Bodo!! Thank you so much for listening and for sharing your thoughts on each of my tracks - it truly means so much. In Emberhen, I couldn’t find an instrument with the exact sound I wanted, so I did some experimentation until I found an interesting sound that I liked. I ended up using Spitfire LABS free Dulcimer: picked ensemble panned left center doubled with a Logic stock “Celtic Dulcimer” panned slightly right, and then used a Logic stock “Chinese Guzheng Zither” panned far right that was quieter and played the same figure offbeat. All together it gave a strange and disorienting effect that I was intending to have feel like heat or bubbling lava. I could have easily used other instruments for this effect, but I really wanted it to sound like it could reasonably be coming from the instrument in the theme image.
I am so happy we shared that Forest jam together - I thought we both came up with some amazing submissions for that one - I love Rotslayer! I tried to capture some of the flight-like similarities to Gladewing so in a way I did take inspiration from what I had done before there! Thank you so much again for sharing your thoughts!