Liontamer ⚖️ Posted May 23 Posted May 23 Artist Name: Gaspode Recently I played the little open-world-indie-game »A Short Hike« and immediately fell in love with its great soundtrack. The song I remixed is full of great little uplifting melodies. I tried to incorporate most of them, but I changed their order or used them as background elements. I can provide a source-breakdown if you want, but maybe you want to explore my interpretation for yourself beforehand. ;o) Games & Sources Game: A Short Hike Track: See You At The Top Composed by: Mark Sparling
prophetik music ⚖️ Posted June 2 Posted June 2 opens with some tempo-synced elements that apes the opening chord progression, and then at 0:18 we get the arp pattern that's in the strings in the original. there's an interesting feel at 0:18 - the backing arp sounds strings-adjacent, and the big verby drums and timpani give it an orchestral newage feel, but the lead synths are very spacey and different. the bit of glide on the lead that comes in at 0:53 is nice. there's a bit of a break at 1:31 - still highly rhythmic and tempo-synced, but not any percs for a bit. the strings pulsing in the background again are nice - the interplay between real and synthetic elements is fun. the escalation element in the stop-and-go at 2:27 is really nice. there's a change in the feel at 2:41, and suddenly we're two instead of three for a little bit. there's a feel of wonder and anticipation in this section, which is interesting and i can't really quantify. accelerating towards and then reaching the 'peak' of this section and feeling the beat drop out from underneath at 3:18 is reminiscent of cody sailing over the waterfall in marahute's arms in the beginning of Rescuers Down Under (one of my favorite animated films). the subsequent section transitions into a slow letdown around 3:50 - almost as if we can't get to that height again, and we know it - and then builds itself back up on the other side over the course of the next minute to a peak at 4:50. this section doesn't quite have the verve and impact as i expected given the complex build-up, but it's a nice cozy payoff section for the last minute of the piece. one last chord, and some fade, and we're done. this is outstanding. the work evokes a sense of yearning among other emotions - really superb realization throughout. i particularly appreciated the nuance in the pacing and in the volumization between each section - there's loads of extra attention paid to ensure that each element is just in the right place for each section, regardless of where it's being used. the track sounds fantastic. excellent work. YES
Liontamer ⚖️ Posted June 22 Author Posted June 22 Like proph said, this takes you on a journey, and it's a strong example of retaining the melodic fundamentals but giving this a different mood via the instrumentation. The sound palette's not my personal taste, though the throwback feel of the synths definitely gave this some 80s energy with some cinematic flair. A Short Hike fans are gonna be feasting with the amount of subs we've gotten from it recently. :-D YES
pixelseph ⚖️ Posted July 5 Posted July 5 Gaspode builds on the original a greater feeling of triumph and hopefulness, with a great deal of attention paid to the soundscape throughout. I do think there is room here for more bombast and drama, particularly in the final minute - perhaps harder and tighter sidechain kicks, a big choir, something to that effect - but it would be to the detriment of the vision the rest of the piece establishes. Besides plenty of reverb used for depth, this piece highlights for me how to use delay on your lead voices to create space. Check out the square lead @ :35 and listen to the tail of the delay push into the end of the bar, fading with the triplet counter pulse - it would be really easy to let that wash carry over the bar and interfere with the chord changes. I agree with LT - A Short Hike fans are gonna be eating well this year! YES
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