Hey, /v/. I composed a game soundtrack. Here it is:
Intro: https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/peace-of-mind
Title theme: https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/dead-and-alive
Overworld (world 1): https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/swamped
Overworld (world 2): https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/dead-and-ali
Overworld (world 3): https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/sacred-shrine
Overworld (world 4): https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/underwater-blues
Overworld (world 5): https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/thunder-mountain
Overworld (world 6): https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/poor-little-blight-boy
Overworld (world 7): https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/spooky-science-lab
Overworld (world 8): https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/poor-little-blight-boy-reprise
Battle 1: https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/two-armed-menace-battle-theme
Battle 2: https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/digeridoom
Battle 3: https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/safety-first
Battle 4: https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/haywire-havoc-re-master
Battle 5: https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/oldworld-oddyssey
Part 2 in next post
Part 2 of soundtrack:
Boss theme 1: https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/by-and-large-1
Boss theme 2: https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/kingdom-come-1
Main character's leitmotif: https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/dread
Main villain's leitmotif: https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/the-man-with-the-key
Final boss's leitmotif: https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/death-eater
Pre-battle dialogue song: https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/browbeat-bad
Sadness theme: https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/time
Boss rush: https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/onslaughter
Final boss (phase 1): https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/the-big-battle
Final boss (phase 2): https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/battle-for-lichkind
True final boss: https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/legacy
Haven't composed the end credits theme yet.
Thoughts and suggestions? Questions are also welcome
It sucks.
Just like how your mom sucked me.
>>318071810
Thanks dad
Not bad Anon, but desu, music must be in a balance with game itself. Cannot tell if it is good/bad if this is disconnected from the game. Sounds nice though.
Battle theme doesn't have enough energy
What type of game would this be? An RPG?
>>318071706
What soft did you use ?
>>318072160
not him, but fl studio
>Boss theme 1
No effort
I like 'em. Some of the overworld themes seem a little too intense to just be overworld themes though. What kind of game/setting did you have in mind when making these?
>>318072268
Thanks
>>318072010
This.
>>318072118
Yeah, a little one full of memes and skeletons :^)
>>318072286
i have to agree
holy shit this is fucking hilarious how bad this is
>>318072010
Yeah, hard to make a judgement without something to connect it to.
How about themes and settings at least?
>>318072118
An SRPG.
Funnily enough, while >>318072473 is shitposting, skeletons do play an essential part in the game.
>>318072286
I couldn't make it past the 20 first seconds.
>>318071706
You know, I would be okay with this thread if I didn't see the same exact post in one of the vidya music threads.
I'll restate what I said previously:
Fix your volume balance, find better soundfonts, and more percussion.
>>318072805
Man, you've been posting about this for months now
>>318072268
Logic Pro, actually.
>>318072286
>>318072574
I admit, boss theme 1 is one of my works I'm least proud of. I might replace it with another song in-game.
>>318072576
Ask anything about the game, I'll answer.
>>318072805
Looks like some homebrew pokémons from /vp/, but worse
>>318072805
Oooo, that style looks cool. Post some more artwork and explain the setting man.
>>318073016
This.
Fine for a first time OP. It'll be interesting to see what you have, but some of that music is downright terrible and those sprites are eh. I think you posted earlier with some of them animated right? Just work on improving yourself overall. It's not the worst ever, it just doesn't have anything too special going for it.
>>318072805
Looks rad as hell. I like the whale. What's the name of the game?
>>318073146
>>318073146
Okay!
The game has SRPG gameplay. The main character M'nogim the Merciless, as well as his dopey but well-meaning sidekick Jed, are age-old necromancers with the power to summon skeletons.
The basic storyline is that M'nogim's daughter has been kidnapped by the evil king, O'robos. (That's him with the mustache and the red robe with the helmet that has a tail coming our of it.)
Throughout the game, you meet many quirky boss characters.
Ask some specific questions; it would be difficult to explain every facet of the game in one post.
>>318073359
>>318072805
Also Is the whale a boss? If that's the case what song goes with it?
>>318073523
probably boss 1 with all the terrible thuds and cliche orchestra effects
>>318072805
literally half of those just look like pokemon
the other half look like pokemon as well, but different.
