Liontamer Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Artist Names: Hashel, Ridley Snipes This track was originally made for the Pixel Mixers' "Crossed Paths" album, a tribute to Octopath Traveler 2 OST: https://open.spotify.com/album/4CyTS3h5t3Yw1xn0q0VumB I had the pleasure to work with Ridley Snipes, an OCR veteran, who produced the percussions and some extra pads layers. My goal with the arrangement was to keep the "etherial" vibe of the track and try to go for some "electro chill" mood, both relaxing while keeping some groove. Games & Sources The track was composed by Yasunori Nishiki for Octopath Traveler 2, the original track be be heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKqc6uIVz60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 always loved dorian when it's not just used as 'weird minor'. starts with piano and sfx, and the ascending scale comes in after a bit. the beat comes in alongside the initial melodic content at 0:37. it's a nice groove, i think 'electro chill' is a good term. the leads used in this section (both the first one and the one at 1:03) remind me a lot of FFX's remastered soundtrack. 1:29 is a bit of a shift, and the detuned lead does some more agile stuff (i didn't care for how this sounded on this lead) before the beat comes back at 1:53. 2:19's a big shift. the same detuned lead is used here, which at this point it's getting a little tired. the vocal pads are nice, and i like the percussive elements used when they come in. the track is a pretty straightforward adaptation of the melodic material overall, and that especially shows up here. after this we get an extended outro and it's done. the tail on this is pretty long (there's fading elements after the last hit for at least five seconds) and probably should be trimmed down. this is straightforward but solid. the arrangement is more in the vibe and instrumentation than the notes. i'd have loved to see more going on in terms of personalizing the melodic material, but what's here sounds good. i particularly like the different pad elements used throughout. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 Nice job giving this theme different surrounding textures to personalize the sound. Building beats and a bassline around it wasn't a direction I necessarily expected, but everything's airy & stylish while feeling low-key. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindWanderer Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 The epitome of "lo-fi beats to chill to." It doesn't excite me, but it's not supposed to. I wish it had more of an ending, but again I suppose you don't really want an "ending" if you're just chilling to a playlist. It works for what it's supposed to be. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpazilla Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 "Building beats and bassline around it" count me in for this, it's a great concept and it works! The source seems to be asking for that treatment. This is definitely a low-key chill vibe, I would not call it "lo-fi" though. The "fi" is high. Very relaxing groove, good arrangement and instrumentation, nicely produced. Nothing earth shattering, but very nice. Let's do this. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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