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I like the vibe you have going with the harmony here, and the (in a good way) simplicity of the chiptune sounds ^^ Nice work!

@Wonderfull Darkness that sounds creepy :p a bit monotonous but i think it goes well with the theme
@Dregorin those sound really good, i would play a little more with the volumes in the first one, some things sound unbalanced in my opinion :)
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I'm working on a small modern ost that I'll post in this forum for free, this is an example of the main style of the tracks

Thank you so much everyone (especially @Tirian) for the feedback, it is really appreciated. Since you enjoyed my piano improvisation, let me share with you more of them. Again, YouTube only, but I will upload them soon on SoundCloud (I recently have a very narrow schedule, thus the delay in uploading.)

Back to the topic, these are the impros I was talking about. This time, not blindfolded, but I hope you will still enjoy them :p

@Hibarist - For some reason, I hear Streets of Rage in this. Cool stuff.

@Benjamin Kuli - That's some lovely playing. I always wanted to learn piano but went for guitar instead. I'm kind of learning piano slowly these days but don't have the time to put in. Great playing. Nice pieces.

Two new pieces by me:
First my games theme song.


Second the new default battle theme. Has a nice Celtic edge to go with the feel of the game.

@Benjamin Kuli You're a hell of a pianist, man. Nice work. I'd love to be able to improvise like that.

@padr81 That battle theme was awesome. I really enjoyed that. Good work!

@DesperateMeasurez - Thanks, dude. Great to receive positive feedback from someone as good as yourself. Was listening to your free pack and my there's some fantastic stuff there. I've been using "Fireside Tales" as a place holder in my game. Great medieval fantasy feel to it.

@KayZaman Thanks, buddy!
@futrchamp Thanks! I liked that track of yours. :)

Here's an English cover of a famous Indonesian song that I made. It's not English translation, they're new lyrics but with them same concept and context.

Here's the original version:

@Stanley I really like the lyrics you came up with. I quickly compared them with a translation of the original lyrics and I gotta say, it's hard for me to say which one I like better. You did manage to convey the same general message as the original song and I'm quite fond of that.
However, the overall quality of your cover is a little lackluster. I don't know if you did that on purpose (and if so why) but the constant static noise was distracting me a lot. It made it hard for me to actually listen to the song and your voice got a little lost in there, too. Some basic mixing and mastering actually does wonders to a song, you'll be surprised~ :)

@padr81 Holy Leprechaun, Batman! That Celtic Battle theme blew me away from second one! I gotta admit, I have a soft spot for folklore sounds and whatever that percussion was that came in right around the end was a nice little touch.
"We are the Remnants" is very etheral sounding but I feel that the harp was a little too hard for my liking. I would've gone for a more softer tone. And the panning was a little too left-heavy for my liking too. Maybe try to have the harp pan from left to right and back? Just an idea~ ^-^

Alright, so...

Made that as a commission long ago. Actually my first attempt at a more jazzy battle theme. Personally, I think maybe I could've done better but I'm pretty satisfied with it regardless. Let me know what you guys think.

@padr81 Da heck?! The rhythm of the Celtic Battle was awesome!:kaomad3:
@Kaimen Oh! I can feel the beat in the noir theme.:kaojoy:
@Stanley I almost catch between your song and the original. Wish I wanna play Karma by Cokelat.

Nothing special.....just me, playing guitar to find some idea.

A simple track I made for my game. The composer of my project helped me a lot with this because I don't have much knowledge about classical music :kaoswt:

@Kaimen - Thanks, the percussion at the end of the battle is "clockwork percussion", more suited to Steampunk games, but I really like the way it worked in that particular piece and when its not overly mechanical can sound nice I think. I'd definately try making the harp more subtle, my only worry is it gets lost among sfx, general game noises. I'll try a second version to see, think a softer harp would be much nicer on title screen, menu's though.

Your piece is great, got a nice unique feel to it. Kind of like a modern, sin city kind of fighting theme. Piano parts are lovely. I really like the ostinato part the whole piece is built off. Thats how I write my battle themes too. Nearly always start with a repeating part like that and build. Good stuff.

@KayZaman - I wouldn't say it sucks. Its got alot of potential but your guitar seems to have intonation issues. One way to fix this is to tune the guitar roughly where you'll be playing parts. So if for example, your playing near the open positions tune your open strings to whatever tuning you are using. For the lead part you need to than fret the 7th fret and tune there. So for example. Tune your low e string so the 7th fret registers a perfect B, your open string might be slighty flat but you won't be using it so no worries, Tune your A string so the 7th fret gives a perfect E etc.. I've recorded tons of bands with less than ideal gear and this is something I use alot.
Two distorted guitars in isolation are never going to sound great without any real rhythm section so maybe try and pick up a free virtual drummer vst or some loops. Ever using a drum midi you can write in tux guitar will help with timing and keeping things neat.

