'Summoning the Air Elemental' - New Original Music - Splinterlands Music/Lore Contest Submission! Orchestral/World/Instrumental + Walkthrough!
Here's my submission for
this week's Splinterlands Music/Lore Contest! I decided to try and use some new instruments from the Native Instruments Komplete Start set I downloaded a few weeks ago, like the shakuhachi, and persian ney, both of which are used for basically the whole song. I also used some sounds from Spitfire Audio's LABS, and some Ableton instrument packs, including the orchestral cymbals and marimba.
Listen to Summoning the Air Elemental here.
I knew I wanted to do
a song about/inspired by the Air Elemental, so it had to have a certain airy quality to it, which I think those two flute-esque world instruments accomplished. I also wanted it to have a sorta medieval/action vibe, but when I began working with this slower speed, I liked it a lot and decided to try and accomplish this harmonically.
Shakuhaci Melody, B part.
Shakuhaci Melody, B part.Listen to Summoning the Air Elemental here.
Track 4, Cello, A part.
Track 4, Cello, A part.We have two main sections,
A and B, and our intro, which are marked in the overview screenshot at the top of the post. The share a lot of the main instruments, like the synth in Track 1, of course the shakuhachi and ney in 2 and 3, respectively, and the LABS Cello in Track 4. The drums are Tracks 5 and 6, which I doubled and panned out (and added a little variation in tone between the two), which made them a lot fuller, and a little saturator to cut through the thickness of the first 4 tracks.
Listen to Summoning the Air Elemental here.
Track 7 provides some accents
on the 1 of each measure with a sorta psychedelic guitar line in the A parts, while the next two tracks play an effected piano and tubular bells over the B part, playing the chord tones, thirds and fifths, and harmonizing with each other. Track 10 is the orchestral cymbal, which accents the beginning of both B parts, and the 2nd A part. Finally, we have the marimba in Track 11, which just accents chord tones.
Track 9, Tubular Bells, B part.
Track 9, Tubular Bells, B part.I hope you dig the song! Check out the other contestants here and support them with some upvotes!
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Very nice song , it makes me feel peace hahaha
hah, thanks for listening!