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Coral Reef - A Relaxing and Meditative Soundtrack

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Hello all, I am new to this community that I just found! Here is a soundtrack I made to represent the coral reef and in general, the ocean, with the waves 🌊 played by the strings. It may be quite repetitive in the beginning and middle parts but towards the end I decided to experiment with newer and more interesting chords. All the VSTs I use are free (BBC Symphony Orchestra and Spitfire LABS). Any feedback or criticism would be much appreciated!
 

 

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Thanks for sharing this, it's really nice! I enjoyed how it transports you away so easily - I can definitely see how it represents the ocean.

I can imagine this working well as a film score. It gives off the same kind of vibe (in my opinion) as the score to Gattaca, by Michael Nyman. 

You've done a good job of using those samples too, they sound realistic.

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18 minutes ago, JamesRichardson said:

Thanks for sharing this, it's really nice! I enjoyed how it transports you away so easily - I can definitely see how it represents the ocean.

I can imagine this working well as a film score. It gives off the same kind of vibe (in my opinion) as the score to Gattaca, by Michael Nyman. 

You've done a good job of using those samples too, they sound realistic.

 

Thank you so much for the insightful comment! Just one thing, I did not use samples to compose the piece they are free synth VSTs from Spitfire LABS and they do sound great. I did not know the piece by Micheal Nyman gonna give it a listen and maybe discover new music!

Ah yes, I meant to say 'sample libraries' but VSTs would have been clearer. 

Gattaca is one of my favourite scores and the film is also really good too. 

Hi Maqalx!  Sounds like you've made good use of the I II progression here.  It's a very pleasant and liquid-y sound texture you've created.  I can imagine things swimming in the ocean in slow motion.  I wouldn't have minded if you included some actual ocean sounds in this as well, such as whale calls or dolphins, but I don't know - that might be a bit corny.  Very nice!

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10 hours ago, PaperComposer said:

Hi Maqalx!  Sounds like you've made good use of the I II progression here.  It's a very pleasant and liquid-y sound texture you've created.  I can imagine things swimming in the ocean in slow motion.  I wouldn't have minded if you included some actual ocean sounds in this as well, such as whale calls or dolphins, but I don't know - that might be a bit corny.  Very nice!

 

Hi there thank you very much for taking the time to write this insightful comment. You had a great idea! Thing is I tried to find ocean samples but they weren’t really good enough and therefore would in that case be a bit corny. But it can work well: as an example, Thomas Newman’s Finding Nemo soundtrack does have ocean and whale sounds.

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Wow very beautiful. I could close my eyes and imagine being surrounded by water. Great work. 

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