Solid stuff under tight time conditions! Neat work on the orchestration and processing. Definitely appropriately menacing and bombastic for the monster movie subject matter!

Solid stuff under tight time conditions! Neat work on the orchestration and processing. Definitely appropriately menacing and bombastic for the monster movie subject matter! :D

This is kinda perfect, for those scary openings to films like The House on Haunted Hill where the music is big and dramatic and sinister and Vincent Price is lurking somewhere behind the curtains but meanwhile you're just watching a small procession of vehicles drive up to the front door and ... its still scary but you don't know why....

Also high-five horror buddy this week

This is kinda perfect, for those scary openings to films like The House on Haunted Hill where the music is big and dramatic and sinister and Vincent Price is lurking somewhere behind the curtains but meanwhile you're just watching a small procession of vehicles drive up to the front door and ... its still scary but you don't know why.... Also high-five horror buddy this week <3

Sweet and succinct. Well done there PF! I love the little ornamentations that really give that old school horror vibe. The layering is excellent, the transitions are logical and fluid. Nothing else to say other than that you've nailed it.

Sweet and succinct. Well done there PF! I love the little ornamentations that really give that old school horror vibe. The layering is excellent, the transitions are logical and fluid. Nothing else to say other than that you've nailed it.

Ooooh the strings are perfect! All the lil elements added to that horror feel. Bad ace brass, percussion and those bells!

Ooooh the strings are perfect! All the lil elements added to that horror feel. Bad ace brass, percussion and those bells!

Thanks! Old school classic horror has such a different vibe - I didn't get to do a ton of research for this track (way less than I like to do for my genre experiments), glad I got the feel across!

Thanks! I LOVE LOVE LOVE House on Haunted Hill. It's 100% mood and atmosphere. Almost nothing actually happens...but you keep expecting it! I have also sampled it multiple times 60s horror is when the music starts playing with the mood more...sound design, dissonance. It's weird to think about how sound had only been an integrated part of film for only a few years when the classic Universal movies were released.

Also, O DAM you did ambient horror this week! I cannot WAIT to hear that!

Thank you!! No notes, this is a first

My tweaking time was spent trying to get the flow right, I'm glad that came across...I was being mindful of the build. I ended up removing as many lines as I added! Second section was far too rhythmic, the major build was in part three and energy actually came down for part four. I think the biggest thing after I first got it done was adding some gentle tempo curves - slow down for section 2, that ramp up at the end. Total swing was maybe 20bpm, but I think it helped the energy flow a lot.

Thanks! It was so fun going through the orchestra library and finding the "horror instruments"...alto flute, oboe, orchestra chimes...and tremolo strings! That's like shorthand for suspense

[quote=levelcapybara]Solid stuff under tight time conditions! Neat work on the orchestration and processing. Definitely appropriately menacing and bombastic for the monster movie subject matter! :D[/quote] Thanks! Old school classic horror has such a different vibe - I didn't get to do a ton of research for this track (way less than I like to do for my genre experiments), glad I got the feel across! [quote=neon liminal]This is kinda perfect, for those scary openings to films like The House on Haunted Hill where the music is big and dramatic and sinister and Vincent Price is lurking somewhere behind the curtains but meanwhile you're just watching a small procession of vehicles drive up to the front door and ... its still scary but you don't know why.... Also high-five horror buddy this week <3[/quote] Thanks! I LOVE LOVE LOVE House on Haunted Hill. It's 100% mood and atmosphere. Almost nothing actually [i]happens[/i]...but you keep expecting it! I have also sampled it multiple times :) 60s horror is when the music starts playing with the mood more...sound design, dissonance. It's weird to think about how sound had only been an integrated part of film for only a few years when the classic Universal movies were released. Also, O DAM you did ambient horror this week! I cannot WAIT to hear that! [quote=electronic_tiger]Sweet and succinct. Well done there PF! I love the little ornamentations that really give that old school horror vibe. The layering is excellent, the transitions are logical and fluid. Nothing else to say other than that you've nailed it.[/quote] Thank you!! No notes, this is a first :) My tweaking time was spent trying to get the flow right, I'm glad that came across...I was being mindful of the build. I ended up removing as many lines as I added! Second section was far too rhythmic, the major build was in part three and energy actually came down for part four. I think the biggest thing after I first got it done was adding some gentle tempo curves - slow down for section 2, that ramp up at the end. Total swing was maybe 20bpm, but I think it helped the energy flow a lot. [quote=Tone Matrix]Ooooh the strings are perfect! All the lil elements added to that horror feel. Bad ace brass, percussion and those bells! [/quote] Thanks! It was so fun going through the orchestra library and finding the "horror instruments"...alto flute, oboe, orchestra chimes...and tremolo strings! That's like shorthand for suspense :)

Love this - so much impact - especially with the nice use of instrumentation and dynamics! perfect for an old timey horror intro!

Love this - so much impact - especially with the nice use of instrumentation and dynamics! perfect for an old timey horror intro!

Total classic monster movie vibe.

I'm straight into black and white news real footage of a sea monster ripping up new york.

I'm imagining "Universal monsters" would be a super cool subject for a film.

Total classic monster movie vibe. I'm straight into black and white news real footage of a sea monster ripping up new york. I'm imagining "Universal monsters" would be a super cool subject for a film.

total triumph. this is so good. favorited

total triumph. this is so good. favorited

oh wow that sounds great, 100% fits as a theme

(I wouldn't mind listening to longer version )

oh wow that sounds great, 100% fits as a theme (I wouldn't mind listening to longer version :D )

nailed it again! nice work, The Frog! 

nailed it again! nice work, The Frog! <3 [img]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tenor.com%2FWZmpNNO0lxwAAAAC%2Flittle-monsters.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=b7032b2f03e4f6b3dcfc9cb2d1b6250076adc2db5e1e6ef365111cd787e22297[/img]

Wowwwww not too scary, definitely completely cinematic. Nailed the brief once again!! I also really appreciate how versatile you are, from renaissance instruments to midi orchestra, you can do it all!

Wowwwww not too scary, definitely completely cinematic. Nailed the brief once again!! I also really appreciate how versatile you are, from renaissance instruments to midi orchestra, you can do it all!

That bell at the end seals the deal!

That bell at the end seals the deal!

Mission accomplished. This is just perfect.

Mission accomplished. This is just perfect.