>>318073359
>>318073523
The game is called Phocis.
Not only is the whale a boss, he's the final boss. His backstory is in pic related. His boss theme for phase 1 is The Big Battle (https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/the-big-battle), and for phase 2 when you gain the upper hand the music changes to Battle for Lichkind (https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/battle-for-lichkind).
OP here.
I'm getting a lot of negative feedback on Boss theme 1, which I agree is pretty shit.
How's this for a boss theme instead?
https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/lion-rampant
>>318073747
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65spqDzt0-E
I sure hope the game looks better now.
>>318073926
I can't say I like that either, friend.
>>318073967
That footage is not only archaic, it's obsolete. And it has nothing to do with the game
It's from 2 years ago, when I was just dicking around in c++ to see what I could do for a game. The only thing that stuck was the name Phocis, which I carried onto this project.
>>318071706
needs a some more percussion
either way pretty damn good
>>318074316
Thanks! I'm always grateful for feedback.
>>318074195
So what's with the name? Phocis seems to be a region in Greece.
It needs to be more cohesive. Right now, it just feels like a random mishmash of sounds you found catchy. The entire thing thing just feels so flawed, so I can only hope none of these tracks are finalized.
Intro is pretty fine, though. I'm not sure what those heavy thuds/gunshot noises are called, but they feel out of place.
>>318074626
There's actually a story behind it.
The project was started by a collaborator, who eventually left, leaving me the only one working on it. He suggested the name "phocis", and it just stuck.
>Underwater Blues
Some of the music is a bit iffy, but you got it pretty spot on here.
Might want to put some more work into the end though if you plan on looping it.
>>318074790
Sounds like generic boss music.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0SOZojvXyQ5
Don't be afraid
>>318075525
I'll put it back up.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1xMk08gU1xZWhat makes it generic? How do I improve it?
Things I know that are wrong with it currently:
>too loud in the beginning
>oh god, fl studio presets
>probably too inspired from something that I played
>>318075972
Dimentio called, he wants his boss theme back
>Dread
>At 0.35 seconds
Mmm mmm. You have made something nice.
>>318076140
For the record; dread plays at the end of each stage. After all enemies have been defeated and the boss unit is down to 1 HP, the sky darkens, mist covers the battlefield, M'nogim says "you're in my world now", and skeleton minions begin rapidly spawning. It's basically a "bonus level" where you just get to see how much you can beat up the boss before finishing him off.
after listening to few tracks randomly, I have to say that not all are compatible with their titles. For example, True final boss (legacy) is not epic enough in my opinion. Too much guitar (or whatever it is), not enough "ommm" If you want guitar on final boss, listen to Serious Sam soundtrack, Croteam did it perfectly. Dont have time to listen to them all, but overall 7/10 would not mute.
>>318076469
>not "Epic" enough
The true final boss isn't actually supposed to be super-epic.
The scenario for it is that after the credits, if you boot the game up again an extra stage opens up. It's a mysterious sealed cave.
The true final boss is M'nogim's father, who was sealed away on account of being too powerful. The boss is gonna be super-hard, but considering it's basically just you roughhousing with your pops, it's not supposed to be an "epic fight to the finish".
I will agree, though, that Serious Sam is based.
>>318071706
That's some groovy shit OP, nice work.
>>318076090
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x37zHiEw49M
It's been years since I've replayed Super Paper Mario.
>>318076435
>beat up the boss before finishing him off
>>318071748
>https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/legacy
Now that's a damn fine final boss theme.
>>318077036
Thanks anon!
This is the guy who uses that theme. He's not as edgy as he appears, so don't worry.
>Phocis
Please tell me it doesn't still look like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65spqDzt0-E
>>318077462
Already explained in the thread.
It doesn't. Not remotely.
>>318073967
>>318077462
Dummy.
>not supposed to be super epic.
But anon, True last boss fights should be as epic as they can be, that is what makes vidya different from visual novels, the challenge. Well, you composed music so probably you don't have anything to do with design, and that is my personal opinion. After looking at this "Acerak" design, i think it may work, if background textures will be matching with everything else.
