Members xanderbeanz Posted March 23, 2012 Members Share Posted March 23, 2012 So i have a decent job as a music teacher. I teach adults with autism/learning difficulties how to play guitar and keys. Whilst it's a rewarding job, my true passion is composing. I'd love a job as a soundtrack composer for Videogames, so i'm gonna put together a showreel of different pieces, some electronic-ky, some orchestral, all epic! Then i'm gonna send it out to different video game companies, i reckon i'll send them a DVD and musical-orientated CV (i've done alot of music for different people) and use footage of THEIR games, and put my music over the top. It goes without saying i'll only use pieces which go with the game, we don't want blips and bloops over resident evil do we? lol. Of course, this is all speculation and it'll be useless trying unless my stuff is up to scratch. Here's the first piece i've done for the showreel, it's an electronic track which would fit well with a game like Deus Ex, Metroid, etc etc. http://soundcloud.com/elmosexwhistle/alex-juno-future-cityscape I may also contact indie game developers as it might allow me to build up my CV, would be cool to have my music on an Ipad game maybe. Equipment Used: Korg Monopoly - Basses, Leads, Brassy Bits Yamaha DX11 - Doubled Up on Bass for some nice attack OPX Pro - That cool arpeggiated synth part AAS String Studio - For that zheng part at the beginning Along with A Choir Soundfont, Sampletank and some samples of a Yamaha RX drum machine. Oh yeah, mastered with Izotope Ozone. Let me know what you think. Cheers. Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members liliththekitten Posted March 23, 2012 Members Share Posted March 23, 2012 DO IT. Submitting to indie game developers is a good idea, even if it's just Flash stuff on Kongregate. A lot of them could use good music and the right game & game soundtrack gets a lot of publicity and credibility in the industry. Sword & Sworcery is one. idk anything about getting into AAA stuff but there's prob a lot of advice. USE ONLY A DX11. MAKE EVERYTHING SOUND LIKE MEGADRIVE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mediterranean Posted March 23, 2012 Members Share Posted March 23, 2012 I think a lead in a synth song is analogous to action in an action video game. Bring it up. It's buried. It also sounds mono-ish because it's perfectly centered in the stereo field. Pan it a little. Some passages also have repeated notes here and there: pan one left [the "call"], and the other right [the "answer"]. I think it will sound much better. What a beautiful composition man! aside from the awesome lead, I love the dramatic drums, those choirs, and the sudden end! Best of luck hunting down some clients! somebody somewhere will love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tedmich Posted March 23, 2012 Members Share Posted March 23, 2012 Good as Vai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gregwar Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cresshead Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 sounds okay, could do with a remix as other have noted, writing for game is also writing for "screen" so you need to write to counterpoint what's happening on screen, this means you'll be writing to timecode and action points and not 'bars'. try picking a portion of a game and writing to the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keybdwizrd Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 It certainly is nice to hear someone writing in something other than 4/4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BonsoWonderDog Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 I have a good friend who's been a game designer for many years......want me to ask how to get into the industry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members triton76 Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 yes DX11 or you're a SELLOUT! I live in Irvine CA near BLIZZARD. Send me a CD and I'll frisbee it out my car window at their Fortress on my way to work. Seriously that place is so well fortified it's kinda intimidating until you see the geeks walking out of there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xanderbeanz Posted March 24, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 I have a good friend who's been a game designer for many years......want me to ask how to get into the industry? that sounds brill, it's always useful to have advice like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evildragon Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 Screw DX11, you need to use SID. BTW, nice 6/4 there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Artmuzz Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 Cool. The bass however sounds similar to the bass on a track I composed a few years ago. I will upload it on soundcloud when I get home to let you hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Audacity Works Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 Nice track, xanderbeanz! We've done a lot of video game soundtracks, and to be honest, it's pretty rough out there, at least with the larger distributors. The current state of the music industry caused everyone to look elsewhere for work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xanderbeanz Posted March 25, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 25, 2012 Yeah i'm gonna be including all sorts of stuff in my demo reel, some spacey stuff (like the track i posted) some rock, some orchestral bits, some ambient stuff, maybe a little big band jazz? Soundalikes would be pretty easy for me, i'm good with my synths and sample libraries and can usually replicate a sound or feel, and i'm also good on my chords and play by ear well, so can take a track and change "just enough" notes to make it have the same feel, but be legally different. Also willing to write new stuff to spec, in fact i was going to offer any company a free bit of work, ie "Send me a little bit of game footage and i'll write something to it" to give them an idea of how it would work. Thanks for the advice Audacity, i'm certainly open to working for free for a while on Ipad/Iphone projects to build up a CV. I liked that your advice was realistic (ie it's a hard world out there!) but also fair, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BonsoWonderDog Posted March 25, 2012 Members Share Posted March 25, 2012 Well, my friend didn't come up with any earth-shattering tips, sorry: " the only advice I would have is to go via linkedin and send his resume to games industry recruitersthere's no really direct way in"it's not the good old days of who you know anymorehe's just going to have to pound the pavement internet-wiseexperience is everything tooso, it can be a catch 22he should target some companies he likes/would like to work for and send his resume etc.all the usual stuffget familiar with the names of current games music writers etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xanderbeanz Posted March 26, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 26, 2012 Thanks for the tips mate, i'm gonna target smaller companies first, those who make IOS games and freeware stuff etc, to build up a resume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zzzxtreme Posted March 26, 2012 Members Share Posted March 26, 2012 sounds fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members realtrance Posted March 28, 2012 Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 Just pinged a friend of mine who does indie games; he'll be in touch with you if he's interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GloomGenerator Posted February 12, 2013 Members Share Posted February 12, 2013 So whatever came of this? I've been having similar daydreams for a couple of years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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