A last heart-beat

Hey guys. Here's a cue I did today, it's about a scene where someone is dying and is having flashbacks of his life or some strange after-life experiences.

A last heart-beat

hey , thats good , but i did not feel like its about dying or having flashbacks , its sad in general but at the end when the percussions starts it feels like "there is still hope" . nice sounds but the bass drum isnt mixed right

Well there haven't been any mixing at all, I've just finished it. Gonna do a better mix tomorrow. The bass drum is like that on purpose, maybe you haven't noticed but it's simulating a heart-beat in the end.

I have to agree with zibdeh. I got more of an impression of foreboding and a little anticipation. I suspect this was from the use of the bells and the momentary modulation before the drums kick in. I do like it, though.

Thanks J.T. But actually there is no modulation, the whole piece is in C#minor. I guess it feels like a modulation because the second part is starting on the dominant rather than the tonic.

yea i noticed the heart beat assembly now , but i still dont feel the dying and flashbacks

It feels to sad- this sounds weird- but when one dies they have a feeling of acceptance upon reflecting on how full their life was. It's gives you that urge to say"I'm ready" for the end.

I found the concept of the percussion to be the heart beats interesting.

Hey There,

You got a little inspired by the bass drum I had in my piece (signature for link)? :P

The piece here is good, though the beginning was weak tbh. The strings sound like random notes, you dont have a powerful melody or any sad tearing sound. It doesnt do anything with me. However, when the celesta starts it really gets better. And I also really like the distorted/mixed percussion later on.

Didnt exactly see anyone dying here while listening, you might should try telling the story more with the music. Now it could really be another story too and I would believe that also.

Hope you can do something with this :)

greetz

You don't have to give us all the strings at once. You could start with the cello and slowly bring in the other strings.

strings sound kinda lame. All your either instruments (glockenspiel, drums, piano) sound pretty good. Those opening strings, not so much. I think they're a bit too loud and a little to unfocused. Which one should we be listening to? You need to make it a little clearer what we should be listening to with them.

Oooh, glockenspiel (or is it really a celesta?). What a twist! I like it!

Nice breakdown at 1:15. I really like the groove of the drums. Unfortunately, you transitioned into it horribly. The fix is easy, however. Get rid of 1:12-1:15. Skip that cello note and go straight from the creepy harmonic strings to the epic breakdown at 1:15. It will sound much cooler/smoother this way.

Surprise ending! Nifty.

Neat track, Phant! It's got a nice sense of progression. I think there are just a couple of things you need to tweak and then this piece will sound spectacular.

Peace on Earth,

-John

Yeah John, that is glock actually. I don't know why did the violin and the cello sound so lame, they are ewql gold, and I haven't had any problems with it so far. The violin in particular bugs me, it really sounds like a dying cat.

I agree with everything said. Actually the only part that feels a bit like you described your piece is at 1:05 where the funny strings come in. From there on I really like it. And I don't think this transition is so bad ;)

About the violin sample, I'd just try using a different, softer one.

Or alternatively if you'd just started the piece at 0:40 and leave out the beginning entirely...

But if you do a bit of mixing there, it will certainly be a pretty good piece.

Love this. They should use it in Call of duty. YOU GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS MY MAN! I would definitely publish this if I were a publisher.

Like everyone else, the main niggle I have with this is the strings at the start. They don't seem like very good samples to begin to begin with, and they suffer from the 'CD looping' effect, so it adds to the synthyness. Is this EWQL?? It doesn't sound anywhere near like it TBH. It may be worth moving them around an octave, or changing the patch to 11V Lyr A.ewi - I always find that EWQL violins sound with that rather than the sus vib. one.

I quite like the harmonies going on with the celesta and everything else. It's overall quite good, just fix the strings and you're pretty much there :)

Where can I get the scores? For all the tracks. I wana see if I can make this less synthesized for you. You can email me at samcho_96@yahoo.com . I really really really truly love this piece.

Well I haven't written out the score, but I can send you the midi if you really wanna mess around with it. Just don't do something strange to it :)

yes please . That would do ! =D

I like the mysticism in this piece, and the writing is certainly more compelling than the sequencing or mix. That glock is WAY too loud, the brass too quiet, and the strings are pretty weakly sequenced in the sustained sections. Also, whatever processing is applied to that beat is distracting....sounds like it's peaking because of the really heavy kick. Anyway so the mix itself could use some serious balance tweaks.

But the writing is very nice, not sure I get too much of a contemplative/death kind of vibe from it, but certainly a great deal of emotional turmoil and drama potential is in there.

Nicely done, now just polish up the production values! :)

I like the mysticism in this piece, and the writing is certainly more compelling than the sequencing or mix. That glock is WAY too loud, the brass too quiet, and the strings are pretty weakly sequenced in the sustained sections. Also, whatever processing is applied to that beat is distracting....sounds like it's peaking because of the really heavy kick. Anyway so the mix itself could use some serious balance tweaks.

But the writing is very nice, not sure I get too much of a contemplative/death kind of vibe from it, but certainly a great deal of emotional turmoil and drama potential is in there.

Nicely done, now just polish up the production values! :)

Thanks M. I actually have a better mixed version of this, but I can't find the damn replace thingy in the upload section :) For interested ones its here: http://www.box.net/shared/kzfzxv4rpm