This is a very melancholic song and the background story is very moving.
I like the flow of the song. The melody is very nice and it puts the listener in a thoughtful and melancholic mood. Only thing I would've done differently is the ending. I think you should end it on a lower chord. Just leave everything as it is right now, just add a low chord at the end. In my opinion, this would really put an emphasize on the "taking their last breath" part of the story.
But this is just a minor thought, because the song does work really well as it is now.
Wow, been a while since I got an RRC review. Thanks a lot Haggard!
"Well, since I don't really know anything about Morocco or the culture I'm just going to assume you did some research first before creating this."
Yeah I did a little research. I first looked for a list of Moroccan instruments to see if I have any in my library, and I found some instruments but none were in my library of samples. I then found this song: http://goo.gl/Eq8r5
And thought... hey that's not half bad! So then I did more research and found the instrument that the lead singer was using in the track (the oval-shaped guitar). Apparently it's called an Oud, and I just so happened to have an Oud in my library, so I used that. I also used a tonne of middle-eastern instruments hoping they'd sound somewhat reminiscent of Morocco.
"I also like that this song is very diversified as well. Not just the same melody over and over again, but with a lot of changes in the instruments you used."
Yeah I love doing that. Variety is one of the things I constantly strive for when making music.
"Just an idea: Maybe you can use the national antheme of Morocco as well in your presentation?"
You know, I actually had that idea before and thought instead of using the actual anthem I could remix it. My only issue is that I don't know how I could fit it in. This isn't just a normal slideshow presentation or something. It's most likely going to be an animation supported by some sort of performance, and fitting the national anthem in there might be hard.
This track will probably used for a more cinematic cue, and I've also got to make a track for the team members to dance to and another one playing in the background of the stall we have to prepare. I don't think it's physically possible to dance to a national anthem and I want the stall's background music to be a sort of low intensity loop, so the anthem won't fit there either! Still, it would be a cool idea :P.
Thanks again for the review man, much appreciated.
Even though this track is only about 2 minutes long it is pretty diversified. It starts off very slow and quiet. Something you would expect to hear at the beginning of a level that is set in a cave or an "underworld".
At 0:30 the next part starts, now the atmosphere is very cold and icy, but at the same time there is some "happiness" to it as well. The main melody creates a feeling of hope.
0:55 Now the track sounds quite spacey as well. But this also does fit to the "underwold theme" I mentioned above.
I also like the melody at 1:12. It sounds pretty good and does indeed remind me of some older games I used to play.
The looping is done very nicely. I didn't notice any timing error or slight pause here, so you did a very good job on this one.
Overall, a very nice track. I don't see how you can improve on that, since I couldn't find anything wrong with it. Oh well, maybe it could be a bit longer, heh.
I like this song. I like how it slowly builds up, adding a new thing every few seconds. I also like that there is some sort of outro towards the end of the loop. This way the loop works pretty good, except that there is a very slight timing error when the loop starts over. Maybe there's a quarter note missing at the end. It's not much, but the error is there.
Anyway, I still like it. Maybe the "bass line" (that deep humming sound) can get repetitive after a while, but on the other hand it does create a very relaxing and almost dream/sleep like atmosphere. As if I was drifting over to sleep... very nice!
I appreciate the review! I'm glad you liked the song. I don't know what it is that causes that timing error, since it works fine in .xm format. Maybe something went wrong when I converted the .wav file to an mp3.
This is a very nice and melancholic piece. What I like best about it is, that it creates a melancholic atmosphere without being overly "dramatic". This just sounds very "honest" to me, if that makes any sense, heh. It's so quiet and if I'm hearing this right, only a piano was used to play this song. This really helps the atmosphere in this case. Strings or other instruments would easily push the song too far in the the "overly dramatic" direction.
You're right, only a piano was used for this. I felt like there was no need to add more instruments as it sounded beautiful the way it was. Glad you enjoyed!
This is a pretty good song. I really like the atmosphere it creates. It's somewhere between relaxing and "adrenaline pumping", heh. The bass is pretty cool, this is what I think creates the adrenaline pumping part of the atmosphere. The higher pitched melody is what creates the relaxing atmosphere. Very nice.
However, this song is so strangely set back, just as if you try not to "hurt" your listeneres. I think this song should be more powerful!
Thank you very much for your review! I am going to be remixing this song pretty soon actually. Maybe in the next mix I can achieve a full mark. I HATE the intro in this track btw.
This is a really great song. It's amazing that the only instrument you used here is a piano. Seems like there's an whole orchestra playing.
The beginning of this song seems to be strangely familiar, but I cannot say where I might have heard anything like this before.
I like how you sometimes play pretty fast notes. At first it seems as if you just hit random notes there, but in the end, everything fits very well into the song. The only thing I can really critizise here is that the deep notes are sometimes not really noticeable. I don't know if this due to mixing/recording or if you just wanted them to be so quiet. In my opinion, the "bass line" should be a bit louder.
Also, I propably would've ended the song on a bunch of high notes, but that's just a minor thought.
The bass was kinda meant to be underlying and brooding. More like a pulse. The intro (and ending) are both heavily influenced from the Baroque period (which is where a lot of the minor/diminished runs come from that I used) and that might be where it sounds familiar (especially if you've ever listened to anything by Bach).
All aside the review is much appreciated. I especially liked knowing that this felt whole on it's own and not needing of extra parts (aka your, "Seems like there's a whole orchestra playing).
This is a very nice song. It keeps itself in the background very nicely, so I guess it could be used as some sort of background music in a game or a movie. It is also very pleasent to listen to this song. The atmosphere it creates is very calm, while at the same time the drums add a very driving feel to it from time to time.
This contrast is very nice and it makes this song quite special.
The only thing I can criticise here is that weird "bell sound" that starts at around 1:57 and goes on for about half a minute. It doesn't really fit into the song and it gets annoying after a short while.
The very first intro sound really reminds me of Kraftwerk, heh. I was almost surprised when I didn't hear the "Expo 2000" jingle after that.
Anyway, the song manages to create a pretty good atmosphere. Almost like I'm driving on a very long Autobahn (oh, Kraftwerk again? If you don't listen to them, I advise you to do so. ^^).
I didn't like the small interlude of the organ at around 1:17. It doesn't really fit into the song, in my opinion. Maybe you could replace that part with a different one?
I see, the 0-bombers have done their dirty work on this song. A score of 1.32 (that's what it was before I upvoted the song to 1.80. Still much too low) just isn't justified. This is a very nice song. I'm not sure if "Heavy Metal" is the right genre for it, but on the other hand, I don't know where else this submission could fit in.
Anyway, the title fits pretty good to the song. The main melody creates a very nice atmosphere, that feels a bit "spacey". As if I was looking up into the night sky, seeing all those stars.
I think the distorted guitars are a tad bit too quiet when they play. They are barely noticable when they set it, which is a shame.
The little solo during the middle of the song is very nice and it fits pretty good into the song. I think one of the hardest thing is to write a solo that actually fits into the song. In the metal genre there are lots of nice soli, but most of the time they serve no real purpose. Here, the solo is a very good addition to the song. Good work!
Thanks for the review! I wasn't sure where to put it either, so I put it in heavy metal because the song has a lot of guitars in it. I'll see if I can boost the distorted guitar a bit for you, the mix sounded decent on my monitors, but I'll tweak it a bit!
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