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Music Sticky

A topic by ND2311 created Mar 01, 2023 Views: 468 Replies: 94
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Everything regarding music for the game

Developer

Ahoy! The composer? *reaches out hand*

*Shakes hand* Yep, the writer?

Developer (1 edit)

Oh yeah, pleased to meet ya mate!

Same thing! feel free to let me know if you need anything, I'm open to every type if suggestions in the music

Developer

Same thing here! Need something changed for the narrative, reach out! #froggang4lyfe

Developer

I love this so much!

Developer (1 edit)

okay, let's start with the main theme.

Anything in mind?

Developer

I want something low and slow.

Let me think in some ideas according to what we have so far

Developer

They blocked my post on reddit!

I saw that but why??

Developer

Maybe they thought you where trying to insue capitalism? 

Developer

Quick question: Is the main theme going to be the title theme?

Developer (1 edit)

I would think so.

Developer

Ah, ok, thanks

Developer

they blocked it again!!

Developer

Negotiate with em

Maybe ask a mod directly? 

Developer

Anything on the music?

Still working on it, I've been reading the story to try to find what the main theme could be, I do have a question though. Are you looking for a specific type of music and instrumentation or do I have more liberty on that?

Developer (1 edit)

You have liberty to do anything you want, you just have to give creepy mystery vibes.

Gotcha, I'll send a few ideas or something like that in a few hours, not sure if something recorded or a midi thing but I'll see

Developer

Got it.

Sorry for the delay, it's been crazy IRL but I have the main theme or at least something for the game. All the feedback is welcome and everything can be changed. The piece has the Studio's motif, Jesse's motif and it's loop-able, it has 4 sections so it can be cut in case it's needed. Here's the Dropbox folder where I'll be putting everything. Let me know about anything. Replaced OST

Developer (1 edit)

Yeesh, that piece is so good I feel the need to up my own game! Great job mate!

Developer

same here. ;)

Hehe, thanks, it's not the best imo but I'm glad y'all like it!
And your job is already amazing, it's such an inspiration and I'm already working on some ideas based on the new things you add to the story

Developer (1 edit)

I just got more Inspired! Thanks :)

Developer (1 edit)

Yeah, I think it's been crazy for all of us. Thanks, LOL.

100% , I will still be working on anything that it's needed during these months tough 

Developer

thanks.

Developer (2 edits)

I absolutely LOVE IT! The next song (When your up for it), should be the song that plays when it's night at the studio and your searching the building, I'm thinking we could use a variant of the main theme (Or just the Main theme). And the intense music that would play when your being chased. Again I LOVE THE MAIN THEME and I understand if you need a break.

Glad you like it!
Okay now that you approved that one next is
1. a night investigation piece
2. Chasing piece

Is that correct?

Developer

Yes, exactly!

Developer

Hey! Just wondered, have you started on the main theme for the CEO, will he even have a main theme?

I've started but haven't finished though.

More than a theme itself, I'm working on motifs for each character that then I can use to either make changes to the main theme or use them on other tracks. 

As for the CEO motif, I can tell you that it's relatively slow, the "test" one is on cello but I'm trying something different for the soundtrack, I'll leave that as a surprise though hehehe

But if you have ideas or anything, feel free to tell me!

Developer

Hey! I just wondred if he could have like some sovjet-y parts in his song, dunno, thought it would sound cool, but I don't want to interfere in your work.

I can try something and see if it fits, not sure if it will but thanks for the suggestion!

Developer

Btw, I have updated on the story if you want to check it out.

Thanks! I'll check it out asap

Developer

Any updates?

Good news and bad news.
I had more music to show but before that I decided to try the demo to just get a sense of it and see if it might work.
Turns out the music I was making was way off (in my opinion) of what the little demo was presenting, so yeah, I'm kinda starting those tracks again.
If you need to know I was making it more "acoustic" in a way. Using less stuff and focusing a lot on a soundtrack with just a few instruments and an acoustic guitar as the main thing but yeah, it didn't worked with the demo and I'm still not sure what things are gameplay and what things are cutscenes.
That's the current status but I'm working on it  

Developer

Sorry. Before you do anything, you should know that the Demo, is just that... a Demo, anything is do to change.

This weekend I'll try to send a few things, in both styles and we can see what might fit better along with the story

Developer

Sounds good

Developer

Yo! On account of not knowing what is gameplay and not, I am planning to put in markers around the script to signify fameplay/cutscene, but as I've told Cod I am kind of waiting for the rest of the crew to catch up, but if it's really urgent I can do it now.

No no, it's okay, you can do that, it would help a lot when you have the time. I've been a bit busy these last couple of days so I haven't been able to work as much as I would like but tomorrow I'll have a chase piece, at least as place holder or for all of you to give feedback. I'm also working on a "safe theme".

But yeah you do that when you can, no pressure from my part :)

Developer

Same to you, mate! :D

Okay so I updated the Dropbox, there's an idea for the chasing theme, just as a place-holder because some things need changing but it's mainly so y'all give me your feedback. the link is in other of my replies but I'll leave it here as well just in case.

 Replaced OST

Developer (2 edits)

I think it fits very well. It is very fast and would definitely get you heart going. As you said  it does need a little work, but for a place-holder it is surprisingly good.

Really? that's great! Yeah I'm still working on it and also in a "safe" theme for reading emails, is that okay?

Developer

That's okay.

