Hey Gunter, how are you? Hopefully you're doing well! Your soundtrack really stands out to me because of hoe rich and atmospheric your tracks sound and because of the way you blended String Instruments with really ambient sounding Synths and pads. I've been looking for a Soundtrack that featured this kind of sound and I think you nailed it!
First, let's talk "Ship Me To The Moon": I love this track so much! I love that this piece immediately opens with all of these really cool, kind of "echoey" (is that a word?) sounds before introducing the Solo Violin! When the Solo Violin does eventually arrive, there's a really overwhelming Pad or Synth (I'm not sure which) that fills out the texture nicely and also feels really otherworldly and ethereal. This piece does a great job of conveying this wonderful feeling that we're entering a brand new, exciting, and unfamiliar environment and that we're being captured by the wonder of everything that we're seeing. I really love this one, great job Gunter!
Next, let's talk "Time To Go Home": Simple and beautiful, just as it should be! I think this track perfectly encapsulates the feeling you were trying to achieve, and I'm also loving the Harmonies and Melodies you used in the Piano (I think you used a Minor 4th Chord?). Furthermore, I love that instead of just using a typical Piano sound, you found a way to make this track sound really atmospheric and full just like your previous tracks. As a result, I feel like this composition stands out for its tasteful simplicity and emotional content while still feeling connected to the rest of the Soundtrack thanks to its atmospheric quality. I'm very impressed!
Anyways, I think you've done a great job Gunter! You seem to have a knack for creating simple, beautiful melodies and harmonies and then combining them with AWESOME Sound Design in order to create these really full, almost overwhelming compositions that are super satisfying! I'm glad you chose to share your music and I look forward to hearing more of your work, best of luck for this Jam Gunter!
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Thanks for the comment and giving it a listen! Ship Me To The Moon might be my fave, the idea behind it was using a pitched and slowed down version of the Main Theme and then just adding the solo violins as a lead. I wanted to try something like this since watching Dunkirk where they use a veeeery slooooow arrangement of Elgar's Nimrod.
Time To Go Home is my "anime ending" piece haha is just the basic theme melody and harmony. When being this minimal I try to at least make the basic sounds more interesting and that more often than not involves making them a bit more lo-fi/eerie/distorted or re-synthesize them. Usually that's the answer when working with libraries or simple sounds.
Thanks again for the comment! I'm glad you enjoyed my work!