an attempt at some movie theme strings

[CrazyHarij]

I'm really interested in the idea of making soundtracks and themes, and i tried doing something with strings. it's quite sombre.

stream - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=444719&songID=3632674

mp3 - http://www.badongo.com/file/282950

i'd rather you make your own associations but what I had in mind was something like the ending of a film where the main character, with his last dying breath, performs an act of heroism. or maybe something really sad like a mothers daughter being taken away from her.

I suck quite alot at making themes for different scenarios like this so that's why I really would like to get some criticism and hear what you think.

It'd be really fun to make music for HL2 mods, do you think maybe it's something I should try?

 

[gick]

I really enjoyed that, good work. And i'm sure there are plenty of Mods out there in need of a good score, so go for it :thumbs:

 

[Javert]

I'm really interested in the idea of making soundtracks and themes, and i tried doing something with strings. it's quite sombre.

stream - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=444719&songID=3632674

mp3 - http://www.badongo.com/file/282950

i'd rather you make your own associations but what I had in mind was something like the ending of a film where the main character, with his last dying breath, performs an act of heroism. or maybe something really sad like a mothers daughter being taken away from her.

I suck quite alot at making themes for different scenarios like this so that's why I really would like to get some criticism and hear what you think.

It'd be really fun to make music for HL2 mods, do you think maybe it's something I should try?

Not bad, but give your high string something to do, make it more rhythmic than your harmony strings. As of now, all their rhythms are the same. I think you can bring the upper strings in the beginning, maybe some eigth-sixteenths rhythm.
Not very game-like though. Just don't see it. Not a criticism, just an observation. More cinematic than game-y.

 

[CrazyHarij]

thank you, that's definitely the kind of advice i need to hear. yeah it's not much of a game soundtrack, it was meant as more of a film thing. i'm working on a more war/game focused track that's going to be more orchestral.