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Bridge over the Moonlight

By Devieus on February 29, 2024 2:55 pm

Imagine if you will, a pair of grassy islands underneath a starry night sky, the moonlight reflecting off of the surface of the water between these islands, and a bridge connecting them. Above you, you can hear the light tapping of rain hitting a clear surface, below you, the water streaming. It's warm, and comfy. Then somewhere in the middle distance, music, laughter, happiness, but also familiarity. They are your friends. After a bit, they join you and in silence, enjoy your company in unity.

A lullaby, of sorts. Tailor made to help specific people fall asleep, or at least an attempt at doing so. Bridge over the Moonlight is the name of the melody that plays in between. It's been a melody that's been with us for many years, originally played on a ukulele, on which it should usually be played. It didn't have a title until just now.

Maybe someday, the moonlight will deliver lyrics with this song.

- Spider

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This is beautiful but I have feedback. Beware! (just kidding, nothing to worry about)

The water sounds less like "rain" and more like "water mill" to me. It's an equally relaxing image to me, though! Especially with the recurring beat. There might even be a bridge involved.

The chiptune is also very nice and fades in delicately, that's great and fits the lullaby theme. The sudden bass roar later isn't big_smile I suspect y'all put it there to satisfy the "chip metal" genre but it will surely wake people up!

Very nice!

Yes, that's a very peaceful setting and I definitely feel it here smile

Nice atmosphere, that continuous heartbeat sound adds a kind of gentle intensity to this.

definitely sets a peaceful mood with the rain and heartbeat.  Gave me visions of the hero in an rpg sleeping under a cozy blanket and entering dreamland smile

This references more the minimalism than baroque. I could image every detail. Cool track.

I'm so tired now. Very relaxing!

So smooth and chill. Nice work!

rplktr wrote:

This is beautiful but I have feedback. Beware! (just kidding, nothing to worry about)

The water sounds less like "rain" and more like "water mill" to me. It's an equally relaxing image to me, though! Especially with the recurring beat. There might even be a bridge involved.

The chiptune is also very nice and fades in delicately, that's great and fits the lullaby theme. The sudden bass roar later isn't big_smile I suspect y'all put it there to satisfy the "chip metal" genre but it will surely wake people up!


There's two water sounds happening at once, rain, and water stream, so water mill sounds about right.
The bass roar (which isn't what makes it chip metal, it's the guitar that does) was just there because people like it and I kinda had to put it somewhere. It's been lowered in the second version though.

budmelvin wrote:

Very nice!


Thank you!

ViridianLoom wrote:

Yes, that's a very peaceful setting and I definitely feel it here smile


Glad it came across. It's an actual space in VR, too.

that_ranjit wrote:

Nice atmosphere, that continuous heartbeat sound adds a kind of gentle intensity to this.


I'll be honest, to me it's a weird addition, but it was specifically requested, so I put it there.

Tone Matrix wrote:

definitely sets a peaceful mood with the rain and heartbeat.  Gave me visions of the hero in an rpg sleeping under a cozy blanket and entering dreamland smile


You're very accurate with that. More than you could think.

Q-Rosh wrote:

This references more the minimalism than baroque. I could image every detail. Cool track.


The provided literature helps, I reckon.

SQF wrote:

I'm so tired now. Very relaxing!


Glad it's working then.

Mission Crossing wrote:

So smooth and chill. Nice work!


Thank you very much!


- Spider

lovely atmospheric tune. the combination of the environmental water sounds and the heartbeat is a really interesting choice since it places you both in the external world and the internal simultaneously. nice melodies add to it all when they come drifting through.

i really enjoyed this one. it made me feel calm and uneasy at the same time, which is a cool device. thank you

The rain + stream sounds work together nicely. The melody is lovely smile I associate this kind of heart beat sound with anticipation, but eventually it became as relaxing as the rest.

Nullsleep wrote:

lovely atmospheric tune. the combination of the environmental water sounds and the heartbeat is a really interesting choice since it places you both in the external world and the internal simultaneously. nice melodies add to it all when they come drifting through.


It's all about the vibes.

jwh wrote:

i really enjoyed this one. it made me feel calm and uneasy at the same time, which is a cool device. thank you


We figured it might be to some, but the unsettling part vibes from a good place. Notably, cuddling up with someone you love, hearing their heartbeat.

Cursory wrote:

The rain + stream sounds work together nicely. The melody is lovely smile I associate this kind of heart beat sound with anticipation, but eventually it became as relaxing as the rest.


Maybe the tempo is just a bit off, but in truth, mine is way higher, so it's definitely an at rest pace.

- Devieus

I love the heartbeat in the background. It is very soothing. And inspirational to hear a track with water sounds, it reminds me I  have a lot of weird sounds (bird chirps, broken technology) that I recorded on my phone, just hanging around on my hard drive. Could be fun experimenting with adding some of that into my own music as well. Thanks for the inspiration!

I like it! Of course, I'm always a fan of using samples to create an atmosphere. The sound of water and the hearbeat are calming. I like that there is that little lofi melody midway, and another synth hit later. It's actually the kind of tracks I listen to when I work (cannot listen to more melody oriented tracks as they prevent me from focusing).

That ambience is cool. I am a sucker for good ambience 😆

Minnamari wrote:

I love the heartbeat in the background. It is very soothing. And inspirational to hear a track with water sounds, it reminds me I  have a lot of weird sounds (bird chirps, broken technology) that I recorded on my phone, just hanging around on my hard drive. Could be fun experimenting with adding some of that into my own music as well. Thanks for the inspiration!


For sure, they can add so much interesting stuff to songs.

Kedbreak136 wrote:

I like it! Of course, I'm always a fan of using samples to create an atmosphere. The sound of water and the hearbeat are calming. I like that there is that little lofi melody midway, and another synth hit later. It's actually the kind of tracks I listen to when I work (cannot listen to more melody oriented tracks as they prevent me from focusing).


Understandable. I can manage, as long as there's no lyrics.
Maybe you can do something like this. A background track for a cinematic documentary experience.

emily wrote:


This but rain. But definitely this.

prophisee wrote:

That ambience is cool. I am a sucker for good ambience 😆


Ambience is cool. Just letting things happen.


- Devieus

Melodies lost.  Like tears. In Rain.  Had to do a Blade Runner quote. The sound of the water is like rain and reminds me of the film. The knocking sounds like a small wooden boat rocked gently in the waves, tapping against a dock. Then that large mouth bass waveform came out of nowhere!

NWSPR wrote:

Melodies lost.  Like tears. In Rain.  Had to do a Blade Runner quote. The sound of the water is like rain and reminds me of the film. The knocking sounds like a small wooden boat rocked gently in the waves, tapping against a dock. Then that large mouth bass waveform came out of nowhere!


That's certainly one way to interpret a heartbeat, a rhythmic comfort zone.
- Devieus

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