February 12, 20242 yr One of my friends recently challenged me to write a theme for a medieval village and then one for the castle at the center of said town... Though I haven't shared the medieval village theme yet, I come today with the song that I made for the castle! The first portion of the song I feel encompasses the grandeur of seeing the castle for the first time and approaching it. Then it switches to what I feel is the exploratory theme. Then moves back into grandeur until the close! Made this in FL Studio using various VSTs like usual. BBCSO Discover, Amadeus Symphonic, LABS, Intimate Strings, and Epic Choirs I believe are all the ones I used on this piece. I wanted it to feel somewhat militaristic, like the image of the large castle would display. In this theme I utilized the bagpipes as the main voice for the castle. I wanted to play around with writing something for them, and had fun with the parts they feature in! Experimented with my mixing. So hopefully the volume on this piece is better than my others! Edited February 12, 20242 yr by Layne
February 23, 20242 yr Hey @Layne, I think the parallel fifths and the opening theme do have some medieval favour! Probably you can introduce the viols too. The zither in around 1:20 is great too. I think you can develop the parallel organum idea to make it more medieval! The Lydian B natural at the end is great, probably you can use more of that! Thx for sharing! Henry
February 24, 20242 yr Author On 2/23/2024 at 8:31 AM, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said: Hey @Layne, I think the parallel fifths and the opening theme do have some medieval favour! Probably you can introduce the viols too. The zither in around 1:20 is great too. I think you can develop the parallel organum idea to make it more medieval! The Lydian B natural at the end is great, probably you can use more of that! Thx for sharing! Henry Thank you for the feedback, Henry! I actually listened to it again last night to brainstorm a bit on how to adjust it. I will be coming back here with adjustments soon! It's partner piece, which I haven't posted yet, has a much more medieval flair. So I want them to feel more cohesive together.
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