Varenna Suite

Hi to all,
it's my first post in this forum.

I would like to show you Varenna Suite, a piece I wrote a few years ago.

I wrote a text adventure game called Silk Dust running on many 8 and 16-bit machines and I wanted to provide not really a soundtrack that would be synchronized with it, but a series of pieces that would help set the mood. Imagine playing Silk Dust on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum or a Commodore 64 and listening to the music from a cassette player 🙃

Varenna Suite was composed by stitching together the themes that I wrote for certain parts of the game that took place in Varenna, on the shore of the Como lake, in Italy. Hence the different themes present in the suite.

I used Logic Pro and the orchestral sounds are the Spitfire Audio's BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover.

I also prepared the score, although looking at it again now, I have noticed a few minor typos.

I write electronic and orchestral music, so any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Varenna Suite Full Score.pdf

Hello and nice to meet you, Mr. DarwinNE! I'm glad you are here.

I wanted to comment on this piece of yours, but I have had something to do so far.

My first impression is that the melody starting around 1:25 is so beautiful. Catchy, heartfelt music and I felt what you want to express, your musical vibe. Some mixing points caught my attention - about clarity: I think you've already gotten familiar with it, you know, like Parallax Audio's Virtual Sound Stage — you might be able to adjust it in more detail. However, overall, it sounds great so, no problem.

I'm looking forward to you dropping what you wrote recently.

Also, looking at your profile and notes, you make electronic stuff, right? Please post it too - in this forum, electronic stuff is usually quiet, haha.

Thank you for coming here - let's enjoy YC together :)

Best,

Lithl.

Hi @Lithl and many thanks for your very nice comment!

I like that melody, too, I'm glad it was appreciated.

I did not know Parallax Audio's Virtual Sound Stage, thank you very much for the hint! Varenna Suite is a piece that dates back from 2023, in the meanwhile, I improved my setup using much better headphones (Audio Technica ATH-M50x). At least from what I can judge, I am getting slightly more balanced results in the final mix 😊

I have to say I quite like BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover. It lacks certain things and this is normal being a free instrument. I would appreciate more extrovert brasses in the forte/fortissimo range, for instance.

I am going to post some of my electronic music with pleasure. I acquired a vintage synth a few months ago and I am still rather enthusiast about it 😎