Description
I wanted to go with an ambient-electronic sound with organic instruments.

With Logic Pro I went with creating and manipulating the samples of an acoustic piano and Sub Bass for the initial beat and chord progression.

I intentionally kept the clipped sound to incorporate it as part of the rhythm for the upper frequencies.

I can almost imagine this score to be part of either an RPG or Point and Click adventure perhaps. Some type of game that can best handle detective based stories.

For the main theme I decided to give a sense of the clock ticking away ominously to indicate time slowly running out for our main character with a harp intensely plucking an arpeggio. You can almost hear the narration, "My name is _____ and I'm about to die..."

For the second track. I almost envision it as the introductory to our hero's bureau... either that or a tutorial phase. I also added the Sax just to give it a bit of a Film-Noir genre.

The final track, is kind of the final countdown giving both a heroic but foreboding feel as if the protagonist fails she will die but there's still some hope left.

Message from the artist:
Thanks for listening! I kinda ran out of time but I hope you enjoy what I've written so far!

Theme:

How does it fit the theme?
Each track incorporates a ticking clock to indicate the time slowly ticking away.

For the main theme I manipulated some of the samples by reversing the sound of the pianos and harps as a story plot that this event in the hero's life can be reversed and prevented.

The protagonist will have to use her detective skills to trace the evidence that will lead to her murder. She will be travelling through time.

Through out the tracks as well to give a sense of foreboding I tried to develop a variation on the classic Dies Irae motif with harp and piano to give a sense of there's a time crunch that we need to solve this as soon as possible.

If I decide to expand the soundtrack I'd probably add a bit more to the story and characters involved.

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/emodate/sets/minutesbefore_murder_rpg?si=76389bbff8314f51b633f925516d9955&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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