But desu, still no mater how nice music you composed, it's up to gameplay to make game good/bad/visual novel.
WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE DRUMS?!
Does /v/ like chiptunes or no?
>>318072805
Some of these designs seem pretty inspired by pokemonwhich is great since the pokemon games are a miracle of the universe. You a pokemon fan?
>>318078047
I'm a pretty big fan of Pokemon yeah, especially gen 1 and 2.
My favorite is Donphan. You?
>>318072805
Reminds me of Copy Kitty honestly
>>318073926
I find it far more enjoyable than boss 1.
>>318078175
Pic related. Way too cute.
Aggron is a pretty close 2nd
>>318073926
It's miles better than the first theme at least.
DON'T MIND IF I DO:
https://soundcloud.com/muffswag/metal-gear-remake-theme-of-tara-audition-track
https://soundcloud.com/muffswag/mg-remake-trailer-ambient-section-extended
https://soundcloud.com/muffswag/sets/video-game-music
https://soundcloud.com/big-cake-games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLGSxQifJW0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zscbXdJLm0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZYXu3gXwuo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkEkNMx0XZU
I'm basically open for projects next year. Text me on Soundcloud or Steam if you need any sort of epic orchestral / electronic and/or guitar stuff. I'm a cool dude, I'm sure we can work out a deal.
Enjoy your weekend, /v/
>>318078453
>aggron
My nigga
My favorite from each gen would prob be Alakazam, Donphan, Aron, Heatran, Hydreigon, and Aegislash
>>318078509
How much?
>>318071706
everything the other anons said, emphasis on the better soundfonts
and you need more bass in more songs, they sound really empty without a strong low end, not to mention most niggas who play games are bassheads
>>318078717
PM me and we'll talk about it.[email protected]http://steamcommunity.com/id/radiomuff
https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/lion-rampant
This track I deem worthy of being proper bossfight track.
>>318078646
And you seem to have taken a direct inspiration from another one of my favorites too
>>318079021
I actually designed the Chron-O-Matic before I was even aware of Excavalier's existence. I had forgotten about Pokemon and hadn't gotten back into the series at the time, so I didn't know about anything past Gen 4 save for the very biggest legendaries.
Pic related, my original sketch for him.
>>318078856
>and you need more bass in more songs, they sound really empty without a strong low end, not to mention most niggas who play games are bassheads
I have to agree
OP, get some more bass going. It's an extremely important fundamental
>>318071706
Most of it is varying degrees of passable to good, but the mixing is simply terrible. It sounds like you're just playing everything at max volume. If you're stuck with these shitty instruments at least try to make them less obnoxious.
>>318079326
not OP but how into mixing
All I know is make sure shit never goes into the red
>>318079462
Trial & error. Go out there and fail many times. You'll get it eventually.
Also keep your volumes low. Do your mixing at low volumes. You can always boost it all up in your mastering process.
>>318079676
Thanks, got any links that may help out a fellow idiot?
>>318079326
i agree with this too, you need better mixing/mastering
you have decent compositions but your sound level balancing and acoustics? soundstaging? is pretty shit. listening to this all i hear is music coming from the center of my headphones and nothing covering the back
like this >>318078509 nigga over here has a nice balance and doesn't have everything in 1 place, but i think having a better low end would probably help you out with that
Why do people promote their games on /v/? I don't get it. Isn't there threads for stuff like this anyway?
>tfw I've made music for a project and there's no progress
Kill me. I just wanna compose for projects and love doing it
>>318080170
>why do people talk about video games on the video game board
>>318080310
I'm talking about THEIR individual projects. I guess it works if you want some brutally honest opinions though
>>318080170
Mainly to get an anonymous opinion on the works, which can be harsh and straight to the point.
I have yet to post my stuff on here out of fear for other things.
>>318080390
Why not?
>>318080620
maybe I'm just old school and prefer 100% anonymity. but that barely exists on other places nowadays
>>318080870
I know what you are getting at but no one in this thread but OP didn't use a trip or anything he just linked his stuff and asked for opinion.
Better than the constant FO4 and undertale threads with the same posts forever.
>>318077847