@callmedan - Really nice, very atmospheric, I'm just listening through tv speakers but maybe the violin is a tad low volume wise, kind of being dominated by the piano. Very easy tweak, try to boost it by 3db and maybe put a touch more reverb on it (the second thing is just my personal preference but I like haunting solo string parts to have a nice reverb it can also make things sound less virtual.).

@padr81 Thank you! I use earphones so it's fine to me but I think I should take a look into it again :kaoswt:

Alright.. A short piece I just made. I've never made battle music before :kaoswt2:

Hi! I'm gonna start posting some of my stuff here. Here's a short tune I made.

@callmedan - Thats a good start, its kind of like a boss battle intro or even regular battle intro if that makes sense. I can also picture it in cutscenes where the bad guy is about to launch his evil meteor to wipe out the planet or waiting for his star killer laser to charge etc.. I wouldn't use it as a full battle theme in itself unless it was some kind of clash with the bad guy because it seems to build tension but never resolve if that makes sense. It certainly a fantastic start and could lead into soemthing more driving and energetic imho.

@LumpyTouch - Thats a nice piece, sounds like town or city background music. Maybe a little variation in the drums with an odd fill here or there would make the rhythm abit more creative. Even throwing a kickdrum in on the and beat at the end of certain bars etc... just vary up the percussion a little. Its fine as is though.

Killer sound design! I especially love that lead synth at about 0:50, reminds me of the Choro Q games actually. As padr81 said the drums are a little lacking, you could try humanizing the velocity and adding some fills to open up the part a little bit more.

This is a chilled, modern sort of electronic track. Not for any particular game, but I think it would work well as a menu/safe zone theme in a sci-fi/modern project:

@futrchamp - Sorry about not commenting sooner, I've been busy. Good stuff as always. I thought exploration/safe zone ala walking around a nice quiet area in Silent Hill. SH2 is my favourite game ost ever so I love it.

My latest WIP, a battle theme job, The client likes metal so this was fun to make.

cool music guys been running through the threads and found some nice music around here.

Oh god I have a lot to catch up to O_O


Nice work! You handled very well creating a somewhat melancholic song but with a touch of hope, especially in the intro.
If I were to add my grain of salt though, I'd say it takes a very long time to introduce a new motif (at around 2:40), the intro is nice but gets a bit repetitive.
I would do what you did when you reintroduced the motif after the second part, but minus the percussion.
You don't have to make it shorter, I would have added some more instruments (that would add to the feeling of hope imo), like brass maybe.
Your percussion sounds very very unnatural in the second part (that might be artistic choice so if it's what you were going for then don't change it).
Overall a really nice track, I thouroughly enjoyed that :)


A few things that would make the song perfect (because it's pretty close to being that):
Articulate the strings so they sound more natural. Idk how limited you are by the samples you are using but the least you can do is 1) volume articulation and 2) reverb (not too much since the rest of your songs is rather dry)
Use Equalisation to make your track less "muddy". Right now the instruments are clashing together for space and don't sit well together.
You should make sure your bass and kickdrum don't use up too much high-end, and that your violin and snaredrums don't take up too much low-end.
Otherwise I really like this song!


Really nice song! I'd like to hear the bass more though, it should probably play one octave lower imo. It's repetitive but it would work very well for a battle track.
The 8-bit version also works very well. For the riff I think you have a very cool idea, if you actually develop it be sure to post it here, I'd love to hear the full result.


Same advice as padr81, your first song sounds very muddy to me. Make sure you EQ your tracks and make your instruments sit well in the mix.
It's not as bad in the second track. I think the main issue in this one is the piano which plays very fast notes without much articulation. If you make eah note play at a slightly different volume it's sound much more natural.
I think both tracks work very well for an rpg game, so if you fix those things it'll sound great!


Dude nothing to critique, this is amazing quality :thumbsup-right:

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okay actually if I were to be super annoying: pls add room reverb to your drums.
But still, even if you leave it this way it sounds amazing!


<3 <3 <3


I really like your first song. Like Kaimen said, I think you could make the harp a bit less present and bring the vocals forward a bit. What did you use for those btw?
Your second song also has some volume issues, make sure all your tracks are loud enough and not too loud. Otherwise it's very good, I love the irish influence in your songs :)


Here the song is also a bit muddy, I think it's because the piano is playing the same notes as the bass (I mean as low as the bass). Tell me if I'm wrong, but if that's the case it might cause the lows to clash together.


Very nice, not much to critique imo. I'm curious: what did you use for the choir?

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Since I last posted here I released an orchestral remix of Genesis by Protostar (last month ^^')
Here it is:



Soundcloud link if you prefer:

@Tirian Thank you! I use the free Sonatina Orchestra Module by Bigcat Instruments. :kaoswt2:
Btw, I like your remix. :) And it's just my taste but I would use a lower key for the drone.

@Tirian Thanks. Well, sure does. The 8-bit track song really did well to my project. Especially for my secret boss battle.


Well, this not a place to post my gameplay. Sorry.