Scoring music for videogames

[nettrucker 143]

Hello my dear friends. It's been a very long time since I posted. RL issues have kept me busy.
I hope you all are doing alright.
I've opened a new YouTube channel which is dedicated to scoring music in video games, videos in general.

 

Titanfall 2 Mystery Babylon

 

I felt compelled to write my own in-game soundtrack. I used a combat scene from a Titanfall 2 mission and placed my own composition on the video. I uploaded the first video to my new channel just a week ago. I've mixed the soundtrack with the in-game sounds so you can hear how it would sound when playing the game.

Luckily I can import videos into my Digital Audio work station which allows me to synchronize sound with the images which helps a lot with scoring

The first version of the soundtrack was a bit more complex but then I decided to dial back the arrangement and remove instruments. The reason for this was . . . it sounded too much for my taste when mixing the in-game sounds with the soundtrack. It was chaotic and overloaded with sounds which had let me to the decision to thin out the soundtrack remove instruments and parts of the arrangement. I will upload in the next days a version of the video without in-game sounds only with the soundtrack which gives the video a different vibe.

At the beginning of the video you see an escape pod precipitating on a planet. Here I applied a riser sound which simulates the falling of the rescue capsule. The second part of the track is the only part where I used some melody played with beautiful strings. The strings part was the one who suffered the biggest changes. It was a lot more complex but as I already stated I decided to remove parts leaving only a basic melody.

I used some epic percussion which sounds quite Industrial. I used only a kick and a snare which have been altered it sounds somehow metallic.
I used some eerie sounds in the track which I personally love. Especially the third part with the drums the sounds are strange and filled with tension.

I used only Soundpaint Libraries to create this track. Soundpaint libraries are great virtual instrument plugins and there are special sound libraries which are dedicated to cinematic scoring. The horn sounds are really epic. I love them  . . . the sound is really majestic and moreover really potent it's like a punch to the gut. LOL. 😊

There are a couple of more videos ready which I still have to upload most probably after New Year.

I want to grow my new YouTube channel and if you like what I did please subscribe. It would mean a lot to me.

Let me know what you think. Every comment is very much appreciated
Thank you.

[Janez 534]

Hey @nettrucker , haven't seen you in a while. That damned real life getting in the way of nerding. 🙂

 

First, I would like to commend the effort, that you even went about doing this. It is very unique around here what you're trying to do, so I can appreciate that.

Though, I'm not sure I should say anything but since you asked for feedback, I'll be brief.

 

I... well, I suppose it's in line with channel's name and it's title, not entirely sure what all that is about, I can assume but the whole thing to say plainly, crept me out. I went into it without any expectation whatsoever but I couldn't find any beauty in it.

I mean, I get what you're trying to do, it's as you describe it, first section and then next one but it's all just dark, constantly, you dig? Compare it to vanilla Titanfall 2 main theme for example. There's continuous playfulness between dramatical (not dark) and hopefulness. Key word here being hope. That is beauty or at least potential for it that will come thought struggle.

 

But you know, don't let me trample all over your party, however, I would suggest, hmm... a muse of sorts perhaps? Something to inspire a brighter state of being.

 

Thank you for sharing and Godspeed!