jnalanko Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Here's my shot at the Arabian scale (double harmonic minor). It's not easy to come up with chords for that scale :). The song has got a strange mix of instruments - I'm not sure if that's working or not. Any feedback on the composition, sounds and mixing is very welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbival507 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 @jnalanko Actually I thought about writing in this scale a while ago, but not many of my compositions have this "Arabic" kind of sound, mainly because here the pop musicians ruined the whole genre, so it has a bad connotation in my mind. I do use Phrygian once in a while though. I think that you did a good job here, could easily fit under many kinds of games. This mix of sounds keeps the game's soundtrack, although static as a game score should be (unless you have a way to show the player's action in music, take a look at Journey) interesting enough to be heard for a long time. Like in Celeste. I think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slazeus Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Fantastic! I think the 'Strange mix of instruments' you mention actually work perfectly fine as far as I can tell. I like the composition a lot too, it's dynamic enough that it never gets boring to listen to, but not so dynamic as to capture the focus, which I find important in "Videogamey music" as it's meant to supplement the gameplay and not distract from it (unless it's a very key moment or cutscene of course). The mixing is also very reasonable I'd say. All in all I think if I heard this track in a video game (I imagine it would fit into a 2d platformer or side scroller perfectly) it would certainly stick in my mind long after setting the controller to rest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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