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Guild Soldiers (Orchestra)
I kept thinking of Demacia when I was writing this. o W o
This is my first song to use parallel compression on the drums.
Music © Shawn Badolian
This is my first song to use parallel compression on the drums.
Music © Shawn Badolian
Category Music / Other Music
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 120 x 120px
File Size 2.62 MB
Just listening to the way those drums at the beginning slowly build up the tension, until it is all released suddenly around the 30 second mark. You could have safely held that tension for a little bit longer, and made a bigger bang at that mark, but amazing start!
The body of the song is constantly changing, enough to be clearly noticeable, but not enough to be safely played if it was longer. The head instruments need to contrast the backup ones more, to create more of a melody, and it could be used to make this song really stand out from the other songs I have heard of yours. Make it more dramatic, have loud instruments that make the others hard to hear, but keep in mind that this song should become longer, as in 5-7 minutes, as it has too much energy in it to be short. I'll try not to go too into theory for this next part, but you should also consider a part where there is a solo xylophone (if really required, keep some really soft violins and drums), somewhere near, but not at the end, that plays dolce (soft and sweet) to really add the effect that all battles have more than just one emotion. Make sure that the violins (if added) are legato (slow, clean strokes) to make them not stand out.
Put a key change (up the key signature of the last parts of the song by half a note) in there somewhere, it will spice up everything and make sure it comes with a big cymbal clash to sound even more awesome! Make this part, after the key change, have a much stronger and louder texture (introduce lots more instruments playing as hard as they can, to make more noise)
Also, maybe add a special ending that contrasts the entire song, maybe suggesting a sad climax, or an odd anticlimax, to prevent it from fading out. You may find that the fade often leaves the viewer wanting to hear more, whereas a climax makes them think that the song is over.
The body of the song is constantly changing, enough to be clearly noticeable, but not enough to be safely played if it was longer. The head instruments need to contrast the backup ones more, to create more of a melody, and it could be used to make this song really stand out from the other songs I have heard of yours. Make it more dramatic, have loud instruments that make the others hard to hear, but keep in mind that this song should become longer, as in 5-7 minutes, as it has too much energy in it to be short. I'll try not to go too into theory for this next part, but you should also consider a part where there is a solo xylophone (if really required, keep some really soft violins and drums), somewhere near, but not at the end, that plays dolce (soft and sweet) to really add the effect that all battles have more than just one emotion. Make sure that the violins (if added) are legato (slow, clean strokes) to make them not stand out.
Put a key change (up the key signature of the last parts of the song by half a note) in there somewhere, it will spice up everything and make sure it comes with a big cymbal clash to sound even more awesome! Make this part, after the key change, have a much stronger and louder texture (introduce lots more instruments playing as hard as they can, to make more noise)
Also, maybe add a special ending that contrasts the entire song, maybe suggesting a sad climax, or an odd anticlimax, to prevent it from fading out. You may find that the fade often leaves the viewer wanting to hear more, whereas a climax makes them think that the song is over.
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