The OotS Soundtrack Project

[Howler Dagger]

I'm sorry Vesth, but I have to ask: based on the way your wrote the trombone part, it seems to me like you are unaware the bass clef is completely different from treble, so it caused you to write third/sixth off from what you intended. Also, may I ask why you felt it was necessary to write in the G natural at measure 20 in the trombone part, when there are no G sharps/flats it the measure/key signature?

[Vesth]

It's on purpose actually

For chords. But if you think it sounds nicer if it's all the same notes, I'll change it

And ya, I'll get around to removing that G natural thing.

[ZLotMors]

Vesth, I notice that the flute solo at 30 sounds a lot like the Athletic theme from Super Mario. Just a coincidence?

[Vesth]

...wha? They sound similar?

*searches Athletic theme from Super Mario on google*

It sounds different :O

[Othesemo]

Well, after about a month of arduous composing, and equally arduous forgetting-that-I-should-be-composing-and-instead-doing-something-else-ing, O-Chul has been completed (mostly). Unfortunately, it remains unsupported by Noteflight. So, I'll just upload a WAV file. Now, since this is using Sibelius 6 for sound instead of Noteflight, it naturally sounds a heck of a lot better. So, as long as I'm uploading a higher quality version of O-Chul, why not do the same for my other pieces?

So, here are the high quality recordings of Thor, The Oracle, and O-Chul. I've also included XML files for anyone interested in seeing the score. You should be able to listen to the WAV files without downloading them- just click on the song that you'd like, then play it (note that this requires that you have a 4shared account). If you don't have a 4shared account, or want to look at the score, just click the file you want from the list and download it.

Anyways, I'd love to hear any feedback on O-Chul. It definitely took more effort than the other two, and I'm curious what everyone thinks of it.

[Howler Dagger]

I finally got around to finishing Durkon's Theme. You may notice parts of it seem suspiciously similar to Thor, and this is no accident, as I felt it would be cool to have continuity between the priest and his god. Anyway, for those wondering I am using a Trombone, Violin, Bagpipe, Dulcimer, and Timpani.

[Howler Dagger]

It's on purpose actually

For chords. But if you think it sounds nicer if it's all the same notes, I'll change it

And ya, I'll get around to removing that G natural thing.

In which case, you may want to consider changing it to G#, to keep with the other notes being raised by a half-step.

Anyway, here is the start of a new song I am writing.

[The Underlord]

I give you Fall of the Gods!

[Howler Dagger]

Can you please upload Fall of the Gods as .wav? I can't read FLAC files on my new computer, and for whatever reason the official FLAC reader doesn't work.

[Othesemo]

Well, I'm noticing a sudden influx of not having any work, so I can start composing again. If anyone has requests, I'll take 'em.

[Howler Dagger]

Haley's theme would be a welcome addition, unless someone is already working on that. Another good idea is Malack's Theme.

[Othesemo]

Funny, I was thinking of doing Malack's theme earlier today. I think I'll make that a working idea- if I diverge too wildly, I'll think of something else.

In the mean time, could we add Malack's Theme to the Requests/WIP listing in the first post?

EDIT: And... I'm about a minute into 'Vengeance' (for String Orchestra, because I don't compose for them often enough), and I'm calling it a night. Should have this one ready soon, though.

[Quarion Nailo]

Lemme cut to the chase: Haley's Theme.

Now you may be wondering, "QN, you said you'd finish it like a month ago!" Take a look at the song's full title in Noteflight. That's right: v4. FOUR VERSIONS. Think of it as a medley.

As for the actual song, I think it starts off pretty straightforward and ends up discordant. Whether this is good or bad is up to you. It definitely cuts short, as a lot of my pieces are wont to do

In any case, enjoy, and keep an eye out for Elan's Ballad of the Legendary Élan, coming soon.

[Othesemo]

Nice. Very fun, and you managed to through a quote in very well. One suggestion- but the flute part up an octave. The register you're writing in is awfully low for a floutist. Other than that, great job.

I've gotten a bit sucked into a piece for band, but I should have vengeance up soon.

[Quarion Nailo]

Nice. Very fun, and you managed to through a quote in very well. One suggestion- but the flute part up an octave. The register you're writing in is awfully low for a floutist. Other than that, great job.

I've gotten a bit sucked into a piece for band, but I should have vengeance up soon.

