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Afore the Empty

By MaximumGoose on February 25, 2024 9:51 pm

The prompt I was given this week was "Space Pirate Folk Music" and I was given the option of interpreting that as "Metroid" Space Pirates or "Treasure Planet" Space Pirates. I chose the former, and tried to think of what kind of sounds the Space Pirates would be able to make before they were, y'know, space pirates and just a race of lobster clawed aliens. Brainstorming different sounds, both natural and unnatural, was a really interesting space to work in.

Had a lot of fun experimenting with some very different textures than I normally work with on this one.

Yep, definitely getting some stellar Metroid Prime vibes from this. Awesome response to the prompt you were given. The steady rhythms and dark synths definitely hit the space pirate folk vibe.

the incorporation of throat singing is so cool, this is heavily cinematic, nice work

You had me at throat singing!

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