Synth Cowboy #1
By Tomatron.Jones on February 18, 2024 11:56 pm
I set out to explicitly blend 'western' and 'industrial', sort of Ennio Morricone meets industrial hard-synth production, with some inspiration from the Mandalorian intro. That meant some heavy hitting synth, a gallop beat, some twangy guitar, and various percussion and vocals used in Spaghetti Western soundtracks. This one took longer than I was hoping and I'm not in love with it yet - a bunch of great ideas that I failed to fully nail and the pacing / arrangement is a bit awkward and unsatisfying. I think I got too 'precious' with this one - I liked it too much and as such got kinda stuck pushing it forward. But there's some fun stuff here and I may take another crack at this 'wester-industrial' thing.
Gear:
* Custom / hand-made electric resonator guitar
* Moog SubPhatty for some bass synth
* Splice for percussion and 'grunt' samples
* Plugins: Ableton Bass plugin, Baby Audio Transit, Ozone Elements for mastering
Total time: ~6 hours
Audio works licensed by author under:
CC Attribution Noncommercial No Derivative Works (BY-NC-ND)