Ruined Castle - Microtonal VGM

For this piece I made two versions.  While inputting the piece with all its microtones into Musescore, it ended up sounding quite bad with all the microtones that I had included (probably owing to the fact that the piece is already quite dissonant without the microtones).  So I removed all the microtones and made a version of it that's free of any microtones.  That's the 1st version.  Then, once I was done with that version of the piece, I went back and made a 2nd version with very light microtonal embellishments, mostly only in the melodic voices and only on minor chords (making them sub-minor in 24TET, meaning I brought the minor 3rd of minor chords down a quarter-step).  My intent with using those particular microtones is to make the piece even darker than it would be if it was just a regular minor key piece.  But let me know what you think about both versions and which one you like better!  I welcome your comments, suggestions, critiques or just observations.  Thanks for listening!

Beautiful, haunting theme. VERY dark sounding. I actually think the microtonal version sounds better because it gives off that "ruined castle vibe" a little more realistically in my opinion, and I feel like it accentuates your melody. The dynamics of your stringed instruments are well done.

I like the microtonal version more than the normal D minor version this time, because it makes the theme even more haunting and grosteque. I really love the harmony here, and that piccolo is toxic to listen to. The timbre is very well created especially with the double bass to create the evil mood. The only thiing sounds slightly off to me is the recording's solo violin, which to me sound a bit too loud comparing to all other passages. Thx for sharing!

Henry