Meh... game music?

Posted by Kairos on June 1, 2007, 10:51 p.m.

I haven't said much recently. Mainly cause of school. Progress is slowly being down on that new platformer you've seen (or not) in screens in previous blogs. I've been playing ST more than working than my own games, and that's a bad thing , so I guess I need to get my lazy ass off of Jake's work of art and start doing some real work, which I hate. I'm rather slow at progress.

Recently I've been looking for music to add to my game. Problem is, I can't seem to find any kind that seem suitable. It's supposed to be a slightly dark environment, but so far I've tried looking for mods (they're pretty small in file size and > midi) but there's only like one or 2 with something I like, but then there's parts I don't like. So I've been aggravated. I don't know whether any composer would even bother, so I decided to try to learn to create music myself.

But then I'm stuck again. I like music but have absolutely no idea how to start; music theory seems goddamn boring to learn and I tried using a tracker to start off. I can do simple beats and stuff that I imagine, but I don't get so far after that. Perhaps I've never been much of a musical person anyways, so I guess I'll have to keep searching for music that might fit. Any suggestions on learning to track, or to create music? It seems like the hardest thing to do right now, starting off trying to make music for the first time.

Maybe it'd be a better idea to release a demo and let people decide, but then I really don't know. I plan on releasing a demo of the platformer next week, but there's a huge queue and all <_<

Anyways, if anyone has links or something (I've already looked at ModArchive) the genres can be ambient or techno or something similar, and that would be helpful.

Comments

flashback 17 years, 6 months ago

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Yes. Really game music is tracked, and it will take you 3 years to get atleast something listenable.
I'll vouch for that.

Dr_Eechmen 17 years, 6 months ago

Heh… I do classical composing in my spare time… though I've sortof been doing that off and on for years… but yeah, game music isn't the easiest thing to throw together. Do you play iny real instruments? That could help a lot…

Kairos 17 years, 6 months ago

I play around with the piano, but take no lessons. I probably need to self teach myself a lot more than just memorizing music.