Great suggestion. I was wondering why the flute sounded so weird, so I made it play rather quietly. Now that I realize that halfway through the piece everything was one 8va low for some reason, I can make the flute louder.

[ArlEammon]

I'd like to request "The Death Of Soon" :(
And
"The Death of Miko"

[Quarion Nailo]

I probably should have mentioned that Elan's Theme is up.

[AsteriskAmp]

Sorry for taking so long with Belkar's theme, I had several complete re-writes with uni on top. Hit the books for harmony theory and noticed everything was wrong, and then hit the books for dissonance theory and found out some nifty things I simply wanted to throw on top and well, long story short, I've started from 0 again after several minor corrections leading to 15 minutes of instrumentation going to the trash.

[The Underlord]

So I saw in the transcribing of one of Rich's interviews this

Jesse - One thing I noticed recently on the forum that I thought was kinda interesting is the fact that people have started to. . . sort of making a soundtrack to the series. . .

Rich - I saw the thread title, but I haven't been. . . I haven't been on the forums as much as I should since this started, been having to put up an update almost every single day for the past two weeks, so I haven't actually caught exactly what's going on there, but it's an interesting idea, I mean, I know that Homestuck does similar sorts of things with the fans creating soundtracks and he actually uses them in his animation, which I don't think is gonna happen for the Stick, but it's still a great idea to be able to have something to listen to... I don't know, it's an interesting idea.

We got mentioned!

[Othesemo]

Yeah, I noticed that when I was glancing through the IGC a few weeks back. The idea that Rich Burlew may have listened to my compositions is a pleasant thought.

[Quarion Nailo]

Self-confidence +100!

[Ninjadeadbeard]

So...I've never written music before. I can't play any instrument. So, now that that's out of the way, I was deeply intrigued by all this, and I want to put something forth.

This (amateur) piece is entitled, Right-Eye. My first score ever. Anyone (dis)like?

[Othesemo]

So...I've never written music before. I can't play any instrument.

...

Really?

Huh. Distinguishing between harmonic mistakes and genius became a lot harder after post-tonal music rolled around. That said, you either have a natural talent for composing music, or a natural talent for making some excellent (and deliberate sounding) mistakes. Either way, good job.

[Ninjadeadbeard]

Huh. Distinguishing between harmonic mistakes and genius became a lot harder after post-tonal music rolled around. That said, you either have a natural talent for composing music, or a natural talent for making some excellent (and deliberate sounding) mistakes. Either way, good job.

While I would normally just take that genius comment and file under my happy-place, I assure you anything that sounded decent was purely coincidental.

Aaand now I have The Plan. I'm having so much fun with this thing!

[Quarion Nailo]

While I would normally just take that genius comment and file under my happy-place, I assure you anything that sounded decent was purely coincidental.

Aaand now I have The Plan. I'm having so much fun with this thing!

These are nice, I'll put them up in the OP.

I think I should tell you, however, that you're using ties instead of slurs. Ties (placed with a comma) look a lot like slurs, but they join the lengths of two notes together, even across bars. Slurs (placed with an 's') can be placed across multiple notes, and indicate that the notes are being played more smoothly.

--QN

[Howler Dagger]

*Listening to Right Eye* I bet I could play that.........
*Reaches measure 18* Oh S**T!

You need a violin to play that because, excluding the last note, all of that is withing the comfortable range of a violin, and in the impossible range for any cellist I know.

Also protip: Write music that high in treble clef. If you go above the middle line, you need to change instruments.

Though I think I could easily arrange for The Plan to be played.

EDIT: Though We couldn't play so of the slurs.

[Vesth]

So I saw in the transcribing of one of Rich's interviews this

We got mentioned!

Can I have a link please? I want to read it personally :O

[Othesemo]

Check the IGC. It's in the second post under the Geekdamania interview (or however you spell it).

[Othesemo]

So, apologies for the double post. I've found a site of interest to anyone who wants to upload music from their computer. It's called Vocaroo, and you can basically upload any music file (.mp3, .wav, etc.) for free, and then have it played back with no download.

[Howler Dagger]

I just realized Musescore.com (I missed this because you download the program from musescore.org) allows you to upload songs and play them back similar to Noteflight, so I will be hosting my songs there from now on. It may be awhile since I am away from my main computer to get my songs uploaded.