scarlet, im embarrassed to say, but you must know, that your ost broke me. music has not made me cry in a good while. the face of my mother and ascension are my favorites. just beautiful. and reading along with the song descriptions you wrote is what finally got to me. in the face of your mother, you said you were trying to capture the feeling you get seeing your grandparents in your dreams, and how they feel more real than just dreams. and you nailed it. overcoming the grief of you mothers death... becoming worthy of her love again. man. usually, horror osts bore and deter me. this is different. massive props
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oh man... thank you so much for saying this. i struggled with wanting to include the last two tracks because i knew they were stylistically different from the other 4, but i also still wanted something that fully keyed into the grief and love i wanted to channel. it's hard knowing if your music will have the impact you want it to have, so your comment means the world to me and made me a little teary eyed :') <3
Your track was great. I'm leaving my reply here because you were worried about the stylistic difference.
To me, sadness and horror are inextricably linked as genres. The Orphanage is my favorite example of this in a movie. Pan's Labyrinth is also like this. I think this is one of those cases where intuition trumps the logical sense, and it definitely paid off.
Keep going with that intuition. It is where the real music comes from. Excellent work.