Thanks, and yeah of course I still have lots of work on it yet
Hey,
Sorry to spam this feed haha but I just wanted to show some progress Iāve made on the song I recently posted, to see if itās something that could be used at all (or if its worth continuing to tweak). Hereās the link to the second take of this song: https://soundcloud.com/user-415462540/soundtrack-experiment-ethnic-test-take-2
Pls let me know,
M@
Yeah, the percussionās definitely a lot better now. The synth pad still feels a little thin, though I guess it doesnāt matter too much for background music. I donāt have any specific suggestions to be honest, itās pretty good as it is but you can keep working on it if you want.
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While working on the Main Theme, I decided the opening piano motif could be used as a solo piano piece in its own right, so here it is:
I think it would be useful for promotional material, such as trailers.
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I can get behind that use for this. Piano pieces are still in for vaguely sandbox-ish trailers right now.
I made the mistake of listening through a lot of my old music and realized that Iāve A: pretty much just disappeared from this project and B: left behind music thatās way below my current standard. I tried to edit my old songs but they were a real mess, not to mention I donāt seem to actually have the PSO files for Roots on this machine.
Nevertheless, here are the 2016 edits for some of my old submissions for your judgement.
https://soundcloud.com/visiblesoundscape/the-struggle-2016-edit
https://soundcloud.com/visiblesoundscape/the-new-wilderness-2016-edit
https://soundcloud.com/visiblesoundscape/from-above-2016-edit
And yes, as I have an unhealthy habit of saying, Iād love to get involved again with some new music if there is any current vacuum for that.
EDIT: I also, one by one, realized that percussion is 90% superfluous in every game track Iāve ever done.
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We all go through periods when we think all our old work sucks. Honestly your old work is great, even if you donāt think so, but Iāve got no problem with you going back to things and fixing them.
The first track feels rumbly and muffled, and the distortion is perhaps a bit over the top and overpowering, but otherwise itās nice. I know itāll annoy you, but to be honest I kind of prefer the original. It fits better as background game music for me.
I prefer the newer version of the second though. Better overall sound design and effects manipulation, with some interesting synth additions.
The third is the best of all. Great atmospherics, and yeah I agree the percussion wasnāt needed. Great use of panning and the stereo field too. Still not a fan of the strings in the second half though.
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I made a new theme for gas giants. Thoughts?
I realize itās probably a bit too calm for a gas giant, but it might fit in non-stormy areas.
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Iām not sure whether weāre having themes for specific planet types, but if not this could work for mountains or storms or something. I like it, itās got some pleasant changes in texture and nice sound design. It still feels a bit uninteresting though, which I guess is fine for background music. Iāll wait for othersā opinions before adding it to the soundtrack playlist.
I think this works great not just for a gas giant but for any high altitude areas, like if you had a flying creature high above your world or if you were a floating creature in the air, it works great for that, plus it just sounds beautiful anyhow : ) Maybe add a bit make things and youād be perfect but thatās just a small nitpick, great job
Edit: I guess one thing to add is more chorus/choir, add higher notes and add them throughout the song to add the āaweā factor
I think itās nice. It captures the calm and serenity of flying gracefully over a desolate mountain range quite well. (Even if that wasnāt what youāre going for.)
Re: The Struggle, itās perfectly fine if you prefer the old version; I just thought I should at least try to bring it up to date
Re: Atmospheric Lullaby, I quite like it! I do wish, for the purpose of the scale of gas giants,that it had some underlying bass (say, a pad with very slow attack times). I could also see it functioning very well for other locations as-is, such as caves, should gas-giants not end up being a thing.
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I created this in a couple of hours as one of many tests of a load of new (and very high quality) virtual instruments I got for Christmas. Itās not much but itās kind of relaxing and starts filling the holes in Thriveās music.
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This is a really late response I know, but I really like this, I LOVE the noise (with some bitcrusher on it I think) that comes and goes, I do think maybe it should fade in a little less abruptly though I donāt know. I love the vibe it gives!!
Also Iāve been working on some more ambiance and backgroundy stuff as well, so Iāll submit some soon.
Looking forward to hearing it!
A bit dead in here for a while it seems 
Only because I havenāt had time to compose much recently and few other composers have turned up. Feel free to make that activity yourself if you want. 
Since Iāve just finished exams, I have much more free time. Iām first going to put it to use finishing the next version of the Thrive Main Theme, which has languished as a draft for over a year. If anyone has any suggestions or wants to help, let me know.
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As it turns out, the project file for the Thrive Main Theme is a mess, so it might take longer than I thought. Iāll be away for a few weeks in two weeksā time - whether I get it done before then or not, I donāt know. Iāll try to, but wading through my own irresponsibly disordered project is difficult.
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As I was creating another theme, I found this old thing and did the minimal amount of work towards finishing it:
Itās alright in my opinion, quite atmospheric but not my best in mixing, composition or variation terms. Hopefully people like it.
Iāve also given up on updating the Thrive Main Theme for now. Perhaps I (or someone else?) can return to it in future, but right now itās like hitting my head against a wall of insufficient strings. I apologise.