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The theme was the Far Reaches, which made me think about things that are far away or otherwise unattainable, and how Human Nature drives us to reach for that which was not ours to begin with.
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What a sombre, expressive piece. There was a lot of attention paid to the dynamics of the instruments. I can see this music playing in a scene where a loved character dies, a town is set on fire, a character discovers their true dark past, or possibly preceding a final boss. I agree with the other composers regarding the loudness of the music box, and for me, the viola (violin?). They are slightly jarring when they make an appearance at 0:59. I'd like to hear you explore different harmonic spaces as we seem to be revolving around a single natural minor key for the entire song. But perhaps that was the intent, and helps create the dark atmosphere?
Overall this is an excellent composition, and is beautifully arranged.
If I could change one thing, it would be to improve the music box and make the violin less outright(in sound), but I simply ran out of time. The single minor key was intentional since I wanted the track to maintain a cohesive feel, rather than transitioning between what really would just be two separate tracks joined by a transition. I really appreciate the comment and the feedback, it means a lot.
Really great piece. The mix was a little awkward with the music box so up front creating a super front facing depth that took away from the rest of the panning.
But aside from that, fantastic work.
Really nice vibe! There's a lot of repeating parts but they give help give this a kind of meditative quality to me.
Couple little personal nitpicks i felt were that the music box sound was a bit too up front compared to rest of the sounds and could've maybe been pushed a little further back in the 3d space. I also liked the addition of the chimes at the end a lot, but felt those could've been a bit more "far away" sounding, maybe with more reverb and stuff.
But those are just my pretty subjective feels, so take with a grain of salt.
Good stuff!
I completely agree with you there. I definitely wanted the chimes at the end to be far off, almost like a clock tower rining in the distance, but I just ran out of time lol. Thanks for the feedback! I really appreciate it!