Developer (1 edit)

Here is a link to become an admin for the project: https://itch.io/game/accept-admin/2055180/4646408

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Thanks! I'll check it out  tomorrow probably, I've been a bit busy lately (a very important exam in 2 weeks and my final project to graduate college) so I haven't been able to work as much as I would like, sorry about that.

After that exam I'll be able to get work a bit more consistently again though

EDIT: I checked the link real quick and apparently I can't get access

Developer

Sorry wrong link here is the correct one: https://itch.io/game/accept-admin/2055180/4646408

Thanks, anyway, I'll keep working on this and get back to y'all soon

Developer

Okay. Good for you! :)

Developer

What do you mean changing? I think it's perfect! :D It really fits the theme and vibe of the game! But if you say so, I'll agree. :)

Developer

Any updates on the maestros side? :D

Yes.
Today is Monday, this Wednesday/Thursday I'm going to post something BIG and I'll need everyone's opinion on it

Developer

So tomorrow then? Can't wait? Did ya check out the update on story btw?

I did check the story, I really like how it's going! and it's great that you're dividing between gameplay and cutscenes, I think it's useful for everyone  

Developer

Well, here in the USA, we're celebrating  independence Day. Can't wait to see what you got coming.

I'm not from US so yeah, I do have the time to keep working on it, but happy independence day for y'all! 

Developer

Oh, happy (late) Fourth of July btw! Sincerely, from the UK.

Hello, update from my part, I haven't been able to send anything, I've been busy with paper work for college and looking for a job so has been a little busy. 

Hopefully I can upload something asap, sorry for the delay 

Developer

No worries! Good luck with college! :D

Developer

Yeah, no problem man!

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Hello everyone! Long time no see.

I´ve been so busy in these past few weeks but I´m kinda back. 

And I bring with me two of the tracks that you needed before anything else. 

The chase theme (pretty heavy I think but hey I like it) and the save/menu theme.

I would really appreciate your feedback specially now that your idea of the plot is a bit different.  
Also if needed I´d be more than happy to explain both tracks and maybe that would help too.
Replaced OST

Developer

Imma be real honest with ya, the tracks are kinda AWESOME, I especially like the chase theme! Keep up the good work! :D

Thanks! :) I was worried that I went too over board with it. But yeah, I think they came out nice

Developer (1 edit)

Just had a quick listen and...IT'S AMAZING! I love it!

That's great! glad you like it!
What other tracks do you guys need?

Developer

a track for the daytime. this one should be more innocent then the safe theme, since you can't die during the day...in the game... that's what I meant.

Innocent... you mean more like a gentle simple thing or more like playful or wholesome?

Developer (1 edit)

I guess you could say more childish... Nothing too silly or cute. Or if you want, you could make it plain and boring, like working in a gray office cubical.

Then after that, each enemy character could have their own variant of the chase theme like with different instruments. But we should probably figure out what characters in the game and which will be replaced.

Hello everyone! just letting you know two quick things:

1. I've been really busy with some IRL stuff (final project to graduate collage and it's also related to games so yeah, pretty time consuming) so I've been working on the project but really slowly (even if it's just a piece for now)

2. Probably tomorrow or Friday I'll have the track ready and then I guess I just have to wait till more music is needed. I'm not really sure what could be needed at this point in the development from my part though, so I'm open to any ideas or to just wait for ya'll to have more stuff

Just a little update from my part so you see I'm still alive lol

Developer (2 edits)

Glad your still alive! 

So what are you going to collage for anyway?

I studied composition of popular music, composition of music for multimedia and music theory. And right now I'm making a thesis on adaptive music, exploring all the types of adaptive music, it's history and how can it be used.

So for it I'm not only writing about it but I'm also making a technical demo of a game to show examples that help me during that work, if that makes sense

Developer

I though that it was probably music!

Good luck!

Developer

Good luck with your project, feller! I myself have been a bit busy concerning the video game called 'Real life'.

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Oof, yeah I understand that, it´s a pretty hard game, the worst thing is that there´s no tutorial! 

Also hi! nice to see you´re still here as well :)

Developer

Depends on how you start the game. The problem is if there is a tutorial then it usually makes things harder, Lol!

So, with the new story on the works, does the music have to change?

Developer

Well, both the programming and the story have been (Or will be) Redone so it's your choice really.

Probably for the best imo, so it fits again.  

Things like having a save theme, chase theme, etc can probably stay and you can use the current ones as placeholders for the time being

Developer

I will.

Because we´re all changing things a bit I wanted to do the same. 

This time I would like to know not only what themes we need but also what games you like, what OSTs you like or even what you have in mind for the game music wise. If that makes sense. The more opinions and suggestions the better so I have more material to study and make something original with all of that

Developer

Two OST's (is it OST's? Or OST in plural? No damn idea) I love are: The Sea of Thieves Soundtrack, and Red Dead Redemption 2 soundtrack, I believe none of them really fit the setting, especially not Sea of Thieves, but maybe we could have some RDR2 esc. country music on a radio or something xD.

Thanks! I haven't heard The Sea of Thieves OST but of course I know the RDR2 soundtrack, it's one of the best crafted OST of the last decade. I'll study both and see if there's something that can work as inspiration :)  

Developer

well I like the climactic creepy sense of COD zombies. Especially COD 3's rendition. I don't know how well it would fit though.

That's okay! I will check it out and see if something there can be used or adapted for the new context. It doesn't really have to "fit" with the game, it's more to try to find what elements can be useful.  

Developer

Well in that case I think that it should work!