme.

Hey all, new track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DjqSPOEQ58

Thinking either loading or regular gameplay for microbe.

I like it, but overall it feels too grating (especially the lower register sawtooth synthesizer) to fit the bill for either a microbe loading screen or gameplay theme. It might work for a spaceship editor theme, though.

Can definitely understand that. It seems like most of the stuff I'm cranking out for the most at least has a space-like feel for the moment. This track has a transmission kind of feel which I liked.

Since the current drive in terms of music is to get as many themes completely polished for the programmers to use in future prototypes, I went back quite a while and retouched an old Microbe Theme I wasn't happy with:



The original featured a lot of clicks and pops, especially towards the end, the result of feedback loops and too many heavily reverberating instruments at once. Thanks to a bit of equalisation trickery using comparative spectrum analysis, I was able to remove most of the grating noise.

Sounds very nice. It's good to have our collection of microbe themes begin to replete. Keep up the good work  :) 

I pulled out my work a few weeks ago regarding the editor of the cell. What do you think?

The instrumentation is good, but if I'm brutally honest that's about the only thing I like. The chord changes were far too sudden - the voice especially needs to have a slower attack. Also, there was very little variation, just the chord sequence repeating over and over. Maybe add further instruments (probably pad synthesizers) over the top part way through, and deviate a little from the single, repetitive chord sequence.

Oliveriver wrote:

The instrumentation is good, but if I'm brutally honest that's about the only thing I like. The chord changes were far too sudden - the voice especially needs to have a slower attack. Also, there was very little variation, just the chord sequence repeating over and over. Maybe add further instruments (probably pad synthesizers) over the top part way through, and deviate a little from the single, repetitive chord sequence.

Probably i will make the changes because it was a prototype. :)